Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-04
NUMBER III.
From the Albany Register,
The Virginia Election and the Seward
Whigs of this state.

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this State, the sectonalists rejoice the results
Of the Virginia election, with a much deeper in
tensity than the Democracy themselves. The
pmans OF the latter easily understood, whether
they emanate from feeling Of actual triumph over
victory won, or from a rejoicing spirit exultant
over salvation from dreaded and expected over
throw, Whether the end Of the contest in Virginia
is regarded by them as q special interference Of
Providence in their behalf or the fruits Of their
own efforts and actual strength, they remain in
power for the present, and enjoy for the time the
fruits of victory Hence, whether their gladness Is
the mere eIuberance Of gratitude for being saved
from annhiation, or the positive elation Of success
won by effort, makes small difference.
But the rejoicing of the Seward Abolition Wings
hinges upon very different philosophy. What
ever may come of the Virginia election to Others
It has annihilated them. There Is no such thing
| as Wing party in Virginia, and its annhilation
in the Old Dominion is the first effect of malady
which 10 consuming II everywhere. Let us eI-
anime this matter lttle and see what cause these
Wing politicians these ancient tricksters and lead
ers have for rejoicing.
In '52 there was Whig party occupying In
Virginia, as In every other State, distinct posi-
tion, organized, standing upon principle, having a
policy and sustaining it with zeal and earnestness
worthy of success IL il failed to command it, In
54 that same party remained apparently intact,
and TO all human appearance gathering strength.
Where Is It now9 The sponge has been passed
over the page Of political history Of Virginia. and
wiped out the name Of the Wing party forever
There were two and only two, parties in the field
in Virginia; the one the old Democratic party, un.
der its old leaders; and the other the American
party-the former absorbing all the factions,
swallowing up every clique, including the Wings
of the Evening Journal school, and the latter
standing alone. The former triumphed for the
time, but were the latter weakened or broken9
ID they atn0d hafnra ha al thnv ard
the only difference being that the former has
ceeded in postponing its catastrophe, breathless
and exhausted by its very efforts for selfpreserya-
ton, while the latter is more full of courage and
strength, and faith in the future, than it was be-
fore the conflict.
But where is the Wing party Of Virginia
" Gone-and like the baseless fabric of a yisior
left not track behind" Why then do the Whig
demagogues, the ancient leaders Of the party in this
State rejoice over the results of the Virginia cleo
ton? @
But another question arises, which we should
like to have somebody answer Assuming that
Seward and Weed and Id omne genus claim to have
been or to be honest men, acting upon principle,
what have they in, common, what sympathy, what
congenialty with those who have triumphed in
Virginias What principle, what measure Of poll
cywhich they ever advocated or advocate now, has
been indicated by results in that State? There
stand the men and the against which these
political latter day saints professed to be battling
for years and profess to be battling still Those
and those measures have triumphed in Virgins,
and yet shout goes up from these their ancient
foes, of triumph for their success. A shout too,
so loud that II browns the wall Of annihittion of
Wing principles, Whig measures, and the Wing
party In Virginia! How Is this? And yet it is
not difficult to understand It ALL
These Whig leaders Of the Seward school have
seen with dismay this new political element rising
into power, and felt beneath them the upheaving
Of the earthquake that was to destroy them They
have seen the spectral hand tracing with pencil
of fire their doom upon the wall. They read in
the blazing record the sentence Of their overthrow
and feeling to be immutabe in the malice of de-
spair they rejoice in the hope Of seeing those who
toppled them down involved In the common ruin.
They can bear to be crushed amid the falling tim
bers of the temple they have polluted and profan-
ed, II they can see those who pulled away the pill
lars that sustained IT, perish with them
But this hope, based upon an intensified maligni-
ty will never be realized The American party viii
perform its mission, tho beginning only Of which
to smash the organizations made up Of politi-
cal corruptonists and annihste the power of those
who use their influence for the purpose Of promo
ting thoir own, selfish and unpatriotic views.
But there is another class Of people whose re-
joicing over the result of the Virginia election is
legitimate. For them IL Is q real triumph, and we
neither wonder at nor blame them for shouting
their wild hurrahs over the election of WISE
These are the foreigners and RomsRists Of our
cities and large towns. They are beyond measure
jubilant. They have achieved a. victory over
American and Protestant men, aud their shout OF
gadness goes up burthcned with the declaration
that "Americans shall not ruIc Anserica.n This,
to them, was the issue, and wonder they are ex-
cited at the result And we see them every day
and every night, in the sunshine, and by the light
Of the moon and stars, congregating on the cor
ners Of the streets, with hces radiant with tri-
umph. embracing and congratnlating each other,
and these whig leaders and political tricksters and
demagogues, and joining hands all round, call the
bright sun, the pale moon, and the twnkling stars
to witness the great fact that Americans shall NOT
rule America We said we do not blame them,
the foreigners and Romanists for their exultstion
Il is naturalthat they should rejoice, for by them
a temporary triumph has been achieved but what
do the American people think, what win they say,
and what win they do in view Of these tbingsi We
hear the answer coming up from every true Ameri-
can heart. It goes ringing like the sound Of
trumpet through the land. It's clarion voice, clear,
distinct, and emphatic, proclaims that the future
shall not be as the past has been. That the ma
tionality Of these States shall be vindicated the
name, the character, the fath the institutions the
republication of this great country shall be sus-
tanned, and the great principle shall become an
tcle Of living faith, fundamental truth carried
into practice, that Americans SHALL rule Ame-
rica.S