Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-29


leans IN the great battle Of Liberty, ail has /
been bright and encouraging until the ressis Of /
TUESDAYS election in Pcnnsyi ania and Indiafa I
cast cloud over the political sky, and dcprrs- |
sed the hapes Of the friends OF Free Territories
Iowa Grss spoke 10 tones Of thunder to the cor
rupt and iespotic dynasty by which America is |
now governed Thss was ston.ly responded to |
By Vermont, and this cheering answer was fol- /
loved mp BY Maine. Oar Bachsneer opponents /
we're disheartened, and Republicans were high
ia hopes and e1irasagant in expectations. They
we're flushed with victory and were therefore
lily prepared for reverse. They are nov an
necessarily acknowledgements we say, /
because when we look closely into the causes /
that have operated 10 defeat Us in Indiana and !
PENNSYLVANIA IL IL discovered HAT these features
were not upon the surface. They we're hidden, |
ard would have 50 remained but for Tuesday
election, and In November We would have been |
entirely routed IN the great contest. With prop
er exeriions this may Row be avoided. We may
profit by the discovery Of former mistakes, and
the fertilization of weak points.
In the frs place il has been fully demonstra-
ted that the contest in the Pre- sidential race is
between Buchanan aud Fremont Those who !,
claimed that Mr.. Fillmore would get electoral
votes in the North must nov be fully convinced
that they labored uuder great delusion. In
would receive $4,000 votes, it now appears his
strength is less than 10000, indicated by last
Tuesdays vote. There is no hope therefore for
him in the North. In Pennsylvania the Repab-
Leans and Fillmore felt that their respective
parties were so strong that they would over
whelm the Buccaneers This feeling of conf
dence distracted theiriorc The main ques-
ton was In measure lost sight OF, side issues
were made, bargains were proposed between
some Of the leaders of the Fillmore party and
the Buccaneers, and in connection with the nc.
gotiations that we're pending in New York be-
tween the same parties, capital was thus made
for the bogus Democracy, and their strength
was very considerably increased. The support
ers of Buchanan feared defeat, and their fears
cngendered desperation, and in their career of
madness and fury they hestated at nothing that
was calculated to advance their prospects. This
was the spirit that animated the Buccaneers in
Tuesdays contest. They were united as one
man. Their opponents on the other hand, were
distracted and weak from internal strife and
jealousy. They felt, in addition TO this over
confident OF success and for some days prior to
the election, the question was not shall we sue
coed? but who shall claim the victory? The Fill
more men claimed that the fusion ticket was in
part Know Nothing ticket, and that its success
would be Fillmore triumph. Well, we are
partly convinced that it too much Of
Know Nothing ticket, and that the parties nom.
inally supporting Mr. Fillmore contributed large
~ to its defeat. However this may be, it is
certain that the opposition as it was organized
not equal to the strength of the Buccaneers,
and il is plainly evident tina, If the former ex
pect 10 succeed in November, personal feelings
must be laid aside, and the forces must be cor
daily united on the great question at issue, viz
Shal, Slavery be extended or restricted?
Looking at the condition OF affairs in Penn
4yivania in the light Of Tuesdays defeat, and
are satisfied that defeat is better than victory
Success on Tuesday, with the spirit that prevail
ed among those who supported the Union ticket,
would have brought defeat in November, while
the result over which our friends are now dis
posed TO mourn, viii, if properly improved, lead
10 a victory in November. The weak points
in the Republican organization have been dis
covered, and the numerical strength Of our OPP
ponents fully demonstrated. 1t has been equal
y well established that the opposition to the
BUCCANEERS is sufficiently strong in Pennsylvania
to carry the State for Fremont.
In Indiana our defeat is attributable to sever
al causes, viz Ist The temperance question
was made an issue in the contest I'd. The Fill
more strength was made, as in Ohio, to play IN
to the hands Of the Buccaneers. Sd. The az
tempted fusion with the Fillmore men on the
State ticket, while it increased the Republican
strength but little from the Fillmore ranks caus-
ed loss OF strength in another direction. 18th.
The BUCCANEERS in canvassng the State adyo
Gated antl-siavery doctrines i'll the face of the
fact that the great and leading feature in
their platform iavors the extension of slavery.
Bat with all these disadvantages, the Republic
cans have only a small majority against them.
Now, having shown the difficulties TO be over
come in Pennsylv and Indiana, the question
arises, what is the prospect for November? In
giancing at the future, it may be set down
fact, that the opposition to the Buccaneers in
both Pennsylvania and Indiana is sufficient to
secure the triumph of Republican principles, and
il the friends of freedom shall have an oppor-
tunty to express their views on the single issue
in the present canvass, at the ballot box. un
trammeled BY minor questions and free from
pei sonal prejudices and feelings, both States
will be carried for Fremont in November.
With these facts in view let the friends of free
dom rally. The battle OF liberty cannot be lost
without endansering the great principles upon
which our government is founded. Neither can
1t be won in a day, or in month. The contest
IS as great as the principles involved are impor
tant 1t is contest no less of intelligence
against Ignorance, than of freedom against sla-
very. Wherever ignorance prevails among the
people, there lies the great strength of the OPP
ponents Of freedom. The people who read and
think are mainly on side. Those who do
not read and think are against us. The line is
as clearly drawn this day in the North between
intelligence and ignorance, as the North and
South are divided on the question of Slavery.
Nothing is clearer than this, and neither is any
thing more clear than the fact that freedom and
intelligence go hand in hand, and wherever
schoolhouses and churches abound, there the
urlnciplpS of liberty arc nOnular
The future, therefore is full encouragement.
The principles of Repubcanism are the princi- |
pies of liberty, and supported as they are by the
great masses of the intelligent men of the coun-
try, they must succeed. Victory awaits us. The
battle may e won now, and il all who in IA |
vor of free principles so determine. the victory
will be gained in November. One united effort |
OF the opponents Of slavery extension, without |
reference to past differences or personal prefer
ence-one great effort for the success Of the sin
gle question at issue, and our opponents will he
driven back, and the territories viii be saved |
from the whitening influence Of slavery. on
ward then--onwa-d, friends OF !recGom.-Cin. |
cinnati Gazette.