Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-11-07
".PERS Ev ERE"
THE RESULT.
chung be the heavens in black"

mia, New Jersey, Indiana, and probably
Illinois, together with all the Southern
States, except Maryland, have given ma
jorities in favor of Slavery-Extension and
Fillibusterism. AT least, such are our
latest advices, and we see no reason to
doubt their correctness.
The states voting for Freedom and Ere
mont, as far as heard from are Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, casting
ala electQal votes. Illinois is still in
doubt-"Egypt" gives Buchanan a very
heavy majority; but Northern Illinois
where schools and churches abound-yives
large Republican majority.
By hard fighting, the Know Nothings
succeeded in carrying one State-Mary-
land; which will give Mr.. Fillmore cleo
toral votes. The rioting in Baltimore con-
tinued about six hours. Muskets and
cannon were used freely. The number of
wounded is estimated at from so to l00
But the K. Ms were determined to sue
coed, and they did succeed, by over 1000
majority.
Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee have
gone for Buchanan by large majorities.-
There was heavy betting on the result in
Kentucky. Many Fillmore men had bet
their money, slaves, horses, cattle, and
every thing they possessed, and have lost.
We feel in no humor for commenting
on the result. The party to which we
have belonged has often been defeated,
and we have always borne it manfully.
We could always laugh and joke with our
opponents over their success. Not so,
now. We feel like wearing Grape, and
dressing our paper in mourning for de-
parted Liberty. 1t seems to us as though
Justice had fed to british beasts, and
men had lost their reason" But though
sorrowful, we feel more than ever the JUS
tice and righteousness Of our cause, and
more than ever determined TO renew the
battle with redoubled energy; for, as sure
as God rules in heaven, the principles for
whichwe contend shall triumph gloriously,
even though it may be by blood. And
the day will yet come when it will be con-
sidered deep reproach to have aided in
elevating James Buchanan to the Presi-
dency. Thousands of those who voted
for him last Tuesday will live to regret it,
and ask God to forgive them. We are
charitable enough to suppose the mass of
them voted .ignorantly. Their blind at
tackment to PARTY made them thelAsy
dupes of wicked and designing men.
But enough, for the present. Below,
we copy the remarks of the Cincinnati
Commercial in announcing the result:
The END.--The returns indicate that
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, has
been elected to the office of President of
the United States. We cannot deny that
it would have given us great pleasure to
have announced a different result. What
ever effect it may have upon our reputation
for sagacity in these matters, we confess
that we had, with feelings Of confidence,
expected the election of Mr.. Fremont
Justice to ourselves requires us to say that,
in this respect we have stated in our col
nmns no more than we believed. If we
have been mistaken it is as much our mis-
fortune as that OF our readers; and we can
bring the labors Of this campaign to close
with the declaration that in no one instance
have we willfully given utterance to false
hood or aided in the circulation of an un-
truth.
From what we have often said on pre-
vious occasions, our readers will have little
difficulty to understand what, in our opin-
ion, are the reasons for the defeat of the
Republican candidate A powerful revo-
luton has swept over the Northern half Of
the confederacy, sufficient, in all the States
but two or three, to crush every pre-exist-
ing political organization. In the nature
of things, there was no reason why this
revolution should not have been homoge-
neous-as strong and as sufficient in every
as in any of the States. Our views Of the
causes which led to its suppression we
haze heretofore alluded to, and our hopes
of success were based upon such wish as
was, perhaps, father to the opinion, that
80 strong would be the free sentiments in
the hearts Of free people, that it would
win its way in spite Of disadvantages, and
work out its destiny against almost any
imaginable impediment
There will be time 10 speak upon this
subject hereafter, and we shall take occa-
sion to do so fully and freely. There is a
treasury Of political wisdom in the cam
paign that has Just closed-a vein which
to work will not only be matter of duty,
but of interest and instruction. There are
also men to whom justice should be done,
and whose services and sacrifices should
not be permitted to be forgotten. In the
meantime, there is little of which to be
ashamed, and many grounds of just and
manly pride in. the campaign and its result.
Strong in Intellectual and moral power, the
Republican is composed of the best mate