New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24
A VOICE FROM THE WEST.

Tie Presidential vote in the State Of Missouri
exceeds 1853, 0O0 being an increase OF 57,OOO, or
| "A per cent. upon the vote of 1856. This result
reveals two important facts-Grst, that Missouri
has a larger white population than any Other
State south of Mason and Dixon's Line; and,
sccCnd, that her growth in population for the
last four years exceeds that OF any other Slave
State. hi, increase viii enttle her to two, and
possibly to three more representatives IN Con-
gless, her present delegation being sey~n, while
Virginia, whose present representation 10 thlr-
ioen owing to her larger slave population, repre-
serted under the three-ifths rule, will probably
he reduced by two or three members. These
facts are very significant, and to be ac-
counted for only BY the large emigration
nom the Free States within the last two or
three years, attracted to Missouri BY the richness
of the SOIL the salubrity of the climate, and the
cheapncss of the land, and by the reason
able expectation that these are to be made
a,ailable to Free Labor, and valuable to free
men, by the abolition Of Slavery in that State
That Missouri will relieve herself of this
incubus of Slavery at no very distant period
Is foregone conclusion, because her people
see that it is q check to her prosperity,
md because they cannot now fail to understand
mat the mere hope of its abolition has given
tbem a foretaste OF the increase in power, in
population, and in wealth that must follow upon
complete emancipation.
Nor is this hopeful augury to be deduced alone
rom the recent rapid growth in population which
tie influx of emigrants has given her. The vote
ioI Lincoln, so far as heard from, is over IL, Goo
and the eleven counties yet to make returns Will
probably add several hundreds to that number.
Seventeen thousand votes for Republican can
Gldate in Slave State where his PrO-Slavery
opponents have universally represented him as
sure to abolish Slavery the moment be attained
10 power, ia a most remarkable indication OF the
temper of the people. And, let it be remem-
bered, these votes were given in almost every
county Of the State, and, except i'll st. Louis,
always either by open ballot or 1ira Uoce, ~ that
40 man was able to avoid responsibility BY con-
cculment, or escape persecution if any danger Of
Il was involved in vote for the Republican
candidate. These 1900 votes were votes for
rrcdcm of speech and freedom of the ballot; the
reedOm of men will follow speedily
Missouri is the only State in the Union that
Dir. Douglas has carried. The vote for Bell and
tLe vote Tor Douglas differ only few hundred
rom each other, while that for Breckenridge will
not much, if at all, exceed $4,000, or about
ZOO or 1900 more than the vote for Lincoln.
The whole force of the Pr0-Sayery vote Of the
state was cast for Breckenridge; but the whole
Orce of the vote for emancipation, hopeful as the
comparison is even it stands, was not gwen
On Lincoln. Many Republicans, there is no ques-
non, voted for Douglas TO defeat Bell, and many
,oted for Bell to defeat Douglas. The full force
# he Republican party in the State is estimated
4 lot less than $4,000. But the united
Bell and Douglas Vote-whCh was given
them because the voters were opposed to
he extreme Southern or Breckenridge doc
IiEe-is, exclusive of 1000 Republicans
Who are supposed to have voted one or the
tier Of those tickets not less than 100, 600
this large prepOnderance standing between the
Republican sentiment and all that it is under
toCd to mean in Slave State on the one
lard, and its exact opposite of Breckenridge
Pro-SlayeTy on the other, strictly represents
hat apparent neutrality and actual transition
which characterizes at this moment the position
Of Missouri. Not yet advanced enough to act
With ihat party which, in Missouri is the
emancipation party, it has yet cut loose from
,hat which represents the PrO-Sayery conserya-
iism of the South TO leaven this lump, already
IN state of fermentation, are certainly the
1900 who in the last election gave evidence OF
the faith that is i'll them by casting their ballots
tor the Republican candidates, and there can
be hardly doubt that to these should be added
ten or twelve thousand more. Deeply as we all
rejoice on the general result of tine election,
there is even greater reason for pleasure and
hope in the condition of things it thus reveals in
Missouri.
Here then is Slave State entering upon a
struggle to rid herself OF the greatest curse that
can ever bclall people. She needs our help
she needs the encouragement Of the moral infu-
euce of the North on behalf of freedom. She
needs, above ali, that the tide of free emigration
pouring westward should, as far as possible,
md homes upon her soil. This part of the sub
Get, especially, We commend to the attention of
III parties who propose to seek for themselves
rcw abOdes IN the Great West
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