, 1860-08-09
The Election ---A Glorious lkcpub b1fcnu
TFiu1unlh.


Tie mos. severely cnn;eated Of elections ia =
resulted in The most decisive Of victories for
the Free Democracy OF ST Louis. The c.m.
paiyn las No parallel in tha h:stary Of our
politics. The rctu7Es th7w tile largest rot .
ever rolcd in the county, and tue result is the
election Of Frank Hair and our whole ticket by
about fourteen hundred majority. Iwo yeard
ugo the vote Of the county was 4:t,35G: Ibis
time it is six thousand more. E4ch p4rly was
sucrr.slai IL ::1irgiu. on. its ~!,o!c g:-enc1h.,
notwithstanding The falling Of in the Uuion
Tote from the American ro.e two years ago.
THAT Filling III is accounted for By cores
ponding increase in The Democratic vote. We
Ilave also i,ud 10 contend with .hr douglas and
Nreckinridge factions combined, each uf which
supported Bar1 EFT.
ii lis true We havc last the short term for
Congress, but Aow conld il be otherwise when
the great body Of the Uuiun party interviewed
in faror Of Barrettf The Union Convention
refused to uuake nomination fnr that term, in
order TO E2alntain-:o il WAS said-t}e neutruI.
i1y Of tle party. The figures show whit kind
Of neutrality it was Which cur Union friends
maintained. While tue Republicans voted for
Orr and the Union State ticket, giving that
ticket three times as nlauy votes in this county
as it gut from the Un.on men themselves, the
Litter ure proved by the infa1lible figures to
have elected Harret for the short term. We
content ourselves with stating the fact. After
such d victory u we hare won, magnnutmity Is
becoming. Besides NE know the Union 14eu
who voted for Barrett are thoroughly ashamed
of themselves, mud if the election we're 10 be
held over again, that Dlairwould get three thou
sand majority for the shor, term. The Atus,
the organ of the. party, tells so1ne wholesome
truths, and administers just rcbukc to tie
members Of that party who voted for Barres.
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 a.A00 Of
them voted for Dick Barrett and about gpO for
in balalf Of Barrett is shameful and without any
sort Of apology aud IL most ungFatefu!, cousid
erred in view Of the vote thrown by Hlgir's
friends for Judge Orr"
Our victory las been won without trade or
coalition Of uny kind. 1t is straight out Re.
publican triumph. True, we gave our votes Is
general thing to the Uuion State tick I, but
this VIC did from high motives Of public duty,
and without asking or receiving any return.
St Louis is, therefore Republican city. We
had to withstand the unpleasant sentiment oc-
casoued by the *Inpending Crisis" work
which, NOW that elrc,on is over, We will say
that we do not indnrse.
The contest hns been fought by the RepubIi-
cxn party On the Chicago Platform and on the
emancipation principle. The one was cur M
tions1, aud tue ot;ier our State platform,
throughout the campaign. We took 10 back
ward 1tep. We lowered mt the flag. On The
contrary, it WAS advanced higher, and luther
forward &han ever beforc. We even refused to
disclain any position, however extreme, on the
slavery question, which the enemy attributed
to us. We acted uniformly on tue offensive
never On the defensive. Tho apologize tone
could not be discovered in anytling said or
written on the part Of the Republican party.
We dared to invite the most radical exponents
Of our doctrines from abroad, and to publish
their speeches ia the ytry storm aud wh;riwind
Of the canvass. If VIC erred At all, we erred on
the side Of boiduess.
1. is therefore with feelings Of just pride, that
We send this message, greeting to our Kepnbli.
can brethren throughout the country. We have
fought aud won tue Aontebtllo Of the Pres1eu-
tial campaign. We even give ASSURANCE that
st. Louis county will 10 for Lincoln nad uam-
lin in November By two thousand majority TN i
that the two candidates will receive at least
tLirty-fiye Thousand .votea in Missouri. We
have satisfied both ourselves and the 1,ro Stare.
r. party that the Free Labor cause can ueyer
be crushed out in this State The struggle for
mere footing is closed, ard the redemption Of
the State il now but question Of time. st.
Louis is indeed the Gibrultar-tle mprernab!c
fortress Of frcedon--in the slave States.-,S:.
Louis Utmoeras, Wedatsdoy, s.A int.