Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-08-30
Tho Recent Eleetions-ctmp:t:e RsturusA
nsnnnrnfic TraitnIaE

WV
We are now enabled 10 give the results very
accurately Of ell the Augusts elections, which
nre o series of brilliant Democratic tfiumnbS.
In Tennessee o Democratic Cove rnor, John
son. is elected by too thousand ~rnajeTity oyet
his Know Nothing opponent, Gentry. Four
Democratic Anti Know othings and one
Anti. Know Nothing Wing elected 10 Conetess,
10 fSe Know-Nothings. The last Wing Leg.
islal1Te opporliuned The Stale 10 give the Dem
ocrats but ttoO members, Lui the suung. mr. nj
would not work the Legislature is KNOW.
Nothing in one house, and Anti Know Moth
ing in the other. General Scott carried 1'en-
%nessee for President, iHlS62. by sixteen hun
drcd majority, and the Know Nothings, were
confident offrom FIVE 20 ten thousand, onG are
very much chop fallen at The result. 4,
In North Carolina the Democrats have sev.
en- Moas"nd majority on the popular vote over
The Know. Nolhings and five Democratic Anti
Know Nollrngs member OF Congress to ;hreo
Know Nothings. North Carolina gave Gener-
al Pierce Tor President, six hundred and eighty
liz majority Democratic gain since 1852, over
sir thousand.
Alabama has rolled up a Democratic major.
lily for Governor Winston Of about f,oeire ihos-
sand, and chosen FIVE Democrats 10 Congress
to Two Know Nothings. Tho Legislature is
largely Democratic in both branches, which
gives us a Democratic United States Senator.
In 1852 Alabama gave General Pierce, Tor
President, about eleven thousand majority.
Texas, the 'Ione Star" which caIne into
The Union under Democratic auspices is nobly
true 10 her antecedents, Pease, Democrat, rum
ming for Governor, beats his Know Nothing
competitor from .fue 10 eight thousand, while
two rats are elected 10 Congress, and a
Democratic Legislature.
The city OF st. Louis, Missouri, hos zone
Democratic by a majority Of about one thou.
sand five bufdred, showing a large Democrat
&c gain on the previous contest.
Kentucky only elects MoreheaJ, Know.
Nothing, for Governor-a very populsr man
by a majority OF about four thousaad on the
largest vote by far ever given in the Staie.-
-Four Anti ow- Nothing are elected 10 Con.
greSs TO six Know Nothing Wings. Had II
not been for the Acknowledgement by violence
OF two thousands Democratic voters in Louis.
vile, and the extraordinary DETECTION OF pro.
DcmoctalS in the Tenth Confessional
Distinct, The dark'lontern Conspiracy would
have been repudlO,ed even in Whig. ridden
Kentucky.
These brilliant Democratic victories ore the
more gratifying inaSmuch os they sle.nly re-
Duke three prominent Democratic traitors, who,
either 10 gratify a wounded pride or vanity,
or an Unsuitable amb ton, deserted 10 the
camp Of the enemy. We altitude 10 Sam.
Houston OF TEXAS, Ex-senator Clemens of Ala.
Jama, and Major Donelson of Tennessee,
Ivef whose detection The Know. Nolhings have
Jeen so j%ubi!an,. All Of these worlhie. have
Ieen repudla'ed by The Democracy Of their
esp 'ctlve States, who have succeeded better
"lthonl thelr aid than they ever did with them.
lhey have been taught the lesson that tho
democracy contend for principles, not men,
nd that, though the later may laller by tho
Says'de, he Democratic hosts march on.
earcely weakened by their deseriion.
Cincinnati Enquiref.