The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-18
iron THE REPUBLIC.1
The Recent EIsctions-The Second OF No.
yelnber.

Seinoer'
The recent elections for Canal Commission
ers, Judges, members of Congress, local Off
GERS, Sc, in Ohio and Pennsylvania, have re-
vived the hopes of the Locofoco leaders through
out the country, and, as they calculate, placed
them on the high road to victory in November.
Never, never was party so led on blindtolded
TO the, very brink of destruction. before. The
elevation which they have attained so sudden
ly, is only intended to break their stiff necks
the more surely in the decisive fall.
That WINFIELD SCoTr will be chosen Pres
ident by the people over FRANKLIN PIERCE
we consider as certain and inevitable as almost
any human event can be. When we contemplate
the exalted character and the services of one,
extending through period of over forty years
of the most trying scenes of our country's his
| tory, and take into account the gratitude, the
virtue, patriotism, and intelligence of the peo-
pie on the one hand, and behold on the other
an individual exhumed from the dust of OBJ
security, with not single act Of his life to COM
mend him for even a triing trust, we are not
less amazed that any body of men could be
| found in the wide limits of the country with
hardihood sufficient to bring him forward, than
we are astonshed that sensible men can be
| found who doubt the verdict.
In the late elections there were no general
issues before the people. The questions and
the candidates were local. The Wings no.
| where turned out, as the figures show. They
were at their ploughs. in their counting houses
shops, Offices, and places of business; while
nine -tenths of the Locofocos, according to their
well established system, were promptly at the
| polls and voted. The result showed this most
clearly.
But on the I'd November the scene will be
| changed. The people are reused. and every
Wing will then be at his post. The contest
is between a real man and one who is only a
certified man. The one is a warrior, whose
sword was long ago baptized in the blood of
England, and who achieved greater deeds than
Cortez-a statesman, pacifcator, and tried
friend of his race. The other Is an individual
whose courage failed him in the hour of battle,
and of whom history records that he tainted
near the field, unsmeared by blood. The peo-
| pie are to meet and decide which of the twain
! they will have to rule over them. Let no
Wing doubt the result; but let him buckle on
his armor, and march boldly on, till victory
| shall be within his grasp.
Few things worth having are ever obtained
| without effort. In order to insure success we
must work and not be idle. That every expe-
dent which a perverted Imagination can de-
wise, or corrupt desire can stimulate, Will %
resorted to On the I'd of November, We already
have the strongest proof Forged letters from
Catholic prelates, to deceive Catholic voters,
were circulated in Pennsylvania previous to
and on the day of the late election, and hun
dreds were thereby misled. The Locofoco
leaders we'll know that the prescription Of
Catholics by their party in New Hampshire is
of itself sufficient to defeat them in this cleo
| tion. and that unless anne scheme Of decention
is resorted to they are lost beyond hope. The
exposure of this fraud will Of itself lose them
hundreds of votes, and may yet prove one OF
the most fortunate things that could have hap,
pened for the cause in which we strive.