The daily union., 1852-11-12
Tennessee and KentuoLv

All doubt as TO The result OF the presidential so.i
Kentucky and Tennessee is dispeled by the resh. i
gence that their vote has been cast for the vbi,
dates With Vermont and Massachusetts n.
southern States make grand total of four s.,. "o
oriy.two electoral votes won by the whig Da,,, aU
presidential battle OF 1882 In the opinion Of tbo '
hcal observer this triumph is sufficiently sign., ~.
complete and he who manesls disposition 10 conoi,
OF the result will probably incur the censurs n
reasonable dissatisfaction. At the hazard Of tbi
tatlon we are constrained TO declare that The
presidential election is not precisely in accordance @
our wish The result in Tennessee and Kentncrr ,a..
the completeness OF the triumph and inpairs the me-,
force Of the victory. In great issue between lha ,oa
siation and higher. lswsm; between natiopaIiv -,
seconasm between the fugitive slave law and i,r,,
cism between peace, quiet, and Justice on The one hama
and agitation, dlscord, aud disunion on the ohern o
contest, TO find two States of the South espousioy a,
SIDE OF sewardism not only contradcts all the calcu
nohs ol policy' but inllcs violence upon our mora,
sense Inc conviction is forced apon the mind thar tbs
sass nave nor only betrayed their interests but be,
duy. olahuing as they do in the heart OF the conaI
eracy-iabe' from their border position as respects b
saveholdIng and non -slavehoding States. 10 sra,.
from the ipceldiary appeals OF aboonism- with ,b.;
interests all bound up with the Union-we might ann
pose that they would be foremost and frmes, in ~,
tecting the constitution against the treasonabl0 .o
poses OF Sewardism. If the South had marched IA
solid phalanx to the overthrow of Sewardism uh,,
would have been the moral effect of the victory, I,
would have made manifest the determination Of ,ha
southern States TO suffer no encroachmens upon mai
constitutional rights. Il would have taught fanatcm
to hope for no succor in the South The patriotic A.
mocracy OF the North had noby discharged .heir obo
tons they had bravely borne the burden assigned n
them ;hey had taught the foes OF the constitution 10 y
pect OF them nothing but unyeldng opposition and war
to the death. II the South had but seconded The bow
abolitlonism would have been crushed forever Ii woph
have whered and sunk under the indignant rebuka os
the whole country.
We mean to impue no blame 10 the democrats Of
Kentucky and Tennessee, for they deserve no blame
Their arduous and earnest endeayor 10 redeem IN
States from Sewardism merits the applause and graf.
titude Of the country. Nor were their struggles al.
altogether unsuccessful for in Tennessee they dmu.
ished the whig majority from six to two thousand ard
in henucky from seventeen thousand to few hundred
votes If they did not accomplish the political redemp
on OF their States, it because their unaided eyer
tons unequal TO the achievement In Nertb Cam.
anu In q, patriotic
wings found ready sacrifice party TO country and
10 aid in the overthrow of Sewardsm bu, ia Kentucky
and Tennessee the vast bulk OF the wing party continued
10 adhere 10 the organization OF their party after be-
came the ally OF abolition and the instrument of agl
tation. What contrast have here between the con.
duct OF southern whigs and northern democrasl When
there was an alarm of danger 10 the Union-when
the sarctiy OF the constitution was assaiIed-when
southern rights were in eopardy-the aid Of the northern
democracy was inyoked by the South and invoked not
in vain When came the hour OF final and decisive con.
hlci with aholiilonismw the foes OF the South were
10 be crushed forever-souihem wings refused 10 re.
spond 10 the call OF patriotism, and useai of aiding 10
protect their rights, treacherously deserted TO the
ranks OF the enemy The contrast is striking and ST..
nihcant
However notifying in this view may be the resat IA
Kentucky and Tennessee, yet il gives promise that
these States will ere long be redeemed from Seward.
ism In The next contest they will take their stand with
Maryland, Georgia, Florida North Carolina and Louis.
lana, in the ranks of the democracy And when the des
potsm Of Sewariism is subveed they will no longer be
found espousing the OF abolition, bu, conendng
in every crisis Tor peace, the constitution and the
Union.