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II us claimed in some quarters tha, any
other gentleman than the Hon. Clement l..
Vallandighsm ciuld have been elected Gov
ernor OF Ohio This is grave error, aud
those who make the statement know not what
they are saying, as we will presently prove to
the satisfaction Of every reasonable mind Mr..
Vallandigham was the strongest man that
could have been nominated for Governor,
which is amply verified by the immense vote
he received, larger by % 600 OF $4,000 than
was given Tor Jewett IN 1851 and was only
defeated by fraudulent voting In Iowa, for
instance, the Democrats ran for Governor
General Tuttle, vigorous war Democrat, and
the Republicans had for their candidate Col.
Stone, an ayowed abolitionist Now it will
be borne ia mind that both gentlemen are in
the Federal army down South, one fighting,
as ho thinks, for the restoration of the Union,
and the other, as he himself declared during
the canvass, for the abolition Of slavery in the
Southern States How was the campaign
conducted by the Administrationistsl The
power and patronage Of the Federal Govern
ment was employed to defeat General futile,
and the Republican stump-orators and news
papers called him, in derision, a copperhead
and abused him without stint Gen Tuule
cans in Iowa, although he is an uncompromis-
ing war Democrat, than did Mr. Vallaudigham,
q peace Democrat at the hands Of the same
kind of politicians ia Ohio These ats show
plainly that the Republicans are opposed to
the election of any man who does not EN-.
brace their abolition doctrine; and further.
more, that if any other gentleman than Mr.
Vallandigham had been nominated for Cover
nor the result would have been the same.
The gubernatorial contest in Iowa illustrates
more forcibly than any language of ours can
that Democrat must hold the same doctrines
as the radical Republicans to entitle him to
their favor; in other words, he must Join their
party. IL is power they want, and TO obtain
that nothing is too dastardy for them, Just so
they retain the control of the government.
The result of the election in those two
States imparts lesson to the Democracy that
should not be forgotten. In Iowa the Demo
Gratis were under the impression that by rum
ming war Democrat for Governor General
Tuttle they would beat the Republicans, but
the result shows, satisfactorily, that they were
sadly mistaken in their expectations; in Ohio
the Democrats run peace Democrat for Gov
ernor Mr. Vallandigham and the result
shows that he received a larger vote than Mr.
Jewett, war Democrat, did in 1861 and was
only beaten by the corrupt influences of the
Federal Administration army contractors, and
the hungry hordes of plunderers that suck the
lle-bood out Of the country. The Democrats
did right in running Mr. Vallandigham, from
the fact that he enunciated their principles in
his public career, and defeat with him, as
their standard-bearer, is more glorious than
victory with one who never rendered any
service to the Democracy Those who work
for the success of the Democracy, and thereby
make themselves unpopular with the Republi.
cans, ought not to be set a side for do-nothings
and say.ncthings, because such procedure
would only tend to drive all hard.workng
Democrats into obsecrity. Those who labor
for the Democracy ought to be rewarded, and
then we may expect to triumph; otherwise,
in our judgment, victory is worse than de.
feat - Columbia city (Ind) News