Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-03
The Elections.

1o-day elections VIII be held IN sever
al of the Northern States, as well as in
Maryland, Delaware and Missouri The
great State of New York, to-day,
viii give her opinion as to the propriety
of prosecuting the war until the Rebel
lion is completely crushed Last year
Horatio Seymour was elected Governor
on false issue. Our armies had been
unsuccessful. The Administration had
been assailed as being weak and vas
cillating, and not prosecuting the war to
the full extent of the means placed at its
disposal for that purpose. The tax bill
not understood by the people-was
misrepresented, and their fears were
aroused lest it should utterly destroy all
their resources. The Presidents intend
ed Proclamation was charged with the
disasters that overlook our armies; the
prejudices of the people were excited
against the Abolition war, and the
tons encouraged Appalled, by the gem
eral gloom, and dismayed by the croak-
ing of partisan leaders, the people voted
for Seymour, as a rebuke to the Admin
istration, and because they thought a
change might be for the better. 1t will
be remembered, also, that the Democrat
ic party carried the great States of Indi-
ana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania the same
year. They claimed, then, to be good
Unionists-all of them-and to favor a
vigorous prosecution of the war. Placed
in power however, they threw off all
disguise, and hoisted their true colors.
The proceedings of the State Legisla-
lures of Indiana and Illinois, and the
great riot in New York city, opened the
eyes of the people to the deception that
had been practiced upon them. They
saw at once the true character of the
leaders they had placed in power, and
they made haste, at the first opportuni-
ty, to repudiate their deceivers and place
their seal of condemnation upon them.
Ohio and Pennsylvania have spoken in
thunder tones. New York, we feel sat
isfed, will speak in language equally
emphatic
But in the elections to be held in the
border slave States, other interests are
before the people for settlement. The
elections will be regarded as settling, to
great extent, the vexed question of
emancipation in those States. In Mis-
souri, the contest between the Radicals
and Conservatives hinges on this ques-
ton. The Radicals insist on immediate,
and the Conservatives on gradual, eman-
cipation. At the last election for Con-
gressmen in that State, the Radicals
polled A, $50 votes, and the Conserva-
tives Al ,675-a difference of only 45 be-
tween the two organizations Since
then, however-it IS charged by the
Radicals-thousands of rebel soldiers,
Disguised with service in the Confederate
armies, have returned to the State of
Missouri, and have been encouraged to
cast their votes for the Conservative
ticket To-day will tell the tale. If the
Radical candidates for Judges are elect
ed, no power viii prevent the Immediate
extinction of slavery in the great State
of Missouri.
In Maryland and Delaware, too, the
same great question of emancipation is
most prominent in the canvass. Henry
Winter Davis, who has long been cham
plon OF free labor, has no opposition for
Congress-his opponents regarding it
useless to contest In the other Dis
trlets the Union candidates have taken
bold ground in support of the Presidents /
emancipation policy, and argue the ex-
pediency of Immediately emancipatinp
the slaves Of Maryland. So with the |
little State of Delaware Her noble Gov
ernor, who so handsomely checkmated
the mischievous designs of her last Cop
perhead legislature, has appealed to the
people for an endorsement of his official
conduct, by electing men of similar
opinions to Congress and other State
Offices.
Since the Inauguration of the ballot
box as the arbiter of political controyer-