The daily union., 1856-10-24
THE LATE EXCITING CANVASS IN OHIO-WHAT
HER DEMOCRACY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY
INTEND TO DO.

HER DEMOCRACY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY
INTEND TO DO.
few weeks ago we did not hesitate to express the
hope-almost amounting to q beief-that in the then
pending contest between the democrats and black repub
cans of Ohio the former would come victorious This
evidence of confidence part in the superior energy
efforts and strength of the democracy of Ohio received
with great satisfaction by democratic contemporaries in
all parts of the Union; but it satisfaction not Who'll
y flee from doubt and apprehension For the friends of
the Union and the constitution the chances did indeed APP
pear odds entirely great at
one effort and one blow In other State had the
shreks for "bleedng Kansas" been louder deeper or
shrler In no other State there perfect fu-
sion of the smatic elements of opposition to the demo-
cratic party In no ether State the power and
lignancy of abolitionsm apparent. In other
State had amagamaton been exhibited frequently
more dsgusdngy 1t the home of Giddings the abb
ding place of Galloway the stumping ground of the
changeing Campbell 1t the State of underground
railroads and Obcrlin nsutesthe Mecca of all true be-
levers in the superiority of the black the white
race So firm the belief that the State had been abo-
onized beyond all hopes of redemption that many of the
Fremont papers claimed for their candidate majority Of
one hundred thousand in Ohio and few there were two
months ago. who had the emerity dspu, the truth Of
this arrogant claim.
1t under all these dscouragng circumstancesthe
dscouragement of supposed hopeless weakness the dis
couragement which is certain to follow succession Of
disastrous defeats and the dscouragemen arising from
lack Of outside confdence-hat the democracy of Ohio
entered into what almost universally regarded at
first as utterly hopeless As the canvass pro-
gressed tie skies became brighter and brighter for the
heads and hearts Of the people last reached by pow
erful arguments and patriotic appeals In previous
contest did the chosen leaders of the democracy put forth
greater amount of wel-drected energy and zeal Never
were the ardsa and arduous labors of the democratic
press OF Ohio shown more conspicuously effect
lively The columns Of such papers as the Statesman the
Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cleveland Plain Dealer were
filed day after day with facts with arguments, with ap
peals-" with thoughts that breathe and words that
burn The efforts Of the democratic speakers and the
democratic journalists OF Ohio throughout the whole OF
the late contest in that State may justly be regarded
as among the marvels Of the present campaign Their
e1ertions in behalf of the great cause with which they
had been long and 30 honorsbly identified pro-
duced what subsequently filled the whole country with
astonshment and delight The storms OF nAticsm which
had swept the State with such resisess fury 1854 and
1855 followed by every outward manifestation
Of great reaction in public sentiment and feeling Such
gatherings Of the people hear the words and to feel the
force Of democratic truths had before been witnessed
In any part Of the country Thousands and of thou
sands Of the now thoroughly aroused people assembled
Cincinnati. An equally mighty denomination, without
concert of action and almost without previous notice
sembed on the banks Of the Nuskngum, ct Columbia and
at other wel-known points throughout the State One
hundred and twenty thousand freemen met at Dayton
The whole State seemed to have been converted into one
grand universal democratic meeting-he eloquent
warning Of the speakers almost lost in the responsive
shouts Of their redeemed and regenerated hearersl
With such feeling abroad, with such powerful
ton 10 favor OF the democratic party confess were
not surprised at the glorious results Of the l4h These
suits may be briefly summed up as follows:
lst Although the black republicans have elected their
State ticket the figures show them to be in minority Of
about ten thousand in The State
I'd, In the present congressional delegation from Ohio
there s not single democratic member The next dele
cation, just elected stands as follows:
First district-Pendetou, democrat; gain.
Second-Groesbeck, democrat; gain.
Thrd-Contested. Campbell will probably get the GER
tihcate but Vallandigham, democrat, the seat
Fourth-Niehols republican.
Fifth-Mott republican.
SiIth--Gookerin democrat; gain
Seventh.-Harlsu, republican