The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-22
In the Butler district Medill beat

In the Butler district Medill beat
Chase 1884, and Chase and Trimble
together 81, while this year the republi-
can candidate for Congress claims to
have carried the district by lo. In the
Miami district Medin led Chase 266,
while this year Mr.. Dorsey one of the
most energetic and accomplished speak
ers in the State falls below his republi-
can opponent 245.- In ithe Toledo dis
trict Medill in 1855 fell below Chase
SOC, while Edgerton, the most popular
man perhaps in the district, falls below
his republican opponent S61. In the
Lebanon district the majority of Chase
in 1855 over Medill was only 3,O65,
while this year the majority of Harlan
over Ward is 1881. In the Urbanna
or Springfield district Medill was beaten
by Chase 1850, while this year Stanton
obtains a majority over Runkle of 81
$40. 4 In the Mansfield district Medill
in 1855 fell below Chase only 1,7s3.-
This year Mr.. Brumback, a talented
and most excellent young man was
beaten by Sherman ASH. In the
Wooster district Medill was beaten by
Chase only 2, 136, while this year DR..
Firestone falls below his republican op-
ponent 2,797.
Now let US carry this comparison in
to Gov. MEDILL's own District where he
was again q candidate;-where there
were no meetings except those that were
called by himself and his immediate
friends, and in the welfare of which the
Committee does not seem to have mani
tested any very particular solicitude.-
In this, the Fairfield District, the op.
position majority at the Gubernatorial
election of 1856 was 1,4l6, while this
year Medill is defeated for Congress by
only $40 votes, including every ballot
that was cast for any other person than
himself. A similar change in every dis
trict would have given the State to the
Democracy. The gain In his own coun-
ty, in favor of the Democratic ticket
was probably greater than that l n any
other county in the State.
In politics, as in war, it sometimes
suits the purposes of rival chieftans to
point out and dwell upon results only,
but an intelligence people are generally
inclined to inquire into all the circum-
stances, and especially into the magnl-
tude of the opposing fcrcas. There
was but one candidate for Congress on
the Democratic side that received a ma
iority at the last election of all of the
votes cast in his district. That candi-
date was Gen. Burns. If the opposi-
ton, therefore, had united in every dis
trict on one man as they did in this,
Medill's district, we would have but
one member in the next Congress-
Gov. Medill at the recent election, re-
ceived a greater number of votes than
apy other democratic candidate for Con-
gress in the State, and a greater num-
Der than my other candidate, of any
party, except three. He came nearer
obtaining a majority of all the votes
cast in his district, than any other
democratic candidate in the State except
Burns, Vallandigham and Hall, and
overcome a threefold larger opposition
majority, from the year before, than
even either of these.
We have no doubt but that every
Democrat did his duty the late ex-
citing and highly important canvass and
have been only led to these observations
by certain remarks that have recently
fullen under our notice in relation to
the last and preceding elections.