The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-16
mo nosnInR Of inc Late FIections,

The lIesnIng OF the Late Elections.
There is a significance In the elections
which were held last Tuesday, in several
Of the leading States, representing both
the Western and Middle divisions, Of far
greater Importance and far loftier Dig
nifty than invest an ordinary ..eloction.
An intensely malignant and destructive
faction, strutting forth on the political
stage, under the tide Of Conservative"
attempted 20 distract the nation, by
making a mean, selfish, and thoroughly
partisan warfare upon the Administra-
ton, perplexed and burdened by a
heavier load Of responsibility and care
than ever rested upon the shoulders of
any previous administration. Its war
fare was unrelieved by single honora-
bic or patriotic feature. TWAS bigotted,
ferocious, calumnious and false Its
weapons were detraction and misrepre-
sention. This pseudo conservatism was
in political, what the slavery rebellion is
in military warfare.
The Administration accepted the con-
test, and appealed to the ballOt-box in
the North, while it fought the prO-slA-
very allies of conservatism in the South.
The battle has been fought, and the
cheering result was partially announced
in our Geographic columns on yesterday.
In Ohio, pseudo conservatism threw
off all pretension TO decency, by chOos-
ing for its leader Vallandigham. The
fact that in the great State of Ohio such
man could control it, and that no 9TH
err respectable candidate attempted to
represent it, clearly illustrates the real
purposes of the leading Destructives.
The marvel is, that any votes should
have been given to this Ohio candidate.
Lack of national pride, opposition to
taxation, and, perhaps more than all else,
gross ignorance, and lingering, blind
attachment.to an old party name, best
account for these mistaken votes. Still,
people will hereafter ask, If Conservatism
is any better than Rallanlighamisnl, why
did the latter control the former?
InPennsylvania we see a far stronger
manifestation of the increasing deter
mination of the people to sustain the Adj
ministration, which has Enthusiastically
a stronger hold upon the national heart
than IL ever had before. It's cause is holy
and the people approve and endorse it's
measures to suppress the rebellion. In
Pennsylvania, Curtin, the Administration
candidate for Governor, was personally
unacceptable to the people, while his OPP
ponent, Judge Woodward, the "Conser-
vative" candidate, WAS one Of the most
popular men in the State. We have no
doubt that, had the position Of the can
didates been reversed, the Administra-
ton ticket would have increased its ma
jority one-third.
These elections are the evening guns
which mark the approach of the great
battle of Nationality and Freedom in
1854. The advance guard Of the Union
Army have delivered their fire, and the
pickets of the foe are driven in. Presi-
dent at the Capital Soldiers on the
tented field take fresh courage for the
nation has sworn to sustain you, in your
glorious work, Long, fierce and bloody
may be the contest but when it shall
close the old flag of the Union shall
wave over free and undivided nation
atty.