Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-10-22
The Elect1ou

Inc Election.
1t is perhaps hardly necessary to en-
large upon the causes of the defeat of the
Union men, in this State, and the tri-
umph of that party, all of whose influence
is now, and has been, since the breaking
out of this foul rebellion which is work
ing such desolation over this land, so
welded as to embarrass the government.
prolong the war, sacrifice more lives and
treasure, and at last bring about a separa-
ton of the States, break up the Union
and patch up a temporary peace which will
but be the germ of interminable wars
While the administration of the civil gov
erament is in the hands of a Republican
President and Congress, the principal
management of the war is in those of a
Democratic Secretary of War (of whose
capacity, and loyalty there is no doubt
and three Democratic Generals-McClel-
Ian, Halleck and Buell., OF all of whom
one thing, can at least be said, without
the fear effort Lafayette before our eyes)
that their mastery strategy Is so slow and
so sure that the rebels always seem GER
tain neither to be bagged, nor badly beat
en-. The "short and sharp war and no more
Bull Run battles" which Mcclellan so
confidently predicted a year and more
ago-has become a long and dull war and
one more Bull Run battle. The people
have lost confidence in this kind of war
making. and the Administration comes
in for a share of the blame, when the
fault is in the Generals, and not in the
administration nor the people, nor the
soldiers.
This election has shown, too, from
which party the great majority of the sol
diers have gone. The vote of the Secs
sion Democrats in this County has scarce
ly diminished at all, although more than
$500 soldiers have gone from it. OF these
probably 1000 were voters. There is no
shadow of doubt but that 1900 of these
volunteers from Trumbull are Union men,
and the most of them are Republicans
In some townships, whose quota was fill
ed before drafting, scarcely a single Dem
ossat had gons to the war. From this
township, not one prominent Democratic
politician has volunteered, and from the
County, only one, within our knowledge
and that one is Jacob Strohm OF Far
mington. 0n'the other hand the Re
publicans have sent from this county,
their best and most prominent men as
we'll as hundreds of others equally as good,
but of less political notoriety. These are
notorious facts, known TO all, and that
cannot be gainsayd. WHAT'S true of .his
locality, is true of the Stale at large
Ohio has one hundred and thirty thous-
and men III the field. of whom about one
hundred thousand are voters. OF these
at least seventy five thousand are Union
men. If these men could awe voted,
they would have rolled up a majority in
favor of the right as great as the Union
majority oflS6l. That they could not
vote, is the fault of the State Constitu-
ton.
The masses of the Democracy are loyal;
OHig the lcdQcIo are HoStllt 10 tilE OOh-
ernment, but the influence of the leaders
has been used to prevent the loyal Dem
ocrats from volunteering. They have per-
sistently rung the changes of can aboli-
ton war, a wal to elevate negroes. an un-
constitutional war, a war 10 take away
rights of Southern men" &c. &c, and ut
terly ignored the fact that the war origi-
mated with Southern men, and that when
ever Southern men would cease warning,
and obey tie Constitution, the war would
cease.
Whenever a leader of avowed disloyalty
like Vallandingham, of this State, or
Petit Of Indians has been nominated, he
has been defeated. 1t is only where the
Democratic candidates ave made the
most solemn promises to support the
Government in its war upon the rebels
until those rebels return to their allege-
ence, that they have been successful:
All that now remains for Union men to
do, is to stand Ike rocks against all en-
croaehments on the part of secessionists
and to be ready to do their duty when the
proper time shall come.