Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-08-12
The Election.

The Election.
The official vote of this county will
be found in another column. The re-
suit which it shows is perhaps as favor
able as, under the circumstances, we
ought to have expected, but no, so much
as we hoped for on the Legislative tick
ct. The issues and the judgment of the
People were clearly with US. but the ap
preaching election of U. S. Senator,
and other party considerations, tended
powerfully to draw party lines, and did
draw them to great extent. A great
many Democrats who had openly taken
stand against their party on the issues
made. and sincerely in most cases we are
constrained to believe, and whose sup
port we had reason to expect, were emit
ced back on the eve of the election I'M
der strong appeals 10 party feelings, par
~ pride. and party interest. They did
not all 60 back-enough was left to aid
us in accomplishing what we have ac-
complished, but the greater part of them
were found voting as they have hereto
fore voteG,-and placing their seal of APP
probation upon the past. Men whom
we esteem highly, whom we have regar-
ded as candid and patriotic, and who free
Iy acknowledged the folly of the past
and the necessity of reform, were indu-
ced to sustain the party once more, and
did sustain IT so far as they could. We
will not impugn their motives, they may
have acted honestly and conscientiously
we trust they debut we see things
through different spectacles, and it SEEM
ed to us that the better judgment of
many was warped by party; indeed we
have no doubt OF il. Had this election
been held at any other time; had the
question Of electing an U. S. Senator
been excluded from the canvass; had il
turned exclusively and fairly upon the
Issues involved in il, we should have
swept the State and carried the Iegisla-
ture by large majority. a..
AS it is, the result is crafty ing. At
ter one of the severest political struggles
we have ever had in the county; after
full discussion before the people, and the
almost superhuman efforts of our oppo-
nents, who have left no stone unturned,
and no means unemployed to carry the
county, we have elected two of the most
important Offices in ia Senator for
four years, and the Clerk of the Court,
those being, and the latter especially,
the points on which the canvass turned.
We rejoice at this, not as party tri-
umph, for we do not claim it exclusively
as such, but as triumph to that extent
Of the right; as partial recognition by
the popular voice of the issues which
we made and have labored for, clear
indication that those issues are popular
and will be sustained at no distant peri
cd by The majority OF the people.
The result in the State is yet in doubt.
From what is known it is certain that it
will be very close in the Legislature be-
tween the two parties, as also upon the
State ticket. II out of 90 members OF
the Legislature have been heard from,
in part only official; Of these we have
3s, and our opponents 33. giving us 5
majority, A in the Senate ard 1 in the
House. The official returns may and
probably will change this result, and
the residue of the State is likely to be
less favorable TO us. II said that the
Wing Secretary of State, and Treasurer
are elec,ed-but of this we have doubts;
hope 1t is true, nevertheless.
II will be some two weeks or more be
fore we can lay the official result before
our readers. We shall do so at the ear
liest day. In the mean time we may
congratulate our friends, the friends oil
Constitutional rights, and State reform,
upon the gratifying certainty of having
made a large stride in advance. We
may not have carried the Legislature blu,
We shall come very near it. If it shall
turn out that we are in minority in the
Legislature, we may hope that the strong
current of public feeling, will SO far aid
that minority, and influence the majority,