Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-12
From the N. Y. Mirror.
Result of the Presidential Election.

.uoo the fatal moment of SCOTS nomination at
I;more we have never had doubt of his defeat
t the deluge is more overwhelming than the most
nrnine democrat predicted, or the most timid whig
Epd 1t only required an exercise of the simplest
S.otbmetc, with the most ordinary knowledge of
Snm,n nature, to foresee the inevitable result and
%v must be either very ignorant or very dishonest
yam who have persisted in the contrary opinion
T;b TWENTY-FIVE of the ihirty-one States already in
.tn;r nossesSon, and with the additional incentive
e federal patronage to stimulate the democracy
t honest reason could possibly be assigned to en-
.onrace a hope for Gen. Scott? The simple state
pn of the carried conviction of defeat to the
heart OF every candid man. They who counted on
the personal popularity of Scott to the odds
sranst him trusted to an element that did not ex-
is as the end has sufficiently proved. And so far
as his military character was concerned. Nat COM
bustible fame went out with Gen. Taylor. The
drum and fife drama would not bear rehearsal
And then the barren speeches and zig travels of
Gen Scott have lost him votes by hundreds of thou
sands. Blarneying the Irish with his affected love
Of that rich brogue went for less than nothing with
class too much accustomed themselves to ''hlar-
ncy not to through it, with the sly eaculatlon
Is it there you are .
And, more and worse than all. General Scott
brought forward and supported by faction of the
wings whose motto has been for years -" to rule or
ruin the party. We have too much respect for
the sacacity of those men, and too little for their
honesty to believe that they had the slightest
faith in SCOTS chances of election. To spite Web
ster, and punish Fillmore; to crafty their malice
against the silver gray or Union wings; to prove
that failing rule they still had power to ruin
these were the motives which led to the nominal
ton of Scott and at the same time to the repudia-
ton of the Union PLATFORM which the majority
Of the convention insisted upon putting under him
But will dwell no longer upon the cause of the
great revolution, upon this uprising of the ocean.
this overwhelming deluge. There is still an Ararat
for the ark of whiggery to rest upon-the Green
Mountains we believe, not quite submerged
and after forty days, it is possible some exploring
dove may bring back single leaf to revive the
drowning hopes of the antediluvian party.
A word for the triumphant Democracy and the
President elect AS we have ecdcavored during the
campaign to treat 10th candidates and all candidates
fairly and Justly SO we shall continue to treat then
to the end of the chapter. To the democratic
PLATFORM" laid down at Baltimore, VIC have never
takcn but single exception. We are in favor 0
internal improvements for national purposes. =
And to the platform of the wings we object only t.
one plank. We are opposed to a protective tariff
OF the President elect we have only to repeat tina
he is of excellent abilities, of undoubted pa
triotism, and of finer personal manners than an.
public man we have ever known since Mr. Clay
Cordial, off hand, dignied and courteous, he win
the warmest affections of all with whom he hold
intercourse In personal popularity he will exec
any of his predecessors in the presidential chair.