The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-11-14
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IRON the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Vote Of Ohio at the Recent
Election Comparison with
Other Years-Facts for

Election Comparison with
Other Years Facts for
Democrats.
Upon our first page will De found the Of,
fetal vote of Ohio on Governor and Lieu.
tenant Governor as returned by counties
to the Office of the Secretary Of State at Co.
umbus. II is taken from the State jour
nal, and may be relied upon as strictly cor
rect. In giving it to our subscribers for
preservation, we propose to compare il
with the results uf elections in former years,
and make such remarks as the comparison
suggests. In 1852, at tke State election in
October, for Supreme Court Judge, the vote
stood as follows:
Caldwell, Democrat, 147, 1886
Haynes, Wing, 130,5 ,5E
Suthtf, Abolitionist, 22524
1t will be seen that had there been "fu
sion of the opposition, such as existed this
year, Caldwell would have been beaten in
1859 aboutfve thousand votes. The Whole
vote Of the State was three hundred and
ten thousand. In November, 1859, the
Presidential election took place. The total
vote was forty thousand more than it had
teen the month previous, and was divided
as follows among the candidates:
Pie,ce. Democrat 169, 220
Scott, Whc, 152, 526
Hale, Abolitionist, 3l,782
Although Pierce beat Scott sixteen lhous'
and votes. yet had there been fusion, such
as existed this year, he would have lost the
State by fifteen thousand. In 1858 the
vote stood thus for Governor:
Medil, Democrat, 147,669
Rarrere, Whig, 95, ,32J
Lewis. AbolIAonist, So, SAG
The whole vote Of the State was very
smalI-only two hundred and eishty-two
thousand. The Wings, despairing of sue
cess. and dispirited by their Presidential
defeat, made no effort, and the consequence
was MediIl had about eleven thousand more
votes than both his competitors combined
This was owing, we repeat, to the diminu
ton of the Wing vote, and not to any in
crsase in the Democratic. In 1854, tht
fusion" Of the Wings and Abolitionist
took place Ohio. The public mind wa
crazy about Abolitionism and Know Moth
ingism, and upon Il e excitement the oppo
siton carried the State by an alto yether un
preceden.ed vote. 1t stood thus on Su
preme Court Judge:
Swan. Fusionist, 1856 49t
Norris, Democrat, 109o7i
The whole vote was two hundred ant
ninety six thousand, and Swans majority
was seventy seven thousand. But clever
couuties in the State Of the eighty nine CAV
Democratic majorites, and they were al
very small. The opposition loudly bnastet
, that the Democracy were "crushed out
and annihilated in Ohio. and could neve
, make another rally. The Fusionist, in Ju
lily, 1855, made complete union upon
/ State ticket, with exception. Of the Office c
Governor, and even upon him The divisio
was by no means formidable. They wer
perfectly organized all over the State, anc
. encouraged by their great victory of 1856
were in the best Of spirits. The Demoer'
-i cy on the other had, we're demoralized b
the desertion Of many Of their most trusto
leaders to the Know Eothings and to u
!. Abolitionists; tbe issues in the campaig
were not as boldly and strictly defined !
!. : they should have been by the Democrat
9 State Convention, and The State ticket ha
!, upon it Two OF three names by no near
popular with the Democratic masaes, ar
! in whose behalf Il was impossible to dra
out full vote. Under tLese circumstancl
: the election came on, with the following !
:, suit for Governor:
Chase. Abolitionist. 1856
4 Medill, Democrat, 13l, ,0l
!. Trimble, Wing, R4,3
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