The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-11-28

ocra'ic vote increased 1874.
These facts show beyond controversy
who furnished the 62 900 voters in the ar-
my they show who remained at hume to
win elections aud who went forth to win
battles.
The following counties have in the ser
vice the number Of volunteers attached TO
each:
Adsms 496. Allen 1858. Bartholomew
1894, Benton 259. Biackford l56. Brown
4S6. Carroll 9o3. Cass 1887, Clay 1858.
Dearborn i52S. Decatur 8Sa De Kalb 73l,
Fountain l.0O2. Franklin e77. Fulton GOO,
Grant 7e6. Henry loss Howard ss7.
Huntington 75i. jackson 1919. Jasper 422.
Jay 6sl, Jafferson 1895. Jennings 1888.
Johnson GAS kosciusko I16+, Like 625.
Lsporie 1864. Lawrence 1910. Madison L.
O90. Marion 24I2. Marshall $50. Martin
765. Miami 900. Nom oe $40. Newton PAS.
Noble $50 Orange 992. Owen 1884 Por-
ter s37. Putnam 1856. Randolph 1l82.
Ripley 1244. Rush 825. Scott GAL, Shelby
973. Stark 81. ST. Joseph 90 :. Sullivan
1867, Switzerland 99l. 1ippecanoe 2o47.
Tip,on 6I3, Vsnderburgh 1850. Wabash
HAS. We'll, SO, White 700. Whitley 5I3.
Here are .7 counties which have 5o.275
volunteers in the service, yet every one Of
these counties gave Q larger Democratic
vote in 1862, when all those volunteers
were in the service, than in 1860 when
they were ala at home. This statement
shows conclusively the polite, Al antecedents
of our volunteers. and how they would have
voted if they had been at home. To this is
to be added the total result OF the State
Athon in 1862 receives 1877 .977 votes. while
Hendricks in 1860 received only 126,968
votes. Thus the Democratic vote of 1862
in the State is 1909 greater than it was iu
1860, although $4,000 voters are absent
from the State.
Il has already been shown that the Da-
tural increase of voters in the State for two
years is 1886, which increase deducted
from the 22 900 absent voters, leaves An
actual decrease OF voters in the State at the
late election of 43 GA. and vet the Dem
ocratic vote has increased This startling
fact can only be accounted for in one way.
there were more votes than voters. Over
1900 votes we're polled by NOBODY. the
voters which they profess % represent can
no, be fouud in Indiana. If these actually
represent voters, it will follow that the pop
uisiion of Indiana has increased 80. $50 per
annum for the past two years. ms cad OF
$500 per annum, the average increasefo
the four preceding years. Every one fanil-
lar with The progress Of the State knows
that such an assumption is absurd. and that
the average increase for the preceding iour
years would fully cover the annual acces-
sions to our population during the past two
years. Ii is we'll known that the State in
comparison with former years. has lost
largely in the past Two years by the decrease
of foreign emigration.
The foregoing statement shows the cause
Of the Union defeat in Indiana. and tho n a
ture of the boasted victory achieved bv the
Democracy of our State. BY the aid of a
large fraudulent vote, and the absence from
the State of 900 voters. nearly all OF whom
would have voted the Union ticket, the
Democracy were enabled to carry the State
by a majority OF 1851. 1t is over such q
victory that they profess to be elsted, aud
claim that Indiana has repudia'ed the Ad
ministra,ion and ITS policy. Every soldier
in the army from Indiapa on election day
was q volunteer ; be was there because he
vas In favor of the vigorous prosecution Of
the war, and thought it his duty TO give
personal aid he thought his presence in
the army more essential than his vote at the
polls that rebellion should FIRST be crushed,
then home politics be rectfed thus the
most ardeut supporters OF the Union organ
izations were deprived Of their voice 1t the
iate election. while the whole brood Of nom
synpathiZers with the war remained at
home and devoted their energies to the
overthrow OF the remnant o. the Union par
ty no had not gone into the field. Thusa
divided Ole. .anIzation, part in The army aud
part al home. we're forced to confront uni.
ted organization. an organization that left oil
the hghting TO its opponents, and directed
its sole energies to voting; and yet with all
this sdS antage of united strength it was
only able, with all its fraudulent accessions,
TO outnumber the loyal men of Indiana
few thousands. Every regiment that left
our State subtracted from the Union vote
more than three-fourths of its entire number
of voters. and if the process of volunteering
we're sill going on We could only expect to
find the Union ranks still further depleted,
until the mass of the Union patty would be
in the army instead OF AZ the polls.
Under our State Constitution. volunteers
absent from home cannot vote, thus the very
patriotism of the Union party is made to
contribute to the success OF its opponents.
Ii the voice If the &c OO0 voters in the 6eld
could have been heard at the election. how
overwhelming would have been the defeat
of their stay at home assailan,s The votes
of the volunteers from Iowa. and from oil
States, where allowed to vote, confirm this
view, and show beyond all doubt the arden:
attachment OF our soldiers to the Union or
9 ganization. We have met defeat in several
other States, and from the same cause
There is nothing in these results to dis
hear,en the loyal IS 10 the future !; the re
newed energy Of our military operations
10 aHn of
the rebellion, and relieve the loyal men OF
the North from further duties 10 the field.
and they will then have time TO unite their
votes with those Of the loyal men at home,
and thus administer q terrible rebuks TO
those Who svailed themselves Vt their alb
seuce in the field to minister to their per-
soual aims, at the expense Of the pubise
good. a n Cos
Chairman Uuion Cen. Com.
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