Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-17
B. F. CURTlSS.
The Result.

B. +. CURTlSS.
The Result
The contest in this State, is over, the
vic DRY o ; and although the smoke
cIowd of battle still hangs oven the field,
preventing the number of The missing
from the ranks of the two armies from
being precis. ly known, still the curtain
is so far lifted, that ii is certain, that the
pro-slavery Democracy, has experienced
an overwhelming de eat. Owing to the
number of Wing votes thrown away
upon Trmble, the majority for Mr..
Chase will not probably exceed twenty
or twenty-five thousand, while the bal
ance of the Republican ticket, will have
a majority of from seventy to ninety
thousand. For the second time within the
last thirteen months, Ohio has unmistake.
ably set her seal of condemnation on the
infamous acts of the last Congress, and
upon the miserable pro slavery, section
al Administration /; which while profess
sing to be national, has devoted its whole
energies to the extension of slavery /;
obeying to the letter, every behest of its
Southern masters. bidding defiance TO
the wishes, sacrificing the interest, and
almost ignoring the very existence of the
free States.
The false hearted demagouges, who
last year misrepresented Ohio, in the
halls of Congress, and the Senate cham,
Der, who have given tLeir votes, and in
fluence for the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, in dire ct opposition to the
viii of a large majority of their constit-
uents, have been taught another lesson,
which will benefit them, bitter though it
be. To consign to merited oblivion
those men, who betrayed their constitu
eDcy, and betrayed the cause of freedom,
was a duty which Ohio owed to herself.
That duty she has performed.
It's gratifying Ii know that wherever,
in the free States, the issue has been fair
ly made, upon The all important question
of the extension of slavery, that the pro
slavery party have invar ably been de-
feated. Few of those traitors. from the
free States, who n the last Congress w.
ted for the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
have been returned. One after another
of these States, have wheeled into rank,
and have elected members to the
next Congress, who stand pledged to
freedom. Not one is left to uphold
that dark deed. except California. In
the last Congressth free States were rep
resented by 81 Administration, and So
opposition members. In the mex Con-
gress, from the same states, there will
be 199 Opposition. and FL Administra-
tin. In The Senate the following named
doughfaces have been defeated, Gwin,
of California Petit, of lndirna Shields,
of Illinois /; and Dodge. of Iowa. In the
next Senate. Hale, Wilson, Dewkee,
Harlan, Bell, Trumbull, Collamer and
Foster, all true anti Nebraska men, will
take their seats.
In Ohio the Republicans have swept
the field. They have elected every
State officer. The strong effort made
by the pro-slavery party. to split and di-
vide their ranks, did produce some effect
1t lessoned the majority for Chase. but
has scarcely affected that of the balance
of the ticket. That will fall but little, if
any. short of the vote given last year.
In Pennsylvania, other, and loca!
questions, and old party organizations,
have enabled the p~ro-slavery patty to
carry the election there. The Repub-
Icans, or those who should have been
Republicans, have qusrreled about mi
uOI MdltcfS, DdfS dllOheu the cutu1itS
to foment divisions in their ranks, have
sel6shly forgotten the great question at
issue, and while they have failed to help
the one great cause. they have also fail
ed to gain the small party ends, for
which they sacrificed the interest of free
DOM We hope Pennsylvania may profit
by the lesson.