Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-18
The Election.

Gen. ffanktssa Rtefce Is eAecLeu ny I
exceeding in magnitude
any ever given to q candidate since
the foundation Of the government,
where there was a contest for the of I
flee. The official ote is not yet in,
but enough is know n to justify US in
the statement we have made. IN
1910. the defeat that then over
whelmed the DEM cratic party was
considered unparalleled in the annals
Of the Republic. And SO it was
But the result of he recent election
BY far eclipses tina Then, Mr.. pGn
Bu,.en received th4 votes Of seven Of
the twenty-six Stdtes which at that
time comprised I'll Union, and he
only lost Penn sylania by three
hundred votes, ad d Maine by four
hundred Now.Ideh. Soft, it is be-
lieved, has receiTeh the votes OF only
fo,,r. certainly not more than sir. of
the tbirty-one States. The Ameri-
can people have decreed that he
should remain in the regular army,
where he can hear ~that rich brogue"
70 his hearts content. What with
ering rebuke to tile party, that in the
cold soldiers u omination, thrust
aside qualifications, and selected q
man mainly on hdcount Of his militia
~ attainments and that, too, when
he had so plainly evinced to the
world that he WIS destitute Of states
mapship, and ignd rant Of the qnalifi-
cations necessary for the successful
administration Ola OWL govern ment.
Gen. Pierce was denounced by whig
papers and spcakersas man devoid
Of capacity-as 4 coward, a drunk
and, and a bigolj but what W ls the
TRUTH The peofIq4 at the ballot
box, placed the seal of condemnation
upon these slahierous ebargc4, and
he NOW stands before the wor I'D as
the piresilent DID ct of the first Re
pabli9 ofeartf.
The result Of the late election can
not have other than salutPFy eff
feet Upon partid 5 in this coua Try
In ld40. the whig party nom mated
Gen. Morrison, because of his 4 ehieV-
mentg on the North-Wester4 from
fer III the war 5fIlS12-and he was
electdi. In 1915, tie whig party
nominated Gen zaylo,, md party
candidate BECAUSE of his deeds il
the Mexican war Il and he was elect
ed Thtbs. twice had they nbmina-
ted military men, on account Of theil
military renowlA and in both cases
they had been successful. Expe
rienee. then, they thought, hat
taught tn e.h tn tI ganpowdcr was thu
pfilosbphbr's stqne that.was to trans
mute E.ll the ba$efr metals into golC
--7q,I oomder was the Topen sesame
t. the peoples hearts, III arousing ;
w.irldind Of enth4Siasm for the mill
tary defender Of his country &c
cordihEly. in l So, the moyemen
begunIand carried pn under such au
spiciods circumstances was followed
nm General .SIof5-the "Americar
WollisIoton. as Ills admirers deligh
70 callIhim; a man who, f6r Lis mill
i, IS i chievmends, and for nothing
else. hid attained i name coexlensiF'
with ii civilized world-was Sc
lected hs IN 2 CHI NIPPON of the party
Tint elunted (gqG.I Wt5ster and FIJI
-, =. !, lis rank I,l Civil merit anC
ca pacit J. were ru4ffy thrust aside 10.
aapoa der availability. The canvas
opcnell The hpages were rnng up
on LuH4ys Lane, Niagara, chippe
wa. adj half-a-doken other battle
fields, from the -AAroostOk to th'
Rio Gdd nd4 +-hnFl with what effect
When be votes we're counted Oh
Cen. s. oA vas 70 pnd to be over
shslmin bly, dcfeaHe ian Old sol
aler," asshe is pleased to style him
self. had been pro nounced unfit fol
rl,e statibn TO whif d he aspired, by
theunittd voices d probably not less