Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-20
From The National Hltelligeneer, Oct. 18Th.
HopefuI PHILOSOPHY.

bors of the official journal seem disposed to
receive the election news from Pennsylvania
and the Northwest with a philosophy as COM
mendable as ii is self-reliant. In default of
finding much positive comfort in the general
complexion of the returns, they wisely resolve
to console themselves with the reflection that
the rout might have been slightly worse, and
that next to a brilliant success, rOusing de-
| feat is the very best thing that could possibly
happen to party constituted like the Demo-
crazy, which, Antaus-like. is Frustrated for a
| time only to rise with renewed vigor for fu-
ture contests. It seems to be fated that vic
torious parties. like conquerng armies should
| ALWAYS be in danger of forgetting. in their
| hours of prosperity. the patient arts by which
| they had formerly earned the successes they
| have won, and hence the former rarely fail 10
| find in the emoluments and perils Of Office the
| ruinOws bats and lures which Hannibal and
and his spoilers found in the conquest of Ca
| pua Adversely and experience are hard
schools to learn in. but trite proverb afirms
| that there are some people who will learn in
| no other. The Democracy have now the ad
vantage of profiting by the same lessons
which were so forcibly incucated four. years
| years ago, and il is to be hoped that the pre-
sent chastisement may find them more docile
and apt pupils than heretofore, to the end
that is salutary impressions may no: be so
speedily effaced. 1t is for the happy augury
afforded of such result that our readers, we
| are sure. will derive much satisfaction from
| the subjoined meditatiOns of our sOliloquiZ-
| ing neighbOrs:
"THE ELECTIoNs.-We have encountered
| heavy reverses in Pennsylvania, which would
discourage any but the Democratic party.
| Excuses are not remedies. and we shall not,
! therefore, invoke them. We have been sadly
beaten by extended DETECTION in our own
| ranks; beaten, we regret to say, precisely at
| the time that the evil policy of the Opposition
was most deeply felt all over the country.
| Our friends have struggled with Intestine d.
faculties and with the open enemy, who were
| encouraged to renewed efforts in consequence
| of the quarrels in own party. 1t is un-
| doubtedly true. too, that the question or a re-
vision OF the tariff the basis of direct pro-
| lection to special interests had much to do in
| procuring votes for the Opposition. They
| prefessed to be the peculiar friends of protec-
ton. and to have it in their power, if elected,
! to aid the people of Pennsylvania. We shall
| be able hereafter to test the soundness of the
| Judgment that would thus strike down the
men of Pennsylvania who can best subserve
the true interests of that State. in order to
| give place TO handful of political spacula-
| tors who really have no power to benefit hon.
est industry.
at is not our purpose 90 comment upon
| the returns reported to US of the elections.
| We have carefully compiled and arranged
| formation which has reached the Union Office.
| Our duty does not end with recording these
| defeats of the Democracy. The causes which
| have led to the must be the subject of thought
| and discussion, as furnishing lessons of eXper-
| ienee for our future guidance. With the open
enemy of our principles we have no terms OF
| compromise or Cancellation. In the hour
| of their temporary triumph we bid defiance
to their organization and spurn their treason
II ". hatr and n
them in the past. and will do it again in the
future. If at this time they had been thrown
upon their own unaided resources, their pre-
sent victory would have been a hopeless and
disastrous overthrow. With them we shall
have future reckoning of which they may
have a foretaste by recurring to the past
triumphs and victories of the democracy,
which have heretofore suffered similar defeats
to the present Unlike all other political or
CARNATIONS in this country, the Democratic
party survives disasters and gathers new pow
er and strength from each recurrence of them
Union Of yesterday.
A party which gathers new power and
strength from each recurrence of disaster
should certainly pray for unfailing supply
of such blessings, and may be expected sedu-
lousy to improve the appointed means found
most cffectual for the promotion of its declin-
ing graces. Among these latter, ii is to be
feared, the grace of humility and that coronal
of all the other virtues. sound discretion,
have latterly stood in serious need of edifca-
ton, since for the want of them, the Demo
cracv have Just furnished new eXemplifca-
ton of the truth eXpounded by the wise man
of the Proverbs when he said pride gOetf
before destruction and haughy spirit before
a fall" II is cOnsolatory, however to remem.
Der that after uttering this sage aphOrism, the
same authority Immediately suhjOins, (fOr the
! comfort we hope, of our Democratic friend,
| in their present tribulations.) that Better il
| is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly
than to divide the spells with the proud" Sc
true was it, even in Solomon's day, that tbiS
division of the spoils" was a source OF I'M
| speakable trouble and annoyance.
| There is, we regret To observe, in the pleas
| ant remarks of the Union, a single trace o
| irritation and resentment. We allude to it:
| reflections on the probable confusion of the
| hopes cherished by such among the people o.
| PENNSYLVANIA as. in their eagerness to secure
| "a revision of the tariff on the basis of direc
| protection to their special interests, have pre-
! ferred to trust the high tariff professions o
| the Opposition" rather than OF the Demo
| cracy, though it must be admitted that the
| latter were generally no less loud or liberia
| than the former in the utterance of such pro
! fessons. We hope the official journal does
! not mean to intimate that the 'hOnest indus
| try" of Pennsylvania is to forfeit. for thi
| preference, the benefits" which might have
| been secured for it through the agency o
| Democratic representatives. We are aware
| that the pretensions of the Democratic Con
| gressional nominees were in many Instance
warmly urged on the ground that by virtu,
of their political influence with the Admins
tration they would be much more effective
| than "Opposition" members of Congress coulC
| hope to be in their efforts to secure such
! modification of the tariff las should set in full
blast every forge and iron factory thrOugnou
| Pennsylvania" And in one of the Congress
sional districts we are aware that an old Whil
journal supported the candidacy of Demo
crat mainly on this ground. We hope, how
ever that in the presence of feeling so uni
versal in behalf of some legislation whcl
shall "subserve the interests of that State,
the people may not be punished by the AID
mini-tration for the unlucky choice they hav
J made of the agents through whom they choos
to prefer their requests. They may hav
made a great mistake in selecting "Opposi
ton" representatives for purposes whic
might have been more surely attained b,
National Democrats but for that blunde
they should not be made TO suffer detrimen
in their material interests. Any such de
meanor on the part OF the Administrator
would only serve to indicate the necessity O
new admOntion from the people, and W
therefore cherish the hope that this intimatio
of the official paper is little more than pass
ing cbullition of feeling, not wholly inexcus
able under the circumstances, but not to b
regarded rs indicating a settled purpose Il
defeat wise financial and economical reform
because of the instruments through WHOM
they are sought.
From TIE Chdrleston Courier.
From Russia.
1t affords us pleasure to state, says th
Eigefeld Aaperhser, that, by letter fror