The Washington union., 1857-08-19
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

In late number Of the Louisiana Courier we find
an elaborate and ably-written article the recent
elections, from which we make the following ex-
tracts
",Under ordinary circumstances, we should be dis
posed to pass the elections in Alabama Tennessee,
Kentucky and Missouri without more than giving their
results. Eversbods looked for increased democratic
vote In every southern State and frttr TO ohgress OF
nine-tenths of the democratic nominees But the
Southsavng position lately assumed BY the know-noth
ings, their adoption Of ultra southern doctrine their
heent attacks upon the administration their industrious
harpng upon the peccadioes Of Walker, and their gen
era desertion Of the Union -at yprice platform led
to the apprehension among democrats that they had
gained large acquisition from the ranks Of the
sionsts that the latter in body had joined the
cent foes of the democracy and the administration But
If the Buntlinites gained allies from that source OILY
shows how rapidly they have lost in numbers when their
united force shows poorly in figures and has
plished little in results. In Kentucky, Tennessee
Alabama, and probably Texas and North Carolina, the
unnatural and shortlved coalition has been sted in its
very birth. Sam and Young South marched to battle
under fantastic banner the result has shown that if
they easily defeated when in coalition they will be
nothing when separately organized
We regard the result the verdict of the people ON
the accusations lately brought against the national de-
mocracy 1t is approval Of the democratic platform
and clear recognition of James Buchanan thorough
and reliable expounder of the democratic creed and
faithful executor of the dictates of the democratic party
1t has shown that the democracy of the Union planted
rock around which the storms of anaticsm and the
of sectional clamor will howl and beat in vain
The know nothing and dsunion presses at liberty
to shower their abuse upon the administration for
have heard the voice Of the people approving it, A
clear democratic majority In Congress Is already secured
The administration will be upheld by the hands of its
unanimous friends. No coalition of blacrepublican and
know nothing members defeat the choice of
democratic Speaker The of democracy baanied
more brightly upon the nation than now
After speaking of the probable result of the guber-
material contest in Missouri the Courier concludes as
follows: ... a..
Such, then, is the record. The kpow-nothing of
Kentucky Tennessee, Alabama Texas and North Caro-
lima combined with the southern seconaists and signay
failed The know nothings of Missouri formed natural
coalition with the northern sectonalists and succeeded
The former poweres to load the South into the path
of dsunonthe latter have been strong enough to lead
Missouri into the road where she will follow New Eng
land Know nothngs and black republicans cooperate
for Banks in Massachusetts, for David Wilmot in Penn
sylvaria. and for Rollins in Missouri When Missouri
struck from the list of slave States the party
will he entitled to the credit of the achievement.
IF 1t seems unjust to charge the secessonsts with
coalescing with the know-nothings would ask why
else is that they mutually copy and endorse each Others
attacks upon the administration Why else does every
sander against the democratic party that either may
find such prompt and general repetition by the other
Why else does every secession abuse of northern demo-
Gratis find thousand tongues and pens among the intense
Americans to repeat it Why else do they with
cord try to fan every spark of disscnson in the demo
cratic ranks into iame2 However much the odious
dogmas of Buntlinism may be desped by their allies
that scorn does not seem to forbid their union.