The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-30
WHAT OF PENNSYLVANIA!


"Can Fremont carry Pennsylvania on
on the 4th of November :''is the question
on the lips of every Republican. We
have believed from the commencement of
the campaign that Pennsylvania was des-
tined 10 be the battle-ground, and now it
is morally certain that such will be the
case. Of course, the enemies of freedom
and rcpublicanism are jubilant over their
la:e partial triumph in the Old keystone,
and smile derisivcly at all calculations
showing that the State may be carried for
freedom in November. Fit will add any
thing to their complacency, we will can
didly admit that we lid expect our friends
to carry that State by handsome major
ity on the l4th inst; but this expectation
was based on the belief that the election
would be fairly and honolably conducted d
that the people of Pennsylvania would
be permitted TO decide The contest, with
out any interference from ballot box stuff
crs OF other States. We did not suppose
the election mockeries of Kansas were to
he re enacted in Pennsylvania; we had no
id a that Pennsylvania Locofocoism would
| degrade itself TO a level with Missouri
Border Ruffianism. But it is now en-
trely certain that our opponents have
achieved their so-called glorious tri
umph" in Pennsylvania by a system Of
frauds which have no parallel in this
country, except in the case of Kansas.
In the city Of Philadelphia alone, over
tea thousand more votes hare been polled
Mon there is oote,s, which is probably four
times the majority the Buchanan ticket
will have in the entire State. The vote
of Philadelphia at the recent State cleo
ton exceeds the highest vote ever cast by
the city Of New York. though the latter
city contains about 100000 more inhabit-
ants
Facts like these speak for themselves,
and they tell a tale of fraud, corruption
and dishonesty which will not be suffered
to 60 unredressed.
But, allowing the Buchancers all their
"colonized'' votes in Pennsylvania, and
what have they secured worth boasting
over? The result is, at best, drawn
battle. The Republicans have carried
boh branches of the Legislature, which
secures U. S. Senator, and the aggre-
gate Republican majority on members Of
Congress will be thousands, while the op-
position have filled two or three unimport-
ant offices by few hundred majority
And this is the victory over which the
Buchaneers are making such grand dis
play of Shanghais. When the news ot
the battle of Guilford Courthouse reached
England, the British Ministry were exces
sively jubilant over their victory ''Vic
tory indeed'' exclaimed Pitt; "anothe,
such victory will ruin the British army"
and so it did for the surrender of Y ork
town followed
We do not pretend to say what will be
the result in Pennsylvania next Tuesday
We believe the State can be carried fol
freedom if our friends there put forth
proper exertions, and can prevent fraud
ulent voting. The following figures
showing the results of previous Presiden
tial elections in Pennsylvania as com
pared with State elections, favor this con.
cusion
In 1886, the so-called Democratic par.
ty carried Pennsylvania at the October
State Election by a large majority. Ir
the Presidential Election which followed
the Wings, with scarcely hope of sue
cess, reduced that majority to a very low
figure, as follows:
Harrison 87,111 Van Buren, 97,477
Van Buren's majority. d, 364
In 1910, when the tide set so strongly
in favor of Gen. Harrison, it was agsir
carried for what was called Democracy
at the State Election-the total vote fo1
Congress standing
Harrison 125,9O2 Van Buren, 13O, 551
Van Buren's majority, 4,649
And yet at the Presidential Election
which speedily followed, the State wen
for Gen. Harrison by the following vote
Harrison 144,o2l Van Buren, 143, 81:
Harrison's majority 349
In 1914, it was carried for "Polk, Dal
las, and the Tariff Of '42" at both tn
State and Presidential Election.
In 1848; at the State Election, it wen
as follows:
For Taylor For Cass.
Governor johnson l62 ,523 Longstreth 1852
c. Com, Mddleswarth l64, ,284 Gamble 166, ,93
Johnston's maj 3O2 CANDLES maj. 1853
Yet at the Presidential election, direct
ly after, the vote stood:
Taylor 185,73o Cass 1913
Van Buren 11,177
Gen. Taylor over Gen. Cass 1854
In 1852, it went for sham Democrac
: at both Elections, though Gen Scott re
ceived more votes in November than wei