The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30
DEMOCRACY AND THE ADMlNISrRA-
TON IN TIE EMPIRE STATE.


TION IN TIE EMPIRE STATE.
The following figures relating to the late
election in New York show adePlorahle state
Of things for the administration and the de-
moeraey. They exhibit the alarming fact for
that decaying party, that even an union be-
tween the hards and softs would not raise
them 10 an equality with the American party
in the State. We take the estimates from
the Philadelphia North American. In all the
Stale except seven counties the Americans
poll I4l,369 votes, the Republicans l23,773,
the Soft Democrats $3.50, and the Hard
Democrats 53,O48. Here, it will be seen, are
only l35,35S votes for both branches OF the
Democratic party or COLL less than the Amer
lean vote. In other words, it both branches
of The Democratic party had voted for the
same State ticket, every man on it would
have been beaten by the candidates of the
American party. As both the American and
Republican parties are hostile to the policy
Of the national administration, the result OF
the late election, as a test Of principles, may
be stated thus:-Democratic vote 1888;
Opposition vote 265,I42; Opposition majority,
l29,7S4!
Upon this very remarkable exhibit the
North American further remarks as fol-
/ lows:
( But even this show of fgures,e
/ as it is, does not afford an adequate idea of
/ the unpopuarity of the administration in New
/ York, since it is notorious that the whole
I Hard section Of the Democratic party is bit
I tery hostile to it, while the softs have been
| denounced by the official organ at Washing
/ ton as heterodox. Such spectacle as this
| is one Of the most singular events in our his
/ tory. An administration which went into
power with such n flood tide of popular.
/ ity, is now entirely without party in the
| Empire State of the Union. But the figures
We present to-day are fraught with meaning
| rs portents of the future. They tell us that
! the electoral vote of the State of New York
must be cast either for a Republican or an
! American candidate and that the Democratic
cause'there is hopeless. Hence all prospect
of an union of the Republican and American
| forces in opposition to the Democracy is at
/ an end, so far as the Presidential election is
concerned. 1t now seems highly probable
/ that the two organizations will stand sepa-
rately before the people of the Northern
| States, with distinct candidates The result
| of the elections in New York, Massachusetts
| aud Maryland renders this pretty plain. The
sentiment which has enabled the American
party to triumph, alone and unaided, in New
I York and Massachusetts, seems likely to
serve an equal purpose in other States.
~ A bill las been introduced into the
I Legislature OF Georgia to make any citizen
of that State who may be indebted to 4 citi-
zen of one of the Free States to which
slave may have escaped, pay the amount
over to the owner of said slave-nOtwith-
standing the creditor may have no knowledge
Of the escape of the fugitive, and in fact be
ignorant of his existence. The moral homes
ty involved in the proposition amounts to the
same as if citizen of Tennessee should
have a horse escape into Georgia, and being
unable TO recover him, should demand that
some citizen Of that State, who had no know
ledge Of the horse or his escape, should pay
for the !o~tProperiy. PfepOsterOus. If ole
Billy Jones would visit the Georgia Capitol
he might find employment for his club.
s@- In addition to the names of Henry a.
Wise and r. ". T. Hunter, Ex-Governor
Floyd's name is being mentioned in connec-
ton with the Presidency-so that Virginia is
likely to present candidates enough for the
whole Union Go ii, old Virginia. Wises
thunder during the late campaign has resus
citated the old Duchess into active life again,
and she is now as gay as young bride, re-
solved to enter the lists for the highest hon
ors in the country's gifts. If she is defeated
in this race, woe to democracy.
~ The Washington letter writer's have,
for some time, been limiting that something
wonderful was to be expected in the next
message from the President The Cincinnati
Commercial says that seen. Pierce proposes
to astonisl the people by his boldness and
originality" The people will hardly be as
tonished at any thing the President may do.
5y-At a meeting of the Central Demo-
cratic Union Club, New York, measures
were taken to bring about union of the
Democratic party. A committee was ap-
pointed to report a plan TO effect the same.
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ELECTIVE JUprcrARY.-The New York
papers are disappointed in the working of
The Elective Judiciary system, and are show.
ing up the evils resulting. We confess the
picture is not pleasing.
Tue REPUBLICAN PARTT.-We perceive that
in Massachusetts, and elsewhere in the North,
the Republican party is organizing vigorously
for an independent fight in the next Presiden'
tial election. Its leaders proclaim, hit or
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