Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-21
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NO. 50.
FAYETTEVILLE TENN THURSDAY OCTOBER 81 1852

anu tIG dDUlitAOuIotSs u ~ 49,
have suffered gradual diminution.
DThe defeat of Mr. Nan Buren, in
'F1b4O, was prefgdred ! y the dem ,
efatic defeats Of 1888 and 1889;
the triumph Of Polk in 1874 was
! f5retold by the gradual triumphs IN
/ the democratic State elections dp-
ring tie previous three years; The
great demoraliz.l ltion Of the whig par
ty vas typified BY the conflicts be-
tween President Tyler and Mt Clay;
and the triumph Of Gen. Taylor n
1915 was Indicated in the defeat Of
the democrats in the Sd ate elections
in the preceding year
"According to all these lncoatcsiIl-
bic facts furnished by the history Of
the past, we must arriyp at the n
eyitable conclusion that Gen Pierre
viii be elected in the elettionof next
month, by an overwhelming nlajori-
/ ty. Every State elec tiop for the
last three years, up to the receht
elections since the nominations hate
been made, has invariably pointed
out the gradual increase and req y
ion Of the democrats, as well as ths
decrease in power and the demoraI i
zation Of the whig party t4roashoE Eit
the Union. At this moment pc
sensible man can place any depenI
ence in newspaper assertions, aPpedr
ing in any Of the partisan iourna Is
on either side, and least of all, on be
boasting of the orators and spoutqrs
who are perambulating the country
and disgracing themselves and Their
cause by every species Of vulgar ahd
personal yituperation. The figures
which we give in this table 1--WE ohhit
the table alluded to- to-day, can lot
lie, and they give assurance, beyond
any possibility OF doubt, of the P fr-
feet union and strength Of the mod
ern democracy, at the coming eli fe-
ton, in opposition to the demorallka
ton and division of the modern
whig party. There is hardly 4 gen
eral principle or measure in. contest
between chem; both parties haze
adopted platform similar III chairs
/ ter and color. There is, however,
more confidence placed by tie Sou b
! ern States in the promises au,
pledges of the democrats, Under
Pierce, than there is il these Of the
wings, headed Ly Scott, and steeFcu
by Wm. II. Sew ard. Tile new bora
zeal of the Van Burens Of his State
in favor Of Pierce, does not even
seem to detract from or lessen the
confidence whid III the South places in
the sound con4titutifnbl pflucIPles
of the Northd drn d4mocrats Tho
Van Burenfree Boil difficulty III 1913,
was a sudden and personal meIt-
ment, contrary to tile principles o.
his whole life, land repented ol as
soon as perpetf fated. Wm. H. Sc
ward principlcB Of abolition are al
the foundation bf his career, his rs
) in public life, i Ind his hopes for lie;
future. IIencd ii IS that the S0uiL-
ern States, and those who are in e.
yor of the coll Institutional union Of
this great repub blic, have more con
fdence in the Integrity of tie d,-
mocracy on thd dse points, at this cli-
Sis, than in tina / Of the whig party
"According 10 all rational condlu-
sions, founded bn facts and on inf
ences, it would Iappear that General
Scott has not he slightest chance
reaching the PRESIDENCY, and that
all the military popularity attributed
to him is an utter and unqualified
absuhity in t 4e history Of politics
| in this country Our elections Iaye
been decided y other causes and
springs than Il Iose arising from mill
tary popularity and even the militia
ny renown of jackson, Harrison Ind
Taylor would hevfr have elevated
any Of them I'd tie Presidency, with
out the eombiT htion Of other politi-
( eal, social, com mercial and financial
causes coacuring in these pariicu-
lar times and 6unctures.. The free
soil vote, berelt Of its Van BuFen IL
fluence, which Igaye it flctitiouz i'm
portance in 1915 will be reduced to
its natural dimensions. The contest
will be simikI.Iin its general feat pres
and character to those which HaVe
marked the History Of the country
for the last twblye years; but it VII
be the last contest tetgeen the 4 en-
Ioeratio and wlig parties under t liese
l TCouiagcd fu FonrH Poqe