The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-28

leaving the fifth iu doubt.
The Convention was not very harmn
Nous. There existed considerable diff
ference of opinion and an evident sense
Of the declining power Of the.pauy.
A Coup LESSON - The Result IN Ten.
nrsscs and Kcnfucky.-We commend to
the Wings Of fairfield the following ar.
lcle from tho New York Tribune. If
the results in these two States will have
the proper influence upon tho Wings of
Ohio. tho result Of the present canvass
will be cheering to tho Wing patty of the
State aud Nation. We only want in the
firSt Instance harmony, and then united
and energetic acIiun. Let the Wings Of
the State pulltogelhor and work with all
the might that 10 in them. aud Ohio will
be redeemed. 1t will be glorious re-.
suit and ono that will have favorable in
fuence upon The destiny Of the State aud
| Nation. The Tribune says:-
"The careful student of American e.
lection Returns must have been struck
with the general though not uniform re-
currence Of these facts that whenever
the popular interest in the result is Ian.
guild, the public mind distracted by per.
sonal and local feu1s. and the vote partial
and diminished, the party claiming to be
Democratic is very certain TO claim vic
tory; but lot the cuntest he spirited, the
public interest concentrated on the main
questions Of principle aud policy which
partially divide the two great parties,
aud the vote an increased or full one, aud
The triumph will generally mot uniformity
enure TO tho Wings, Thus Democrat
ic victory" 10 now claimed in Kentucky
where the adoption Of a new Conslitu
lion has temporarily divided aud disor
. ganized tho Wings, while it has unitet
: and inspiritsd their adversaries-said vic
tory. when anal lyzed, appearing to amour
to just this, that mnre Wings than Dem
ocrats" sluid away from the polls, while
some Of those who attended, under thu
influence Of personal and local feelings
j either withhold their votes entirely ex
, cept as to few Offices or gave them out
right for part of the Locofoco ticket; ST
that. while most Of the Wing candidate
for State Offices are handsomely elected
. with Wing Legislature, divisions ant
, apathy have defeated the Wing candi
date for Governor and thrown away sew
eral members Of Congress. The Loco
y foco gam is in fact loss on the popula
. vote, but q loss less considerable lha
y that Of tho Wings, ... ....
Tennessee affords an example of tn
the other truth above stated. There tn
late contest was fairly fought on the greO
issues which have long divided tho tw,
T parties. The Sl1to was ably and thor
0 oughIy canvassed, the public interest wa
fully aroused. and the result is largely
increa ased vote and decided Wing iri
umph. Tho LncoE,co Governor of 1S4G
} has been ousted by his Wing competitor
corresponding revolution effected it
the Legislature (both brunches,) ensur
ing Wing U, S. Senator for six year,
f ensuing in place of Hopkins l.. Turne!
, (who was beaten as candidate for th,
Logislature,) aud ono Wing gain in th'
delegation 10 tho House. Had the vot'
been as light, local distractions as pre-
valont. aud the public interest as langui'
} here as in Kentucky, we doubt not th'
result would have been as disastrous"