Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-06
Result OF the Election I'm wisconsin
How IL looks ahrOnd.

That u short sighted partisan policy which
Led some OF the Rsp0lean presses of this State
10 parade the unanimous resolutions OF regl
ments IN the army. and 10 boast Of the almost
unanimous army vote at the recent elections.
The facts prove too much Every school boy
who has read history in It's most simple shape
knows what unanimous army means Gibbon,
Hume, and Macauey. on almost every page he
wrote. relate with what facility armies have been
made to do the bidding of rulers, and how usur-
pations OF power and wrongs upon nations have
thus been committed and perpetuated. From
Cesar 10 Cromwell in England, and Louis Ma
pOleon IN France. the army has always been
unanimous TOR every nsurpation OF It's leaders.
and whether the military has been called upon 10
revolutiOnize governments. nullify constitutional
Dust judges from the bench. or turn senates and
parliaments out of doors. il has never hesitated
to obey. American statesmen have always been
aware Of his danger Hence the trainers of the
Constitution intended so carefully 10 guard the
supremacy of the civil over the military authori
ty, and hence the people in the earlier days of
the republic were educated to look upon standing
armies with intense aversion.
Some OF our contemporaries at the east fully
appreciate the significance of this army demon
stratiOn. The New York World of the Oath,
comments thus:
The beauties of soldiers voting under the
present military administration is shown by the
result of the recent election IN Wisconsin On
the home vote Cothren the Democratic candid
ate. was chosen by some 500 majority This
WAS canvass where over 10000 votes were
polled But the soldiers who were compel ed to
vote according to ORDER turned the scale and
elected Dixon. the Republican candidate by 5000
majority. Ii this had been free vote, about the
same proportion of Democratic ballots would
have been cast were AT home, and the Demo
cratic majority would have been increased ; hut
the compulsory vote of the troops has given Wis
cousin Judge she did not choose instead of one
she did choose IL is we'll perhaps. that this
matter of army voting per order has developed
itself thus early in the war. Whatever mems
politics may be. 10 American citizen can fail to
be alarmed at these attempts to dictate the policy
and rulers of the country from the army 1t is
fraught with danger to all our institutions. and
unless are much mistaken i'm the character of
our people. will he sternly and almost unani
mously condemned when the matter becomes
fully understood
The New York Express gives the vote on the
candidates for Chief Justice in detail, and says
There is whole eranery Of food for reflection
in these facts
The vote stands about
Home vote-Cothren Dem maj - 1000
Military vote-Oixon (Rep mali 5000.
of Wisconsin elected in camp under military or
dersl
ID In spite Of the vote of the citizens of Wis
consin. the soldiers at distance in camp elected
that Judge
This is very much the way in which the Ro-
mans elected their Imperators. or Emperors one
camp sometimes electng one Caesar, and another.
another. and the two camps then fighting it out,
The Roman citizeus at last tired of voting as
l., 1.ft,
matter to the soldiers
Here are now two m litary elections we have
been having:
LIST That in Connecticut-3,O 900 picked SOL
diers from camp carrying that State
ID That of Wisconsin-the soldiers in camp
being used to vote down citizens at home No
wonder. then. the Tribune writer says:
The Democrats are furious with rage; but
they hare no remedy
There is no remedy on earth for military des
potism. The craven blockheads that covet, in
vite. submit 10 it, soon become, in common with
all others. the miserable victims"
We do not ask the people of Wisconsin to
listen to our arguments and our appeals upon this
matter but to respect the teachings of all time
since the fret establishment of human govern
ment. The power of the army. voting without
legal restraints to dictate our judges ard other
state officers, includes the power TO dictate the
whole character and fortunes of the government
regardless OF the empty formalitv of ballot box
The threats we get from the army, embodied in
resolutions, are not meaningless. Bayonets were
never known to be content with the verdict of
ballots Milwaukee News.
In this connection it will not be amiss to relate
an incident in reference to the Wisconsin election,
which came under the observation of friend.
He says that number of soldiers, not citizens of
Wisconsin or connected with the regiments from
that State, were passing over railroad III this
State when the result of the election of Judge in
Wisconsin was announced Some of these sol
diers stated that they were in camp with one of
the Wisconsin regiments when the vote was
taken, and that they had voted with that reg
ment, although in no wise connected with it. and
for the Republican candidate II such frauds are
permitted and encouraged, it will be farce to
trust the ballot-box to determine the will of the
people