Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-27
They nie Rard.

The radicals profess not to understand the oc-
casion of their overwhelming defeat in the elec.
tOns of last week. They attribute it to every
thing but the right cause. In some cases they
say it was by fraud and in Others that it was
owing to the absence of the soldiers. These
apologies are as idle as the wind. If frauds were
committed it upon the part Of the party in
power and this will be demonstrated at the proper
time. In precinct not far from this city it can
be shown that thirty Democratic votes were put
in the ballot box and only ten were counted out.
In other localities similar outrages were com
mitted, as will be proven. And it can not be
successfully denied by any candid Republican who
was at The polls during the afternoon OF
the election in this township but that
hundreds of illegal Republican votes
were shamelessly deposited in the ballot-box.
Neither did the absence of the soldiers from this
State, the sons of Indiana who volunteered to
battle for the restoration of the Union aud the
maintenance of the Constitution, occasion the
recent political triumph If they had been at
home, their votes would have made the victory
the more overwhelming The causes of the
disaster 10 the defeated party too plain TO be
misunderstood or misrepresenied. 1t was a ver-
dict of the people against the ultra radical meas
ures which have been forced upon the country in
violation of the most solemn pledges OF Con-
gress and the Administration, and a condemna-
ton of the frauds and NAL administrations which
have characterized the party in power. 1t is a
sander upon the soldiers of Indiana to charge that
they would take issue with their fathers and
brothers at home upon the questions which were
involved and passed upon at the recent election.
They are not fighting to destroy the Union and
overthrow the Constitution, hence they could not
have voted. if they had had the opportunity. for
measures which, if successful, can not fail to re-
suit in the destruction of both. And when the
soldiers return and speak through the ballot box,
it will be found that their vote will be with their
brethren at home in condemnation of radicalism,
and the fanaticism ard rascality which have we'll
nigh ruined the country and destroyed the gov
ernment of the fathers.
The radicals pretend not to understand that
they have been weighed in the balance,
and found wanting. And their defeat
would have been the more complete if thousands
had not been artfully led to believe by designing
and corruptive politicians that the Government
and the administration are indentical, and that
condemnation of the ultra measures of the latter
would be a blow at the former. The election
has dispelled this illusion. The verdict thus SO
significantly rendered will be approved by the
great body Of the American people, and the result
will be the crushing out OF Abolitionism and fa-
naticism. the consummation of which is the only
hope of restoring the Union and giving renewed
vitality to the Constitution. 1t is not strange
that the radicals die hard, when they that the
power for which they have SO long struggled
must soon pass from them.