Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-15
The Late elections.

On Tuesday last. elections we're held in Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, and Indiana. In the first Of those
States the fusion Of the Black Republicans and
Know NOthings has resulted, We anticipated in
the election Of a majority Of the ree5oil candidates
to Congress. The Democracy has been compelled
to oontend against al the factions united; but al
though defeated in a majority of the districts, the
result has been less disastrous than was expected
In 1856, the Democratic victory in Pennsylvania
was due to the separate organization Of the Know
Nothing party, and its refusal to abandon its own
candidates and support The Black Republican noml-
nations The coalition of all the clements OF op-
position in the present contest at which the know
Nothing journals of the South rejOced so loudly,
has resulted in an abolition triumph, and The de
feat Of many Of those conservative men who voted
with the South in the last Congress. Let the oppo-
sition journals exult at this Let them manifest The
joy which they feel the election Of THaDEUs STE-
VEINS, GALUsHA A. GRow, and WN MmLwAED. Let
them throw up their caps and hail he success OF
abolitionism in Pennsylvania as the first fruits OF
the coalition which they have advocated.
We say the results less disastrous than We anticps
ted The returns so far indicate that we have carried
several districts which were claimed certain by
the opposition and the maorities in several of the
districts which have gone against us, are smaller
than in the last election. The treaobery of FoREEY
and the detection Of anti-LecOmpton Democrats,
has not diminished the Democratic vote Materially,
the increase Of the Black Republican vote having
been derived from the Know NoIhings We there
fore regard the result as altogether suspicious and
confidently look forward to a complete and total
rout Of the abolition cohorts at the next election.
The coalition to which they owe their present
victory cannot last six months It is a finsy
piece Of patchwork that will fall asunder from
its own rottenness On the contrary, the DEM
ooratio strength will continue the same, and it will
gain accessions from the breaking up Of the oppOsi
ton. When the Lec0mpton detection, headed by
such men as DOUGLAS, and STEWART, and SHIELDS,
is unable to shake the integrity Of the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania, we can foresee no disaster
that can threaten its destruction Having withstOod
this shock uniDjured it has nothing to fear in the
future
In Ohio, the election of VALLADIGHAM is gloN
riOus triumph, and we have many reasons to rejoice
at the result Of the contest in that State.
The returns from Indiana indicate the election Of
ENGLISH, the author of the Conference Bill. His re
election will be a subject Of oOngratulation to The
Democracy Of he Union, while the result thrOughN
out the State shows that there is falteIing in the
ranks and no disposition to abandon the principles
Of the party 1t is better to be vanquished in fight
ing for those principles, than to gain show Of VIC
tory by deserving them. We are proud Of the
Democracy of the North whether they are conquer
ors or conquered Always national, always cons
sentative, always struggling for the equality Of the
States and the perpetuity Of The Union, they have
encountered danger and defeat without shrinking,
in vindication of the principles Of our party. No
opposition howeverformidable has appalled, them,
prospect Of victory however inviting, has induced
them TO modify their views They have spurned all
propositions to with any party with whom they
could not unite in principle and even when overWhe
med by numbers they have sill struggled manfully
for the principles of the constitution and the rights
Of the South. They have done more to maintain
the equality Of the slaveh0lding States than many
in our midst and are more faithful to the interests
Of the South, than some of her owu sons. The
friends Of the coalition among us might profit by
the example Of the Northern Democracy.