The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-10-25
LET Us BE JUST.

One OF our exchanges In Ohio, commenting
On the election of Mr.. Chase, says:
ave owe it to Democratic votes. In the
great political revolution which gave birth to
the Republican party, portion of the Demo
cratic party-that portion which gave charac.
ter and spirit TO the whole organzaton-cast
of all allegiance TO Slavery, and boldly unfurled
the banner Of Freedom. Animated By an I'M
conquerable resolution, and contending for a
noble principle, these men never for an instant
gave up hope, never once deviated from the
direct path Of duty, never halted to discuss mat
tiers of no Importance to the rational mind; but
they pressed right on, added strength and cour-
age to the Republican cause, and with unity
which gave the strongest prestige of success,
supported every candidate on the Republican
ticket
To the true men who separated themselves
from the Pierce Party, and CO operated in the
formation of the Republican, let all honor be
given. They had much to oNercome, and they
deserve commentator for their integrity and
frmness.
But, not to them alone, not to the Know
Nothings who abandoned their Order, not to
Wings, who had given up time honored
name, not to the Independent Democrats, who
Movement, not 10 any one of these classes, but
to ALL belongs the triumph of the Republican
Party. If this Party is to be ultimately vic
torious, attempts to draw invidious distinc
tons among the different sections that sup
port it, must be desisted from. We struggled
more uncompromisingly and earnestly against
Know Nothingism, than any other man, but
We cordially recognise the services of the men,
beers of the Secret Order, who, for the sake of
Freedom, discontinued their connection with it,
and abjured its proscriptive policy. We never
sympathized with Wing principles or policy,
but We admire no less the generous devote, =
Freedom which constrained the majority of the
members of the Wing Party to forsake old and
honorable party associations, for the sake of
sustaining new political movement, demanded
by the best interests of the country.
Let US be just. The vote in Ohio, in 1853,
stood as follows:
Medill (Dem.) 1860
Barrere (Whig) $3.50
Lewis lind. Dem) 5O,34G
The real Independent Democratic vote was
scarcely more than thirty thousand: the rest
of the vote for Lewis was made up of Wings
and Democrats, Of the former largely, if not
chiefly
The average Wing strength of the State, for
many years before 1853, was 10000. Scott
received $4,000 Clay l55, 900. The average
Democratic strength was over $780, 900. Pierce
received 100000. At the State election, in
1853, there was large dminution in the total
vote. Now, look at the vote in 1855. The
State Republican Committee says:
The vote on Governor in round numbers,
probably stands about thus
Chase (Republican) 100000
Medill (Democratl 100000
Trimble Know Nothing) $4,000
Mediil loses only little more than seven
thousand on his vote in ls53-in other words,
the Democratic Party, so-called, as body,
stands fast, maintaining its organization. 1t
may be said that many Wings have voted with
it-this is guesswork. We do not believe any
more Wings voted with it, than the Democrats
who voted the Know Nothing ticket Suppose
the number 10000. This would leave the real
Democratic strength at 100, 200, or $4,000 less
than the vote for General PIERCE. OF these
$4,000 voters, We must suppose some 10000
had gone over to Know Nothingism, leaving
$4,000 to vote for Mr.. Chase. Add 35, 900 In
dependent Democratic voters, and you have
from these two sources $4,000 votes, but the
vote Of Mr.. Chase stands 100000? Where did
the $4,000 voters come from? Almost alto
gether from men formerly Wings! And yet
our contemporary says that Mr. Chase owes his
election TO Democratic votesl
No-the Wing Party was dissolved, and all
of it that has vitality and the spirit of progress
IN IT, sustained Mr.. Chase. The so-called Dem
ocratic Party remained firm, as an organiza-
ton, although its most enlightened and free
domloving adherents separated themselves
from 1t, and united with their former political
opponents, in the organization of the Republi-
can Party, which, ignoring the old distinctions
of Wing, Democratic, Know Nothing, arrays
itself against the Slavery Party whose head is
Franklin Pierce, and whose subordinates are
such men as Cass, Melill, Shannon, Wise, and
Atchison.
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