New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-07
rnOy MISSOURI
TUE ASPECTS OF BLAIRs DEFEAT.

re.1ls Of tie election is 20 longer ia doubt. ItH
resrlt h.s ss.oui,hed every oue-vic.ors as vel as
varQuishe3 Bsir is defeated BarTet, IS elec,el'
-Wherce this re'ul.'
Il certainly is 40. owirg to Nr BlArs personal
urpopu,agity, for be is TIE uoss popular Of tie
tsree csrdita:ss-nor TO his Congressional, cou-se,
for the LecomPton swidle hss been rePud'sted by
the pa. pie Tor 20 the issue Of emancipation, pro-
sened BY tie Republicans, for that 2chcY' as'' has
unquestopsbly been indorsed here. -,
1t is owing TO the great number OF frsldnsect
votes cast-to the dssertcn OF tne IRISH 10 the RS
tiorai Democracy the division OF the free- stA.e
party by the running of Mr.. Breckenridge, sa Auu-
Lecompton Auerican-to TIE expenditure oil SiW'-
eco at least By tine sgeuts Of the Federal AdnnsHa
tion-ts tie zeal Of the slavehoders who oppose
emarcipaiion-.o the trescbery Of the leading Pro
Slavery Know Nothing politicians, and TO the Idie'
ress on the 6ey of the ,e tion of the minor canc'
dates arc cficeholders of the Free-DemOcracy.
1t 10 necessary. ia order 10 ascertain the ANTI
Lecompton vote. to add up the results for both
Breckenridge SD Blair; for both openly ana re-
pestedly denounced The English sninde. The DIS
iirctiSe Free State or Emancipation vote may De
accurately arrived at by adding 10 the total result
for Mg. Blair two-thilds of the Breckenridge or
A,ercSn vote
At least 2,00O. bat more probably $500
Illegal votes have been east in the City and County
Tie legal vote csurot by any possibility be oSer
l6 eco, while the returns thus far Indicate some
thiug ever 20,000. An Immense river vote was
cast-s SOLID pbaianx against Blair. The city has
been coonized. There has been large gypsy vote,
of men who wandered from one district to another
yot ug IS they went and an immense unnaturalized
or slien vote" csst 1t is stated that in the Sew
enth. Eighth and Nrth Wards alone, at least 1000
fraudulent votes were cast. The reasons for these
assertions are, first, knowledge Of individual cases
of false votes; and, secondly, the tact that although
there are thousand voters less in the County now
than at the April election, the result shows sn M
creased vote.
The Irish vote, hitherto, ha. inclined TO the Free
Democracy. 1t went for BlSir for Congress in
1856 Yesterday, il deserted in one body. This
stampede was not expected. The cause of It is
supposed BY some to be owing to pnestly influence,
While others attibute il partly 10 the bribery of their
leaders and partly 70 the falsehoOds. persisteuty
adhered to BY the Republicans, that Blsirs creed
recognized the social equality Of the negro, aud that
the Inevitable result If emancipation would be TO
bring abOrers wages down to fifty cents day.
Whom whisky could buy were openly purchased
Leading candidates on the National Democratic
tickets were seen serving out whisky to voters from
their buggies in defiance both of decency and the
laws. Barrett's persOnal popularity with the Irish
had probably coed deal 20 do with the stampede.
Blair. 10 his credit b. il spoken had never toadled
either to the Irish or the German population, while
Barrett has seldom failed in extrayagant eulogy OF
the cOunthrymen of Init.
Ii is admitted that twO-thlrds OF the American
vote is in faycr of Free State. The Pro- Slavery
leaders of it got in that tooeager vote at an early
hour. and reserved, till late i'll the afternoon, as
much of the other power as they could influence,
which was exerted both 0t the bailotbo and IN the
streets for " Dick Barrett and the National Demo
cratic ticket" Whether the Free-State Amer
leans will sgan submit to be sold by these men. ls
problem row which is not at all doubtful, II the
many expressions have heard Of indignation at the
trick and of regret at Bfr Blsir's defeat are any
indications of the popular feeling. Many men, yoS:
teroav. before voting for Breckenridge, declared
that their ballots should have been cast for Blair.
If they supposed there was any possible danger oi
Mr.. Barrett's election. They supposed the contest
tobe between Breckenridge and Blair and that there
was chance for the election of their party can
ddate.
Never before, ia ST. LOUIS, has 80 much money
been expended by any party, or by all parties toge-
ther a. has been spent during the present canvass
by the National Democracy to insure the defeat ot
Mr.. Blair Money flowed like water. There could
not have been less than five hundred lrishmen paid
by the day engaged in peddlng their tickets yester'
day. Nothing that money could dowas lett undone.
For two years indeed, the work hss been lnces-
sanity goil on-the Free Democrats, meanwhile,
unconscious of danger, and confident IN their faith
dreams of perpetual power.
The shareholders, too, who oppose emancipation,
felt this to be death-stugge, and worked with al
the arcOr Of enthusiasm intensified by enmIty and
imminent dargcr. Their instructive and fansticsl
zeal was too much for the calm polItco-ecOnomcal
creed of our friends.
For the moral sentiment against Slavery is neither
appealed to BY the Free Democracy, nor, indeed
would its aid be accepted. For the bondman, as
politicians they neither feel sympathy nor express
il; il il net for Freedom that they work, but for
Free Labor nor for that end, even, in its fullest
sense. but fer free shite labor only. They would
not purchase emancipation at the price Of permit
ting the reero to remsin in Missouri. lie must be
depOrted hence. or remain in slavery. Hence, that
unconquerabe spirit of Anti-Slsyery enthusiasm
which might, perhaps, be aroustd in their favor-s
spirit which finds nOurishng diet in defeats and is
retter daunted BY power nor eneryated by success
Is idle here, and nsynpathzing, or sympathlzes
only under protest and Il likely, l fear for long
time to remain SO. 1t has no organ, excepting only
The Central Christian Adrooate, while arrsyei
against il ia the entire theological press ofSt Lsus.
Some Anti Slavery votes were cast against Blair
yesterday on the ground that ne was hostile to the
.ubjugated race. They were given to Breckenridge
who is silent on Anti Slavery policy.
The Post, daily German paper OF Influence,
opposed the election of Kesser the candidate of the
lree-State men for County Jser on the ground
that he was negro trader, or, at least had bought,
sold and exchanged slaves within few months past.
Even if Blair had been elected, this man, on hiS
grOuad, would have undoubtedly been defeated.
There can be no doubt that there s distinctive
Aati-Siqrery sentiment in st. Louis, and that some
Of the candidates OF the Tree Democracy have IN
jured their caure by heir-.hall ssy it '-coe4rdty
illusions to tie negro race.
Ibis cause, when it succeeds, must succeed by
appealing to the mental faculties and nober instincts
OF the people, and their heart, often uncon'couAy
but no less surely. ever, in the long run, re9el'
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