Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-22
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Union, commenting on the fact that
Instead Of getting the enormous majority orig
inaIiy announced BY the telegraph, first %, 900,
then Is, coo, and afterwards 10000, Governor
MJreheads majo'i ty lin kentucky is only
about 4. Ooo, says:
q IL seems now to be generally conceded
that Mr.. Moore heads majority will not ex-
coed 4, geo. 1t may possibly fall as low as
3. 262. the majority which Gen. Scots obtained
In Kentucky at tie last presidential election.
After frsuds, the most deliberate and bare
faced, after distractions and violence at the
polls without a parallel in our history: and
otter atrocities which make the flesh creep
1t the simplest recital OF their revolving
horors, the fruits of Know Nothingism at
the late election iii Kentucky may be summed
up in few words A Know Nothing Cover
nor has been elected by a majority not much,
If any larger than that given to Gen. Scott,
and oBe Democratic member of Congress has
been defeated through the infamous instrument
talitieS already alluded to. Who can doubt
what the result Of the election in Kentucky
would now be If it had been conducted in the
same spirit of integrity, the same Jealous Ie-
gard for the constitutional rights OF all classes
of the citizens, and the same faithful obsel ~
ance Of the laws, which characterized the cleo
tioEs IL Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama and Texas?"
In thanking the gentlemen named below
for their share in bringing about the recert
aGti-Know Nothing triumphs, the Union says ::
The Democrats, in their fluctuations over
the results Of the recent Southern elections
should not forget their obligations to such gen.
tiemen as Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolrua;
Major DoEeisOD, of Tenne5eee; ex-Senat "
Clemens, of Alabama, and their a. eiateS
.v,l q;
took To illGstrf te the Old-fashioncd truth that
10 enc man or 10 two men can carry a q eat
pan ~ to the ranks Of toe enemy to which they
may desert; anu they have admirably sue
eeedst In -the experiment. They enact I'd
their part with the utmost fidelity % pre-
dent. 10th undertook 20 show that the Dem
ecratic ariy Wss broken up, or pretty much
On their side, and both have fallen in the
struggle, enduring monuments of disappointe ed
maleyOleBce and ambition. For these ser
vices, we say, all thanks are due. But for
such kind volunteers IS Major DOnelson and
C2l. Clemens occasionally to point out to reck-
lo s leaders and selfish ingraT 5 the danger OF
all attempts TO make their personal glieIs the
subject Cf general controversy, there is no tell
ing what the end would be. Every man who
lost nomination, or who failed to get an Office
world set up his standard OF rebellion, until
the democracy became "a mere tumult of fs.-
tIons. like their disOrganized and qusrrelsome
adyersaries.
The Intc!iigencsr publishes a translation
ifom recent history of the elder NapoIc On s
times, by Count Rederer, privately printed, }
wherein an occurrence is detailed in which
cur representative in Paris, ia 1900, refuse d
certain valuable presents f;om the Emperor
and says;
g. Ne can never sec or hear of presen- to
ono OF our Ofdcial functiOnaries from a FOREIGN
Prince or State without being led to wish that
al other clauses of our Constitution could be
every where guarded by the same Jealous
vigilance as that which prohibits the accent
aEce of an old coin a snuff box. Were this
the case We should hear nothing of the many
Propositions which now so frequently CRATE
upon our ear from State politicians, and even
State Legislatures, TO nullify acts of Congress
passed under the authority Of that same Con
stitutiOn."