New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13
A RESULT WITH A MORAL.

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Three States have held their Annual Elections
since October commenced-GEoRGli, which gave
her Electoral Vote to White in SO, to Harrison in
40 and to Taylor in 49, and has been pretty evenly
divided in politics for the most of the last twenty
years--PENNsYLyANIA and Ono. In Georgia, the
Know .NothiDgs, standing on their Philadelphia
National platform of acquiescence in the Nebraska
bill, were the only party in the field against the
Sham Democracy though the Prohibitionists ran
candidate for Governor (Overby) and pOlled for
him some 1000 votes The Know.Nothipss were
wore beaten than the Wing party ever wss n its
unuckiest days Their candidate for Governor
(Andrews) runs about 10000 behind johnson,
(Democrat,) and they have carried but two of the
eight Members Of Congress. The Wings used to
elect from three to FIVE. 1t is not probable that
the so called American" party can ever rally in
the State
In Pennsylvania, the Know-Nothings, through
the aid of many unsuspectiDg Wings and Free
Sellers gained the upper hand last year, eecsing
their Governor and Legislature which tried to
make Simon Cameron United States Senator, bat
couldn't This year, the machinery of opposition
to the Sham Democracy was nearly all in the hand
of the KDow-Nothngs, aud the leading anti-Pierce
candidates were generally labeled American.
very large proportion Of the Anti-Nebraska
voters refused to train in that company and when
at last the American, Wing and Republican candl-
dates for Canal Commissioner were withdrawn and
a single candidate named in their stead, it was too
late-there was no distinct platform, and the PeO-
pie would not be called to the polls. The RESULT
<ripu,ph namopr6pV and
Rum. Sam is literally " nowhere"
In Ohio, different policy was pursued. Old
party Issues and party names were ignored, and a
REPUBLICAN State ticket nominated, with SALMON
p. CHASE at its head Mr. Chase was not and
never had been Know Nothing; be was we'll
known Abolitonist and the circumstances con
nected with his election to the U. s. Senate, by
combination of Democrats and AbOlitionists which
deprived two Wig Representatives of their seats
it was Thought, wrOngfully-made him the very
hardest man that could be found for stubborn
Wings to vote for 1t was perfectly notorious
that there were Anti-Nebraska men in the State
who could run many thousands OF votes better
than he could But he had fought Douglas Il Co
SO ably and unfinchingly in the Senate that the
Republicans resolved to take the risk of nominal
ing him, and did it. Forthwith, a Know-Noth
ing conclave was held, and Allen Trimble'
Wing veteran, formerly Governor of the State
was put up in ppositon-e1pressly to defeat MIR
Chase. Every agency and instrument Of Hindoo-
ism was set to work to draw of votes enough for
T1imble to defeat Chase. Word was passed along
to get vote for Trimble if possible; if not, then
for Medill- any way to defeat Chase. We had lots
of letters from good Chase men, regretting that
there was no chance-tbat the Trimble detection
was SO formidable that Chase mast be beaten.
We were in no hurry to hear the returns; and
when the telegraph first reported, on Tuesday
night and Wednesday, that Medill was elected, we
substantially gave it up.
Meantime, the chucklng of Hindooism was
heard on every corner. Telegraphic messages
Of coDgratulatien passed from lodge to lodge all
over the State. Bushnell White, a Hindoo chief,
telsgraphs from Ashtabula to s. Geiger, another
of EN- at Columbus, Z" Is Chase beaten ," and re.
ceives the exultipg answer, Yes, Ike he'll"
Neither of these worthless asked or cared about
the vote for their own candidate--to beat Chase
by reeecting Medill was the object Of their su-
bition. And thus some Thirty Thousand votes
perhaps more-were drawn of from Chase
upon Trimble, to say nothing OF those cas-. di.
rectly for Medill by the conspirators.
Yet all did not prevail. SALMON p CHASE is
chosen Governor Of Ohio by majority over Medill
last reported at TWENTY THOUSAND, but we pre-
fer to call il Ten for the present The residue OF