New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-16
THE ELECTION IN KENTUCKY-wHY REBUILT

cor,e.pondence Of The n. Y Tribune
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 10, 1860.
OF the four or five hundred Republicans in this city,
bpt % voted on Tuesday last. Some perhaps were
kent from the polls by fear of personal assault whch
the MAYORS proclamation tended TO excite Ihat asue
deni,sry authorativey advised that all
be ruspended and the day given up TO the service oil
sour country" The memory OF the hhow-Nolhnis
mole four OF FIVE YEAR, ago was yet 1resh anu the
fancy took possession of many minds that the ouSi-
es sbops were closed and the groggeries kept open,
~ the latter were to be- those scenes OF violence
and bloodshed might easily be reenated, with the
Reliability tina, Republicans would be the victims,
instead Of the poor Irish and Germans. The result
bovrever. WAS quite different. Although the morning
opened with general apprehension OF tumult' 1t was
anuareut at an early hour that Warsaw was quiet
No,bing could be more orderly. The streets were Ike
Sunday Shop doors were open as usual but business
VS. snsrended: and doubtless every Republican vote
In the city might have been recorded WIN lnPun!'
20 far relates 10 personal INJURY. Dul VIC i,b
son why these votes were not gwen Is cohheSteu VIII
the manner Of voting, and the consequences tha' gn'
The Republicans generally in Louisville are men OF
the commercial or mechanical class. They nave cast
their lot here and established themselves on the 9aS
NJ industry and custom. II has been proposed ca
tensvely in the South 70 taboo all Northern men, Ut
Of Northern sympatIles-oul no.HdnH bon. and
with neopte who are in favor OF Slavery. Every re-
uuLIiosn who voted would therefore be marked uan.
II dry goods merchant, biz customers womb ieaNo
him; ii !, mechanic, his occupation would De taaeI
AWAY: that IT, if Southern mechanics coma ne louhu
10 work a. well. The Republican, III bonisNihe arc
men of reflection asO and they knew that thelr No'5
would not affect the result of the election III woud
be gratifying place their full vote on SLlye-Sate
record, a testimony of the march OF prlncipes Dut
the sacrifice was greater, al present, than would De
REQUIRED OF them by their Northern coad uors There
fore they kept aloof frssn the polls
Injustice musf not No dane to the people Of Louis
Vile Here, elsewhers a few ealamanders are on
the box, and seem 10 Csfvs the onnibus and when
tev ee Themselves 10 work diligently at any specific
ind of mischief they succeed IN forcing many moder
ate and timid people into their views. But there
l.; tbis CITY a vast number Of sound, reasonable, and
IprOAt men who constitute its backboHe In all the
ea.s1tials Of prosperity and social standing. New
Work must not be Judged by her +. VS.. her banking
" g.. her Dry Goods HIS, or her " common scoun-
dr,s Louisville is less under the influence OF such
character, than your own metropolis
Tie liabilities to which Republican voters are ex-
posed in Kentucky, come from the PUBIC RECORD OF
be;y names and political preferences The record stands
fnreveT Accessible 10 vigilance committees, or personal
eneuies will give you daguerrotype OF "ha' mere
i; ssteemed as free and equal suffrage. ..
In one corner Of "a stands deSk; cros. t 10,
roskin0 triangular space behind IL, where silS tno
election clerk and BY his side, the Jndgrs OF :
To- small crowd Of spectators stands AZ el1ner
80; and fI,A voter comes up in front ana announces
81; 1sTs 10 tle clerk who writes IL m a 1ook, anu
ssls (vben he Is not promptly told no n, Nv
vote for ?" The voter answers " Dei anu Il, ;, 80
or {" douglas" or " Breckiniidge ana Lane, 20,
onsly with the appendix Of AL oH'h' '"e ''"'''''