, 1860-10-16


"Erp:" in Illinois, and the "PockeE" in
1,a;,re. have been the stronghelds Of Dem
ocracr in :hoze States ever since the erga0''
cation of the Democratic psrty. The two sec'
FINS lie side l,y eide, the Intervening Wabash
River marking the boundary Of each. In every
1espect the population Of tho two sections 's
homogeneous, In each tits composed na.pls
Of immigrants from slave statee' AID the.r
descendants. They were crowded out tof tne'r
na,ire homes By the grasping cuplalt5 OF Inc
STAKEHOLDER, who monopolized the most deslr"
ab1e tracts Of land, and By the Degradation
which attaches 70 labor wherever tho slave
.vstem coirs foot.hold- But while they
cot,ld 1ua away from these fruits Of slaVrry'
another o. its curses-igucrance-had let
its imprese deeply upon them 1na1 they
brought with them to their new homee'
and thr ugh it tley have been rendered as
faithful subjects Q: the slave-power as they
had teea wh;la cirec:ly in contact with H.
Never was people more completely neoef
ths Influence ef unsuupulous demag CUES
than those Of Southern Indiana and Southern
illinois have heretofore baer. Each se:tloa
an Integral portion Of free State, the at
moypbo:e Of both has been as intensely pre-
,1aver as that Of South Caro- ina or Misss's'
,;npi. Thers are sect ons in eacain which 1t la"
no, until the present year, beon safs for man
to address the people unless he believed sla"
verv TO be divinely appointed Institution;
aud even turing tue present year Republican
sp.akcrs have been essailed by mob VIOLENCE
4 marked chhnge, however, hrs been 10
proRress, b5ta in Egypt" aud in the " Puck
et" durirg taa last fur years. Ia'lroaos
have pen traud both regions An influx OF
inte Ii .eut immigration has carried the leaVen
Of Republican sentiment amon- the people,
S.hoo,.touzes and churches hare been built.
The generation Of young people, born upon
the sol. are beginning to read and t. think
for themselves. 4 great many copies Of sound
,ol.,ic.l i3uruals 1ow ind their way into tht Sc
ssctio.a. Republican speakers have trave1sed
every county, al':ressing the people, and IN
most Of csses they hare beeo listened to With
out interruption. A Republican organization
has been If .ctel in counties which in 1856
oaye less thau score of<o:es for tho Repub'
li:aa ticket; and We hare received assurances
Of the most gratifying character of the change
which popular sentiment is undergoing.
The election Inst week, in Iodiaua, furnish
e. co.clusive evidence that these agencies
have not been iruitless. The "Pocket" i
no. wholly redeemed, ia 90 near it, that its re-
osueration can b. delayed but very little
ioucer. This distric', in 1856, gave Ar. Bu
cbansu q majority Of 10000. LAST week th'
namoratic Congressman ran in BY about ], ,oot
majority, and Hendricks came out Of it will
only 1900 majority. Oae more battle and th'
victory IS outa. This result in the "Poeket
Drepares us to give full credi! to the statement
which our friends in Egypt hsve made
changes there We had feared they were to-
good TO be true; but We can doubt no longer
The aaue causes which hare produced til
changes in Southern Indiana, have been per
h.ps mora actively at work upon homogeI
e,u. people On the ives side Of tho Wabash
and doubtless with the same or greater results
Logan H. w. is not defeated in the Ninth
his majority will be cut down SO low that
c,p b. entirely overcome tie nfxt time
~Feypt" acd the ~Pockei" orco fairly revo
I'll 1or$ %es y,