Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-12


TIE ELEorIoN.-Let US say it boldly, for
we may say it without fear Of challenge,
that Cleveland has never known -quieter
eleetion-day than yesterday. It seemed
more like Sabbath than common week
day of business. There was less of gene
raj uprosr, and save at the election pre-
cints, there seemed to be less of hurry,
bustle and turmoil than is usual. The
stores and business places were in general
closed the business men giving over for
one day the thought and strife for gain,
and devoting the hours wholly to the main
purposes of the occasion. The principal
business appeared to be the drumming up
of voters. Carriages we're passing to and
fro through all the day, bringing to the
the polls men who were either negligent
or unable else to get there. It would be
hard to determine which party were the
most jealous in this work. Both labored
with the utmost perseverance and spirit.
As proof of the quietneess with which the
election passed, we may adduce this,-that,
so far as our knowledge goes, and this in
cludes the statemsSts of the police-not
single case of disturbance occurred at any
ward election rendezvous. This decorum
is in greatest part due to the rigid enforce
ment of the proclamation commanding all
liquor saloons to be closed on election days.
We saw only one or two merry boots
during the whole day. Wherever whiskey
is, or is to be got at, there, or elsewhere, the
devil is sure to break loose. Hermetically
or Internationally seal up the bottles, and
the ancient parsonage above spoken of is
chained.
We expected there would be some Snuff
ing and evading of the law, and, in conse-
ouence drunkenness and disturbance. But,
so far as we know, the sun did not yester-
day in all his course look down upon a
single bloody nose or black eye. Thanks,
then, we give for the order bringing pro-
clamation against the sale of liquors on
election day.
We wish to call notice to the fact that
no rows of any kind or degree occurred
on Monday evening while the rival process.
sions were marching, counter-marching
meeting, passing and exhibiting then
choicest glorfes to the thousands in the
| streets, upon whom they thus laid their
respective claims and tax for sympathy
and patronage or decipieship. When we
consider the enthusiasm and hot partiza1
feeling of the two great rivals, the stake
&c., &C., we wonder that such perfect de
corum wIssobserved, aud the feeling thus
indicated is in the higest degree aatisfac
tory and cheering.
Every thing indicates that a full vote
was polled yesterday. Both parties seemed
bent on bringing out their entire strength
| Business men, master-workmen bosses
Of all sorts, threw up everything, in ware
house, ship yard, factory, machine snOP
&c, and escorted their employees TO Che
polls. We saw good shepherd on the dock
leading and guiding with his crook Ito SPEAK
in fgurel) six or seven mot exactly sheep
butt voters to the Union fold.
The day closed at last, but the silent rev.
olution which was wrought through all its
hours did not spend itself at sunset, but its
force will continue, and overturn till the
end, which all patriots have aimed at and
worked ard prayed for, shall be reached.
The ballots few swifter and thicker
than bullets in any battle, and with more
deadly aim, as the sequel will show, at
the heart of the rebellion, but they few
noselessly, and our admiration ofthis must
at Ieas. for the time, override any old
world conceit we may have cherished, that
system of popular suffrage, Practleed
now while the masses are so raw, and IN
able to discriminate, and see issues clear
ly. and draw sound conclusions, is the
prince of humbugs. Grant that Socrates
vote Gfhe were an American and alive is
checked by the ballot of the veriest Irish
whisky-keg of COPPerhead, Socrates
commands by his influence ten thousand
other votes, while Sir Patrick COpperhead
commands nothing,-Dot even himself
when whisky is to be got as a bribe for his
ballot, offered by Pure-minded McClel-
Ian politician and patriot.