The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-29
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The Election IN Aausns.
The m1jOtiy stated BY telegraph for Par
rott was from 5000 to 5000. We publish
cd an extract from q LesVenwor;h letter to
the New York Evening Post, bringing the
nejority down to about one tenth OF these
figures. Our neighbor had "shrieked" over
the 8, 900, and felt di,inclihed to taper its
sxultation down to . squeak suited to a
much smaller majority for Psrrou. He
snapped at Us therefore for iatimsting any
thing less than the eight thousand, and
thought it an evidence that we were for hav.
ing slavery In Kansas. BY this argument,
the people Of the Territory wish to have the
peculiar institution, ss PARROTS msjority is
only 1875. Thc Official msjOrities are as
follows:
For Ransom, In Leavenwerth, Atchinson, !,
Johnston, Bourbon and Dorm counties-I,. :.
$50. For Parrott, in Douglas, Shawnee,
Richardson, Breckenridge, Anderson, Ly.
kins. Coffee and Lynn 'codnties-3, ,365.-
Leaving 'ParrOtt $40 ahead.
The LecomP,On National Democrat takes
the following riew of the general result of
the contest. The article, it will be seen,
wus'prepufed before there:utns had oil come
In: ....t. -. .. ...
So ft;r q as We heard, lie election on Moh.
day last has everywhere passed off without
any serious difficulty. In this town, the
capitol OF the Territory, the whole proceed.
ings were connected with as much order
and prdPriety as ever prevailed at ah elec.
tion fn any State in the Union. Whatever
cause we ;nay have for dissatisfaction ana
regret at the resu t Of the election, which
in this country and district is sufficiently
disastrous 10 our Phfty, we cannot withhold
tho expression OF our intense qualification
that the people Of Kansas have al last met at
in quiet and ,psqceable manner, and
have had q fair opportunity to perform one
Of the most important and essential acts of
sell. government. The regular and oraerlv
conduct Of popular Goverament has been
duly inaggarated in the Territory. No man
hereafter can justly complain that any OF
The privileges Of freehnn have been ifle.
gally withheld Or forcibly wrestea from
him. This suspicious result is of far more
Importance than the mere teimHporary tri.
lmph Of any par y. however pure and pat.
riotic may be its principles and purposes.
We have faith in the ultimate triumph of
Truth, and the success Of right. The field
IS now cleared for new organization of
parties, 10 which the strength of opposite
political principles will be fairly tested.
We ARE hot we'll informed Of the actual,
condition of things in other parts of the
ferritdry. But in This particular region,
where we have been SO overwhe elmingly de.
eated, j is well.known and generally &C.
showledged, that the contest was not be-.
ween Democracy and Rephblisanisfn.- -
Whatever may have been the cause. to
~homsoever may belong the responsibility.
here was no 4ptoh bt1,Deen the Free.Stats
Democrats and Pro slavery Den,o,crats. The
'ote for our candidates was given, with but
ew exceptions, almost entirely by the lat.
er. The result il Oery fair tSt Of he
trength Of The PRO Slavery Party Us such.
out it is no test of the strength Of Democ
'acy: The contest between this latter and
he Black Repdblican principle is to come
hereafter. We await the approach of that
great Struggle with entire confidence in tfIe
'uccess Of our party, when it shall be orpsii.
zed in such manner rs to do Justice to its
principles, and to secure for them fair tri
il before the people. We have not now
I'D such trial. We have been fet,ered
y preceding events, and especially by old
,rgunkations and personal influences, which
nd not command The public confidence. All
his will be changed in the future. We
hall take. 9 new START without the obstacle
If unjust prejudice to Impede otr progress,
ind we have no fear That, in the end, Kan.
as will beconhe Sound Demo oocratic State,
aith full to the Constitution, upho1dfhg ana
iirmly maintaining the rights of her sister
states; and not Wantony sacrificing tie
ights or the property OF ahy Of her own
,ltiZens.
We cannot omit in this article, the et.
'ression of our conviction that the restora.
ion Of quiet and orderly government to
Kansas, is due wholly to the fist, munlv
md impartial course of policy pursued by
he present executive OF the Tetritoty. -
hose gentlemen Of onr own parts who have
Uttered rom the Governor in respect to
ome of its measures and opinions, will |
;oiie eventually to see the profound wisdom
With which he has at all Zines acted and
Poken. What would have been the condj.
ion Of the Territory on Monday last, If he
~ qualification had been den,znded as
re s'requisite for bOsing? Suppose the de-.
eated ticket in this county had been car.
led by the two hundred votos it received
through the exclusion Of oil the others, con.
lituting ihe great mass of the population!
Vhal io6ttl9 haus bssH the ,Us.gM and inRu.
nee Of Iegislsttve Assembly thus elected,
nd what its power to calm the excitement
1 the people and 10 reStote their confidence
the Government, territorial and general!
letter, thousand times, that we should On.
ergo q partial aha temporary defeat; than
hat we should triumph by Questionable
neans, and obtain delusive ascendancy,
ot based upon the real support of the peo.
le. Short--ight indeedS were they who
ounseled different course from that which
as been pursued. If an honest administra.
{ the laws shall have forced our party to
ass uiider cloud for a while, We shall
ONE odt etektually with an untarnishsd
equation, conscious of having acted Justly
nd fairly, AND strong in the strength of
ghteous cause, which has Hot t,een weak.
ned or endangered by the adoption Of false
nd unjustifabie expedients.. We may thus
box to the future for bolder triumph than
ny which could have been achi eyed Iipon
sss generous and manly brincibles.