New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-08
THE ELECTION IN Vt. LOUIS.
4 Grniifying Victory Tor Freedom.
from Tae ST. Loui. Democrat. Hor 5.

From The 81. Iouis Democrat Not >.
we exult. We rejoice with exceeding JOY. Much
as we have rcason TO congratulate ourselves per-
son al grounds we have far TO boast Of in the
triumph Of our principles. VITO now will pretend
TO deny that that there is radical sentiment in ST.
Louis VINO now will claim that the proclamation
of the President has not been vndicated upon slave
soil IN the magnificent indOrsenent 1t has received
il the Queen City Of ths West The epirit Of n
people aspiring to freedom his received a splendid
cxemyhoalou ia the unprecedented victory We have
won.
That the extent Of our triumph NAV be ap-
proxmated for il cannot be fully understood with
out personal participation in the exciting Incidents
oi the snort ana sharp campaign which Is Jnss con
claded. we may refer bneiy 70 sJme vi its dis
tnguIshed features.
i.ess than one month ago, we had no Organized
party N ST. Louis representing our principles. GA
tie other hand, opponents and the opponents Of
our ynuc Dits were thoroughly contacted aud h-r-
mODzed 10 pot session Of patty watchwords, led by
a chief OF eminent political nan aud distinguished
prestige and supported by tos' of able cO-wOrker-
supplied with all the appliances which the possession
OF ulaoe power and sIOils Glmost unlimited IN con-
sequence Of the enjoyment Of lucrative Offices aud
lat Government contracts was calculated 10 give
,hom aud confident Of their own iayiuciGihly.
la def ince Of every encouragement, aud In the
face of this powerful and insolcnt parysubjec, 10
their jeers and msledictions-we began the work OF
the campaign.
The public il familiar with the circumstances a.
tending the withdrawal OF Il slnall number OF dele
gates from the Mercantile Library Hall Emaucipa.
ton Convention Of Oct. 7, nine IN number IN con.
s.ouepce OF what they claimed TO be grOss rands
pr,rticed in the packing OF the delegations to That
Convention by tie members of the " Union' party.
These nine met, and, ia conjunction with few CO.
odiutofs twenty-five ia all rsued an address to the
public in wuich they assigned the reasons which im-
peled them 10 tie eel sTatlon and - take MI indc
nerd,nt posliIon before tue world ststing their de.
termination to pn, ticket in the field as faithful
represcuiatiye Of their principle, and TO ark the
suppnrt OF au honest community In lts behalf. In
pursuance Of this resolution, they subsequently net
IN a email hail the third story Of one OF our bus-
nc q houses IA back room, Mr. Blair called III, LAID
do o9n platform Of pracpes selected their ticket
organized tier committees, aud began the work of
the canvass Such, 10 all appcarsu ces, was the IN
signIicant beginning OF movement which has led
10 such mag guiiiceut results.
TIE puDlic is familiar with tie efforts made by the
party raying round the standard Of Mr.. BLAIR, 10
crush out this new candidate to popular favor. All
recoect how il exulted in those " holes in tue fac
ton ticket caused by ,he declenSion Of certain par
ties Nominated upon H. aLd bOasted thai before the
day OF the election ~ would have fullcn TO pieces
aud disappeared from sight. All sill distinctly
member how batdntly the organs VI Mr.. Blair do
nouuced us " miserable factioDiss," aud
led to recognize us as party aud as ivals All
these things fresh in the minds of the public.
We fought the campaign, thus inaus lici9usy in-
augurated less than four weeks ago, upon principle
alone We lmeanDg the party have not in the en-
ire course OF it, for all political purIo expended
81 900, while we have Trustworthy authority for
bering that so, 900 would not more than the
outsys Of the other party III tie same lime and for
The same objects.
A word as to the principles upon which toe can
vass has been made, and tho rignIicance 10 bo at
tributed 20 its conclusion.
The authors Of the movement were Emancpa-
tionists. They approved OF the Pre-ideuts Eman-
cipation Proclamation. They differed with Mr..
Blair, who held that the Proclamation was pos
sesssd of no vitality except derived from
legislation of Congress, and that far ii tran
scended this legslalion. it was dead letter. They
held that the Proclamation was simply the exer-
ciee Of IA " war power, possessed by the President
under the Constitution aud most wisey and fttingly
exercised.
They differed with Mr.. Blair, who held that
Slavery was not the cause OF the war, and that tie
rebellion was not u alaveholdes', but nonslave-
holders rebellion. They held that Slavery was the
immediate, moving cause Of the war aud the essen
tial spirit of tie rebellion and as SUCH had uered
by ls inBubordinate opposition 10 the Government,
the heavy hand of the Chief Executive, even 10 the
penalty of Its utter extinction.
Those propositions were boldly asserted, and upon
them the issue made and fought. The victory
/, therefore the triumph OF radical emancipation.
The effect of this signal victory upon the future
Of Missouri can scarcely be estimated. IL demon
straes tho existence Of sentiment in the breasts of
the most Influential community upon her soil which
is utterly and rrevocably opposed to Slavery US an
institution OF our State. II is the first of succes-
SION OF similar conflicts which must lead to sim-
liar results. The nan il blind who does not rend
in the verdict of yeseriay's election in ST. Louis,
and in both The FIRST and Second Congregational
Districts, the death sentence II slavery ia Mis-
souri, IL doos immediately more tian that.