Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-10-20
October and the Presid ency.

The Unionists uf Indiana have settled all
question as to the vote of their State for
President. We considered her. after Ken
tpcky, Missouri Delaware and New Jersey,
the State most likely to east her vote for
Mcclellan; anil W, f,lt certain (al we now
lo) that no fifty L ectoral Votes can he
given to the Chicigo ticket unless Ivy the
all OF this State. And yet there lives to-
day no American. quili6sd to sit on q jury,
who does not kR0sD thar she will cho0se Lin
coin electors on the Sth of next month.
L,t us here state aIact that has casually
come to our kn)weagr. and which il ilils-
trative OF the late and the pending canvass
The Unioni.ts Of Indiana. feeling that
they had right to the votes of their fellow
citlznns serving their country in the G i'd,
and that they were likely TO need them,
di,patched. some two nr three weeks since;
geptlenI1n of high character 10 Washing
tan to solicit furloughs for all the soldiers
from that State--or, II all Gould not be
spared. then for 80 many OF them a. could
be-. They desired No partiality mo picking
and cu'ling -thev wished regineuis in full
sent home in,liscriminrfely. AMI the more
the batter. Their agent was cordially vel
coined. admitted conf lentially to au inside
view OF the Military situation. and asked
whether he could con-cirntioii>ly advise the
withdrawal. even for week. of. even one
regiment rom the service. q fIe could not
respond affi 'mativey; he gave up the quest
and went on his way. And our armies in
The field have not been weakened Ivy a sin
gle regiment to- strengthen the Union cause
for the recent Elecrions. A few soldiers
have l'een fnrloughed, mainly from hospi
tails; but the lndI,ni ms deprived of THAR
q L T.
in the National service. would have given
nearer Twenty Thousand than Ten Thou
sand majority for the Union ticket Yet
Indiana b is carried high and dry by the
Unionists, who have made cleaner sweep
oil the State than any party ever MADE
befme. Their Presidential canvs~s il vir-
tually ended, and they can henceforth help
their less fortunate nrighbors. AMI all to
kuow that. when Indiana goes this wav.
neither II in,is nor any other State OF the
Free West i, likely to 20 the n,her.
OF Ohio: less need be said, brcause her
Unohists have n'ithcr been dis rIr>tfllnor
distrusted Nobody imagined that they
would again pile up such an enprm III.
majority a that whereby she last year cleo
ted Valandigham to stay in Canada; but
all felt that she must GO a. she went last
year, though mot so overwhelmingly But
the result has far surpassed our most SAN
guins hopes The aggregate popular mrjor
ify cannot fall below Sixty Thousand. when
the Soldiers Vnte shall have been returned
while our gain of Members of Congress il
certainly ten and may be ftoetUe or ouer. In
other words, we have fifteen to seventeen
Unionists, chosen to the next House, In
stead OF fire (to, fourteen) in this; and the
fourteen include Pendleton, Long, s. S.
Cox. and OF her Of the fiercest foes ofthe AL.
minisfratioR The victory is 40 thorough
that Ohio. 100. Is henceforth practically out
Of rhe Presidential contest. . aqarrT
Pennsylvania is not; and yet she has given
a large Lincoln majority Mt this election.
while the votes of her great Union strong
holds--Alleghany. Lancaster, Chester. 10,
diana. Erie. &c sc --are not nearly pollei
ont because no adequate motive tor, eyer
ton was presented to many Unionists.l Al
leghauy County will give Ten Thousanl
Majority for Ilncoln, though she hasrnsw
(excluSiye of The Soldiers yotes) given
much less;J LANCASTER is good for & OH.
though she has now given hut 4nW.-
Philadelphia on our side, BrrkS on the
o:her, were well fought; hut Philadelnhia
was an exception TO the general rule. When
the Soldiers votes are all in and counted,
the State will he lound TO have given no'
less than 10 900, and nrobably nearer 2N.
900 maj rity for the Union ticket. electing
sixteen to eighteen Union Representatives
in Congress out oftwenty tour which stand
equally divided IN the present 'Hm,se, and
tiiereis no daHbt OF decided Union ma.
jprityi in both branches Of the Legislathre
We can do great deal better than this in
November; hut this is enough for the pres
ent. dPennsylyaoia has no more idraeof
voting for Mcclellan than for jeff Davis
himself u ohi io esiiib "a i-sH off r
Unionists of all the States. We cnn sweep
the deck il We will! New Jersey il going
with us; Maryland il dearly for us: the
hardest States to carry far Lincoln are Ken
tucky, Delswarel and Missouri. Bur Picr
will lsnan beg skedadiliina from Missouri.
With hafthe Cepperhsadsof that STATE !.
his train; Delaware will now 70 right;, and
even Kentucky viii weld toIths imij 's,io
eu,rspt let us resolve ~ carry everv Stste
not under the head Of Ja9 DavislsNs Dan
is ws wilk