Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-12-06

Tnc MpWcilt}trS a'irA(l1iau.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1871
THE LATE EIF.C fIOSS.


TIE LATE EIFC fiOES
Nlc We ''ry really eoneed hat the result, Of the
feeeut elections calculated 10 dpt and d,,lcartn
lhe y Ia e. Yet ceansf adn tha,tl.,y arc to lie r.
eaIded Indicative Il reeefsalef tie popular vote Of
$50, Iy which tie |an Burn dynasty ucs expelled
from prwrr. and its measures s9ennlr rtIudiatod ".
could n. make such admission, without. BIZ aplca-
Ton expressing doubt Of The capacity Of the people to
comprehend tic great questions discussed he re them
which. although no faterels Of tie dear pe1-
pc and hold in scorn those WHO are We are not PIE
pared II ~.
How. then, We may Re asked, do We account f r the
fact that the Wings now almost every where thrown
into minority, and that they are beaten in States in
which, twelve months ago, then flag loa,d proudly tri-
umphan We answer, as we have heretofore done
that tins apparent change Of position does not necessarily
Though we arc free 10 admit that ii may do So indicate
change Of opinion: and we shall proceed 10 show that
1t does not. by comparison Of the Of 1910 with
that Of ISL, by which will be that the trumphs
Of the Loco Focos have been effected by q reduced
yotcthat rcn their o~a eote nor, when they are car
yng every thing before them by sweeping maorilies.
Is actually less than year ag9 when their ban
ner traiIed in the dust
LIST. Ohio-ln this State, indeed. majority Of the
popular vote is stllm favor Of the Nios: although in
consequence Of the ''Geuymanderng' system adopt
ed by the Loco Foco Legislature Of the State some wears
ago, by which weak Wing counties placed in the
same election districts with counties giving heavy Loco
fooo manrltlcs, the Wings have been unable to secure
fair representation in that body According to talu-
lar statement IN the Ohio Statesman the votes cast in
Ohio at the Presidential election in 1910 was for Gen
Harrison, Il5 1A2
" hile in $40, the Wing vote Is l07 2Ss
Showing falling off Of 81 .l55
Were any of these IS eco votes cas-, FIR the Loco
focos at the late election? We cannot. Of course. say,
what may have done by individuals in different parts Of
the State, but this IS ceaintha there was no accession
Of strength on their part
For example: In 1910, Van Buren, received IoQ31o
And IN le4l the Loco foeo vote vas lU5.5iS
Showing reduction Of 23,7G4
And this cIrclior--in which, after all. the WING ma
jorty Of the popular vocls nearly two thousand-s her
aided abroad, not only rs Loco Foco TRIUMPH lu, as
indicative Of wonderful revolution in public opinion =
The ocos have Themselves lost nearly u geo votes as
compared with the election Of $40 and they cxultinply
point TO this fact evidence Of their growing strength
To be sure, may be said the " hg vote has decreased
in greater RATIO but this is very naturally rcferie to
the dsscnsons in the Whieranks These GO.OO0 voters
not annihlaod They are vet in Ohio and viii be
forthcoming when the Wing trumpet shall no longer
''bow uncertain sound Let lis once mere have
"Captdu" upon whom reliance can be placcd-on
who true to his friends he fearless of his foes
and the stamp Of his foot will be followed by their ap-
peaancc, like the clansmen Of Rhedorck Dhu ready 10
follow their chosen leader, LONG he shall be faithful
to hisprincipos.
=. Massachusetts. 'The Wing majority in tlis State
in Ohio is decisive, though considerably reduced since
ls10-though, in Ohio, the Loco Foco vote is not
augmented. In 1910, the Wing vote was 7o967
In ISL, it was $3.50
Exhibiting decrease Of 1919
But where are these 10 600 votes Have they con
nbuted to swell the Loco Foco triumph? No FIR where
as, in lNto, the Loco Foco vote was 5000
In ISL , 1t was only 5000
Showing reduction Of 4.l4l
Where, then, is then cause Of triumph in Nassachu
sets As in Ohio, the fifteen thousand " hgs have not
zone to their ranks hayethey disappeared from
the State They there and will under more aus
pcious circumstances, do their duty. us they did in
1910
). Men ork.-in this State the campaign Of lSll
has resulted more disastrously r the Wings than in oi
Their Ohio Massachusetts, But even here we do not see
any ground for despair In let0 the aggregate vote in
New York was 4i4 $50
And IN lN4l only 3GiG59
Decrease 1861
OF which the Wings ase i,6l9. But what became
of this immense mass Of voters Did they 90 over to
the Loco Focos The answer is To he found in the fact,
that whereas in ls40 Van Buren, recci-
we'd in New York 2l2733 votes
The Loco Tocos at the late election
coved only 1886 "
Showing falling oh in their strength. of 2i.1j1 .
is true, the Locos carried the State but the compar-
alive returns demonstrate tlathcy did SC not by au accu-
mutation Of strength, but IN despite of its dnimon.-
They show that they Glght have been beaten even by a
less cNeron Of strength than that which was made by
the Wings last year. and by which they were swept as
chail before the wind The $1,000 Wing voters, who
this year. under the influence Of apathy or dlsuS stad
away from the polls still in the land of the living;
and when the that have operated II keep them
at home shall have been dIssmed. as We believe they
will he by the events Of the next few months shall
see them rushing again to the polls. to 'rodcom. regen-
crate and disenthrall' the Empire State from the
lighting tttcts # Leo Fec n Sno.
/. PeHsyrmia-In this State the returns are equal
" decisive Of the fact which set cut to establish
In 1870 Gen. Harrison received li4,0lS votes.
And lSil the Whe candidates
for Governor only 1888 -