Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-25
VEsPAsIAN ELLIS, Editor.
The Elections in virginia.
FRIDAY. MAY %, 1865.

our paper goes to press, do not authorize us 10
express any decided opinion on the general
result We are disappointed in the votes re-
ported from Richmond and from Norfolk, as
we had been led to believe that the American
maiorities in those towns would have been |
much larger and moro decisive. II Is true that
Mr.. Wise loses in those places, nearly five hun
dred upon the vote given there to General
Pierce, and about four hundred upon the vote
given to Governor johnson. His loss also in
Chesterfield upon Pierce's vote is nearly three
hundred. In Petersburg, he loses over 200 !;
In Alexandria, about 400 /; in Campbell county,
nearly 400; in Culpeper, 264; and in Ohio
county, 1852, on Pisrce's vote Corresponding
losses throughout the State would leave him
in hopeless minority. But will there be
corresponding lossesR (See our details.)
We hear rumor that the Washington Union
received despatch this morning, from Rich
mond, 10 the purport, that several counties on
the south side Of james river, had given Mr..
Wise some eight or nine hundred votes in
crease, upon General Pierce's mejorities. If this
be So II is ominous Of Flournoy' 8 defeat, but we
do not believe word Of the statement, for the
plain reason, that we consider it impossible
those counties could have been heard from, at
Richmond, early this morning. Another day
will elucidate this point No returns have as
yet come in from the West, except from Ohio
and Marshall counties, where our gains are
large, and probably no further reliable inform
alton will be gained from that section, for two
or three days. So far as we have any reliable
Information, we see nothing to Justify the be-
lief, that the American party has been defeated
in Virginia.
But, suppose we have been defeated, what
thenp More than one, aye, more than TIVE
Presidents have been elected without the vote
of-virginia. As we said yesterday, we say
to-day:
eff defeated in Virginia nor we shall be disap-
pointed but not dispirited One year will not elapse
before the whole South will be Amercanzed, and
swell the final triumph Of Amercansm In 1856.
Defeat now in Virginia to the anti American party,
will prove their annhilation. They would never
breathe again, in the form of opposition--but the
temporary defeat Of our party there, would but
nerve the SONS Of :. Sam for more vigorous con-
test in 1856, when North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi Texas, California, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Missouri, viii have joined the grand
army Of !. SAM and be prepared TO embrace the
Mother of Statesmen as thorough convert 10 the
doctrines of the American Reformation. lH
These arc our sentimaats and our views. If
v;-c;n;o l---.sve gone for the Pope and his
allies we shall have none the less confidence
70 a'c success Of American principles
throughout the country--,ot an iota less. The
south (excluding Virginia, and perhaps, South
oTohna) VIII, nevertheless, BIO with us, and
sven Virginia will ha ,si.L
if our friends there take proper measures to
disseminate our principles, and to vindicate
them from Misrepresentation. There never
before was party, whose doctrines have been
50 unscrupulously assailed, vilifed, slandered
and misrepresented. Let the people have
light, and they viii readily discover in what
manner, and to what extent they have been
duped, imposed upon, misled, and gulled by
the orators Of tho anti-American party.
Let those papers which advocate the "Amer-
lean doctrines" be sustained and encouraged
by the people. We venture the assertion,
that If the " American Organ" had had cir
culstion in Virginia Of twenty thousand copies,
Gas il ought to have had,) or il other papers
which enter earnestly intopolemic discussions
in favor Of American questions, had received
that support they were entitled 70, Virginia
would have given on yesterday not less than
thirty thousand majority for the American
ticket We do not mean to claim for the Or
gan any superiority over other presses Of a
similar character, nor are we so selfish as to
desire to displace other papers, which adyo-
cate our doctrines, to make room for ours
but we do say, that we thoroughly understand
the principles and measures Of our party, and
that there is no objection hitherto raised to our
party, that we cannet refute and scatter TO the
winds--nonc that we have MOI. over and again
ref1tedi
But Of what avail Is Il, that our principles
arc sustained in the american Organ" or
in other American" presses, il these papers
do not reach the peopleS We have, II is true
an immense circulation. considering tho short
time since our press commenced operations,
our circulation is steadily increasing, and CO.
especially at the South and West; but II is
remarkable fact that although we are situated
on the border Of Virginia we have more sub
scribcrs in North Carolina, more in Alabama,
Hi'u hVie IA aiSSiboippi, hh1ii III NHRlnihl we
submit 10 our friends in Virginia, that II they
desire success they must take measures to OBJ
tain II by the circulation ofpapers which vindi-
cate our doctrines
In every portion Of Virginia, where darkness
reigns, the light Of truth must be introduced
Ifeach subscriber would take upon himself the
task Of obtaining two, four, or q half dozen
other subscribers and then circulate their
copies, aftcr reading them, amongst those who
cannot afford to subscribe themselves, the benc-
fetal result of thisplan would very soon appear
In the changed tone ofthe people
We trust that our country readers win i'm.
prove these hints, not only in Virginia, but
elsewhere, and we renew to them our sssuran-
ces, that VIC shall do battle for our principles,
come veal or woe, to the utmost extent Of our
feeble powers,
But wo must call attention to the certain
consequences which would result from Mr.
Wisc's success ia Virginia We have some
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