Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-09

For Lis1f G0v.--JAMES d. n. bEALE.
Foy Attorney Gsasral-JOHN N. PATTON.
Election, 4th Thursday in May.
The Virginia Elections.
We entertain not the slightest doubt of the
complete success of the American party" in
Virginia, on the oath day Of this month--not
the slightest.
II is amusing To read In such papers as the
Washington Union, Richmond Enquirer, and
tho Epening Star, their accounts Of the recent
''repsrsss' Of our party in. Petersburg and
Harper's Ferry quite amusing.
The neutral Star Of yesterday, headed Its
notices Of the elections at'the above place thus,
/" Knop-Nothing rspsrsss."
Its coadjutor, the Union, heads It's notice Of
these elections thus, More KnoU-N Nothing
defsats" The Richmond Enquirer, more
modest than the Star and Union, simply pub
fishes the photographic dispatches from Peters
burg, the last Of which despatch claims the
election there a. "a Democratic triumph"
Well, we can afford to let these unhappy
men rejoice in such victories, If they can make
up their minds that they have cause for joy, in
the results Of these two elections, but we may
be permitted to inform them, that II the whole
State shall present similar changes from the
elections Of 1852 and 1853, Mr.. Flournoy will
be elected by ten thousand votes
Petersburg is Democratic city, and has
been for years past at all the State and Prosi-
Dental elections. 1t gave General Pierce a
majority Of 244 votes. A despatch to the
National Iatslligeneer, published this morn
ing, says that the average Democratic loss is
1859 votes from the election of1852l The loss
upon the Governors election in 1853 is So
votes, and that, too, In contest between the
American party against fusion Of black
spirits and white, blue spirits and greyl"
And this is called a Know Nothing defeat!
We say again, that If the whole State shall ex-
hibit the same proportionate change, Flournoy
win be elected triumphantly; and it is our de-
liberate Judgment that in no part Of Virginia,
will the change be found 80 umall, proportion
ately, against the anti-American party as in
Petersburg.
And now for Harper's Ferry, whore it is
claimed by the neutral Star, that we have met
with "reperses." five are correctly informed,
Mr.. Faulkner received, in 1853, majority Of
one hundred and seventy six votes at Harper's
ferry, and noD the anti-Americans have carried
the election by majority Of less than forty
This is strange sort of triumph to boast Of,
and parade through the press
Ifs change corresponding to that at Harper's
Ferry, from 1853, shall be made throughout
the State, the American ticket win succeed, by
more than twenty thousand votes Now,
Messrs. Union, Star, and Enquirer, you may
Drag to your hearts content over such tn
umphsi
But the neutral Star was not content to
represent the above elections as "Know-
Nothing reverses, but It must further show its
neutrality by inserting the following:
The usual anti Democratic majority in the town
of Petersburg, Virginia, Is from IS to l25. The
majority against Pierce there was about So. We
have not yet learned the majority by which the
Know-Nothings were defeated there yesterday"
We repeat that Petersburg has always given
Democratic majorities, and that it gave Gen.
eral Pierce majority Of 244 over General
Scott To say tho least the Star was obscured
by q cloud
But the Star says further, in relation to
Harper's Ferry:
According to Know-Nothing calculations they
were to have had majority of 225 there"
Where did the neutral Star get this infor-
mationi We never heard Of any such calcu-
lations, and we doubt whether any reliable au-
thority can be given for such statement We
have been of the opinion, and still believe, that
the vote at Harper's Ferry win be nearly divi-
ded between Messrs. Flournoy and Wise, and
we have strong hopes now, that Flournoy win
run ahead of Wise In that locality. It Is our
belief too, that Flournoy win divide with Wise
the votes in Petersburg, Notwithstanding Gen.
eral Pierce received 244 votes there over Gen.
erh Scott We shall see
We say then to our friends in Virginia, sue
cess Is within your graspl Union, concert
harmony, and exertion win insure the triumph
of our cause throughout the length and breadth
of the Old Dominion, and seal the fate of Rich
mond Enquirer. juntoism in Virginia, and Of
Demagoguism, Romanism, and Foreignism
throughout the land. The whole South stands
ready to unite with Virginia in rolling on the
ball Of the " American Reformationp We are
not Of those who believe, that even were vir-
GINA to stand back, and fail to unite, in the
grand procession Of American triumphs, our
cause would be arrested-far from i'll But II
Virginia now leads the van in the South, the
present year, 1855, win witness that glorious
contamination, which might otherwise be do
laycd for year or two, but which no earthly
power can prevent
The Commissioners Of Election.
On Monday NEXT we understand, that the
two Boards Of the city government win con-
vene in joint meeting, to elect commissioners
Of the election, TO be held in June