Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-09
The Triumph Complete.

IL ls pON dppdlCub phul ot buC ldlC CtCC'
ton the Democracy carried the State by
from thirty to forty thousand majority
In one short year after the triumph of sec
tionalsm, the Republican party has been
compelled to abandon It's name and repu,
diato its sectional principles 10 escape pop.
ular condemnation With defeat and dis
astcr staring them in the face, the Repub-
licanism with tue Government, and called
their party the Union party, hoping by
this popular name to escape the defeat
which seemed inevitable They branded
every man as a traitor who refused to de-
sert the Democratic pa rty and meekly bow
in submission to what they cal'cltfc Uni
on Poyty.
but the gallant Democracy of the Key
stone State were not to be deceived or in
timatcd into dcsertion Of the principles
which they had revcred for years, and
which they felt assured must predominant
in the Government to insure the peace,
the prosperity, and happiness of the Re
public. They triumphantly pointed to the
Democratic party as The true Union party
of the couatry--always for the Uoion aud
The Constitution, in peace and in war, iu
prosperity and adversely. boldly dc
clarcd that while they were willing to
make any sacrifice for the Union, they
would as zeaolsly stand by the national
flag Of Democracy, aud erdeovor to restore
to power the good old party which las SC
long and SO ably administered the Coy
crnmCnt Of the country. They held their
conventions, passed Union resolutions
nominated Union Democratic candidates,
AND TRIUMrFAHTLY ELECTED THEM
The people of Pennsylvania have lost all
confidence in the Republican party, and
decided by their ballots that even the sa-
cred name of " Union" should not save
that parry from defeat The Democratic
counties wheeled gallautly into line, and
although they had in lctc years yielded to
the storm, in the late contest, they rolled
up their ancient majoritios. The Repub.,.
can counties saw tic folly o f lheir course
in tho last Presidential election, and noue
Of them gave anything like their usual ma
joriles. ln Lancaster, Lebanon, Bun.
tngdon, aud ether Acpublican copntics,
not only no Republican majoritios were
given, but the loyal Democrats and con
soryativc Republicans Joined and elected
Union men, defeating the ultra Abolition
wing of the Republican party, Thus,
with SMALL majoyitios, or no majorities at
all in their own counties, aud large major
tiles against item in the Democratic couu-
ties, the Republican party has been thor
ouShly ovcrthrown in our loyal patriotic
s,ate.
The lower branch Of the Legislature,
fog several years overwhelmingly Rcpub,
lean, is now Democratic by small ma
.jority, counting the Dcmocrats elected
against the ultra wing Of the Republican
party, and the State Of Pennsylvania
which in November, 1860, gave a MAORI.
ty Of 10000 fer the Chicago Platform
nomiueos, now gives c Democratic maiori,
ty nearly as large in 1861. 1he patriotic
people of Pennsylvania always immoyably
attached to the Union and the Constitution,
have once more manifested their conf
dcnoa in the Democratic party, declared
it the true Union party ofthc country, and
nobly rcbuked its slandcrcrs. Tho .ri>
umph is complcte-tho old keystone
State is redeemed, and no county has
contributed more largely to this glorious
result than "old Democratic York I"
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