Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-30
What hsa tho Election Decided :

What has the Election Decided
Ne shall not assume TO answer fully, amids
tie excitements Of the present hour. the inter
r,gatory with which we have commenced 'hi
article. The election Of the individual. Herr
A. Wise, to the Gnbernatorial chair Of Virginia
and the re asserted supremacy If The soj-jisnn
Democratic party in the STATE, arc RESPONSE
which tell Us nothing in comparison with th'
magnitude of those indirect consequences affect
ing the peace aud pernanence ri the tnl'n' Il
which we may look a. results almost inevitable
Nh Wise. when installed in ofes. may do all
towards redeeming or crushing the energies OF
Virginia which he ha> promised 10 do. lie may
exercise the power in the legislature which he
has so effectively used on the stomp. and rchiP
in TO his support all those who would oppose him.
The widest schemes, too, enuncated Ia his pro.
Crnnmc e Stnte policy, may" 10 forced upon u-'
and taxation may added upon taxation, in def
ance Of the peoples "groaH-.' Bat still, the
consequences Of Mr.. Wi>o's election, fear
will not stop in its effect upon the slate policy Of
Virginia. If they do,like the effects Il drought
and pestilence, may look to time for u remedy
while she pillars of the great national fabric Of
social and political order win have stood undc
faced and unmoge9.
1t is in another and moro enlarged yicw-af-
feofing not only Virginia bot the pence and quiet
and peipeiuity Of the Union, that We would con
slider tho probable results Of The popular verdict
delivered last Thursday Aud whit, we would
calmly askis the tendency ofthe present position
of Virginia in drnalionazing and sectonnIlzins
parties, aud in kindlng into a flame the already
deeply eNoited feeling which exist between the
North and the Soufhl Let Us see. Ia the
Northern States the Democratic party e not
only like the Wing party ,pulpably and confessed
~ denationalized. but it is cfrctually annhRatcd.
We find no party there, commanding an 10Th #
poloer, in sympathy aad CO cooperation with the
Wise party Of Virginia; aul it is moreover a sin
guar fact, that there is scnrcelya remnant of Il
party to be found in those States represented by
a partizan press other than GREEN and 7HHriom
Heed, and Bryant of the Evening POSI-. that will
sing pcnns of yictory,n common with the Demo
cratic press of Virginia, over the defeat of Amer.
oanism in Virginia. The Democratic party has
been engulfed like the Wing party, either in
the great vortex offreesnsm brought to net,
IN defence OF homo labor against foreign labor.
in concert and union with the great American
movement which is to day supreme in the North
ern States Against this movement, Virginia,
first among the Southern State has placcd her
self in the van, aud under the command of
leader whose precedents and vindeive notions
can permit him To listen 10 no compromise
Thus, we sec one party supreme in the North
and another in Virginia in drndly nntag-
onism to the other, and ca III PER 81. rs respects
the ether and as consequence, sectional and de
nafonalized. The ultimate effect oi such stntc
Of lhings,if not arrestcdin weakcninp, ury,in So
We ring = bonds # lie F,dcIul I-aisB re deem
II uhne oessary to point oat.
he cooperation Of the dominant or American
"a y ofthe North with southern Democracy.
represented by Mr.. Wise, i. improbable and i'm
possible. The only point, upon which they can
perchance agree,is mutual assault aud recrimjua-
ton. What then must te the result and where
shall the patriot look in the present emergency
for power unbound by sections, but comprc-
bending all divisions aud all interests, and that
may be rallied from Maine TO Texas in defence of
the Union and the Constitution We verify bc
lieye il can only be found the union and
strength. North and South of the American
party. And without mutual corporation
North ana South, the mission even of that
party mast iail-and with t.so Tar can sec.
must fail the eNi.. enoe Of nny save sectjs~' D.
ganizalou We would thereto" aayi~, the Amer.
lean party of Virginia to stand fast an unh.ncL-
ingyby the color- which ihoy have planted. Let
them do away, if they will, with thor secrecy,
with all else save the great principle Of Amer
icanzing America; and let them continue to