, 1864-11-18

fAhcds and when-Hrice'H Ae1Tent-
9fcccirGr,T Ti,cfr Hents-Eycakness Of
Gcrfnim MISUNDERSTANDING nclkcrs
DccrcaxInE-ClcaninS ont Rebels,
de-, EXC.
l fFrom Our spccial Correspondent
ST. LOUIS. Tuesday, Nov. Is, 1851
The glorious triumph OF the Radical party
! in this State is an event which the whole coun-
4 try can afford to celebrate. The Coppcrhcads
| and secessionists have lost everything Gov
| eruor, State Officers, Legislature, State Con-
yentjou, four-tlfths Of the local tickets, in ad-
dition to the Presidential Electors. In this
| mornings issue, the Republican striving hard
| to civc some reason for defeat, attributes the
result 10 Sterling Price. and then proceeds to
castigatc The outcand-out rebels for their folly.
Verify the Republican is SO far right this time,
| that We may Justly claim that the result was
made sure and certain by the rebel INVASION.
Previously, the result Of the election IN
Missouri was so far In doubt that our friends
thought We might possibly elect the State
ticket: hnt rs to the balance the do9nts e.
Price not only made Radicals of men who
were previously On the fence, bat it turned
noted rebels into Radicals by the operation
Of fearlcst their disloyalty should be turned
against them after the rebels lett. Accord
ingly thcsc men became fierce Aad1cals. Bet
eand Mcclellan soters us conscripts, and
drove away many thousand more ns refugees.
These causes combined have produced the
natural fruit. The Radicals have carried
four-flftls of NIL the counties and have such
perfect control Of the whole machinery Of
the State and local government as never o
PARTY las had since the admission of Missouri
'nlp siieht lie % mistake was madc in the TRIBUNE
few days ngo, relative to the vote Of the
Stale on tho Emancipation question. No pro-
vision Of an amended constitution or
any other constitution was submit
ted to the people, but d proposition for a
state Convention vas voted upon in accord
ancc with an act of the Legislature. The
Radicals carried this bill through the Legisla-
turc with the avowcd object OF clectfng q
Convention committed to Immediate .Enan-
cipation. The pro-slaveIy Claybank element
opposed the measure for that reason. The
Of the delegates elected arc Radicals. The
Convention will meet on the 9Th of january,
and probably celebrate the anniversary Of the
battle Of New Orleans by passing an ordi-
nance Of Immediate Emancipation! By
this process Missouri will be made
attained until after the meeting Of the State
Convention. The victory Of the Radicals in
carrying this measure successfully Mt the
polls is worth almost rs much to the Union
cause as the election Of two.thirds Of the
National Congress.
The Congressional delegation from this
State stands thus: Radicals, Z; Copperheads,
?. As the Tribune suggested, 1t was disgrace
fu1 That one OF the two Copperheads elected
was returned from the First District. Tho
Fremont Germans are responsible for this.
They insisted upon nomination positively
known to be distasteful to very large pro-
portion Of the party--a man for whom many
hundreds would not have voted If he had re
cciycd forty Republican nominations. But
| bygones had better be bygones, and the lesson
should be remembered foE the future. The
gains in the interior, especially in
The Eighth md Ninth Districts, ,which,
were carried against us two years ago By not
less than .0o0 minority are significant. The
Republican has been suarllng ever since cleo.
tion day, and says, ironically, that when such
counties as Howard and Randolph give Lin
coin majoritics, franklin and Gasconade 1.-THE
Western Rescrye Of Missonri, must look ia
their }aurras. Our candidates, John F. Ben
jamin In the 6il, and George ". Anderson il
the 9th, went into the contest almost hope,
less, but Price's invasion vas their political
salvntion.
We can afford to turn aside now from poll
tic:, and refer to other matters of interest.
