The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-04
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The ElectiOn.-The Defeat Ofthe De-
mOcracy--Ref1ectiO upon the

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= After an heroic and gallant stru-g,e-afteI
ness, the friends of iliiberty were overthrown
yesterday, aud the apologists of the Admins
tration obtained temporary and what will
prove, we have no doubt, an immaterial and
.leeting triumph. 1t will be so, because error,
folly and crime are never in the end successful,
and always receive their just desert and pun
ishment. To doubt this is to spurn the uniform
lessons of history, and is to ignore the fact
that just and benefcent Providence presides
over the destinies of this worlds:
s.Truth crushed to earth will iseagain,
The eternal years of God are hers q
While error whiting sinks IN PAIN &.
And dies among her worshipers.'s
The policy of this Administration is wrong,
and it so violates every principle ofjustice an d
morality, and the spirit of the Jacobinical fac.
ton by which it Is supported is SO devoid of
sense and wisdom, that it is certain to be follow
ed by terrible rctribution. The longer it is de
layed the severcr it will be, the more tremen-'
dous the wrath of deceived and outraged peo-
pie. Therefore on this morning of defeat and
disaster We look confidently to not distant
political revolution, when the star of Democ-
racy will rise in all the glory of final victory,
while that of our bitter and intolerent oppo-
nents will sink, to rise no more behind the
clouds of irreparable disaster. We now bow,
however, to the expression of the sovereign
will and acceptit for season as a verdict from
which there is no appeal. IF the people want
furth Atrial--Inn ptions, moro taxes,
further deprivation OF personal liberty, of the
right of the habeas corpus-far be it from US to
oppose, except In argument, such an expression
of their decrees. It is through the bollot-box
we learn their.wishes, and we can not go be.
hind it.
Personally, We have great regret at the de-
feat of our candidatrs, for never did we have
better and more worthy men upoh our ticket.
The struggle of Yallandigham and Pugh in
behalf of personal liberty in this canvass is
worthy of comparison with that of Hampden
and Sidney in England; with that made by our
Revolutionary fathers; their names will rival
the most glorious friends of freedom in antiq-
uity, and will shine with luster through all
future ages. In dark hour for liberty they
bore with unsurpassed bcroism and courage,
eloquence and devotion, it's banner, and
through it has fallen in their hands from an
Overwhelming pressure, let eternal honor be
given them. They are men whom every Dem
ocrat will hereafter be happy to acceptas lead.
ing and representative characters, and for
whom he will cherish the most ardent and en-.
thusiastic admiration, akin to that which he
feels for Jefferson and jackson. From Maine to
Minnesota the eyes of million and a half OF
Democrats are now directed to the patriot exile,
and to the chivalrous, the bold and the eio-
9uent Pugh, and upon them they are auxious
to bestow the highest honors of the country.
The election Just passed, like that of 1860
constitutes an era and an epoch in the history
of the country and the party. Men will look
back with pride and pleasure to the vote they
gave for Vallandigham and Pugh, as they now
remember that which was given to Thomas
Jefferson. It is proud record, ever to be glo
ry and boast.
We now trust that the political waters. which
have been lashed into such violent turbulence,
will quietly subside; and that's calm more con-
ducive to reflection will follow. The Republic
ans have got their victory: they will enjoy it
with their accustomed enthusiasm. while the
Democracy, now quiesceDt, will look forward to
the future, when they will roll back defeat and
obtain in its placea substantial and permanent
triumph To our Democratic friends we say
l.then, be mp and doings while Won submit to the
will of the people, youican look forward with
confidence to the sober second thought which
will succeed the deliriousness of passion that
has just spent its force, and upon its correct
wisdom the fabric of Democratic ascendency
will be built. The Democratic party IS only OBJ
secured by temporary cloud, and will soon blaze
out with refulgent luster. You have polled a
vote throughout the Statethat is enormous
by far the largest you ever gavc-and In that
fact, and by your firm, compact and solid or
nan nization, you have won the respect, If not
the fear, Of your opponents. w hen two hun
dred thousand citizens of Ohio march in solid
column to the ballot box and deposit theil
votes for Mr.. Vallandigham, it is high time
that Venal and unscrupulous men should cease
their eianor about traitors and treason. IftheJ
keep it up after that demonstration, they vii
simply expose themselves to contempt and de
risien.
.Admfnfstration Generalship.
The Boston Courier, which takes COM