Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-22
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. Is, 1858.
The Northern Elections.

The Northern Elections.
THERE'S one feature in the opposition trumphs IN
Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio which ought not to be
forgotten by our Known othing or" American fellow
citizens at the South and which ought to temper their
reocngs over any such defeat of their old antagonists
the Democracy In the triumph obtained, tier party
has had no part save the humble auxiaries of the
Black Republicans Their party candidates in Phlladel-
pha for instance got only votes varying from three to live
hundred out of aggregate poll osOme sixty thousand
All parties factions, local preudces local issues sec
tonal issues were aayed against the Democracy upon
sectional anti-southern grounds The gains over the
Democracy have resulted in the choice Of Republicans
not Americans" Some few, but very few anti-Le
compton Democrats have been chosen, but their whole
number amounts to little-to nothing indeed OF any
consequence One thing is certain. The majority
against the Democracy on the State ticket in Pennsy
vania is by no means as great ii in 1884. The
true men who stood up for the equality Of the States
have been able to sustain themselves better against this
storm than they did after the passage of the Kansas
Nebraska bill. That defeat worse than this
Franklin Pierce apparently worse condemned than
James Buchanan, and the Waterloo defeat of the Demo
cracy was proclaimed with more appearance Of truth
then than now Yet how soon did the party rally .
HOW SOOn unity us ITO lolCC
its conservatism assert their power to achieve subs-
taI victories over the asserted elements of the oppo
stion. The Waterloo defeat was such thing. 1t
was but temporary check.
For the last twenty years no Administration has been
able to secure majority in Congress during the whole
four years of its term. To what cause this result
is to be attributed we need not neutrality-suspicious.
the reaction of that excitement which carries party in
to power may make itself felt within the space of
from its entering upon the exercise of that power Per
haps the desire for change may have small influence
perhaps local or accidental causes may also come in
for their share of praise blame. Now in Pennsy
na the proeconists have gained plausible preext to
Clamor for high tariff and to assign the want of pro-
hbitiye duties the of the financial rcvusicn of
1857 A calm consideration of all the circumstances of
the case would show the falacy of all the arguments
used by these people but calm consideration Is an after
thought People suffering under reverseS will always
be pleased to ind have found for them measure,
law person or party upon whom they shift the blame
of misfortunes really attributable to their extrava
gance or recesSness and although it be really better
to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we
know not Of, it is perfectly certain that people in
panic will fly to anything, however Elusive, will the
risk of any amount of future evil TO escape the smart Of
present inconvenience.
1t is well that we have president and toco houses
of Congress- otherwise the legislation of the country
would be at the mercy of every changing breath of opn
ion 1t is we'll that opportunity is afforded Of appeal
ing to the sObersecondt of the pcopco appeal
ing from Caesar drunk with excitement to Caesar sober
cd by reflection.
Now, the raw material of nearly every northern mall
ufacture is imported free of duty yet the farmer does
not complain. The Pennsylvania iron-mascr receives
protection bonus equal to twenty five cents every
dollars of ronware that usedby the planters and
farmers of North Carolina, who receive protection
yet the ironmaster literally howls for more protection
while the farmer says nothing. Proeconists Free Soil
ers boilers and all manner of sectionasts have tr
umphed for time, but they have not had one issue
which did not embody attack upon the rights the in
terests of the South. The South must sympathisc with
the Democracy, which fell indeed but fell fighting fol
the right and fell only to rise again. prepared to retrieve
its recent losses and gain new victories.