, 1864-11-10
Qh1fes,eeF' lrlL,nne-
-ooAsDAY% EOVEMerr -
80 n MFR r.
r., AHG Rsaecttou Of Nosemo1f8 s. 1854,


solytd to Gle, If need BE-, Tor lht government
aud Constitution which their own
hands have made. They hare record.
cd their decree that free Institutions
shall live en,le they live. 1u tue spirit Of
their ancestors they have pledged their lives,
their tortucee, al d lhetr eacred honor for the
cause they etpoused 'our 3esrs sgo. They
hkye Irb1isbcd anew their liberalization to
crush the rebellion, and estabilsh forever the
nrl1cipls that the dt cision OF the majority,
constitutional. EXPRESSED, must -gosera- not
merely this part and tuat part, but the whole
United states Of Am.ricA They hare sent
greeting to tie whole world that the.Ameri.
can ramc and natiohusity sbRl Eve, and not
die. The issue wae made up, und the verdict
r1ndeycd Nith cleat y0lcc and a firm nerve,
go that It carnot be Misunderstood.
To JEFF. Davis and tue whole rebel ere +,
this decision will be the Eneu OF doom. Be-
they stronger or weaker, tbs result mnst be
the came. They sre IN The grasp OF grayisa-
ticn and they must come t. the earth. Their
slAvc empire has rariehed In day. AL
doubts arc dissil lated, all hopes of peac: upon
the basis OF oisun'on are swept to the Winds
Nought ren ains but the stern, uuconpro
mtsirg grspple Of aos alty and treason. The
question h:4s passed 1rcm the domain Of dis
cussion and gone back to The arb1traueut ot
main strength. Who can d5ubt the result >
WHAT THE vorE mHANs.
At but one or two nbtfo1al elections in our
hIsto,y bas sn Administration in power bean
molcctmplctely ylrdtcated, or political par
II eustal, ed, than IL thetresent Mr. Lincol1
rot cnly receives the electoral vote Of every
Slate but one or two which participates In
the election, but lis msjoritieafn nj bnt one
ort1osre sweeping and overwhelming. Nor
can this victory be d,uiniebed By the fact
that part of the States do not participate
Had every rebel StAte voted for Mcclellan,
Mr. Lii coin would still have been oyer-
HheImirlly e]ecftG. TIE ~fvote Of tue
South" 60 1org G ornfoots1t, might be coa-
csdtd TO Mcclellan, and still Mt. Lincoln
would be the choice Of the Ams1icsn people.
The vote Of all within the rebel lines might
be conceded tor "sccession," and still the
the voice Ct the majority Of the people
and OF the States OF The Union would
be for Cnion. We laye always held
that the pr,tcfple of s'consent Of the
goye1L ca" requires on the question OF the
dissolution If the EE1on, as well the con.
sent OF those WHO are 10 stay as Of thoss
Who 60 out, e1hce secession aboishes the ola
government as to both, and compels bo:h t.
fern q ncw che. 1t il glorious fact to
k1ow tina. the principles Of tho Declaration
of Independence caurot BY the utmost
Strength OF sarhistfy be thrown In cur faces
in tie prosecution Of this wer, inas u4uch
as 'tnc gcytrned' cot only never did consent
1,r+r rnr off,. -
WIT In defense OF the Unfor. heayr msior-
tty, beth oi the ptople ard Ct the Ssates,
aIrec to stsDd Tor faur yeats more, br the
Tnion AID Tie asg, ant to sustain the Amer
ican LatioLalify.
The Significance Of Tuesdays yote is still
more important when We opssrye that mot
OILY the n hole OF the un,nn xote mean.
Uniop, hut 1hst ;ur tn Tho snsc,on, 49,
dopblc to1 cued st,le IN whct tha f,o,,sr
head compaicu was conducted. n verv 1ar,a
portion ol ,hc Conpertead yote, m far ~ the
irtentiors Of the yoters ro. means rnion
n]so
The ef5o,tc of the Connerhead 1eadn,. svo.
slice the setsi.n OF the Cn,ca 20 Coove, m,
has been to appear to be "a rooa u.,o,,.,s
as tie Unionists themselves. and differing
from the Republicans only on the slavery
question. They have planted shemselyes m
McClellan's military record, as they have
conceived it, and OF his letter OF acceptance
repudiatirg the Chicsgo Peace Platform
and In tLat way have unfairly won the yot.s
Of hundreds OF thousands Of voters who on
the real question hoIes1l5 stated of Uuiou
war cra eitunlor peace, would hive voted fo,
Union wal. Probably not one fourth Of the
fninrrsfp vnfo 3reo