The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-15
A CONCISE VIEW OF THE RESULT IN OHIO.
CADIz, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO,


Nocember l, 1855.
To the Editor ofthe National Era:
1 feel very grateful to you, sir that the Era
has never faltered in the great battle of Right
against Wrong. 1t gave important aid in the
late political canvass in Ohio, which has result
ed so gloriously for ourselves and for the nation
This triumph, trust, is but an earnest of what
we shall do in 1856. We fought this battle un-
der many discouraging circumstances. Under
our circumstances, Chase was great load. He
had always been looked upon as firm oppo-
nent of Wings and Know Nothings, and they
were the principal body of the Republicans of
| Ohio. We knew all this before he was nomi-
| mated. but still we were determined to show
that we could rise above the petty preiudices of
party, when the best interests of our country
were at stake. The reason why he was nomi-
mated was this: the circumstances that were
connected with our great victory, last year, were
such as enabled the Administration organs and
party to represent that victory as only an acct
dent of Know Nothingism which did not decide
that the people were opposed to the policy of
the Administration on the Slavery question, and
which, therefore, would not be likely to happen
again. By this means, the great moral infu-
ence our victory might otherwise have had, was
lost to US. Our people then resolved that this
should not happen to us again; and many of
us labored diligently to create and keep up a
correct public sentiment in this matter So,
when the Know Nothing Convention assembled
at Cleveland, in June, we forced from it an
open declaration of principles, and resolve to
make no nominations. Although to outsiders
this seemed but litte yet it the great victory
of this year. and it was that alone which rendered
the Republican victory of this fall possible The
action of that Convention was most vehementy
onI nv ha 900 of{ ha II
were seeking to use the masses only as an en-
CINE to do their particular work. But the great
body of the Order, who were really honest, were
so firmly resolved to clear away all impedi-
ments in their way to direct verdict upon the
one great question, that the politicians found
that they must either yield or be crushed out"
After the people had carried their point on
the great question, their good humor permitted
the politicians to tack On the declaration about
naturalization, which nobody cared for, and ev-
erybody laughed at. This went on well enough,
until we met at Columbus, on the 18th of july.
The people stood firm to their resolve to put in
nomination for Governor the man who had stood
foremost in opposition to the Slavery policy of
the Administration, and put him on such
platform that, if elected, the decision of the
people could not be misunderstood nor success.
fully misrepresented. Here we were again met
by the politicians, with - at their
head. **
The politicians tried to frighten us with pre-
dicted defeat, and then tried to wheedle and
coax US, but the great heart of the people was
right, and their delegates firm. So the politi-
clans had to stand out of the way again. We
nominated Chase, but his nomination was cold
ly received by large part of the Old Line
Wings. This accounts for the nomination of
Trimble, and the large vote he received Trim
BILE is looked upon abroad as the Know Moth
ing candidate, but it was not so. He was not
Know Nothing, and the refractory Know
Nothings could not have got up a candidate to
have hurt us, without the assistance of the Old
Line Wings. Whatever may be said about it,
/ know that more than half of Trimbles vote
came from those old fogy Wings.
The election of Chase, under the circumstan.
ces, consider the most clear triumph of the
principles of Republicansm that has ever taken
place in this State and, in that view, was the
most important State election held this year.
By it we have reversed the decision of our
Legislature, in their rejection of Chase and
election of Pugh rebuked the Administration
and its supporters; and strengthened the hands
of our delegation in the next Congress; so that
we have strong hope that Ohio will not be dis
graced with any doughfaces in the House, at
least.
The reelection of B. F. Wade, which con
hdently expect, will make our triumph perfect.
The Old Line Wing and the ProSlavery Know
Nothing politicians will try to defeat him, but
they will not succeed. The Ohio Statesman
has represented -, of this district, as Ia
king part in preparations to defeat Wade, but
this is wholly false. He has been approached,
to my knowledge, with propositions TO take the
Office himself, but he had wit enough to see the
motive of those who sought to use him for their
own purposes, and rejected the proposition with
scorn, and declared that all attempts to defeat
Wade were villanous, and in direct opposition
to the wishes of the people, as it was under