Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-11-15
THE FINE. RESULT,

ne great battle has been fought and tile
victory won-- the tide of Fanaticism and
Bieotfy which threatened to overturn the lib
critics Of this country has been stayed by the
strong arm of the Democracy, aided by ma
ny patriotic Old Line Wings, and once "a
gain we breathe free. The contest has been
an angry one, and the issue involved fearful
one, being no less than the existence of the
Union We know there are many who viii
dissent from this-bJit they belong not to
the Democratic party. How otherwise are
nc to account for the Corporation of SO
many of the Old Line Wings, True. the
party to which they were attached had been
swallowed up by the Know Noting party,
yet there was Mr.. Fillmore, a candidate
who had been endorsed by the Old Line
Wings in Convention assembled Way did
they not support him : We might leave
the answer to this question to orr oppo-
nents, though We may safety say, Chat they
saw danger to the Union, that thefe was
no hope of electing Fillmore, and to de
feat Fremont and prevent the election go-
rs % tic House, which solIo 20 :'1&ioissiy
desired, and where br. berry ANA corruption
would have ruled the hou.., Ike true pr
triots, they came to tie support os their
country, her constitution aad her laws. Is
any man 50 mad as to suppose that Mr.
Fillmore stood Tic least chance Of an cleo
tion by the House ? Wit. the New Elg
land States, atd those sweeping around the
northern and northwestern boundaries Of
the country, al in favor of Fremont, and
those along the entire Atlantic slope to the
Gulf of Mexico, with oae exception, in fa-
voe of Buchanan, how could Ire haYe beer
elected by the House Think Tcr the III
electoral votes thrown for John G. FIRE.
mont would have gone to the votes cast
by Maryland for Mr.. Fillmore, ard such
few other votes as he must have received
in order to carry tire election there-and
this, too, with a tremend3us popular. major
ity against him. Neyer--peger. The De-
mocraey were right, then, in presenting the
issue of Disunion, and in saying that tie e.
lection of Fremont would sever the union Of
these States. The result was inevitable
and Mr.. Fillmore's friends might have had
the poor consolation that they aided il
bringing il about, and the Fusion of the
parties indicates pretty clearly how they
would lave decided in Che last resort
Bat the crisis has passed, - though it may
be the tempest is stayed but for brief pc
riod-that the gorgon head of Bisurion will
rear itself in the next Presidential canvass,
aud the ship go down amid tie surging bill
lows.
With this view Of the future, the South
Side Democrat remarks
Alone of the bonds that once knit the
i've sections together, but one remains
the balance have been gradually gnaFfed in
twain by the angry tooth of fanayicssm -
This single ligament is the democratic party
at the North-stiil powerful, but, we fear,
slowly yieliing to the same banefal inAu-
enee.
It is this great party that has, in this G.
lection, rescued from seetionalism New Jer-
sey, Indiana, Pennsylvania and California
that has given the South an armistie9 for
fsol.r years-that is now the last ray OF hope
for preservation Of the union of the States.
How long it will be able to sustain itself
against the odds that assail it, we cannot
undertake to predict, but on its shoulders
rest all hopes of peace and good understan-
ding between the sections and with its