The true Democrat., 1855-11-27
The Elections of 1s55-The Result

party has "arisen upon the ruins and in spit of the opposition of the whig and democrati parties," the result must be regarded as won derful achievement on the part ot the demo cracy of the Union. In the recent State cleo tions the Know Nothings have carried t,o southern States and seuen northern or free States In the south, Kentucky and Maryland have gon for the Know Nothings, and in both State there were rows, blood-shed and imposition upon the ballot box, that deserve and have re ceved the censure and condemnation of thu public. Know Nottingham stands in Louisville and Baltimore charged with crimes most revolt ing and atrocious.
 In the north, the Know Nothings have car ried seven Massachusetts, Ne,o Hump shire Connecticut Ee,mont Ne,0 Fork, Ohio ano CaLfo,nio Of the elections in these seven States, the southern Kpow Nothings can boast to the southern people over but one Cat.formaa. The result in the remaining six are abolition triumphs. Alas. for Know Nottingham! Up- on its national platform, made at Philadelphia, it has carried but three States of all those that have held elections within the last nine months It is utterly done for-absolutely used up routed, horse, foot and dragoon. But of the democratic victories upon the Baltimore na- tional platform, with the addition of the right of popular sovereignty in the territories, how different the result? Old Virginia led the way defeating the Know Nothngs by II 900 maio- rity. Then Tennessee, Alabama, North Caro. lima and Texas-all defeating the Know Moth. ings by unprecedented majorities and eectne sound, national Nebraska democrats. Thel followed Georgia-sweeping Know Nottingham from the State, and electing national demo cratic Governor. And now we have Missssip pl and Louisiana, by overwhelming majorities wheeling into the democratic line and repu diating the k-lanternites. Thus in the south, the democratic party have carried eiqA out of the ten States that have held elections this year, while the Know Nothings have only carried tOo.
 In the north, the democratic success has beer equally signal, and it has been such that every patriot throughout the Union, north and south can rejoice over it. Lust year, Know Nothing ism swept the entire north, defeating the Ne braska democrats, and sending to Congress both to the Senate and the House of Represen. tatives, the rankest and bitterest aboitionists The result is, the present House of Representa-. tives has majority of members who are hostile to tEe dearest interests of the southern States But the sober second thought'-the reaction has commenced. MAINE led off by electing Z Nebraska national democrat, as Governor, ovel the combined forces of abclitonists. freesoil- CTS and Know Nothings Next came PENN. sYLvANIA, where the aboltionists whiss and Know Nothings, each, withdrew their candi date and united upon a single man--an aboli- tionist. The democratic party swept the fu- sion candidate from the field, however, beating him with a sound Nebraska democrat by tel or twelve thousand votes. Then came the na tional democracy of INDIANA, who carried tht day upon the national democratic platform, in cluding the Nebraska question, by majority o some twenty thousand, over the aboltionists whigs and Know Nothings. And the last new: we have now, is, that NEW JERSEY and Wis CoNsIN have also gone for the national demo cratic ticket.
 In all these results-both at the north anC the south-have not the democracy and every friend and lover of the Union, the greatest req son to triumph and rejoice?
 ho and consistent, except in one or two cases il old whig States, they have carried the election upon national principles. And wherever the Know Nothings have gained the victory, there it is rejoiced over by the enemies of the south, as trium ph of abolitionists and abolitio doc trnes.
 But Know Nottingham, thank Heaven, has run its course. At first when its principles and its practice were unknown, 1t swept every thing before it. But now, it stands before the public, exposed in all of its deformtv, baffled the Union.
 All that remains for the democracy to carry the election of the next President upon sound national principles, is for them to maintain thei organization, and continue that unceasing vigi. lance that has led to the glorious results that we now rejoice over. The integrity of the Union depends solely upon the success of na- tonal man, who, as President will protect tn ( interests and institutions of the south, and the democracy is the only party that has the least prospect of uniting on such d candidate.
 In the south, the Know Nothings stand upon their Philadelphia platform; but at the north, there is not single Know Nothing State coun- cil that has not declared its unqualified oppo- stion to slavery in every form, and its deter. imitation to resist the admission of any more slave States. In this position of the Know Nothing party, there can be no national nom- nation made by it for the Presidency, unless the subject of slavery is ignored. And if it is ig- nored, their candidate vii be beaten both at the north and the south. The Know Nothings cannot make national nomination. The par ty south will nominate a candidate, and the party north will abandon its organization and join the aboltionists as 1t has already done in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
 The national democracy will then have the Know Nothings to contend against at the south and the abolitionists at the north The result cannot be doubtful. Every single southern State on the question of slavery and nationali- ty, will go for the democratic nominee, while we will carry Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Penn sylvania, New Jersey, California, Maine and, perhaps other northern States. The next Pre- sident, in fact, so far as the public mind is con- cerned, is already elected upon the broad na- Lionality of the democratic party.
 All honor to the living and invincble de- We do not yet despair of the Union.
 Yell County.
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