Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-07
ALL HAIL VIRGINIA.

HcVSI was II IUulC 81 CDllpIGlG-ltNC wa
a defeat so unexpected The So.called Re
. publicans, anticipated a victory for their can
Gidates, which would have been proclaime
TO the world as an indication of popular sen
timent, a Footprint Of "Sam," that mysteIi
ous individual, who in a few local election
has been e~xerting such a potent power, bu
been endorsed by a single State, al any gene
'ral election, save perhaps, Massachusetts,, AM
the late Legislature Of that State, was compo
sed of the most infamous political villains eve
congregated together, and their legislative pro,
c~eedings were of piece with their moral ant
political reputation. Virginia was looked tc
as expressing a sentiment indicative Of south.
"ern feeling, and most nobly has she responded
to the expectations of the democracy Of the
Union, and repeated in thunder tones her de.
yotion to republicanism, the Constitution and
the Union-Caost terribly bas her sterling yeo
manry rebuked those who by new issues and
fair sounding pretensionS, attempted to seduce
her from her attachment 10 the principles oil
republican democracy as demonstrated by her
illustriOus statesmen. Virginia, had she en-
dorsed the new party, styled republicans,
would have been heralded to the world in
glowing colors, as having fallen from her high
estate, and the followers OF that mysterious
@'Sam," would have hailed the result as q
sure harbinger of certain success at the next
Presidential election! But, the fondest ex-
pectations are those soonest dispelled, and
the cherished hopes Of old, corrupt, defunct,
whiggery; under a neD name, have been blast
ed, and no hope now remains that anything
but defeat will follow in the wake Of the go
called Republican party The people dis
covered them soon-the foot prints of the in
dividual 'tSam," the protested true Ameri-
can, were soon made out 10 be the footprints
oil the old Wing party, and although the most
positive assurances were given, that there ex.
listed no affinity between them, the people are
satisfied that they are one aud tn same-idcn-
<ieaL, except that, perhaps, the new party is
more corrupt than the one the people OF this
country consigned to oblivion in 1852, at the
Observation-Disclosures. TWAS confidently pre-.
sdicted that Mr.. WISE would be defeated by
thousands and through him, in his defea,
democracy suffer a route, but Virginia,
the mother Of Presidents, never has to our
recollection, and we hope never will, cast her
vote in favor of any other than democratic
principles. The result Of the Virginia cleo
'tion is a source Of profound rejoicing to every
lover Of liberty, and although old wing editors
and once wing presses, may Snarl and snap al
democrats for their exultation, that is all they
can dove exult as much at Che defeat Of old
whiggery, under its newly assumed name OF
Republican, as We do at the success OF the de-
mocTacy under the banner of their time hon.
ored principles. The people of this nation,
are a rejecting people, and their 'sober sec
'ond thought is always right" therefore, anti
republicans, no matter what the pretensions
or the name they assume, never can triumph
but for a short season. We say all hail Viz
gin;a-the result in that State is fraught with
more importance than might appear 10 the
superficial observer. 1t is an expression which
will have an effect north, south, east and west,
and serve to cement more firmly the bonds of
Union, Notwithstanding the dis-union
proclivities of so-callsd republicans and their
Free Soil allies! We rejoice at the result.
and predict it but the forerunner of q reries
Of victories for the cause Of true republicanism
and democracy.