Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-25
THE OHIO ELECTION.
From the Ohio State Journal

FROM me Ont0 CtUC So"f"'e''
Although complete returns Of the late election
IN this State have mt yet reached us. the result
is sufficiently ascertained to enable us 10 sta.e
that General Robert Lucas, the Jackson cahai-
date, has been chosen Governor, oy majority
of about $500 votes over Mr.. Lyman; ana tnat,
contrary to the opinion entertained oy us wheh
our last number was issued, majority VI Tue
members returned TO the next Congress are
friendly to the existing Administration OF the
General Government.
Az we do not wish to deceive our political
friends. either in Ohio or elsewhere, we deem 1t
due to truth to acknowledge that this result
shows that the Jackson strength has been out lit
tie diminished since the great struggle IN 1898;
and that the pernicious measures Vt the present
National Executive-his system Ut tav0rItIsm
and prOscriptiOE-the incessant attacks VI his de-
voted partsans upon those safeguards with which
our excellent Constitution has surrounded our
free instltutinns-his repeated encroachments OH
the legitimate powers Of the coordinate branches
of the government inland bis rapid advances to-
wards an unlimited desp"tsm--are still viewed
with complacency or indifference by large por-
ton Of our fellow citizens, who. under the intiu.
ence Of most deplorable and unparalleled infa-
tuation, persist in closing their eyes against the
inevitable tendency Of his acts. and to support
him, "R1eur OR WRONG" But, while the dan
ger arising from this sOurceNis undoubtedly not
to BE- despised, it is also, in our candid opinion,
far from being insurmountable. The vote given
our candidate for Governor. although somewhat
smaller than that obtained by his successful oppo.
nent, exceeds by onc-fourth that received two
years ago by the present patriotic incumbent;
aud when il is recollected that Mr.. Lyman was
taken up by the National Republican Party bare.
ly in time to announce the fact to the electors,
and that he is scarcely known in the most popu.
lous part of the State, whilst his competitor has
been i'm the public service, with scarcely any in
terruplion, for upwards of twenty years past,
it is much more surprising that he should have
obtained SO many votes as he has actually receiv-
ed. than that he should have been defeated. We
entertain no doubt whatever, from information
now in our possession, that, had Mr.. Lyman
been brought out two weeks earlier. or had the
election been postponed the same length OF time,
that he would have succeeded by larger majo
rity than now appears against him. Our Oppo.
nents calculated on carrying their candidate by
majority of at least 10000. Now, they are in
extacies because they have barely escaped defeat.
With regard to the Congressional elections.
it must be remarked that the Jackson party owe
their temporary advantage to the want Of con-
cert among our political friends. Had not two
opposition candidates been supported IN the 9th
District. decided National Republican would
have been elected. Instead of an Administration
man; and in the seventh. and nineteenth Dis.
tricts, where Jackson members have been cho-
sen. the majorltes are so inconsjGcrsbe that
different result might have been readily effected
by a little additional cXertiOn on our part. 10.
deed, il is beyond doubt. that the ma orties ei
ven the opposition candidates in three Districts
onIy-,he tenth. fifteenth ard slxteenth-exceed
by GA votes, the total oi the ma orties obtain
ed by the Jack on candidates in the eleven Dis
tricts in which they have sncceededj and that
the aggregate number of votes cast for the OppO
s,ton candidates throughout the State, exceeds
that given thu Administration candidates BY up
ward Of 5000 For the truth Of this assertion
we confidently APPEAL 10 tabular statement OF
the votes given in each Congressional District,
which will b- found below, and the correctness
of which cannot be disputed.
All that is necessary. therefore, to insure
succ essfu result at the fina struggle, which will
take pa on the Cd Of next month, IL a cordial
union among those Of our fellow citizens Of Ohio
who CON ur in the oplnIon that the best interests
Of the State imperiousIy require that Gen JAcK-
SON should not be re elected A faithful. active
and conscientious discharge OF their duty. will
not ONLY wipe out the foul stain which blind
adherence to the present incumbent and his mea.
sures-or. rather the ma. hinatlons of the despe-
rate crew BY whom he Is surrOunded-has here
tofore aiixd on our political character. but also.
we have strong reason to hope.r Atctually relieve
"u, beloved country from the & CURSE" now fas-
tened upon it IN the person Of tyranncaI. corrupt
aud mischievous Executive, and host Of evil
counsei,ors. Let not our late partial defeat dis
courage our friends. or lead them to despair Of
the Republic" In politics. as well as in war,
it ia the part Of wisdom to look danger boldly in
the face-not in order to fee from, but to meet,
and overcome it !" The coward allures the de.
vouring eagle to the field of battle" A deter.
mined resolution to conquer. on the contrary,
never fails to command success.
We omitted. IN our last. announcing the fact,
that Gen. Abner Lacnck Is elected to the Assem-
bly, from Beaver county. Gen L. comes into
that body under favorable circumstances, there
being democratic republican majority elected,
for the frs, time these several years past We
wish Gen. Marks and Jonathan Roberts were
with him These names all remind US OF the
good old DAYS of Democracy. when the will Of