Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-19
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CAUSES oFTHE RESULT IN ILLINOIS,
The gallant Republicans of Illinois have
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 10, 1858.

CAUSES SOFTHERESULT TINILLINOIS
The gallant Republicans of Illinois hav
not lackedsthe sympathy OF their brethren il
Vermont. throughout their recent campaign
The contest on the prairics has been watch
cd with intense interest from the Greer
Mountains. Nowhere would there hav
been more hearty rejoicings at the defeat o.
the great demagegue and little giant an,
nowhere is there more sincere regret at tn,
failure of the Republicans of illinois to secur,
the election of their noble leader, Mr.. Lin
coin, than in Vermont.
OF course our readers are interested in any
thing which goes to explain the adverse re
suit i'll Illinois. One cause of it was the un.
just apportonment of the state, whchis thus
represented by the Chicago Tribune.
THE thirty-ivc Lincoln members Of the
House represent larger population t an the
forty Douglas members and the eleven Lin
coin Senators represent a larger constituency
than the fourteen Douglas and Buchanan
Senators. In other words, if the State had
been apportioncd according to population,
the districts carried by the Republicans would
have returned jorty-onc Line lin Representa-
tives and fourteen Lincoln Senators, which,
of course, would have elected him. In the
Republican districts it requires, on an aver
age, IA population Of l9,G35 inhabitants to
elect representative and So 900 for a Sena-
tor, while in the Democratic districts, II, ,G7j
for Representative and AZ 100 for Senator
suilces. On lair apportionment, Douglas
would have been beaten seven in the House
and three in the Senate. lie was elected for
the reason that 80 voters in Egypt are
an offset to 1000 in Canaan. -
The following extract from letter to the
Boston Atlas, from Chicago, mentions
another element of Douglas success.
The Roman Catholic vote Of the State has
been given almost if not unanimously to
Douglas and his ticket
The Irish Bishop of Chicago accompanied
Douglas and his " ife to Peoria, where they
were received by a procession Of Irish Catho.
lies, who escorted them about the city with
bands of music and their colors flying. The
next day being Sunday, it was announced
that Mrs. Douglas would be present with her
husband at the Catholic church to witness
the confirmation of five hundred Irish Catho-
lies by the Bishop. Mrs. Douglas was pre-
sent, and after finishing her devotions at the
altar was shown to one Of the most capacious
seats in the church
The wife of one of our own citizens was
told by her Irish servant girl that the priest
at one of their meetings had instructed and
ordered all the Irish Catholic girls to pray
continually fol the success of the Douglas
ticket.
That the Bishops and rliests OF the Ro-
man catholic church have interfered in this
election and compelled their followers to go
the whole Douglas ticket, does not admit Of
doubt. Douglas and his friends may de-
ny it, but it has leaked out, and all their
denials will amount to a mere nothing. The
German portion of the voters went as usual
in an almost entirely united body for the
Republican ticket. We have but very
few of them who are under the influence of
or have anything to do with Roman Catho-
licism.
The central counties of the State have gone
onger for Douglas than the indications led
lus to expect. Kankakee county, settled
mostly by French Catholics, which gave a
large majority for Fremont in 1856, has
turned over and gone for Douglas.
Thus do we see that while Douglas has
travelled from one end of the State to the
other, making speeches full of laudations Of
the old Clay Wings and " glorious Ameri-
cans he has AT the same time been concoc-
ting scheme with the Priests by which he
has forced himself again into the Senate Of
the United States. How many illegal vot e,
they succeeded in getting into the ballot
boxes in the close counties will probably
never be known by any save themselves.
The great party of freedom in the State o
Illinois may have been beaten at this elec
| ton, but We can assure our friends in every
part of the country that we are not yet con
quercd.
There is but one voice among the Repub
licans of this city, and it is this We ar
anxious and eager for another battle with tn
combined forces of Roman Catholicism ant
Slavery. We believe that the day of defea
for them, and glorious victory for us is no
far distant, and to show the faith that is il
us we will continue to labor and TO fight tn
enemy until we shall finally succeed in dry
ing them to the wall. We will continue t.
work until the eagle Of victory shall perc
upon our banners, till the Republican part
shall become triumphant in the nation, an,
till its heaven-born, never-dying PRINCl
PILES shall control and guide the rulers {
our government.
The spirit which animates the Republ
cans Of Illinois, is the right one, and tn
party owes them debt of gratitude for tn
manner in which they fought the recer
campaign,-concerning which we shall hay
another word to say.