Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-11-14
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
vv1r,mINGroN, N. C.. MONDAY. NOV. 10. 1s5c.
:romcs buchanan and John C. Breckenridge
Elected.

Elected.
Dnrine the whole of yesterday our people were IN
b;b state of excitement over the conflicting re-
turns brought by the telegraph, only one TACT
beinr setled-that Fremont could not be elected ny
fine pecple Groups collected at various points,
mainly Lppitt's corner, and Votes' mSJorieieS' o0'
sno,cbes ETC., formed the staple OF Conversation
yTb accumulation Of business on the wires, kept de-
rotcbae away behind and little nothing was re-
ooivo1 from the North-certanly not North OF Wash
;r,ton-Iater than the day before Allwas in a fog.
T., Tuss certain that Mr.. Fillmore had carried Mary
land and his friends kept claiming for him Kentucky
and Louisiana, and perhaps Tennessee. Towards
the evening in fact, about nghtfail, we received tns
despatch from Augusta which will be found In our
columns. Mr. Buchanan was certainly elected
This news got circulated around, and, in great mea-
sure, set at rest the general anxiety.
Bovond The fact of Mr.. Buchanan's certain cleo
tion. we have little TO say. The amount OF MS ma
ioritv Is still in doubt So far, it would appear hat
he has secured the votes of fourteen Southern otae
being all, with the exception of Maryland. lnlS
will give him liz electoral votes. 1t Woulo appear
1so that he has secured the votes OF pennsylvania
New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois, amounting to 90
If Al over Fremont and Fillmore combined even
gupposing that California should go tor the oppo'i
lion, which is not probable; and, indeed the I'VE"
York Herald, anti Democratic comedies thal 0'".e ~
Buchanan, giving him plurality OF sixty over IRE,
mont, and clear majority of 81 over Fremont anu
Fillmore combined. The figures will vary very
slightly, if at all, from this.
Of conrse il has been seen that Mr.. Fillmore was
not in the race as real contestant for the prlze mol
can we at present see any way in which his running
affected the final result.
Every State, SO far known to have gone for MIR
Buchanan, has done so by clear majority OF al
the votes Of such States, if we except New Jersey
from which We have not received sufficient details le
speak positively this point and perhaps we shouAC
also except California, which, although not known
is qenoraIIy conceded to Buchanan, and IN which ne
may or may not obtain clear majority.
Used to victory IS the Democrats are-almost Ger
tain of it when united, it is welcomed by them witt
heartfelt pleasure out with little of that wild exu
taton displayed by other parties over their more
rare and accidental triumphs. But once since tn
first election of General Jackson, have the unite'
Democracy failed Of carryinga Presidential election
for it ID known that in 1848, General Taylor ONLY
succeeded over General LASS tNiOuRu lno
New York. brought about by the intrgues OF the Val
Burens, under whose lead the party had suffered it
only real defeat since 1928, and whose adhesion il
this contest did more injury than good for the Dem
oCrats always succeed in proportion as they cleaTl
mark define and adhere to their distinctive prlnci
pies without compromise coalition or the appearance
of coalition.
The Democrats have certainly gained suffcien
number of congressman to place the political com
plexion of the, next House beyond the shadow OF
doubt, and the Northern Democrats elected, ar
without known exception, true as steel to.the Coz
siuional rights of the South.
Instead of a meagre band of some seventeen
eighteen Northern Democrats in the present Coz
gress the next Congress will present array of ST
ty to seventy-perhaps eighty. We regret much
learn from the dispatches that Republican Leglsl
tune has been elected in Michigan, which will ser
an abolitionst Senator in place of the veteran Cass