The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-07
The Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indi ana October
Elections-Makc Way for Fremont.


Elcctions-Makc Way for Fremont.
This day week, on Tuesday, the fourteenth
instant, we are to have, in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, those preliminary battles against the
demoralized democracy, which are destined to
eliminate in regular Waterloo defeat to Mr..
Buchanan on the great day Of November. There
is, in other words, an ominous rolling Of popular
thunder along the whole Western horizon, which
indicates in these October elections in Pennsyva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, heavier Fremont tornado
than that which has recently swept over the
eastern frontier democratic State Of Maine.
In Ohio, such is the overwhelming strength Of
the Fremont movement that the Perce-Buchanan
democracy are merely keeping up show Of re-
sistance for the sake of appearances--in Indiana
it is much the same thing. In both States the
result in October will 60 far ahead Of the ire
mendous revolution of the same elections in 1910,
Van Buren,. As far as this administration of
poor Pierce has exceeded that of Van Buren, in
its debasing corruptions, in its imbecilities and
dsgraceful wickedness, so far win the popular re
action Of the October elections Of ls56 transcend
the popular anti-van Buren, uprisings Of 1910.
Grand and glorious a. we are assured will be
these October results in Ohio and Indiana, we
shall not be surprised in the least degree if the
good old State Of Pennsylvania shall leave the
frightened democracy, on the night Of the 18th Of
October, in minority as hopeless as in either of
the young giants of the West. We are aware
that the doomed democracy have made Pennsyl-
vania the Malakoff Of the siege-that all the
available Buchanan orators, East, West, North
and South, secessionists, disunonists, oflicehod-
ers and oficeseeking spoilsrnen, have been thrown
into Pennsylvania, and are working night and day
at their defences. We know that heavy assessments
have been made upon the poor clerks Of the de
partments at Washington, OF the Custom Houses
and Post Offices Of New York. Boston, Philadel-
phia and elsewhere, for ammunition and supplies
of subsistence; we are apprised that the most in
famous schemes Of ballot stufling may be expect
ed from Forney & Co., and that something Of the
bloody terrorism Of Kansas has been threatened
where hired democratic rufians can be brought
to bear against the rights Of the people; but we
have no fears of the result-none at all.
We believe that the Pennsylvania people are
up and wide awake-that these corrupt demo.
cratic missionaries and mercenaries, and all their
works, all their schemes, all their tricks and de
vices, all their attempts at deception, at ballot
stufing. bullying and perjury, win be borne
down with something Of the resistless power Of
that late terrible tempest at Last Island in the
Gulf Of Mexico. We understand that the Penn
sylvania democracy are thoroughly organized in
every county, every township, city and village
and that they can almost tell TO fraction th,
Jono fde vote which they win cast in October; but
If this be 20, their alarm Is much more significant
than IL It were only q vague suspicion Of danger
and defeat. They have counted their forces
they find they are in a minority and hence theii
desperate efforts to raise false issues 10 create dis
fractions in the opposite camps, and to raise re
cruits by bribery and corruption.
All these desperate expedients to sustain
sinking cause will avail nothing. When tho
masses Of the people are roused-when they NOV,
| en rnosa TO the polls, as in the late Iowa. Vernon
| and Maine elections-no mere party organization
| or partizan tricks can Withstand them A spon
taneous uprising Of the American people il as ir
resistible as the ocean when raised into actor
by an equinoctial storm In ordinary times ON
popular elections are too frequently decided BY
the devices of cunning politicians; but when tb,
people in reality take the field, politicians an,
their petty machinery are swept of like stubbl'
before a consuming fire. We are in the midst o
a crisis Of this description now. The people arr
thoroughly reused, and they viii speak for them
selves in October and November.
All the elements Of a wholesome popular revo
luton are compressed into this Fremont move
ment A weak and wicked administration
debased and reckless party the revolving at
tempts Of this administration and this party 70