New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-17
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE,
rur PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION AND IT'S
MORAL.
Of many. Trsune.

CHESTER COUNTY, IA, Oct. ~, tsoV
lt,tsyior Pennsylvania was aever SO 5ubilsnt as
,ow The result Of the late e,ection 10 ths State
las outrun all calculation The most se'ioGs sp-
nysbensions were entertained beforehand that we
,r,sht be beaten after al. The State has deceived
..xneetatien so often, and NEST frequently az the
most irving moment, that NOBODY felt sure even
WITH success we'll assured in advance Al ire prlh-
,iual pivotal points. the Republicans have gone
ahead Of their calculations largely. bus baey Were
s;f6cult to measure. Old berks, Whioh used
~ give 6.0O0 DemOcras.c majority, and
wh;cb on Leeom1tOn, deserted Buchanan, and
vas tied by the Opposition, had agala re-
lsnsed and her attitude became uncertain
NJ Poster claimed he shOu6 get the CODHty by
< GAO majority And it was hard 70 feel cert&ln he
wosld not The vote counts 9lt less than :, 9OV.
Then there was Lancaster. t1at OLD stahcf wing
county ALWAYS reckoned good for 5000 majority
,ca;n;t its most distinguished citizen, lsr. Bu-
.banan was also indt terminate 1t was thought it
might Offset Berks as it was wont to aim to do of
old INIT this time lis ability to SO it DOUBTED
md hets that IL would not do itwere offered with
ont takers. B,h il turns out that Lancaster rolls
AN over g. OO0 to Berkss 3 400. These are samples
.of the pivotal points in the State.
In the city Of Philadelphia the canvass wac quite
accurate. Mr.. Curtin's calcTSation was 1900
against him, the day before the election, and this
was triie over what it proved C be.
II is great satisfaction TO know we have CT
lenstb cot on to the solid bottom in Pennsylvania.
Poitcac alculations there are no longer myths, we
may confidently hoBe
IS in every Free State, developed by the recent
elections, is that Rcpubhcanism OuIuns the caicn
latOns Of its friends. find the reason for THIS IN
the fact that the party based on sn eternal pnc-
pie (the Rights Of NAM that always worked won
Sers for the old Democratic organization IN winning
Nanxr No tnr la
Republican party.
tS4r almost seven years Of effort having had our
Bunker Hill our BraEdywine, and our Saratoga,
We have finally had our Yorktown IN PeRnsylvanla
Oay seven wears war is therefore over, and the gO
lies of a triumphant peace open before U.S.
The results we shall secure are well worth thelI
eost From the early Spring OF 1904 TO the Eau o.
1860 the battle has ragged with varying and Otter
doubtful fortunes But the bold effort to arrest th'
urogress of the democratic idea on this continent
has been net an conquered. The attempted reac
ten has been stayed, and the reactiouists van
suisbed.
be anticipated. But in the progress Of the attempt
there have been many times when IT has seemed th
contest was likely TO be very cong and even doubt
full; but praised be God, the clouds that have bese
our path hsve broken, and the sunshine breaks rad
iantly across the national Future. The elections o
this wear in their results will put stop to the fur
Their spread of Slavery, and restore the Goverhnen
TO its ancient courses; from which an arrogant OH
sarchy, operating upon dOugh-iaee leaders OF The
Democracy, aDo a timid Judiciary have audaclously
diverted it.
The main body of the former Democratic party
North are with us in sentiment this subject, and
will ultimt tely be with us in action Once In power
IN the Federal Government, the Republican party
guided by temperate councils and spirit OF rect.
rude will assuIedy overwhelm all opposition, and
bear the standard of Freedom on to fresh cOnquesti
in the new world. 1t is glory enough to have been
one of that great army which has borne the brln'
of this struggle as it is reward enough to witness
its benefcent triumphs The occasion has been one
of greater significance than often falls TO the lot
political parties and the results OF far wider anC
more enduring importance.
If the assertion and defense Of vital truths o
government can claim no merit at this time and a
our hands, on the of originality Of conception
or radicalism of treatment, the bold and unequivO
cal manner in which they have been reasserted anC
maintained under circumstances of great discOur
agement may nevertheless claim consideration and
respect Those truths have been defended by Re-
publicans in the past at the cost of political dis
francbisement and Ostracism. They have been
yaliantly upheld against the cOwardice and the
treachery of professea friends, well as agains:
open enemies. The executive, the judicial and the
legislative arm have each and all been raised 10
PROSTATE their defenders. IL is something TO have
confronted and conquered such forces in behalf OF
truth, Justice and humanity. This merit, history
will accord to the Republicans of le54-60 ]. s. p