Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-10-18
THE TELEGRAPH.
PoMERoY, O., TuEsDAY::":::;.":Ocr l8,
The Election in NTeies Co,

Ame 6oecthOm hM NhetGS Co,
We publish to-day the official vote Of
Meigs Coanty The result is exceedingly
gratifying. The whole County ticket, us
'willbs'seen. is triumphantiY elected. In
view Of the desperate means resorted to
by-somevfthose calling tbemselyes Dem.
ocrats, the vote speaks we'll for the intel.i-
,gance of the citizens. .sssz
l4 the naked lies, invented, the petty
talsehoods circuated-and the miserable
misrepresentation resorted to had been be-
lieved by the people, aud produced the ef-
feet anticipated by their inventors and
2eddlers, the Republicans would have
been overwhelmed. But relying on the
simple majesty oftruth and the good sense
and moral integrity Of the people, we be-
lieved. and said before the election. what
the official vote proves true, that even in
politics "honesty is the best policy" 4
When requested by our friends to no.
tice the miserable fal,ehoods circulated
about us. we declined as q general thing
to do 30, stating that if the people were
stupid or prejudiced enough to believe
Them, or to be Influenced by such prepos-
4 ferrous and shameless ortrages upon truth
and deceney, we did not wish to be their
Representative. In short. we believed
that those so operating had undtresti-
mated the intelligence of the citizens Of the
County, and we point to the official vote
for the correctness of our opinion. -t
We sincerely hope that the rebuke ad.
ministered on Tuesday last will teach
lesson that will not be forgotten. For the
last FIVE years, the capital stock Of Demo-
cratic stumpers and presses has been but
the repetition Of the stale and senseless
slang which it was supposed would oper-
ate through the lowest prejudices and ba-
sest passions Of the people. to the pro-
motion of the leaders of the party. And we
frankly confess, that if they had not mis-
taken the mental and moral capacities of thr
people, their tactics would have been sue
cessful. 1t was simply IL mistake in the cal
culation. They assumed that majority
of the people were too ignorant to detect
their Misrepresentation, and too preju-
diced to let what sense they had guide
them in their actions. On this assump-
ton their plan for the campaign was well
chosen, And but for the fundamental
mistake in their prenaises, their success
would have been complete. .4.
We are curious to know what will be
resorted to next Nothing but sheer in
fatuation can lead to another repetition Of
the same worn out weapons. Failing. as
they did. on Tuesday last, aud signal as
is the rebuke administered by the people,
it would be but adding the hopeless in
sanity of fanaticism to the moral deprav-
ity of the actors, TO conduct another cam
paign, upon the same platform, and with
the same instrumentalities. Wetherefore
hope for an approach to the ordinary de-
cencies Of social life hereafter, as it is de-
monstrated that the opposite course will
not "pay." -,- gy,s ~. r-. .,E
We do not like to designate the citizens
by classes, as our doctrine is that citizen
ship carries with it tequality wherever the
person may have been born; but we cannot
close without bearing witness to the gal
liant bearing ofour German Republicans
The Welsh. Scotch and English natural
lied citizens have generally been Republi-
cans from the organization Of the party,
while the great majority of the Germans
have acted with the Democrats. But we
are happy 70 know that very many Of the
thoughtful Germans voted the Republican
ticket On Tuesday last for the first time.
And very many more would do 80 to- day
if the election Was to be repeated. The
German mind is not easily changed, but
when changed upon conviction, il stays
changed. And many OF them are begin
ming TO see things in their true light
They have no desire TO be humbugged,
and finding that they have been deceived
and imposed upon by those who have OBJ
tanned their votes, by such means. are be-