The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-02

The VIRGINIA ELECTToS.-With the gleauings
from the back counties, as usual the democracy
In Virginia are recovering their lost ground Of
the first returns Of the election. The probability
now is that Letcher will have majority fully
up to five thousand, ard it may be hard on to
six. This majority, upon the reduced aggregate
vote of this election, as compared with the vote
polled in 1855, will not indicate any very re-
markable democratic loss ia the general result
In round numbers, the gubernatorial vote of 1855
was l56,0O0-of which Wise received $4,000, and
Flournoy $4,000 This y<ar, perhaps, will ex-
hibit the sum total of the popular vote at the
reduced figure of 10000 or less, the absentees
from the polls, with very few exceptions, making
up the apparent gains or losses on either side
Thus, the Richmond Enquirer reports demo.
cratic gains of 277 In Augusta, 25S in Loudoua,
and SIG in Richmond city; when we all know
that these two counties and the city Of Richmond
are the very strongest holds of the opposition IN
the State But these democratic gains are simply
reduction of the opposition maorities Of 1855
from the failure of the party to bring out their
full vote. The same paper reports democratic
loss in Shenandoah Of GAG, loss in Rockingham
Of 3S9, and in Page of 136-the three inpregna-
BILE German democratic counties of the "Tenth
Legion" But these are only apparent Losses,
from the failure of the voters to come to the polls
And SO throughout the State, on both sides
We may, therefore, say that, among the masses
Of both parties this Virginia election, to con-
siderable extent, has been allowed to 60 by de-
fault-the democrats feeling unconcerued about
the result but confident Of success, aud the op-
position dubious aud Indifferent. Besides, there
were no important principles at stake, for with
the democracy and the opposition all the practi-
cal issues of the present aud the future, federal
and local, were sunk in the most pitiful and con-
temptible personal squabbles as to the sounduess
of Letcher VS.. Goggin on the niger question
Considering, however, all the odds against, the
opposition in this late Virginia canvass, they
have done wonderfully well; and, with the evi.
dences thus furnished of what they might have
done, they will doubtless from this time hence
forward keep the field, and diligently prepare for
more determined battle in 1860.
Some three months ago there was no oppos-
ton organization in Virginia. With the tremen-
dous democratic majority Of nearly thirty thou
sand for Mr.. Buchanan, the opposition party of
the State of that day was disbanded aud dis
persed. But in Virginia, as 10 other States, the
democratic factions squabbles and troubles,
ealousies, rivalries, splits and OBJECTIONS, grow
ing out of the proceedings of the late demoralized
democratic Congress, encouraged the opposition
leaders with the idea of decisive victory. or at
least with the opinion that the time had come
for good beginning in the South of conserva-
tive national party movement for 1860 The re-
suit, we think, does establish good beginning,
to which we anticipate decisive response from
Kentucky and Tennessee in August, very much
to the confusion of the nigger-worshipp
Northern republicans and the niggerdriving
Southern democracy and their sectional calcu-
lations