Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-11
How They Fourht and Ven n 81. Louis.

HoW They FOu0ht and Hen In So. Louis.
Frank Blairs majority for ne long term Of
Congress, commencing March eth, 1861, the
day on which Lincoln win BE- inougurated
President is 1886. or the contest in St
Louis City and County, and how it was fought
and won, that sterling Republican sheet The
Missouri Democrat Of the sth inst, says;
The contest has been fought by the Repub-
lican party on the Chicago Platform and on
the emancipation principle The one was
our National, and the other our State plat
form, throughout the campaign. We took
no backward step. We lowered not the flag.
On the contrary, il was advanced higher ana
further forward than ever before. We even
refused to disclaim any position, however eI-
treme, ON the slavery question, which the
enemy attributed to US. We acted uniformly
on the ofensive-never on the defensive
The apOlogetic tone could not be discovered
in anything said or WrittepOn the part Of the
Repahlieau party We dared 70 Invite the
most radical exponents Of our doctrines from
abroad, and 70 publish their speeches la the
very storm and whirlwind 0f the canvas.-
If We erred at all, we erred on the side Of
boldness.
It is therefore with feelings of just pride,
that we send this message, greeting to our
Republican brethren throughout the country.
We have fought and won the Montebello of
the Presidential campaign. We even give
assurance that st. Louis county will 90 for
Lincoln and Hamlin in November by two
thousand majority, and that the two candi-
dates will receive at least thirty-6ve thousand
votes in Missouri. We have satisfied both
ourselves and the pro-slavery party that the
Free Labor csuse can never be crushed out
in this State. The struggle for mere foot
ing is closed, and the redemption Of the
State is now but a question Of time. St.
Louis is indeed the Gibraltar-the impreg-
nsble fortress Of freedom-in the slave States
The Democrat attributes the defeat of Mr.
Blair for the short term to the intervention of
the Union men in favor of Mr.. Barrett. The
Union Convention refused to make nomi-
nation for the short term, in order, it was
claimed, to maintain the neutrality of the
party. The Democrat in view Of the facts as
disclosed at the polls remarks:
The figures show what kind of neutrality
il was which our Union friends maintained.
While the Republicans voted for Orr and the
Union State ticket giving that ticket three
times as many votes in this county as it got
from the Union men themselves, the latter
are proved by the infalible figures to have
elected Barrett for the short term. We con-
tent ourselves with stating the fact. After
such a victory as we have won, magnanimity
is becoming. Besides we know the Union
men who voted for Barrett are thoroughly
ashamed Of themselves, and if the election
were 10 be held over again, that Blair would
get three thousand majority for the short
term. The News, the organ Of the party, tells
some wholesome truths, and administers q
Just rebuke to the members of that party who
voted for Barrett. We quote the following
from that paper;
"From the returns it appears that in the
race for the vacancy in Congress, in which
the Union men had no candidate, about 2, 400
of them voted for Dick Barrett and about
900 for Frank Blair. We confess that this
interference in behalf of Barrett is shameful
and without any sort Of apology; and is most
ungratefnl, considered in view of the vote
thrown by Blair's friends for Judge Orr, for
Governor"