Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-12-12

The New York Journal of Commerce ~ .,
Ioneo answer 70 the above question, furnishes SUP
facts and figures which tend in remark ,bIa some
rat ~ me greatness OF the victory which %..
just been achieved by the democratic partv 0n mas
At the presidential election in 1874 R,,o
aoontlon candidate received &C, 3O4 votes of !ne
nearly half were from New York, Penn..,wnch
ana ONO AT the presidential election in 1870 GnH
80" me aoon n candidate, received 1877 Sos
votes which 65,5 35 were from the abovesmsn,1s6
states At the recent election, the sama St.,."ed
0erii smith, the abolition candidate onlv as1 eve
w: New York leo; Pennsylvania is; 0h;o ky sS'es
NOW, the question is, what has become Of ~ -
UoO aooItlonsts in the above States who voted e.
bGrney IN 1874 or the $4,000 who voted for HI. iof
1902 Are they all abolished except 324q o. ae IN
mas become OF them Surely il cannot be ,bo. "nat
are part an parcel of the the backrepublc 'ney
and that they have found there more con party
nome than on their own soil for we are ,ola
divduals OF that party that they (the ind;vSn. IN
emInently conservative, and it is not easv ~. are
and ni're TO dwell together in unity. Bn i.,negar
this nice point 10 be settled by the par,ies leaving
we will only remark that if the abolition ro,a interest,
pes DENTAL election in 1852 had been added al the
TO mat OF the eaolng opposition candidates G"'
Scott would have come within so 600 or so o0n zen.
of an election. Again if in 1914 tho ahoi votes
had been added, as now to that of the vote
lion candidate Henry Clay would ba,o Ls oPposl.
instead of Polk. Yet in 1856 Bucban,UU ten erected
by more than 100000 majority over the l.sa e,sosed
position candidate although the letter receiyed n.
united support of all the abolitionsts exeen W., .le
handful 1t is necessary Re this into the
before we can justly appreciate the greatness ~ w.
triumph achieved by the democrats" y we
Scottish Sentiment English Aid and symn.
We have been favored with the following ~
tract OF letter from lady in Scotland to q I.Jr
friend in this country, which we are happy to nnS
lsh as an Offset to Lady Noel Byrons aidand svm,
pathy communication 10 Mrs. Beecher Stowe, which
appeared in our paper of Saturday evening:
We are greatly rejoiced at the certainty Of NJ,
Buchanan's election to the presidency it will show
that there are yet patriotism, common sense and dr.
elimination enough among majority of your gre,,
and prosperous country 10 control its destines his
sad to think, but alas, too true, that nothing wond
delight the monarchial countries of Europe SO mnch
as TO see your country involved in civil strife Wbv
cannot each State attend 10 its domestic affairs
If they do not want slavery, as | understand the
constitutions of the States, they pass laws to
abolish it. | opine, however, that slavery will not
be abolished in day. nor is it desirable sbouh
be, if your southern states in consequence should
become as demoraiZed and impoverished the island
OF Jamaica, where England, in the plentude of mis-.
taken philanthropy has experienced TIE lamenable
spectacle and wretched condition of the blacks
emancipated by her laws. | think it will work out
lis own regeneration, and that it is in the hand Of
Providence There are more Wretched white slaves
IN Ireland than there are among the whole race of
Africans English sympathy is very much out of
place, since she failed 10 enact laws to prevent The
starvation of than 10000 human beings in one
short year. There is ballad, by Eliza Cook, that
my dear sister used TO sing, with sucn point, and is
such admirable rebuke to the D,chess of Suthsr.
land and such other false zealos that send to YOU
of it, that surely her Grace must hay felt if
she read or heard the lines of her gifted coun.
trywoman:
cove are busy in helping the far-away slave;
We must cherish the Pcle for he's foreign an brave;
Our alms-glVing record is widely unroled,
To the East and the West send mercy ,old;
But methnks there are those in our own famous land
Whose thin cheeks mgh be attened by Charitys hand
And when John Bull is dealing his generous shares,
Let him trouble his head with his own affairs.
g Do not fail 10 send the earliest information OF
I'll e result of the election"