Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-30
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THE VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.

THE VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
Glorious result in the Sc Old Dominion ''---vir-
ginia vindicates her own great name, and
saves the Union!
The great battle for the rights of the people against
the conspiracy of the dark-anterns, and for the
rights of the States and the perpetuaon of the Union
according to the Constitution, has been fought in Vr-
ginia, and won by the Democratic party. Mr.. Wise,
says the Enquifer of Saturday last, is elected Gov
ernor by unprecedented majority"-all the De-
mocratic candidates for Congress are elected and
the Legislature is Democratic by large majority.
This is of the most signal and important politi
cal victories achieved in this country; signal,
because the contest prolonged and bitter, and
the Know Nothings brought every thing in the way
of emssaries, money, and falsehoods to their aid
important, because it brushes the midnight conspi-
racy in the open day, by the UiUa roce the soil
of the leading Southern State, always true
to the principles of Jefferson and jackson and
sends Sam bowling uuder the lash of hig h-heart
ed Southern men, back to his native den of aboli-
tionsm alien-law ism, and all other pestilent isms
combined. Well may the Democracy of that noble
old State exult this result. 'They have fought
the good fight they have kept the fath"-henceforth
Virginia will be known as the ship whose flag neUer
pales nor goes down-as the mighty breakwater be-
tween her Southern sisters and the food of perni-
cious doctrines sweeping the Northern and
Eastern portions of the Confederacy
The effect of this election must be to disband and
destroy, to large extent and that at early day.
the Know Nothing organization in the Southern
States. 1t was looked to here we know, with far
deeper interest than that which attaches itself to
State elections generally 1t regarded, even by
the Know Nothngs test election-as contest
which would decide the fate of the Order in North
Carolina. But what must be the effect in the States
of the North? Will it not utterly sectonaze
aboliGonize the order? The Philadelphia Know
Nothing National Council is near at hand-it will
assemble the 5th of June and then we shall know
which is the stronger party, the Minority OF iaori
ty-the South-or the majority which will be pres
ent from the abolition States. The leaders of the
Order have lost Virginia. it will be argued, though
they appeared to be favorable to the rights of the
slaveholding States and will it not be insisted by
the majority in the Philadelphia Council, that the
only hope of carrying the North is by taking open
ly strong ground against the fugitiveslave law and
the Nebraska act? We shall see
We shall keep our paper open to the latest moment,
in order to give the final result in Virginia.
Latest from Virginia.
The Enquirer of Monday gives a table of 100
Counties out of the IA in the State, heard from.
Leaving out reported maJorltles LOT Mr. wise IN
Kanawha and Tazewell, his majority in the 100
Counties is 7,163. The Enquirer says:
"The remaining counties usually give large De-
mocratic majority-they include the strong Demo-
cratic counties of Lee, Scott Carroll, Grayson, Bar
bour, Wetzel, Lewis &c. The vote in the counties,
to be heard from, will swell Mr.. Wises majority to
at least 10000
For Congress- there is no doubt as to the result
in single District, that of Mr.. Lewis, from
which have few reported returns. All the
other members of Congress doubtless reelected.
For the Legislature, we have already gained and
lost Senator's and gained IS and lost l l members
of the House of Deegates-thus retaining the future
large Democratic ascendancy in the Legislature.
It will thus be seen that SAM is "no achere -"
in Virginia. and that the blessed old commonwealth
is Democratic throughout. Patriots in ali portions
of the country rejoicing the result in Vir-
gnia. 1t is indeed magnificent and glorious tri-
umph over the worst party that ever dared to faint
the soil of Virginia.