Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-10
From tho Baltimofr American.

Although tho election IN Virginia has not even
tra'ed a> hnpp,y as the earlier returns seemed to
indicate. the Opposition have abundant cause Ia
rejoce "ver the general result. Mr.. Lctrher ia
elected by mcagte majority If from 1000 to o.
900 the Democracy claim 900 but tho total of
! returns, though not official, show thn, the nggrc-
| gate will not exceed. it indeed it equal 5000 IL
truly barron victory compared with that Of GMer-
nor Wise.
But the great dimnution Of the majority Of the
Democracy in '55 Is tho least triumph which tho
Opposition have ncchicved. The complete demor
alzation nl the more significant he muse il has IN
ken place in The great stronghold Of Democracy
The Gibraltar It their party IN shaken I" it's very
base, and it only remains for the Wings in other
Southern States to carry on the assault in the
same spirit and with the same tact aud order which
Was displayed in Virginia to insure its utter, it's
final overthrow. The extent to which this disor-
ganizution has been carried may be briefly sta.
ted.
The Democratic candidate is elected but by Il
pnltry majority, and that ma i"rity obtained in
sections of the State where the Democracy have no
cnuse to he proud Of having surplusagc Of votes.
As the peculiar advocntcs Of slavery, they have
seen their champion thrust to the wall in nearly
all the strong sluve-holding counties, nni only
saved from defeat by an unexpected increase Of
votes in those counties where tho mass 4, the pco-
Pile if not positively inmca1 to the institution of
slavery are proverbially lukcwarm in its support.
In Virginia proper he wns defeated, and the CON
quest wns only not com plcte because the North
west --thnt part If the State lying djnccnt to Ohio
and Pennsy sylvania--rallied to his support. ltis
,lain therefore, that tho prestige ol the Dcmscra-
cy ms the supporters OF slavery Is hrak"n. Dnt
this is not all. In almost every Congressional dis
trict where Indebendent candidates have a.
gainst regular nnmineess. the independents hnyc
been elected. Dejnrnetic, nvowcd anti-Adminis-
tration Democrat, hns displaced Caskc; Lcake hns
succeeded Powell; Harris has been elected over
Skinner md Martin over Floyd Ex-Governor
Smith owes his reelection Shackclurd to
Thomas, the Opposition candidate, whose presence
in the fyht interfered with the course which it
would have taken in common with other districts,
and, we fear seriously In iured Mr. Gogcin, tho
Opposition candidate for Governor. Nor is this
all Alex. X. Boteler, tho gallant Wing aud up.
right gentleman, hns oustcd Mr.. Charles James
Faulkner who beannies at once nnotker patient for
that Florence Nightcngale Of Presidents who has
80 bencvoleutly provided the crippled Clancy
Jones with Quarters in an Austrian hospital, and
conducted the badly y-stunneI Bishop Of Conneeli.
cut to the quiet wards Of the Patent Office. Mr.
Jenkins is The one Of the two regnlnr Democrats
who has yanqnished his independent competitor
Whether Mr.. J.'s known wealth has nusht to do
with this exceptional result 1t is not for us to say
Mr. Goodc is tho other: but Mr.. Goodies opponent
came into the conflict at the eleventh hour Mill
son. Garnet, B,cock, Clcmons, and Edmundson
had no opposition.
Thus II VIII D6 seen tnnt t1e mcTcilcSs uchVot-
its Of party ("disciplinc," it is prethly caled,)
which has so long ruled paramount in Virgnn,
has Mt last provoked rebellion and the rebels have
conquered their masters. This dcspOtism will
never be submitted to again. Revolutions do not
70 backwards--the sweets of liberty once tasted
are never forgotten. The perpetual release Of the
people from party desuotism is guaranteed by the
act that the State Is torn apart 10y the Hunter and
Wise factions, aud that in almost every Congress.
sional district jralousies. heart-burnings, bitter
| cnmi,es have been engendered and put in active
eferve.cence by the contes, just closed How long
! it will be before these enmies are nssauged, we
| leave it To tho arithmetirans to calculate. For
ourselves, we consider that the Democracy Of Vir-
| gna, Ms compact organization, has ceased to
| exist To those who are sargnne enough to be-
| licve otherwise we commend the following para
| rranh, clipped from the rcputrd Hunter organ ia
| Richmond To US it sounds like the first gun of
that terrible iTunier-Wi-e battle which was long
a,o predicted. ComnlentInS on the results OF the
election, the paper said to be IN the interest of MIR
| Hunter says;
I'VE have lost raluable mcnby unLinshing traffic
or IN conccnied and nefarious deception, IT what
we hear DO true. These things may be said to be
mere rumors, but why should they be generaI,nay.
universal. and everywhere credited ifthey are not
we'll founded? Let men of honesty and courage
come forward and express those Democrats and
| Oppositoni.ts whv have sought he aid Of their en-
enies to beat the party to which they proessed to
belong, aud to overthrow the principles to which
they pretended to be attached, let them he ar
| raiened and demonstrate, II they can. what pub
lie good they intended to achieve; what object bey
ond their o,cn paitry advancement and despicat!e
pecuniary gain they desired to accomplish. 1t will
| take a casuist snmewhat more profound, sophist
some what more dexterous than any amongst the
band Of disrganixing Democrats and petty malig-
nants who hunt gentiemen from mossrd! and IN
sinctipe hate, and patriots from ,nnats baseness to
convince the people Of Virginia. that they have
intended anything bat their own transient ad-
vantage. or have accomplished anything but .
casaaf and temporary injury to the country. and
what almost eompsnsasss for all, their o''" psrpss