M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-11-15
Number f3.

loudly boosted that the Democracy wore
"crushed out" aud annihilated in Ohio.
md could aever make another rBllv -
The Fusionists, in July, is55.m,i- a
complete union upon State iick-i,
with exception OF the offics or Cover.
nor, and even upon him the division
was by no means formidable. They
were. perfectly organized all over the
Siate,and, encouraged by their gr ,ir.
tory of 1854, were in the best Of spi rils,
The Democracy on the other hand, were
demoralized by the desc vtion of many Of
their most trusted leaders to the KnnN
Nothings and to the Abolitionists, he
issues in The campaign were not as bo.
dly and strictly defined as they shoulL
have been by the Democratic State Gun.
vention, and the State ticket had
upon il :wo orthree names BY no meaus
popular with the Democratic masses.
and in whose behalf it was impossible
TO draw out full vote. Under these
circumstances,the election came on, with
the following result for Governors
OHuHNb 10
Medill, Democrat '............l3I,0 ,09l
Trimble, Whig. ...........,...24,3l
CHASE. although he had fifteen thou.
sand plurality over Medill, is in minior.
ity on the popular vote about nine thou
sand. The v,t Of tie State is quits
small, the increase over last year only
being about six or seven thousand, while
it is fifty thousand short of that cast
at the last Presidential election. o.
Lieutenant Governor the vote stands
thus:
Ford Fusionist. ..,.iG9.A9J
Myers Democrat. at.........,,.l33
Ford's majority. .95t
The net Democratic gain since last
year is, therefore fcrty.one thousand
The Democratic vote which was only
one hundred and nine thousand in 1851.
has increased to one hundred and thirty.
three thousand in 1855 while the Fu-
sion vote has fallen off from ono hun.
dred aud eighty-slx thousand to one
hundred sixty.nine thousand. Our vote
is only fourteen thousand less than il
was in 1858, when Medill was elected
by eleven thousand majority over all.
This shows that an inconsiderable mum.
Der Of our men have deserted to thu
enemy, and that our organization retains
nine-tenths Of its origninal strength
The fact that our vote should have in.
creased twenty four thousand within .he
past year, and the Fusionists' diminish
ed seventeen thousands most crafty,
ing indication of the healthy reaction IN
puolic sentiment which has been>aRd
is still going on.
- Fwenty.two counties gave democrat.
ic majority for Myers over Ford. sIspsa
being redeemed since last year; incIu
ded in the latter being some of the most
important in the State, such as Hami.
ton, Montgomery, Fairfield and Wayre.
Thirty-one counties now gives Medilt
majorities over Chase. Thirty.tyr
counties have been carried BY the FL.
sionists by neager majorities of from
one to less than five hundred each.-~
The most of these letter will next yeot,
be found fright side up" with Dem
ocrtic majoiities. Wherever anything
like full vote was polled this year
and contest made--such, for .instanc,,
as in the counties of Hamilton, Frank.
lin and Mcntgomery--the result was
substantial Democratic triumph. On the
CONTRARY, the enemy obtained his major.
ity in those regions OF the State were
onl : about two-thirds of the election
came to the polls. The entire Fusion
only equals what Pierce, Democrat, re
ceived for President in 1852. and there
is no doubt that, so perfect was their
organization, hearly all their electors
were brought out, Even should tho
fusion combine on President next''yeat,
which we hold to be an improbable
event, we believe Ohio can de carried
easily by the Democracy. The most Of
those persous who voted for Trimble
thisyea will cast their suffrages for a
Democratic National President, rather
than see an Abolition. .sentionalist sue
ceed, and that alone will give us the
State.
Upon calm survey Of the canvass,
all must admit that, for the Democracy
Of Ohio to increase their vote twenty.
} Tour thousand in one year, and diminish
that OF the enemy seventeen thousand
in the same length of time, making a
Democratic gain Of forty>one Thousand,
was, under the circumstances doing as
we'll as we could reasonable expect
Our principles are right our cause is
orwardj and it will be but brief per-
iod before the Democra. flag will once
more float triumph over the Buckeye
State. To succeed, we have only to
plant our selves firmly upon the Demo-
cratic platform-make no concessions
or compromises whatever with the ene-
mics of any of its fundamental articles,
J but bodily take issue with them upon
every point, and especially upon the
great questions of the day. which vital
ly affect the principles OF civil and reli-
gious liberty and the preservation of the
American Union
| The price of tJreats-fa-ut;ll- .