Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-16
THURSDAY, OCT. IS, 1856.
BE Not Cast Down.

In our Geographic columns will be found
scattering returns from the elections in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Florida.
In the former State the Buchanan Democ-
racy have polled better vote than theC
expected. Their late disastrous reyerses ia
other Northern States had greatly discodr-
aged their hopes Of carrying even the home
OF the 'favorite sol" and prompted them
to nnequalled eXertions and Inscriptions
resorts to prevent the defeat of his party.
They felt the immensely of the stake which
they had in the October elections, and ex-
erted themselves accordingly They have,
perhaps, succeeded in preventing his utter
defeat there. But we have great hopes
that it is only postponement of the issue.
We yet have hope that Mr. Buchanan can
not carry Pennsylvania in November.
For the past month, the power of the
administration, numerous volunteer orators
from every section Of the country, precipitated
upon every county in the State, money with
out stint, and fraudulent vores numbered by
the thousand, have been the appliances by
which this result has been effected The NOR
al effect of defeat in Mr.. Buchanan's own
State appalled, bis friends They knew it would
sink them irrecoveraJly. In the South, to
have longer sustained him would have been
but an indirect means of advancing Fremont,
and lie would have been discarded as a candi-
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honest opponents would have transferred them
selves to Fillmore, to have defeated Fremont.
10 fact, it would have been his utter and r-
remedable prostration. To prevent this, his
INSCRIPTIONS pariizaDs have avaed themselves
of the means we have mentioned above.
In November, these fraudulent votes viii be
wthdrswn-spesker from a distance will be
recalled hone-the corruption fund will re,
qure TO be more equally distributed in order
TO prevent, if possible, defeat in other quarters,
aud 10 these we have a well-grounded hope
that be yet may be defeated. We see no cause
for dependency 10 the result in Pennsylvania
A reverse should only inspire renewed deter
mination.
In Ohio and Indiana the Democracy seem
to be reeling before the charge Of the RepubI
lcan hordes, and i: is more than probable that
they have suffered defeat in those States.
In Florida, the Democracy have carried the
election, but by a greatly reduced majority.
The American gain is nearly one thousand on
the Governors vote.
After glance over the field, in this new
aspect, we repeat that our friends should not
be cast down. We have no faith, as yet, that
Mr.. Buchanan possesses the strength to defeat
Fremont. The fraudulent result in Peunsylva
MIA, may deprive Us OF the effect which differ
ent result would have given us, bat it is ex-
trernely doubtful whether it has at all enhauc.
ed M. Buchsnan's real strength.
We call upon our friends 10 Tennessee to
fight on as before. Though Others falIer aud
fall away, let us be true. Ii fanaticism and
extreme couusels and fraGd aud corruption
should infect every other State we trust thai
Tennessee will stand like the rooted oak This
is undoubtedly the most momentous election
ever held under the Constitution, aud its re
suit, either in the election of Buchanan or
Fremont, may, and will probably prove its
destruction. We trust in Heaven that Tennes-
sees hands may be guiltess of its blood. Let
no Tennessee Fillmore man ground hs arms or
wAver 10 his faith, bu buoyed up by the just
ness Of his cause, let him resolve that though
the simeon shall blast every Other green $40
in the nation, here, at least, shall bloom 8
rose,
''To tell where the garden had been"
P. S. ii P. M.-lhe latest dispatches rem
der it not unlikely that Pennsy lvania, Indiana
and Ohio have gone adversely to Buchanan.
Ii this should be the issue his case is past all
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