Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-07-22
ADMINISTRATION DEFEATS.

Certain wing journals of the South consolng
themselves amid the gloomy prospects which dis
organized, disrupted and denationalized party pre-
sentS with the results of the election returns in the
Northern States Several elections have been held
in the northern portion of the Union, principally in
the New England States in which the friends of the
Administration have suffered defeat, and whig edi-
tors Soured by the secret consciousness of the fact
which they have not the manly righteousness to &C
knowledge, that their party and power have sunk
together and forever, filling their papers with
illusions on the weakness of the Administration and
the defeats of its friends and supporters. That such
defeats have taken place is undenable and south
wings find comfort in that reflection alone,
it would certainly be the cruelleSt want OF char
ty to deprive them Of the consolation, whatever
may be our opinion Of the hopeessness OF cause
which buoy itself up with such petty consldera-
tons but it may be worthy of inquiry, how have
these defeats been occasoned, and what have been
the results of the discomitures Often as it is true
that the battle is not to the strong, it is still more
frequently the that it is not to the deserving
and wicked incendiarism, f,naticsm and treason
have this lit fires which have destroyed the last
vestges of honor, integrity and patriotism lth
the exception of the election in Mississippi, which
from peculiar local causes cannot be taken as cri-
terion the elections which took place prior to the
agitation of the Nebraska question exhibited not only
an endorsement, but triumphant endorsement Oh
the principles upon which the Administration based
Itself and by which it determined from the hrse 10
stand or fall We must look then for what the enc
mics of our party pleased to call - rcbukes TO
the Spring elections in the various States And what
has been the influence an crery instance which has
succeeded at the expense OF democracy? w nat mas
been the power that has achout exception produced
the results over which southern wings arc pleased
to be so amazingly facetious? In every case, the
defeat ofthc democratic ticket has been the triumph
either of pure fiec-sosm of a coalition between
wings and aboltonists-lockcd in fraternal embrace
for the sake of the spos of office.
Smarng under the disgrace of a W aterloo defeat,
the northern wings turned, in their despair where
they have often before turned with success TO that
fanatcal herd which for twenty-five years past has
been exercising it's strength in systematic, perseVer
ing and often, alas, successful attacks upon the
rights of the Southland pledging themselves to sup
part their measures they have secured share In
their triumph. If southern whggery has fallen to
so low depth as fecitate itself on this result, 1t
has forfeited the regard and merited the damnlng
scorn Gifts own section. If it fad matter for
self-congratulaon in such picture, we leave 1T to
its own rcjoicings. "Ephram is joined to his idols;
let him alone"
But if it is instructive to inquire by what means
these defeats have been occasoned 1t is no less so
to ask what have been the results. y moment S re-
Election will suffice to show that If southern men
have reason rejoice oycrthe nature OF the COM
bnation which has defeated the democracy, they
have cause for the deepest humiliation when they
view the consequence of their discontinue.
How have these abolition wings used their trl-
umph? How for themselves, and how for the coun-
try?
The answer is suggestive Let southern eXultants
over Administration uelc;IS lay IL W hedI' anu ii
they find it cousoatory, shall disturb their case
by no Cassandra prophecies.
They have sent to the Senate of the Union two OF
the vilest traitors and incendareS that ever desc
Grated its ool-Fessendcn and Gillette. They have
passed resolutions multiplying solemn acts OF Congress
They have connved at and encouraged the most
wholesale depredatons upon southern property, anu
conSummatcd the wrong by shielding the robbers
from justice. They have threatened the lives OF
southern men, who were attempting to recover their
property. They have hcaped every indignity and
obloquy that malice could suggest or ingenuity IN
vent, on the heads of the heroic defenders OF the
equal rights of all parts of the nation. They have
formally instructed their Senators to disregard their
sworn constitutional obligations. They have cXclt-
cd the passions Of the southern people, and driven
them to the very verge of sedition They have
flooded the halls of Congress with the most incen-
diary and insulting plblications-in word, they
have legsiated treason and glOried in it.
Here are the results the brilliant results of "Ad-
dcfcats''-thcse the acts that some
southern wings glory and gfoat over.
When the democratic party North and South pro-
claimed through the votes OF its representatives IN
Congress- its adherence to the constitutional rights
of the South, it required no prophets ken to fore
tell that they would be met by the fierces and most
relentless opposition from the grim monster they
had bearded, and President Pierce and his admins
traton must have expected to share in this as Ill all
the other fortunes of the party which elected them
but though the elections of every State i'll the North
and Northwest should turn in favor OF abolition
Ohio should reverse the triumphant
approval given by her Gubernatorial election, and
the Keystone should topple from the arch, the Pre-
sidcnt will find abundant room for selt-congratula-
ton in the reflection that he has fully discharged
his duty 10 his country, and fulfilled every promise
of his Inaugural. Pet. Dem. /
Mr. CLAPps NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. On our first |
Darc is q letter from the above named gentleman, |