Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-10-30
The late Fall Elec,ions--who has Lost,
and who has Gained

would have thought in reading over ih'
border ruiFan papers, % sec their stunninl
capitals AMI exclamation points, that ID,
Republican, hal surr,l fatal anihilatiou
an over the country, aul that black, border
ruE1u democracy was everywhere in thg
as,.nicncy. We propose in this article
h.Hy to look over ,hc ground, compare
notes, aud $50 how the cas-, rally stands.
Fret, lri us look at Pr>>ru,>f,. IN
thr Presidential election last IAN this Stat,
stood,
Enchanan go sea
fremont ll7.3l7
Fillmore S-,s.J
In the late canvas, Juls. Wl'mo, was
nominated and supported O.. d, Republican.
Il va, the first at,cmr, IN that State to
plant the Anii.Nchrl.ka party upon The
Philadelphia Platform. Juise W.imot cn.
tered thc Ggld with ihc cuormou, mayriiy
pl 1922 against him, that being Ih, IVA.
I1r.'y oG the buchanan aul Fillmore ,ui"
over Fremont.
solitary and al,nc, almost, ,hi, old
champion " lrc-!Jm conducted the came
Tai.u ia tha, State. y, uuc acquainted
with an ,hc fact. could reasonably expect a
Republican victory. Cen Packer, DE Pro.
slavery candidate. D, elected as We supposed
hr would D.. Do, by greatly diminished
majority lrum The vote 90 last year We
ba,, not ,hy lull returns from ,hc whole
,,ate, bat will give ,ho r.tuus from ~
,uuuti,, a, contained ga u,s Philadelphia.
Bulletin ct ,lc lgth ines. lhrc 90, fair
samrl, ct tbo whole Note.
pr,iI.ui, lsrD. Governor. 1867.
buchanan, q. ll>,I5I Packer, H,si
Fremont. o. $3.50 Ni'mui, COOL
Fillmore, o. 5-llf llazIohur,t, -. 7gi
In a much smaller aggregate vote, Packer
loses - 800. and wiimot gain. 1901, Re-
publican net gain o,gr ,hc border ruiiau 3d..
mueugy 30. luthc same town. Halo.
lurt. the American candidate, lu.-, ir1m
Che Fillmore vote 29,a7l while wi'mol'.
art gain o,.r ,hc American party is i2,552.
I, there o.. any thing encouraging hr the
black democracy iu th., result, they are
welcome 90 u. The old " Ky Stone" IS
,ru.r: into line, and wall hy hgT electoral
vote help swell the grand r,pub'iean ,ri-
umpa of l,lO
w,wi.l mex; take q l1nk "a, tie gian,
STAT, Of o., Wet. gallant ONO. In the
Presidential ,au,.., ,he vote va. %. follows
Fremont, 1927
Buchanan, l1N 80
Fillmore. .-. 100
Fremont Over Buchanan, 1903
Bucuauanaul rllImlrrugr Fremont, II sos
From ,,i, twill D., seen 90, Republican
PARTY came out of that cou,es, in minority
OF II.1u3, and that Fremont carried the
stat, ouly hy plurality o. addition o.
tli., d, should br remembered that GOV.
D.-, wa. two wear, W, elected by q vlu.
n,l,y and u0' d m.uri'y,-rrimhI, tho
American candidate receiving some 10000
votes. From Iss- 60 1850, the OLD Wing
ari democratic parties a'tsruated At every
-uhrrnat1rial election iu Ohio. The Port.
LAND Advertiser in h.. issue % the l2,h INST.
truly aid
" In ISIS, Wilson shannon, Democrat,
vgs elected Governor hy o lar-, majority.
90 $50, Tom Corwip, Wing, va, elected
over shannon by majority Of twenty-five
thousand. la 1912, Shannon va. again
elected hya heavy vote, and IN l,lI, the
Whlr- n. gained power and elected Muriecai
Mr;I-ti, Governor. In 1916, the Demo-
gra', again tr,u4,phel aud elected William
Bshb, now Of Illinois, % the Gubyrua,1rial
chair. In Isis, tho scri,. OF alterations
was kept up by the whir, clectinc Governor
Ford over John b. Weller, now OF CaIi'ur-
MIA, aud in 1850, the Democrat. 70. gainol
power in the election Of Governor Wood"
Gov. Chase bring q man of stern intrs
rity, and one Of that class who never bend
one hairs breadth 20 court popular favor,
Is not, nor never has been, in the common
acc9ptation Of the phase, a PoYu'or candi-
date. H. always chooses to DO what he
honestly believes to be right and lc, cousc-
qugncos take care Of themselves. Ills op-
T1n1nts in the last campaign carried on u
perfectly piratical warfare against him and
his administration. The most base and n.
famous measures We're by them rcsortci 20,
70 defeat him. Another thing. the whole
Observation-Disclosures nothing element
In the state were pittcd against him; and
in order 10 insure his defeat. united on a
single candidate in the person Of the pro.
slavery democratic candidate. Payne. Yet
10 spite Of all this, salmon T.. Chase has
whipped the whole drive and is elected hy
about two thousand maprity. Glory
enough, we say, for ono day. BY the in.
tricucs and combinations between the know
nothings and black democrats, they have
the legislature by small majority, but
that is a matter Of bu, comparatively little
Importance, as there is no U. s. Senator to
be chosen. Considering all things this is a
victory Of which the Republicans have reason
to 30 proud.
In CALIFORNIA, John Il. Weller, the pro-
slavery democratic candidate is elected, His