Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-29

az The Boston Post gives the following brief but
telling sketch of the late victories of the Democracr
The Wing leaders declare that the Democratic marty
is falling to pieces and the people answer this dec
ration by gains for the Democrats in all Quarters
The Post says:
&C The success of the administration has been bril-
liant beyond example in our politics and those VIM
have represented the President to have lost ground
have been refuted by every election that has taken
place since the Inauguration This succession of
victories, too, has been achieved after the policy
the administration had been exemplified in action
The President simply recognized the democratic par.
ty reunited on its old foundations-on those Old
States Rights and Union principles, rigid adher.
ence to which has maintained the democracy as
party and preserved the integrity of the nation He
has planted himself on the compromise platform. He
has followed the frank declaration of the inaugural
with energetic execution of the laws, and carried
out in his appointments the policy of cancellation
that was laid down by the democratic party at Bal.
timore. The consequence is peace and harmony TO
all sections of the Union and victories every where
for the democracy; thus exemplfying thesold maxim
that as federalism sinks the country rises.
The successes of the democracy should cheer eve
ry true friend of republican progress. The admins
tration stands firmer in the support of the people
now than it did the day of the delivery of the in
augural. The elections show this. One of the old
wing States is Kentucky, but when were the wings
so badly OH as they are now IN that State with one
half of the delegation to Congress democrats? Tenn
essee too has cut up the wing brigade terribly by
electing Andrew johnson governor by an unprece-
dented majority and democratic majority of its del
egation in Congress. North Carolina has gained on
her democratic delegation. We name these States
because they emphatically the strong holds Of
whiggery If the ridiculous charge of utilization with
abolitionism does not make capital for those who ut
ter it, in these States, when Wilt make capital?
we go to other States at the South to Virginia Ala.
bama and Texas, there are the same gratifying
suits. The Old Dominion leads off with an entire
Democratic delegation to Congress. Alabama has
gained Democratic member-has Democratcma
jority in her Legislature to elect two u S. Senator'S
and Democratic Governor. Texas has elected two
Democrats. To crown ALL as to the Southern cleo
tions in the most important of ALL where the Union
Wings were confident of victory, in Georgia, the
Democrats have made clean work by electng Their
Governor, majority of Congressman and of the
Legislature Then there is gain of one member in
Arkansas AT the North, the election in Maine
shows Democratic vote large enough when, united,
to overwhelm whigism. In Vermont the Democracy
have made a splendid gain. In Connecticut they
have swept the board in town elections. In the
great States of Pennsylvania and Ohio their majority
is unprecedented Such are the results in SIX
months of the trial of the policy of the Admnistra
ton. When was such success seen before in the
career of an Administration %