Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-15
The Late Elections in this State,

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most entire accuracy, the result q the recent cleo
tions in this State. ~
The Senate stands 81 Democratst to 10 Opposition
lists, and the Commons IS Democrats to 55 Opposi-
tionsts-making 10 majority in the Senate, 10 ma
jority in the Commons and % majority on joint
ballot. This is good working majority. 1t is
large enough to satisfy every reasonable Democrat
though of course we would have preferred the old
Sc joint ballot at the last session. This majority
Sisspates all the hopes which the 9fpositionists in
Obliged as to the United States Senatorship, the
Judgeships, and the State offices, together with the
control of the public works The people have been
pleased to signify that they still satisfied with
that honest old party which has conducted their af
fairs ever since Red's day, and which, though it
may err now and them is always true to economy,
to the credit and honor of the State, and to the
rights Of the State as one of the sovereign members
of the Confederacy.
Gov. Es's majority cannot be less than 5000.
His aggregate vote will be nearly if not quite 60 0G0
being addition of 900 votes to his vote in 1853
Mr.. Pools vote will be nearly 81, 1000, being addi-
ton of some $4,000 to Mr. McRaes vote. The
whole vote of the State will be about 1l2, 900 to
1l300O being the largest vote polled by 10000
This is glorious result for Gov. Ellis and for the
Democracy Of the State. Our candidate for Cover
nor and the candidates for the Legislature had to
contend, first against the unpopularity of portions
of the revenue law second, against the force and
popularity of the proposition to change the Const
tuition so as to tax slaves like other property and
third against the depressing effects of the disrup-
ton of the party at Baltimore. Under these circum
stances we repeat our victory is alike signal and
gratifying. Every artiice, every device, every ap
peal to the passions of the people which the Oppo
stion could think Of was brought to bear against
us. In section the people were told that ad
loren would actually reduce the tax slaves, while
in another section they told that the sole pur
pose of the Opposition to relieve the poor from
taxation by imposing heavier burdens on slave pro-
perty. But the platform of the Opposition operated
against them; and the Democrats under the lead Of
Gov. Ellis, who brought all his ingenuity to bear
upon this point, not slow to avail themselves
of this advantage. The force the pungency, and
the soundness of his arguments contributed greatly
to break the effect of what every intelligent person
knew to be the object of the Oppositionsts, to w.t.
the taxation of slaves according to value; though in
their Convention they lacked either the indepen-
| dence the candor or the shrewdness to avow this
object.
The friends of Gov. Ellis, in reviewing the field
of battle, have special cause for exultaton on two
accounts first, because he has trumphantly carried
Mr. Pools own District, thus dssipating MIR. Smiths
majority of 500 in 1885, and second, because Of the
indomiable spirit and 6rmness with which the peo-
pie of the West have stood by him. Mr.. Pools
friends counted confidently on 1000 majority for
him in his own District and we were told that in
the mountains, where Il ere are but few slaves,
should hear something Of the Wing thunder of 1910.
But all calculations fail when made against the
lion-hearted Democracy. The West has again raj
lied to Ellis and signally sustained him. They
knew him to be their friend and they were not to be
detached from him by new issues sprung and aGvo-
Gated for selfish ends. The West, too has done re-
markably well in the elections for the Legislature
In the Senate we have those well-trled and worthy
Democrats, Thomas, Avery, Erwin, Burton, and
Dobson while We have gained Commoner in
Burke and have such men in the House as S. L.
Love and j. R. Love, Jr., from beyond the noun
| tans. We regret very much the defeat of Mr..
Coleman, in Buncombe. The majority against him
is quite small and is the result probably Of over
confidence on the part of his friends. In the East
we have Commoner for the first time from Bertie
in the person of Mr.. Ferguson, who owes his cleo
ton mainly to the opposition of the people of that
county to John Pools I'D ralorem.
/Gov Ellis has eEdeared himself still more to the
4 Democracy of the State by his efforts in the late
campaign He was indefatigable in his labors, al
ways full of hope and confidence, though surround
ed with difficulties which would have depressed an
ordinary man. In addition to this the duties of his
office, which could not be postponed or neglected,
weighed heavily upon him; and in this respect Mr..
Pool had the advantagef His "honors will wear
well, for they have been dearly earned" God
knows We envy him laurel which adorns his
brow We would rather add to than diminish the
honors which his contrymen have bestowed upon
him. i
And now, having carried the State in August, let
us go to work and carry it in November. But we
must have no double Democratic ticket for Presi-
dent We go for one ticket, for union and harmony,
and for victory the result of one ticket and the
union and harmony which one ticket will produce.
One ticket for President will the State in
November; but tuo tickets, no matter how pure
the motives of those who may set second ticket
in the field, will most probably give the State to
Bell and Everett
! ELECTION RETURNS.