Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-14

All haii' 10 the gallant Democracy ~ the
old Pine State Never, since the prevalence
Of Aboliiionism within her borders hasn they
had TO contend with so inany and 10 unfair
appliances, and never before have they shown
80 great degree Of yigor, or pollcd go large
n conservative vote The vote Just taken
suggests some features worthy Of reflection.
For weeks previous the papers upon either
side regarded the contest as a close one at
best, and in lat weeks issue Of the Tribune
they felt that defeat if not inevitable. was. 10
say the least, highly probable aud protested
against its being regarded as iairirial of the
strength Of Lincoln in November Well did
/ know that the mass Of honest voters in the
State were determined to rebuke if a fair op
poriunity offered, the corruplions in every
department Of her local government that he'd
almost without exception marked the course Of
her officials, aud hence is auNirsy 6sr We ne
suit II reasoned, and lairly, IAaA selfresvecs
to say nothing Of the dosiss N maintsia Dc.
cent position befoT0 the eonutry at large,
would compel her oven against the widest polit-
'cal iannticism To complete and emphatic
selfvindication
Accordingly, to maintain local and federal
supremacy they felt that something must he
done-tbat they must assume virtue" in a
degree just the reverse of What they really
possessed To make standard hearers Of their
present incumbents was uo,hing short Of a
transfer ofthe State to Ne Democracy These
men must be supercssted by others, who. n,
least, had not hees convicted OF corr rruption in
obtaining aNa naieasance while holding Of
fetal POSITIONS They commenced by pruning
theSs Congressional delegation, and confirmed
the iroth of the charges the Democrats made
against them Of be.ing pasSes to the delelca.
ton of ELDER PEcK, by failure TO re.nomi.
nate single one of them. That would have
been too strong physic for the stomach Of the
most radical among them, and so they must
dismiss five of ihe@, not only from Congress,
but from any places of either honor or trust
notwithstanding three of them were serving
their first iesaL a very unusual step for that
party to take in New England. The only rem.
resentahve for whose election this State rot,
beSy was not made available. and that onl,.for
the reason that the large majority in the dis
trict rendered it unnecessary. and the only
one who had any prominence in that BODY
wa nominated for Goyernor because they had
nobody else to nominate Thus appoin
ted they came before the people claim.
ing to have washed their hands of ap
connection with that infamous affair s.ad
pointed 10 the action of their conventions ms
evidences OF their sincerity. At any other
tiae than in the midst of IA bitter Presidential
campaign this would have been oc IStle avail
and even then would have saercely saved
them il at all, upon full vote beipg had,
notwithstanding their gSasA superiority in
numbers But the hSlgs upon which the
whole matter finallS armed was of another
character. They have the machinery in ,heir
hands. Four VaaHs ago they obtained com
plete controA It the ballot b0xes, and can reg
ulate thetl, majority TO suis themselves. Five
out Of sA oiithe judges Of the elections are their
mo& unscrupulous tricksters, and wheneve,
there is danger that the party will lack the re-
Fquired number OF votes, they are fully con-.
petent and always willing to supply the def
cheney and so it will continue to be even ilsr
the niter defeat and ruin of their party in fia
north, at the coming election, shall restis in
its disbandment as a general organ lattiorl,
and the less radical portion OF it SHAH secede
and seek to construct n party upoR some ma
I tional basis, and leave the abolsa0m elhme ut
where the Wing party uponit its Dissolution found
| It. Until then we can only sas to, our breth-
rem in Malne-bide your alne,l The contest
from which yon have ifishemerged has prored
the dawn of n signse victory in the coDres
near at hand An the first struggle with Sc G
tionalism the majority agaihst you was m.or,
than halS your own, strangth1--in this on
numAers are foNr-tiftits of ,deirs, sanr yor ar,
stronger by thousands than you ever ne ,e he
fore. BY this charge you have ALARMED tn
eneiay in their SIrongholds, and given ires
courage to- our party in the laiddle and wes
ern Ststea 10 sweep them iToIn existe nee.
Democrats OF Maine, SSt shall not be III.
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