Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-17
The Result In Snencer County.

The Result In Spencer County.
The triumph of the Union men in
Spencer county shows what little sys-
tematic work will do in a good cause. |
The people do not love treason or trail
tors, and once thoroughly convinced that
the leaders of the Democratic party are
hostile to the best interests of the Gov
eminent, they viii repudiate those lead |
ers as they did Vallandigham and Pugh |
in Ohio, Woodward, in Pennsylvania,
Hendricks and Voorhees, in Indiana, and
the Rockport Democrat clique in Spen-
Ger county. We ought have carried this
county handsomely, if systematic effort
had been made to canvass the county,
organize the Union men, and perfect
arrangements to bring out all our voters.
The same was true of Warrick county
The Union men there made considerable
effort, but they failed to canvass as they
ought to have done. What is the result?
Their candidate for Treasurer is beaten
by the small majority of %, while in
Ohio township alone, we understand,
there are % Union men who failed to
vote Some of them were actually in
Newburg on the day of the election, but
forgot to go to the polls. Had the
township been properly canvassed,
all thSse voters could have been
induced to vote, and Warrick coun-
ty would have been spared the
lasting disgrace of having elected an
open, ayowed and defiant traitor to the
responsible position of Treasurer of the
COUNTY.
In Spencer county the Union men
went to work differently. Guided by the
sound Judgment and political sagacity
and experience of Judge DeBruler, they
organized before they commenced to
fight They canvassed every township,
found out who was for the Union candi-
dates and who against them What men
were undecided, and what influences
would be best calculated to induce them
to support the Union ticket Appoint
ments were then made in every school
district, and Judge DeBruler and others
discussed the questions at issue in SC
candid and unimpassioned manner as
to convince all the reasonable men, and
induce them to support the cause of the
Union In the next place, the Unior
men were judicious in the selection o
candidates. They chose, as the man tt
head their ticket, Capt Samuel Laird
who had she'd his blood to perpetuate on
government, and suffered untold agon1
that our people might live in the enjoy
ment of peaceful homes. Such maj
could not well be beaten, vet the return
place him but little ahead of the othe
candidates, showing that the cause, an,
not the man, was what triumphed il
Spencer county.
In another particular the Union mel
acted wisely When they made speak
ing appointments in the county, arrange
ments were made to have the meeting
attractive. A good band of music wa
employed, and other means made use c
to induce the people to come out an
hear a discussion of the questions a
issue between the contending organizs
tons Wherever the Union party ca
get fair hearing, its success is assured
It is only in those portions Of the cour
try where demagogue leaders can pr,
vent their dupes from hearing any speal
ers but themselves. that the Union caus
flags and lags behind.
We congratulate the Union men
Spencer on their success. We trust the
will at once take steps to secure the fru
of their victory by establishing a goo
Union paper in Rockport, which wi
neutralize the poison scattered throug
the county by the Democrat. This ca
be easily done if the Union men wor
with anything like the zeal they have e.
hibited in the last canvass.
We say to the Union men throughol
the First Congressional District, let
prepare nOSc for the great political stru
gle next year This district can be T
deemed if the proper effort is put fort
TIE people need only to be informed
the reasonable practices of the Cope
head leaders to repudiate them. Sprea
the facts! Let the light shine into Il
darkest cornersl Organize, and orga
ize at once.