The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-23
From the Detroit Free Press.
THE MORALE OF THE ELECTIONS IN OHIO AND
PENNSYI.XA

The elections in the great States of Ohio and Penn
sylvania furnish useful democracy of other
northern Saesa lesson that should be studied and IFS
teachings held in remembrance In the State fusion
sectionalsm has succeeded in the other, it has been
crushed the earth In the one, the democracy though
making great gains in the popular vote have been defeat
ed in The other, democratic national principles have
trumphed by perfectly overwhelming maorities The
contrast il striking The different results remarkable
so remarkable that should be at loss to account Tor
them in the absence OF precise and reliable information
from the two States Such information we have, and 1t
explains the phenomena clearly and fully.
In Ohio the democracy emporzed on the great question
of the day They did meet the issue OF the right of
the people Of the Territories well of the States to
form and regulate their domestic institutions in their
way They committed, in many parts of the State the
fatal error of panderng to the spirit OF abotonism and
wherever this done the returns show that the demo
cratic strength impaired and the party denorazed
What did the democracy Of Pennsylvania do2 They met
he issue! They stood mmovably upon the doctrine of
popular sovereignty They shoutded nc Kansas Nebraska
act and embazoned its great principles everywhere upon
their banners They grappled with sectional anaiicism
with know -nothngism and with every heresy with which
the times rife.
Let us produce our authority for what we say. The
Cincinnati Enquirer, sound democratic print, phloso
phzes as follows over the event in Ohio:
While we have greatly improved upon last years
vote we have yet fallen short of the achievements of
our friends in Indiana syiyania Illinois and Maine
and other States where elections have been held which
have entirely purged themselves Of the stain of know
nothngism and aboltionism. Why is this z How is it
that Ohio almost alone OF all the northern States has
linked herself to this sectional disunon movement Of the
abolition leaders To the is perfectly apparent
The democracy not grnppod and the great
onal question OF slavery like their brethren in Indiana
aud Pennsylvania. They have pursued tepporizng
pusilanimous timeserving policy upon that point They
have not planted themselves upon national constitutional
ground.
aToo many Of our politicians have sought either to
dodge the question to run race with the opposton
in aboltionism large number OF The democratic menu
bes of Congress from Ohio not only united with The OPP
position in Congress upon the Nebraska question, but
oaaed down the mails with their ranked speeches against
great democratic They TO the extent of their
ability poisoned the minds OF their democratic constituents
against the doctrine Of popular sovereignty for the people
of the Territories. The latter made to believe that it
great political sin TO give the people the power OF
determining the slavery question themselves just like the
inhabitants of the States. Those who in favor of
doing denounced by those democratic congress-
men as being in favor Of the extension Of slavery.
1.-THE of these men did immense damage to the
democracy in the present well the last contest and
IL is easy 10 the mistake that made in not
making bold and unequvoCa fight on the question. In
Indiana and Pennsylvania, most of the democratic con-
gressmen voted for the bill and the conventions in those
States did seek TO dodge snirk from the issue The
consequence was, there such general stampede
from our ranks in those States this last year
while the reaction quick and immense The policy
the party has pursued in Ohio slavery has been emf
nenty calculated to abolionize the democratic organza-
on and impair and emasculae its strength. We have
yielded too much to The enemy this point
There is very broad line Of demarkatos between the
views Of the democracy and the opposition upon that
question and should be kept prominently before the
people. Had il been done the democratic ticket would
not have abored under the disadvantages It did az tho
late election and the aboliionis,s could have made
capital out OF law that simply submitted certain qucs
ton to the decision Of the people
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