Price was Inst heard from west of Cane Hill
He lost not less than 5 900 desertcrs after the
battle south Of Kansas City. They wess
mostly conscripts. General sanborn pursued
him south Of the Arkansas line
it was hoped General Thayei
where IN arkansas, having been reinforced By
1 General Steele Tor tl,at purpose, but according
to dispatches received By General Rosecraus,
Thayer has returned to Fort Smith without
attempting fight. There is no other force
capable Of preventing Price from pursuing his
| ral Sanborn telegraphs General Pleasanton
| that he thinks i there had been no pursuit Of
Price south Of Newtonia, he would have re.
manned on the border of No. till his men and
horses were starved, and lost three fousths OF
his army by desertions This is ono Of the
many questions which have arisen concerning
the policy Of pursuing Price.
An Interesting affair has recently come to
light in st. Louis, which the local pa
pers hare for some cause suppressed.
II refers to an order issued by General Ewing,
directing the tenants Of ceTtain wealthy &C.
cesssionlsts to pay their rents In future to
the Provost Marshal Of the District for the
benefit Of the Union men Of the interior, who
he'd lost their houses and every ythfng else, and
were row in ST. Louis the objects Of charity.
This order WIS certainly issued. It was seen
md read by several interested parties, and OF
said they didn't care for the results, but Il
this thing WAS once allowed as q precedent
where would it stop, and 20 the next thing
was to ret General Rosecrans to rescfna the
order. Some unwlse Union men took the
matter In hand, md actually succeeded in
having the order rescinded. So the wealthy
Eeccssionists, who were ready to welcome
Sterling Price with open arms, 60 Scot frce, and
loyal sufferers are wasting away in poverty.
The idea Of treating an uutlawed rebel with
lcnicncy at this stage Of the war seems utter
y absurd, and yet we hear of Instances Of this
SORT every day. The officers engaged in feast-
Ing the rebel oRcers-Ma11nad1ke Cabcll s
-of hnta1c 9rnr.a sf>ar1a oDf flf n rnpati.
tion Of 1t when second lot Of officers arrived
as prisoners but when the stern retaliatory
measures Of fjustice ordered by Gen. Rose
Grams demanded the execution Of o rebel Ma
ior and six rebel bushwhackers, the tears oi
the weak and foolish began to aoT. There
were traslrbut the thought Of hlgh-toned
son Of chivalry-n real Major In the rebel army
of thieves and assassins which lately passed
through this State-bcing shot to revenge a
Yankee sculion-a vulgar Union soldier who
had risen from the ranks to be q Major Of cav
and milk and water sensibilities. Would you
believe It, petitions we're circulated and sign-
ed by so-called Union men and women asking
Gen. Rosccrans to stay the execution OF the
rebel. The telegraph bore message to Mr.
Lincoln, .couchca in such terms US to per-
snade The President to postpone the eshooting
and bushwhackers can 60 on and shoot more
Of our officers with apparent impuuity.
Scan the returns Of the election closely and
you will see how effcctual1y the Union men
have cleaned out the rebels from the counties
along the Iowa line. There is no concealment
Of thts-it is avowed and justified upon the
broad ground that the State is not large
enough to hold Union men and reb-
els, patriots and tTaitors. The rebels
have their choice, to remain at home,
help the rebels, and be killed, or
skedaddle carly to save their worthless lives.
Men who have lived in the woods night after
night Tor the crime Of loyalty, while their Sc
cesh neighbors have lived in peace, and aided
bushwl4neking, have very little sentiment left
to prevent them taking revenge In their own
way. It may produce reign Of terror, but
the terror will be On the side oftlc rebels, and
who cares for t1lcir terror?
Bushwhacking is daily diminishing under
these tactics. The horses hnye been cleaned
out quite generally from half the counties Of
Northern Missouri, and the guerillas find
themselves too hard pressed to I've in the land
Of their thefts and their murders. Bnt An
dersonss old gang is reported stnl on the WAT
unth of blood and destruction, but they will
doubtless soon cross the Missouri river and
start for Arkansas.
THE CHATTANOOGA AND NASH
VILE RAILROAD DlSASTER-
Ar1,rf1 ling Catnstrophc-- Es-
capc fto1n Destruction.
On Saturday last, November II, as the up