, 1855-07-13
THE REsuLT-ITs CAUSE AND EFFECT.

THE REsULT--iTs CAUSE AND EFFECT.
By the news given in another column, it
will be seen that we have good grounds to
believe our party have been successful. As
far as heard from down the Sound our can
didate is far ahead of the We cast in '53,
while in Lewis county he is ahead of the
most sanguine, so we are warranted in say
ing be is elected by from $50 to $50 ma
jority.
For such q majority our candidate'is in
debted to the true, real, genuine democ-
racy. The opposition deserve much credit
for their activity and industry in working
for their candidatc-not a stone was left
unturned Every whig, who had ever ex-
pressed or even thought of voting against
his party's nominee, was taken into hands
by the leaders, and drilled until he marked
time with them: and these leaders let no
such disafected whig pass. With the
faithfulness of canine shepherd, they
searched out the whole flock, and drove
them to the fold Nor did they stop here.
They bid for and bought the dshcartened
free soilers. With much plausibiity it was
argued that free soilers should vote for
Judge Strong, if they wished their agita-
ting principles to be represented in Wash
ington at all. There was evidently no hope
for their candidate. The only real differ
ence, politically, between the two, at any
rate, was that if there was no free soil par
ty, Judge Strong would be a'whig, and
Judge Cushman q democrat. The ques'
tions on which they agreed we're paramount
to all others. Such arguments had their
effect. Whether there is not some real
truth in them, we doubt much.
Nor did the leaders Of, the opposition
stop with the free solers. They appealed to
the personal feelings and private prejudices
,of such democrats as were thought to be
faltering. To such, Judge Strong was rep
resented to be no party ndn-a sort Of q
young American whig, and an old settler,
welded and bound by all kinds of ties to
this territory, and her interests. Col. An
derson was represented as young, hot
blooded, hard-headed, rcd-nouthed demo-
crat, perfect fre-eater, and real bird of
passage, entirely migrating in his| habits,
and no more settled in this country, than
the swallow is in Maine during the summer
months. Such gross Misrepresentation
were made by whig leaders, with the hope
of securing few votes from our party
Thanks to the. .unfinching nerve Of the de-
mocracy, they met with but very little sue
cess. In our county, the democracy faced
the music well. Notwithstanding q most
unpleasant dissension arose with regard to
portion of our ticket in this county, the
vote does not vary more than ten or fifteen
from our. real majority. Nothing could
coax or deter our democracy from sup
port Of their principles. It's the most graf
flying reflection Of the canvass. Then what
Is to be the effect The cause we all have
seen--the effect is yet to come. Will that
effect not be to increase our affection for
our principles2 2 Does il not prove salts
factorily to all, that in order to secure the
success Of those principles for which We
have just fought SO bravely, we must be
united in our support of them? Surely it
does. And It proves, too, that those prin-
: ciples are the real life and spirit of the in
stitutions Of our country. No ism, ne fac
tion, no prejudice, should ever lead us to
desert them. As we have often said be-
fore, they are strongly planted in the bo-
SONS Of large majority Of the American
people. To guard against our enemies, it
Is only necessary that this majority should
yete unbiased, unprejudiced, and knowing
y. In order to do this. we must never
wander from the road blazed by our fore
fathers. Examine, carefully, all the new
tangled isms as they come into existence,
and they will be found to have but one end
in view. That end is to wrest from the
hands Of the democracy, the control of the
affairs Of our nation. Such ends can only
be attained by drawing from the ranks Of
our party the unwary. Hence the necessi-
ty Of adhering in future, as we have done
in the past, to the exponents of our prin-
ciples.'
NJ We learn the celebration of the