Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-13
RICHMOND MIG.
SATURDAY, MOnNING, SEPT. ~, 1859.
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3 The Lesson Of the Recent Northern Elections.

s very simple. They the thorough dHiaaee ofen
sire and defsnsre Of the Know Nothing and Black Re
pubean oryanisafsons North. The letters Of Choate,
Evans and Reed md OF those other distinguished Old
Line Wings OF the Northern States, who refused to 20
down into the culve along with their former political
socates Join their balances with Aboonsm, aud
the confident air aud tone which have been long oh
served in the leaders Of the Black Republican faction, In
Congress and Of IT, indications Of the result
which plainly perceive did not sufficiently
heed The elections of Iowa. Vermont and Maine leave
the fact Of the fusion longer questionable and show
beyond all possibility and hope OF contradiction, the thor
ough inerlockng and INTERVENING Of the Know Nothing
and Black Republican parties North. against the national
Democracy, in organization, and iusepara-
bla--Y.serddy's Examiner.
IL is evident that the entire Democracy of the
South are wofuly down in the mouth in consequence
Of the complete and overwhelming rout OF their par.
ty in their strongholds at the North Nor is this
unnatural OF strange. 1t to have been expected
that they would exhibit the utmost confusion and
dismay on account of their terrible msfortunes.-
But il Is really too bad for them to be attributng
their defeat as the Examiner does, to alliance,
offensive and defensive Of the Know Nothing and
Black Republican organizations, without letting
their readers know the whole truth as to who actu-
ally compose that alleged alliance"
Now, we undertake to say that the Know NothingS
and Black Republicans alone could never have
complshed the overthrow Of the Democracy in Iowa
or Maine, il the Democracy themselves had exhibit
ed the virtues claimed for them by their Southern
allies, and stood firm to their colors Ii is well
known that Iowa, for example, has always been a
decided thoroughgong, overwhelming Democratic
State giving uniformly from ten to twenty thousand
Democratic majority. The opposition to the Demo
cracy in that State, them including Wings, Know
Nothings and Black Republicans, is thus seen TO
have been in miserable minority. How, we ask
even admitting the thorough alliance" now that the
Examiner speaks of-how could this almost hope
less minority have gotten to be majority OF twelve
fifteen Thousand, unless large proportion of the
Democrats themselves had first become completely
Black RepublicdRisedP How? Can any mortal
man, with this tremendous change before his eyes,
lay his hand upon his breast and say that the South
ern Denocrscys allies in Iowa have remained faith
fal and frinf And have you not been told, over
and again, that that faithfulness and irmness,
under aH circumstances was not to be questioned,
and might be relied upon by the South with imph-
cit and unshaken conidenceS Have you not beOn
told thousand times over that sour noble allies"
the North were uncOn9uerdble and unpurchaseable
And now, when Just about one half of them have
been found deserving their coors, in the very first
battle that has occurred, and going horse foot
and Dragons to the Black Republican army, what
do we heari Why the Examiner aud the Southern
Democracy tell that the defeat Of the Democratic
party in Iowa and Maine is owing entirely to "tho
rough alliance offensive and defensive, of the Know
Nnihing aud Black Republican organizations ~
And, pray, is IL not a most convenient and happy
method on the part of the Southern Democrats Of
accounting for the rout the dispersion, the almost
complete humiliation Of their party at the North
Why don't they tell their Southern readers that the
alliance they pirate about if any such alliance ex-
III = IL. z.
party in both the States of Iowa and Maney Why,
suppose the Virginia Democracy to do as their
allies in iowa and Maine have done. Suppose about
half of the Democrats Of Virginia to aban-
don their party in the present contest and
to the support of Fillmore, would the Examiner lie
in mood after the election to euogize the tIidtul-
ness and frmness of the Virginia Democracy, and
to declare of Them it declares of its allies in
Iowa and Maine, that they had made a noble and
gallant fight in behalf of Buchanan, and deserved to
be commended and rewarded by him? Surely,
with one half of party deserving, it is useless to
speak Of that party as faithful and unconquerable.
Such talk is sheer CANNON.
Another thing is to be taken into the account in
es matng the result of the elections in Maine
and Iowa 1t is this The Wing and American
parties having been in hopeless minority in thos,
circumstances bear out in the suppositIon-that
what is set down as the Democratic vote is made uI
in no nconsiderabe proportion Of the votes of con
sentative Wings and Americans who seeing no hopt
for themselves united with the Democrats to deiea
the Black Republicans. Taking this fact for grant
ed what does it prove? Why, that the dcsertioni
from the Democratic 10 the Black Republican party
are infinitely numerous than the returns Of the
elections themselves disclose on their face Our
opinion is IN at at least third Of what is put down
as the Democratic vote in Iowa and Maine is mad,
up Of the conservative Wing and American vote
thrown for the Democracy for the reason we have
stated. This being so, the conclusion follows tina
very nearly too.thirds Of the Democracy Of low,
and Maine have basely captulated to the Black Re
publican forces. And yet we are still told that the
Northern Democracy the only hope aud reianc,
for the South in the impending conflict Verify,
they constitute only stay and support the Soutl
is utterly undone, and forever more. To trust
10 than is to lean upon something than bro
ken reed. Such is our opinion. And we are sus
tanned in il by the reluctant and sorrowiu admission
OF the Examiner itself; for il says--"We comics
that our confidence IN ne aJiity Of tie Northern
Democracy to resist the onslaught Of this rockies
coalition, apparently in its saturnaa Of madness ~,
political debauchery, is pouerfuuy shaken By Ties
recent elections !" Now, we submit that there cou,
be no doubt Of the liability" Of the Democracy O
Maine and Iowa to "resisr successfully the Blacl
RePublicaDs-recollecting that they are both over
wheImingy Democratic States-if the Democrac
In those States only the yaitACgi allies" whic
you represent them to be TO the Southern people e.
Would there be-
The Examiner evidently feels that these recer
elections have completely turned old Bucks cake in
to dough. II says at is only in Pennsylrani
and California that sietory Is elaiDaed wih snti,
confidence BY eur friends Thus it is only tw
States in all the North Is claimed with certainty fo
the Democratic nominee And they we're obge
TO claim those two order to elect him. even If 20
ooncede To him the vote Of every Southern State
which is downright sbsurdity.
Only Pennsylvania and California That will do
Bot for the sorrowfIl emotions we might excite il
our neighbor's bosom, we would ask him what ha
become Of the blessed faithful" in the great Demo