Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-11-26
The Meaning orthc Recent Eicc-
ttOus.

Very many singular differences are
drawn from the results Of the last elec.
tions. The people have decided, says the
administration press, and It is family
echoed by one or two obscure Democratic
newspapers. Where did the people de-
cide and what did they decide? Did
thoy decide in Kentucky, embarrassed by
force and fraud ? Did they decide in
Missouri, where not half of the votes of
the States were pollcd? Did they decide
In Ohio, where election returns are pri.
ma facie evidence of fraud ? Did they
decide in Pennsy lvania, where greater
number Of soldiers were returned than
was the majority for Gov. Curtin? Did
they decide in New York, where some
twenty Thousand soldiers were sent back
to vote the abolition ticket? If so, what
did they decide ? That the war must
continue until the rebellion is crushed :?
If we grant this, may we not claim that
the decision of Kentucky is the same in
effect as that made by all the States we
have named, save, perhaps, Missouri?
What essential difference is there be-
tween the positions of Governors Bran
lette and Seymour ? Whether it is de-
MED or not, the fact is incontrovertible
that in every State fraud and bribery
were the most successful agencies en-
ployed in securing the success of the ad-
mnistration tickets. But if we concede
that since the elections of a year ago
there has been revolution in popular
sentiment, are Democr ats to succomt
to that revolution,---or defantly
roll if back ? If the administrationists
claim the election in Kentucky as q tri'
umph, we may, as we have seen, claim
that all that has been decided is that the
war must continue to the extinguishment
of rebellion. No Democrat asks that
we shall consent to peace involving dis
union. Where, then, is the issue? Is il
concerning the policies controlling the
contest Have the people decided il
favor of radical policies? Let Kentucky
New Jersey, the vote of the people il
Pennsylvania and in Indiana, answer.
There has been no such popular revo
luton as is asserted by the administra
tionists. The agencies which we hav'
described and the Misrepresentation
concerning the principles of the Democ
racy, have to limited extent, corrupted
and, to great extent, deceived the peo
pie. The elections were unfair, and tn
popular decision was not upon real, bu
false issues presented by our opponents
There has been no growth of abolition
sentiment in the nation within the pas
year, and abolitionism. as now taugh
and enforced by the administration party
is the great Gulf separating it from th'
mocracy. If as Col. Stone, the Gov
ernor elect of Iowa, declared, "This ii
an abolition war;" the people are oppos
ell to it. If they decided anything be
sides the election OF candidates in th
last campaign, it was that they are in ia
vor of war for the Union, if war il
necessary to maintain the Union. Al
that we need do to secure q complete an(
final triumph in the Presidential cam
paign is to dispel misapprehension res
pccting our position. Our party is tn
true Union party, and the people are tru
Unionists. We have but to "stand fas
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