St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30
The Recent Elections,

From the commencement of the
campaign, all parties have united in
agreeing that Pennsylvania was the
real battle ground; the great field of
contest; that the result in Pennsylva-
mia, at the State election, would shad-
ow forth the probable result of the
Presidential contest. Accordingly,
all parties concentrated their strength
upon this State. Their heaviest forces
were sent there; their most accom-
plished orators; their stoutest leaders.
Ammunition was not wanting in the
shape of political documents; money
was freely subscribed to be sent
there:-and, if we may believe the
party papers, either side made use of
trickery, cajolery and fraud to swell
their number and purchase victory.
The result is before us. After days
of conflicting returns it is now certain
that the Democratic ticket has pre-
vailed in the State, but by what ma
.jority cannot be kn1wn until after the
official returns be made up-the New
York Tribune comedies majority of
some five thousand. The Congress-
ional delegation stands fifteen Demo-
Gratis out Of the twenty-five members,
and democratic majority on joint
ballot in the State Legislature is
claimed, which will secure the cleo
ton of Democratic U. S. Senator.
The Democrats are entirely satisfied
with the result in Pennsylvania; the
New York opposition papers yield the
victory, while the Boston papers are
not disposed to give it up in express
terms; although by their explanations
Of the causes of the unexpected returns;
and their claim that the Quaker vote
and the German vote, many thousands
strong, were withheld at the State
election which will undoubtedly be
given for Fremont in November, they
virtually allow that they have lost il
the present contest. 2ia
1t is urged by the Republican pa
pcrs that they have been beaten by 9
combination of treachery and fraud
They charge that the Fillmore men vo
ted the Democratic ticket. They say
that their organization was not thor
ough, while on the other hand, that o
the enemy" was perfect. The Dem
ocrats meet the charge of fraud ant
dishonest voting by an examination o
figures to see where the fraudulent
votes come from, and show that, il
the recent election, the Democrats in
creased their vote in Philadelphia on
ly four thousand, while the Fremon
men increased theirs seven thousant
over the municipal vote last spring
| and they say that, if frauds were per
petratcd last Tuesday, the figures
show which was the guilty party.
The Republicans and Americans
who made up fusion ticket arc dis
satisfied, and indulge in no cry com
plimentary terms when speaking o
| each other. Since the State election
: an attempt has been made to form
: fusion ELECTORAL ticket, but, the tw
parties having lost faith in each other
they cannot fuse any more. TIL
i, Americans utterly repudiatc the ide
: and decline to accept either of tn
: propositions of the North America
: Central Committee, satisfied that tn
: ticket already in the field is the onl
: one on which all opposed to Mr.. B,
chanan can successfully unite. Thi
action, therefore, renders any turtle
union of the Fremont and Fillmor
parties in Pennsylvania impossible.