Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-06
FF'IU TIC Ff"FI1IEIlIF f"sI-
ssGoue To the war"

The AbolIti0nists complain that Their voters
have gone TO the war. and that that what's
tie matter with tie election returns We have
given sufficient rfoof ihsf isis was Eef frEe To-
Pennsslvania. OHIO and Indiana The facts.
however, have no weight .ith the Abolltonisf
eiitors and they continue To assert that The nine
hundred thousand who. Greeley assured "a, we're
waiting FOR the emancipation trumpet 20 blow.
were really in the arms at the time Mr.. Greeley
asserted they had not vet smelt gunpOwder.
Being satisfied, also. that they are 20 be soundly
whipped IN several States whose elections are now
soon 10 come of. they take pains to tell rs that
from those States. especially. immense numbers
of Republican voter have been 10 the var
We have before Us uow an Eastern paper which
pretends TO have some good reason for believing
that thirds or three fourths Of al the volun
teers from New York and Illinois are Republi
cans What may be true in New York We can
not Dosutreig say We know. however, that
most of the soldiers are laboring men, thrown out
Of employ ment by the hard times. and that most
of the laboring men are Democrats. We know,
also, that the large number OF Irish regiments
raised in New York composed almost exclu
svely Of Democrats; and We told that nearly
one third of all the soldiers from that State are
either Irshmen the sons Of lrishmen, and
pretty unanimously anti Republican.
But in regard 10 Illinois We have other data
upon which to base "A political calculation. We
not onlY know that some regiments are excu-
sively democratic. and that there il an Irish lie
gion still in camp in the State-to be sent away
however. the papers state. before the election
comes off-but We have recent election which
tells the story very plainly The vote upon the
adoption of the proposed Dew Constitution Tor
Illinois, last June, "a party vote. If we can
ascertain how that vote compared with the vote
for President in 1860. We can ascertain. ,Fetty
nearly, which party has sent most men 20 the
war; for down TO that tme--June, le62-the
policy of the Administration had been such "a
to have little or no influence upon the vote of
the State The question OF the new Constitution
was the only que sti0n, and the parties divided
upon it very much as they had divided IN lctO.
Nov let Us see what j. shown By the vOte-:
Take first the Republican portion of the State.
The First District is the most ultra Abolition re-
gion In 1850 it gave Dir. Lincoln l25l2 ma
jority. and, last June. against The proposed new
Constitution, IL 903 Out of II ABS ReDubli
cans. shown by the vote of 1860. but 2. 1853
were abseDt from the polls last June, while out of
1927 Democrats =. 80 ere absent. One seventh
OF the Republicans and one qairter OF the Dem
Ocrats
In the second another Abolition district, the
result WAS different. Lincoln had 1884 ma
jority in 1850 Last June the majority was
S.7I3 Out of 80. s34 Republicans, 10 .092 we're
absent from the polls in June, while OF TO 800
Democrats, only 4 $50 were absent The alb
sentees comprised one third of the Republicans
aud little more than one-iOurth of the Demo
Gratis
The thirtl was another strong Republican dis
trict Mr. Lincoln's majority in 1860 WAS 1851
In June last the Republican majority S.7l3
The aggregate vote fell off one 9th One fifth
OF the Republicans and one fifth OF the Democrat:
absent
Now turn TO the Democratic districts The
Seventh District, in 1860, gave ,935 Democratic
majority, and in June last .93l. Out of 10.
233 Democrats 4 392 were absent in June, ano
of 10 .295 Republicans 3.3o9 were absent. On,,
fifth of the Democrats and one fifth of the Repub
licans
In the eighth district the Democratic maiorit,
in 1861 was 3,34I. and in June last 80. Out o
the 1851 Democrats 5.76S were absent in June.
and out OF l3.240 Republicans 1893 were absent
More than one third of the Democrats and less
than one fourth of the Republicans!
The Ninth District. in what the Republican
call Lower Egypt. where prominent Democrat
have been arrested as traitors, is the stronges
Democratic district in the State In this disIric
the Democrats in 1864 had ID 942 majority. an,
in June last but 4 .760 Out of 81 Sci Demo
Gratis 9 .946 were absent from the polls while th
5,439 Republican voters of 1850 were increaset
TO 6 675. Near one half of the Democrats wer,
away. while their ultra patriotic neighbors-man,
of them engaged in playing the bloodhound fO
the stay at home" abolitionists in the Northern
districts. hunting down traitors the remaining
Democrars--not only held their own. but secured
the ordinary increase OF votes from election t,
election,
These figures cannot be misunderstood. The,
show. ii they show anything. that the more Dem
ocrafc the district, the more soldiers were sent
III the Republican editors can make anything
else out of them, We have only to say the field j:
open.