The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-19

which entitled him 10 The Pfesia eney. But
IN 1900 Jefsfssa and Ben were returned by
The Democratic Eiseiefs with an equaI nam.
Der Of votes, on which The duty dsvolvsd on
the Houss Of choosing between them. The
peril which Iibeay fas during the contest, /,
from ihe vile intf3uss that were Get on foot,
should make sveft citizen thankful that the
pfesen. contest hasuot gone to the House.
The eleciion hes teen an election by the
people; or this 10 u frs characteristics.
lie second Is even more striking. By re-
feniug 10 the vote, il will be seen that the
States which voted foH Fremont are, in gsn-
eral terms, the New EtgIand ones and their
their colcEies. Whereier The strictly Yankee
blood formed The bulk Of the population, the
pao more slave Siatsv as>,zns hes carried
everything before il. Thas, 10 New England
proper, even the shunchest Democratic
States, even New Hampshire and Connect.
cni, where The States tights party has been
powerful so long, went for Fremont. So in
New York, the wesisrnland other counties,
which were principally settled by New Eng.
landers, have OVERCOME ths Hudson river
counties and the city of New York. 10 our
own State. Bradford, Tiosa, and other coun-
Ties, the seats Of the Connecticut reserve, and
originally, therefore, colonizsd from Con-
neciicut, the majoriliss for Fremont have
been enormous. In Ohio aud Illinois, tine
population Of the northern counties, The bulk
OF which went from New England carried
these Two States for Fremont, agaiust tie
ant-Ftemont leeling of the southern counties
which were originally settled from the mid
Ole States. Going s:ill farther westward we
find the same fact everywhsse assiceabIe.-
10 every Commonwealth where New Eng.
land modes of thought prevail, Fremont has
carried the day, a. he has lost i, i, in those
free States where Pennsy lsanians have been
the colonists, and where consequently Penn.
sylvania modes Of thinking are in tho az.
cendanL
The third peculiarly of the late election
is, that not only has the indirsct influence Of
Pennsylvania had great weight 10 the contest,
but the direct vote of our Commonwealth has
actually decided the struggle. Without the
twenty-seyen votes of the KeysioEe State,
Nr. Buchanan would have been defeated {;
with them, Mr. Fremont would have been
elected. Pennsylvania has thus sgain vindi.
Dated the facts, that the political opinions of
her people are valuable as an indication, and
that her electoral votes geaerally determine
the result. In truth, with the exception Of
sAs -esosaisa -st igos ae-Ssss;as~.-lhss eser
been chosen who has not had the vote of
Pennsylvania. Nor 10 that contest really an
exception. For jefferson, for whom this
State voted in 1896, would have ttiumphed
over Adams, If it had not been for the three
or four members of The Electoral Colleges, in
different States, who voted for Adams from
personal motives, or from admiration Of bis
conduct in the war of independence; tor, in
1876, nearly all the States chose electors on
The district system, as members of Congress
are now chosen, and not BY general ticket,
as is the custom at present. This prominent
part, which Pennsylvania has always played
in the politics Of the republic, ought to be
more universally known. There are more
boastful States, but few that really have so
commanding an nfluence.-PhPa Ledger.