The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-05
FROM the Chiliicolhe Advertiser, Oct. "a.
Il hs HesllI ln Ohio.


We are unable 10 give this week the Official vote oil the
State On account Of the extraordinarily large number OF
candidates upon both Stale and county tickets the ocal
vote been slowly counted out and the returns
are consequently longer coming in than usual Enough
is known however, to make certain that the entire
democratic State ticket has been elected by unprecedented
sorilies The only candidates in regard to whose cleo
ton there 10 any doubt whatever are two OF the judges
Of the supreme court Msssrs Andrews and Storer two
OF the regularly nominated whg candidates. were placed
BY the soil State convention upon the ticket nomna
led by that party, and have received therefore, The wing
and freq soil VOTE Our present based upon the
returns before u, that the democratic vote will out
number both Of these combined and that all the demo
cratic candidates for the supreme bench are elected
The causes that have contributed 10 tins gfatifyng re-
suit are numerous Prominent among them is the fact
that the soers had ticket OF their own In the field.
1t true that they placed upon that ticket two of the
regular democratic and two OF The regular whig candi-
dates for The supreme BENCH and that their candidates
for State treasurer and attorney general Withdrew just
before the election under such very suspicious clrcum.
stances furnished good ground for the belief that they
were playing into the hands OF the wings Yet all these
facts do de,ract from the truth OF what have sta
ted that the very large democratic majority is attributable
measure 10 the fact that the free solers had in
the field ticket Of their In ls4s the wings and
aboons,s were united in support of Ford, and be
barely elected Weller would have been elected that
by very large majority. had there been any abolition can
didao in the feld Is proven by the fact that only
few weeks afterwards. when the same abolilionss who
had voted for Ford cast their snrages for Van Buren,
Cass obtained majority over Taylor, Of more than SIX
teen thousand votes. The truth that the great mass
OF the free soil party in Ohio originally wings
and SO long as they maintain an independent organ
izaion9. the, wings cannot hope 10 succeed We do
hereafter, under any probable state OF things, have
defeated the democracy but they might have very con
siderably reduced majority The democratic party IN
Ohio can in the result OF this election that whether
viewed matter OF principle of policy there is moth
ing be gained by any endeavor to conciae the Tree
soil faction We have gained glorious victory with
ticket that selected without the slightest reference to
their wishes. may be said that the whig ticket was
not at all acceptable to the freesoers and this IS true
to certain extent But it is nevertheless undenabe that
put upon that ticket with the hope and expec-
tation that their welknown opinions and feeling would
the free sellers Such the motive in nominating
Woods for auditor Bliss for treasurer and Andrews for
Another cause which has contributed very materially
TO democratic success at this election has been very
general feeling that the constitution ought TO be put
operation by it's friends and frames and not by those
who from the first movement in favor OF convention
down to the vote upon lis adoption had been its steady
and determined enemies. Many Of the reforms nboded
in that instrument needed the perfectng hand OF eglsla
ton, and the cheerful cooperation OF executive ocer
to render them effective and the impression was very
general that the constitution, order to have lar
trial. ought to be put in the hands OF its friends.
The question OF bank axaion too, gained for the
democratic party g1ean, many votes throughout the
full effects OF the law enacted few years since which
all property according lis value, except bank and
State stocks. Their becoming enormous and
when their attention is called to the fact that millions Of
dollars in bank stocks the payment of their proper
proportions, BY an improper provision their charters tax
the injustice and inequality of the thing, but feel it too
The democracy all over the State in the late campaign
took ground in favor OF taxing bank stocks all other
property is taxed the whgs party, opposed 1t, and
the result We have the verdict of the people upon this
question: verdict however. which would have been
decisive, had this question simply dsconnec
ed from all others, been submitted to them.
The nomination, rather declaration, by the wing
State convention in favor OF Gen. Scott probably contrib
uted in some small degree to democratic victory The
election Of the wing ticket would have been claimed
endorsement by the wing party Of tina, declaration,
and this fact tended 10 diminish the zeal and
ardor OF small number OF active and influential wings
throughout the State who honestly opposed SCOTS
nomination They did not feel disposed TO be forced 10
contribute TO such result, and therefore gave luke
warm support to the whig ticket.
party that refuses to endorse the and conduct oil
is recognised leaders, the wings of this State did when
they turned cold shoulder TO Clay, Webster. and the
administration generally is in state of virtual dsorgani-
zaion and cannot 70 into contest with reasonable hsPes
OF success under any ordinary circumstances.
These of the that have helped to bring
about this result There others-some of them, too,
OF small imporancs-o which shall allude here
after. For the present is sufficient that Ohio is demo-
cratic-overwhelmingy permanently democratic -and
that too, upon issues involving plain democratic princi
pies No efforts have been made obtain the votes OF
any factonRo concession has been made 10 anaticsm
in any quarter we have triumphed standing upright upon
the old democratic platform, and long we continue
TO stand there, shall triumph