The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-12-01
PRACTICAL VIEWS.

thlru OF tDC MnOIe uuuUer Ot NOleIs' anu III
the Electoral College they reckon seventy-onc
votes-enough in almost all cases to decide the
result of Presidential contest Each is the
weathiest, most enterpri5ing most progressive
most populous, Of its class each is pre-eml-
nent for its trade and manufactures: each is dis
tnguished for mental and moral activity;
each possesses great and growing metropo'
lis, with numerous avenues of access 10 the
public mind each has taken the lead IN be-
nevocnt and progressive movements In each
of them more Anti-Slayery work has been
done and the Anti-Slaycry sentiment Is more
vital and practical than in any other State,
and the LEGISLATION of each in relation 20 col
ored people is more conlormable to Justice than
that of It's immediate ncighbors. In each the
old political parties have made more conces-
sions to the spirit of liberty than IN the rest
of it, class and the ncw party, the lndepend-
ent Democracy, has acquired greater numerl-
cal strength, aud achieved more in practical re-
sults At this moment Massachusetts, and Ohio
have two Senator'S in Congress representing
dstinctiyely the Anti Slavery Principle, while
New York has sent Senator there, who rep
resents the same Principle, though subordi-
nltely to other ideas
These circumstances naturally point to the
States named, IA the legitimate leaders in the
great controversy bctwcea Liberty and Sla-
very Ascendcncy in any one Of them would
place the independent Democracy in position /
of great influence The electoral vote IN New
York in Isl4, if given for Clay, would have /
defeated Polk ard in ls1s if given for Cass,
would have defeated Taylor. To secure the
control of those States, should be the constant
aim Of the friends Of Liberty. Never were
the indications 50 favorable to such n policy
The Hunker Democratic party boasts Of It's
triumph this year in Ohio, but with little roa-
sou. Medll is Governor by minority vote
having received only l47, 500 votes while the
voting population Of the State is at least
100000 Pierce in 1852 received twenty-five
thousand more votes and Cass even 10 1913,
five years ago seven thousand more than
MedIl There wond have been IL larger de-
crease than this but for the continued refusal
of the Cd Line Democracy, with all IT. Hun
kerism to endorse the Baltimore platform.
This fact and the re- affirmation by its State "
Conventions from year to year, of its resolves i
against Slavery and Slavery Extension, have
retained many IN lis ranks, in the hope that
ts acts would at last come up to the standard }
IF its professions. But they are beginning to :
be shaken in their confidence. The probable
ity is that union may be maintained ill after
the election Of United States Senator, but
not much longer The Compromise Dcmoc-
racy il evidently dominant fit representa- c
tive Of their views will be sent to the Senate -
the Liberals Of the party will be outraged, and n
the course of the Administration, more and b
more proscriptyc against all Liberalism, AZ it IL
j. every day growing under the dictaton of the t
Slave interest, will ALLEVIATE numbers Of them, II
if it do not indeed lead to a formal rupture of f
the party. This CRISIS will be FASTENED by the
opposition which will be raised against the or b
glnization Of Nebraska, and against the con |
struction of the Pacific Railroad unless its a
route be laid through slevcholding territory. c
50 much for the Democratic party As to !
he Wing organization in Ohm, it can hardly |
hoIc to make head again with any prospect c
Of success BArrcrc, it, candidate for Governor r
this wear, received 81 500 votes but it is fair /
10 assume that the vote cast for the rest of the
State ticket is n more correct test of it's I
strength. This vote averaged about ninety !
even thousand-not one-fourth of the voters of 7
ho State less 10y fifty thousand than the vote t
asst year for Scott less by fty.eight thou /
,and than chat cast for Henry Clay in 1874,
linc years ago. This remarkable decrease of J
lie vote shows that the Wings who now act
ogethcr are influenced rather by habit and :
I'D associations, than by principle or hope of
success. Thousands of the liberal Wings sepa- '
ated from their party in lSiS, and have since
lcted with the independent Democracy; thou
lands have this year followed their example /; {
thousands more arc now ready to join the new
party. 1
To-day this Party is stronger than ever. 1t
. the only one in Ohio which has polled an
increased vote it gave Hale, last year, 81 1872
t gives this year, for its candidates for State
,lfces, an average OF thirty five thousand. We
ay nothing Of the fifty thousand votes for its
candidate rs several Wings
,oted for him because Mr.. Allen, their candi-
late for the Office Of Lieutenant Governor, re-
oeiyod the support of many Independent DEM
ocrats The facts then show that the party of
Freedom is the only growing party in the State
of Ohio. Liberal Democrats, who are becOm-
ing more aud more outraged by the proscrip-
tive Pro-Slavcry policy of their party, aud Lib
eral Wings, who have no longer anything to
hope from their disabled organization, know
this, and will probably enroll them 'elyes un.
der its banners In its principles they fully
concur, in it9 aims they cordially sympathza,
and in its n;.mbcrs, activity, and intelligence,
they see guaranty of ultimate triumph.
While we may expect to lind the liberal and
progressive portions of both the old parties
sfiliating with the Independent Democratic
party, there iS no reason why the liunkers and
Conservatives of both should no. fraterniae
I'm several districts OF the State this very natu-
raj union has taken place Of late years, Hun.
ker Wings and Democrats coalcscng to defeat
the Independent Democratic candidates.
What prospect open TO the friends of
Liberty ia Ohio They have leaders Of whom
they may we'll DO proud they have local
presses conducted with great yigor and vigil |
ance they have an organization, which by |
stsonuous excrton may embrace every district
Past successes and present auspices alike must
stimulate them to redouLle their efforts, They |
will not intermt their labcrs the close Of one
campaign will only be the opening of another,
Let them sustain their local papcrs-et them