The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-11-18
From the New York Express, lWhig)
The Result.

All is lost except honor and to FRAKLIN
PIERCE, quite new and almost unknown
man, is committed the mighty trust of ta0cn-
tyjiUe millions of men in their foreign and
domestic relations. He cannot be said to be
even the chosen of his own party, because
the two thirds system of selection threw O.
verboard IN their convention all their really
great men. He is however elected it may
be said, by reclamation. General WIN
FIELD SCOTT Is not SO much defeated as
routed. The hitherto invincible soldier has
at last met his Waterloo. 1t not so much
defeat of the Wing party as of this gallant
soldier himself, who has carried down with
him nearly all his subordinates, and in this
quarter left scarcely survivor in the field.
The causes of this rout are obvious, and
the result has been apparent and irresistible
from the start. General Scott, at one time
certainly the most available candidate, be-
came at last the least available, by the pc
culiar influences under which be was nomi-
mated. The people became impressed with
the idea that these influences would surround
and govern him, and though no man who
knew him personally believed it; yet no eff
fort could persuade the people from this dan
gerous belief Hence, since his nomination,
with occasional exceptions, the history Of
the Wing party has been continuous rout,
rather than defeat The October elections
in the great States of Ohio and Pennsylva.
MIA indicated our approaching and inevitable
doom, and the doom is upon us now.
We have no doubt that the Northern
Wings, who nominated General Scott in
Baltimore, nominated him under the BELLE
that he was the strongest candidate in the
North, and that Willard Fillmore could no
; carry even his own State; but they were la
boring under delusion which we deeply re
GREETED at the time, and which we have no
ceased to regret, because their action wa
certain to lead to the deplorable rout nov
, upon us. Against that constantly impend
ing and yet irresistible doom we have strug
gled with zeal and energy, indoors an,
out, on the stump and at the desk, which W
never would have expended upon,a candi
date Of our own selection, in order to dc
monstrate that it was principle to which W
were devoted, and not a man. We are sol
~ to see and to say events have justified GU
: foresight, and realized our apprehension
/, even beyond what we dreamed Of but "
, claim nothing for that foresight, except agai
to claim the confidence of our readers fc
Z opinions when we are SO unfortunate as t
: differ from them.
/ In this great city and its populous 81
burbs the Presidential nomination has faile
! to conciliate either the American or the 70
eign population, and hence it has dragge
e down every thing connected with it, Fede
o al, State, and municipal. The wings he
It have. never Before suffered such rout-
# There are but two survivors, we believe,
. the present writing, among all our nomine
. for Congress, mayoralty, and city officers,
G, telI,the tale of our existence even, and thu
Of are the assistant alderman and State Asser
blyman in the Fifteenth Ward. Six Co
gressmcn are lost, and the city governme
=, is gone, now, from top to bottom. The owe
Il whelming majority here threatens to swan
ID the Governor, canal officers, and all al
:. the indications are that other populous pl
N cos in the State have done almost as bad
= as its great city. In short, all is lost, al
there is not even a squadron saved here
Of hcreabout