Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-04-20

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rent in that section of the State.
y Judging from present appearances, the
,ext Congress of the United States will be even
more overwhelmingly Democratic than the last.
The whole number Of members thus far elected
10 the House of Representatives is 163, of whom
o5 are Democrats sc Wings aud Abolition
sts. The States of Alabama, Arkansas. Geor-
ria, Kentucky, Louisiana Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and Virginia
have not yet elected their members. They
bent to the last Congress so Democrats and %
Whigs and it is not probable that the approach
Jog elections will materially vary this proportion.
We may therefore put it down as fixed fact
that the Democratic party will out number their
opponents in the popular branch of the next
Congress nearly, if not quite, in the proportion
Of two to one. The Senate, too, will be decid-
eddy of the same political complexion, and with
President of their own choice in the Executive
chair, the Democracy will have complete and
uncontrolled sway over all the Departments of
the Government The people of this country
will then realise the blessings of Democratic
domination in its purest and most concentrated
form. The Wing minority will be too small
seriously to disturb with its malgn> influences
the beautiful and harmonious operation of De-
mocratic principles. If locofoco rule can make
nation happy, a boundless store of JOY and fe.
lcity is laid up for the American people. But it is
within the recollection of men now living that in
1886 Democracy reared its crest as proudly and
triumphantly as now Its Inauguration was
halted with the most joyful anticipations by the
people, but before the expiration of four years
this same people became disguised with the OBJ
iect of their worship and shivered the false
image into atoms In 1914 Democracy again
came into power with bright hopes and fair
| promises, but at the close of another four years
it was again overthrown aud trampled under loot
The popular verdict declared that it had been
weighed in the balances and found wanting
The country has consented to give this party
another trial. and it remains to be see whethe
its past discom6tures have taughtit to make
wiser aud better use of its power.
TITLEs.-What great people we are, to be
sure! We hate everything Observation-Disclosures
all approximation to prerogative or excusiveuess
declare ourselves the only Fl ee and equal nation
on the globe-and yet practice what we condemn!
Let us look little closer into this matter. The
NIGHT Watchmen of our cities now led by
Captains aud Lieutenants; our hotels or tnverns
are kept by Generals and Coonels; our legislative
halls are filled with Captains, Majors, Colonies,
and Generals, and Congress is composed wholly
of Honorables The title of Professor, which
formerly indicated something literary or scientific,
may now meaua dancing master. hair dresser or
barber. Corn and tooth extractors dub themselves
Doctors; and have their claims acknowledged by
au admiring public. Thus we are emphatically
titled nation We profess an awful distaste to
the bare mention of titles, and derisively laugh
ut the Dukes, Barons and Lords of monarchcal
Europe while at the same time we suffer foreign
charatans to gull US with highsounding prefixes,
and esteem no man worthy Of a seat iu the Gene
raj Assembly who has not acquired the title Of
Captain Out upon the whole catalogue! We
are plain Republicans more-nothing
less. Dame Nature alone gives the impress Of
nobiliy-then let not vain and fantastic man arro-
gate to himself or attempt to grant the patent to
others to VIII ON she has denied it,
MULTIPLICATION AND lNrIDELIrr.-Quite a