The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-19
vote increased 10, and the Union vote

In Ripley county the Democratic vote |
increased 236, and the Union vote de-
creased Az. t i
In ST. Joseph county the Democratic
vote increased las, and the Union vote !
decreased 258.
In Tippecanoe county the Democratic
vote increased 3, and the Union vote de-
creased 433 ot- -- % III
In Wabash county the Democratic vote
increased III, and the Union vote de-
creased Ill. BIC fflo-
In the foregoing 10 Union counties
the Union vote is 6,l8l less than it was
two years ago. for Governor, while the
Democratic vote has increased ,049
In the Fifth or Burnt" District, the
strongest Union District in the State, the
Union vote decreased 1851, and the
Democratic vote $50.
In the Seventh District (Voorhees)
the Union vote decreased 1,780, and the
Democratic vote increased 1914
These facts show beyond controversy
who furnished the $4,000 voters in the
army; they show who remained at home
to win elections, and who went forth to
win battles.
The following counties have in the
service the number of volunteers attach
ed to each: rff
Adams 496, Allen 1858, Bartholomew
1894, Benton 249, Blackford loo, Brown
1856, Carroll 903, Cass 1857, ClaylOj3,
Dearborn 1928, Decatur SSS, De Kalk,
731, Fountain 1902, Franklin 977, Full
ton ego, Grant 7S6, Henry 1888, Howard
S37, Huntington ST., Jackson 1919,
Jasper 422, Jay 621, jefferson 1926, Jen- h
nings 1883, johnson 945, Kosciusko
1l65, Lake 625, Laporte 1864 Lawrence
1900, Madison 1890, Marion 24l2, Mars
shall $50, Martin 765, Miami 996, Mon
roe $40, Newton 245, Noble S26, Orange
992, Owen l04S, Porter S37, Putnam
{, 1856, Randolph 1852, Ripley 1914, Rush
S25, Scott GAL, Shelby 973, Starke go, St.
Joseph 965, Sullivan 1907, Switzerland
91l, Tippecanoe 2047, Upton COB, Yan--
derburg 1880 Wabash ll45, Wells $50,
White 700, Whitley SIS,
Here are 81 counties which have So
275 volunteers in the service, vet every
one of these counties gave larger Demo
cratic vote in 1862, when all these volun-
teers were in the service, than in 1860
when they we're all at home. This state
ment shows conclusively the political an
tecedents 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 re-
ceives 1917 votes, while Hendricks in
1860 received only l26, 96S votes Thus
the Democratic vote of 1862 in the State
is 1909 greater than it was in 1860,
although $1,000 voters are absent from
the State 1853
1t has already been shown that the
natural increase of voters in the State
for two years is 1886, which increase
deducted from the $4,000 absent voters,
leaves an actual decrease of voters in the
State at the late election Of 1854, and
yet the Democratic vote has increased
This startling fact can only be accounted
for in one way, there were more votes
than voters. Over 1900 votes were
polled by nobody, the voters which they
profess to represent cannot be found in
Indiana. If these votes actually repre-
sent voters, it will follow that the popu
lation of Indiana has increased 9O,55(
per annum for the past two years, instead
of 1880 per annum, the average in
crease for the four preceding years
Every one familiar with the progress oil
the State knows that such an assumption
for the preceding four years would full,
cover the annual accessions to our popu
lation during the past two years 1t i
well known that the State, in comparison
with former years, has lost largely in tn
past two years by the decrease of foreigl
emigration. I
The foregoing statement shows tn
cause Of the Union defeat in Indiana
and the nature of the boosted victor
achieved by the Democracy of our State
BY the aid of large fraudulent vot,
and the absence from the State of 90
voters, nearly all Of whom would hav
voted the Union ticket, the Democrat
were enabled to carry the State by m;
iority of 1891. 1t is over such a victor
that they profess to be elated, and clail
that Indiana has repudiated the AdmiDi
tration and its policy. Every soldier
the army from Indiana on election da
was volunteers he was there becaus
he was in favor of the vigorous prosecr
ton of the war, and thought it his dut
to give personal aid; he thought his pre-
ence in the army more essential than h
vote at the polls; that rebellion shoul
first be crushed, then home politics |
recti6ed; thus the most ardent supper
ers Of the Union organization were d
prived of their voice at the late eectio
while the whole brood Of non-sympathi
ers with the war remained at home al
devoted their energies to the overtime
of the remnant of the Union party wi
had not gone into the field. Thus a
vided organization, part in the army al
part at home, were forced to confro
a united organization, an organizatiC
that left all the fighting to its opponent
and directed its sole energies to votin
and yet with all this advantage of unit
strength it was only able, with all
fraudulent aceessions, to outnumber t
loyal men Of Indiana few thousands
Every regiment that left our Sta
subtracted from the Union vote mo
than three-fourths of its entire numb
of voters, and if the process of volunte
ing were still going on we could OF
expect to find the Union ranks still Fl
Their depleted, until the mass of t
Union party would be in the army,