Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-04-16
The St. Louis Election-slavery Eman.


The st. Louis charter election was car
ried by the advocates Of slavery Emancipa-
ton. The vote stood as follows, for May
orr
Winner, Emancipationist, 5487
Pratte, Anti Benton and indie
pendent, TlEl d I. a75e
Lane, American, 1881
Mr.. Winner took emancipation grounds
Mr.. Pratte was regularly nominated by the
Anti Benton party, after he had been
brought out as an independent candidate, by
the Republican, seconded by the Herald
Mr.. Lane was nominated by the Americans
though not member of that party.
The papers differ as to how the result
was brought about, very materially. The
Democrat heralded the result as follows:-
We have only time at this late hour to
announce 10 our readers that Mr.. Winner,
the Emancipation candidate, has been elect
ed by the handsome majority of about SEVEN
TEEN HUNDRED VOTES, and that the entire
Emancipation ticket has been carried
through with the most gratifying success.
This intelligence has created great enthusi-
asm in our city, and will be received abroad
as most significant triumph OF the free
white mans Emancipation movement over
the efforts of the Nlggerites. ....I
The Republican, which was an emanci-
patton paper in 1885, sad:-- lil /.
WIMEn's majority will be about 1900,
and this has been obtained by votes from
the Know Nothing party. They deserted
their eradicate, as we supposed they would,
and voted for Mr., Winner. This has Sc
cured his election.
The Catholic Leader said:-
The result of the election seems to be that
Winner has carried the city by about fifteen
hundred majority. We had no idea there
were so many white men altogether in St.
Louis disposed to hob-nob with negroes.
The figures are not yet sufficiently COM
plete to analyze. Suffice it 10 say that St.
Louis is now fairly a Black Republican
city in its administration, but not in its sem
timents. Winner has doubtless received the
full Abolition vote together with that of
some few who are not precisely Abolition
lists, but whom ignorance and servile habit
have led to vote with the Abolitionists,
The conservative and national men of the
city, divided into two camps, have seen the
battle won by this ignoble crew.
The victory is defeat to the Winner par
ty, who counted on an absolute majority,
and triumph for the Democrats, who have
poled larger vote than ever before, and
have organized their party.
The Herald gave this version:-
"The Know Nothing, or American party,
has been charged with electing Mr.. Winner,
but we do not believe the charge. That
gentleman is alone indebted to his own par
ty for his success, and Mr.. Lane owes his
defeat to the fact that the members of the
American party did not 60 to the polls
We have no hesitation in saying that we be-
lieve ten members Of the American party
voted for Mr.. Pratte where one voted for
DIR. Winner"
The News this:- .
"The success Of Mr.. Winner is not free
soil triumph, nor even an emancipation tri-
umph, but the triumph of unbounded per-
sonal popularity. Mr.. Winner has been
Mayor Of the city, Postmaster, Sheriff of
the county, Judge, and is interested now in
many commercial and industrial enterprs-
es, such as banks, insurance companies,
sc. He possesses in ON eminent degree,
those virtues which win the confidence and
esteem and friendly regard Of men, and he
has ever enjoyed wider popularity per-
haps, than any other man in the county
possesses. Many whom we know, voted
for him because he is generous, public
spirited man; others, OH the score Of person
al friendship; and not few young men
supported him heartily, because he is
friend to their class. He was elected, not
on account of his avowed emancipatonism,
but in spite oft. He is worthy of the Of
fee, and, we doubt not, will fill it honorably.
And the InteHigencer, this:-
| The Missouri Republican, in its usual ma
! lignant course towards the American party
in St. Louis, asserts that they voted for
Winner for Mayor. This is not true.--
Ten American votes were cast for Pratte,
where one was for Winner. The entire
River Vote" which is American, was no
toriously cast for Pratte-the "River men,
with hundreds of other Americans, having
believed the Republicans silly story that
Pratte was the only man who could beat the
"Back Republican" ticket,
Pratte was run by the Anti-Bentons,
who VIGOROUSLY cannot poll 500 votes in St.
Louis city, aided by the Republican clique,
who can control 100 more. Here are 600
1 oh the "six hundred') National Demo-
Gratis, Mr.. Pratte's rightful hackers. Yet
he received 1900 votes! Full two thou.
sand of them were Americans, who left their
candidate, DR.. Lane, and strove to beat Wi
mer by voting for Pratte.
EfsWe are indebted TO Mr.. J. JEwErT