Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-23
RUTLAND HER AIN
THURSDAY, OCTOBF D 80 roc,
Result OF tn

Inv ''','''' 4ay be briefly stated as follows: In
Guns. ''' mia the congressional representation
"'S ' republican and union 10 s opposition She
.o'' ! one representative by the new apportion
lent and there are now elected ii is said, Is
republican and democratic representatives, On
the state ticket the result is very close and still
doubtful Iowa by the new apportionment
gains four representatives, giving her six in
stead or two as before All the six elected
are republicans, and the republican, state ticket
is elected by 10000 majority. Ohio stood II
republican to opposition She loses rep
resentatives, and her representation now elect
ed is set down at IA democrats TO republicans;
with a democratic majority ON the state ticket
Of about 1900 Indiana has the same con-
gressional representation as before. The dem
ocrats 1t is said have elected five congressman
and the unionsts four, with two districts still in
doubt and claimed by both parties while the
democratic state ticket is elected bv majority
Of from 5000 to 5000 and the democrats
have majority on joint ballot in the legisla-
ture. The republicans lose one or two con-
gressmen in this state. |.s
These figures may yet be varied somewhat
by more accurate intelligence. There was no
election of chief magistrates IN either of the
states, only minor state officers being voted far.
Two facts mainly conspired TO bring about
these democratic gains. The drst and chief
Que being that the citizens Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana who are in arms in defence
Of the country did not vote. That this fact is
entitled TO great weight is easily demonstrated.
The pennsylvania soldiers last year gave over
eleven thousand union to less than four thous-
and democratic votes. She has now about
eighty thousand soldiers in the field, over two
TO one of whom are republicans, The entirely
different complexion which then votes would
have put upon the result is easily seen. A
member of congress who had just closed an
arduous canvass in Pennsylvania, on the night
preceding the election wrote to the Tribune,
that over IL 900 volunteers had been sent
from bis district, and that the republican loss,
on a close analysis, was from four to five thou
sand Ohio has 10000 volunteers in the field.
Vallandigham and his followers have discour-
aged enlstments in that state in all possible
ways, among their party friends, and it is said
that probably not 10000 out of this 10000
volunteers would have voted the democratic
ticket In Illinois the soldiers vote of last
Spring was six or seven to one against the
new constitution of that state, which as all
will remember was treated as purely demo
cratic measure Tn Wisconsin the democrats
opposed allowing the volunteers from that state
to vote.-reason obvious. The resistance to
the draft in certain parts of the West tend to
the same conclusion: as such resistance has
occurred only in the strongest democratic To-
calties The vote of the Iowa soldiers also
illustrates the same fact How her volunteers
voted may be understood by the returns from
Two regiments The Doth regiment gave fol
congress, republican, 272; democratic, 50
the 39th regiment gave, republican, 334 dem
ocratlc, l0O.-A great loss to the republican
ticket was anticipated from this source; it wa
natural that republicans should volunteer t.
light for the grand cause in which their heart
are UNANIMOUSLY and earnestly engaged, ,-th
squelching of treason, the integrity of tn
country and the preservation of free govern
ment. The result fhust at least strangle tn
false and persistent cries of the bogus democ
racy that they send the soldiers to fight tn
battles against treason.
Again, not to dwell upon local divisions an,
preferences, which are known to have ha
much influence in the result, it is generall
stated that majority Of the SO called demo
cratic congressman elect, are war democrats
that some of them claimed to be even warme
III their earnestness for vigorous prosecutlo
Of the war, and dropping Of all partiza
names and issues until the union is finally re
stored and established, than the SO called unio
candidates opposed to them, and that the vote
Of conservative republicans contributed to Il
election of these war democrats. The defe;
Of the notorious peace democrat Vallandigha
is regarded among other things as an indie;
ton that this view is correct. We are n
very sanguine upon this point, but earnest
hope for its truth. For if true, it is not nj
serial (except in the moral effect upon rebe
themselves) whether they are named democra
republicans. The issue is upon the pros
ea1on of the war. and the support of the a.
mlnistraton in its efforts TO put down rebelho
Emancipation even is no longer IN iasse; u
Proclamation IS fixed fact; and all loyal m,