Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-10-30
Elections ut the North.

l. In fennsytvania, ID democrats
|add IL Republicans have been elect
ed TO Congress. Indiana, 8 Demo
Gratis and 8 I'epubIieans are elected,
agaiust 5 Rep, and 3 Dem. last elcc
tion.l In Ohio, l2 Democrats and 5
Republicans elected and 3 districts
to hear from. Last Congress, L.
Republicans and Democrats. The
democratic maiorities on the State
Tickets were, in Pennsylvania, ten
tlwwsand Ohio. twenty THOUSAND,
aad Indiana eight thousand. The
result of the election ilrr the above
states. indicates, a. politica change OF
considerable Importance. am, ala alF1ngh
the people nf the Southern CDnftder-
CIV may not be Immediately bcIlelitej
TO such change, we are glad TO see
the triumph of my p,rty in the
North, in opposition, to Lincoln. II
We gain nothing by it, we certainly
have nothing 70 lose, for the war can
not be co dnctel upon more deceptive
brutal and outrageous princ pies. by
any party, tlanhlye been en- iIoyed bf
Lanoln and his abolition Cun1re4 !,
la = nsylsania, Ii tiana aud Ohio
the Democrats have elected major
ty of, members Of Congress, carried
the State Tickets by very lar c ma
loritic5. It may be asked, however.
with much reason what shall wrga'n
~ these democratic victories: do 40
tlie members elect propose to camg
OH the war with eyeny more yIgoht
ii posi- ble, than at present, and were
they not elected for that very reason
This Is all very true, they do not
publicly proclaim themselves in ia
vor Of peace. but they aver that it i
their intention TO keep in view aud
be governed III their action, hy tn
que ton at issue III this con
test. Convince thcln-atd it is be.
lieved that many OF them are already
satisfied on that p"int-,hat recon-
struction of the Union" is impossi.
bic, that the political and social
ties, which held the two sect pns to
gcther have been broken, never again
to be united, and ayreeabIy 10 the1
own argument, they have no longor
anything to fight for. The democrat
10 party Of the Northern States have
idisticnily announced thelr opposition
TO ahy interference with the lnstitu-
Jious Of the States, and It IS also ap
'rarcnt that they are opposed to I'll"
+ E
foolish idea Of attempting TO sub
jlgato the ) utbern people. II then
they are IN favor Of the war, only so
hong as they think it possible to
reunite the South with the North
they can have no object in continuing
the war, when they b come aware of
the fact t at the Union for which
they contend can never be restored
On the other hand lincoln aud his
Congress have no longer any hopes
Ut tie Union if indeed, they ever
had any; they are now waglng the
war with the avo wed purpose of sub
i,,uating the South, and reducing the
slave States to the condition of de-
pendant colonies.
4t'The barbaroua and vindictiye spirit
in which the war has been conducted
thus far on the part Of Lipcoln. and
particularly his recent proclamation
Of emancipation. show that conquest
and plumber, are the trae objects Of
continuing hos,ilities, Under such
circumstances, governed by such mo
tives, the war may he continued in
definitely or at least until the eypira
tion Of Lincoln's term Of Office, un
tess the South by adopting an ae