Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-12
The Election.

The election in this State yesterday re-
suited In the success of the Abolition party
by about the usual majority. This result
was not unexpected. Tie Democracy o.
Ohio have been so long accustomed to de-
fat that they are hardened to ii; they fight
with little hope in ordinary times, and none
when the enormous patronage and power
of an Administration like the present is
cast in the scale against that unconquerable
old party.
The Hon. S. S. Cox, who has for eight years
faithfully and fairly represented this Dis
trict in Congress, even wrenching the ad-
mission from political opponents that no
better Representative than himself could be
found In the Union-has also gone down be-
fJre the overwhelming tide of fanaticism
and corruption which seems to have
swept over this State. He made gal
liant and vigorous fightas he always does,
and accepts the result philosophically, ar
guing that no Democrat in this District
could better afford to be defeated than him
self This result is triumph to the Abo-
litionists which their weak heads are scarce
ly capable of comprehending; and they are
asimmoderate and extravagant in their re-
joicing as they have in former years been
mortified, and chagrined. They would
rather have lost the State and defeated Cox
than gained the world and failed to beat
him. They rejoice as if they had achieved
a worthy triumph, when the canvass be-
gun with five thousand majority against
him, and when it is notorious that all
the power of the Administration,
all its facilities for fraud corruption,
and intimidation were unscrupulously
used to compass the result over which
the leaders now SO immoderately re-
joice. BY, the time the people Of this Dis
trict have been represented for two years
byAnother, they will more thoroughly ap-
preciate the Services of Mr.. Cox, and
conclude that his defeat was no gain to
them. 81 = g ~ ss5sl AGO s- III "
Franklin county has given Democratic
majority Of about LOO. Mr.. Cox's majori-
ty in this city is 543--a gain Of 275 over
thevote of last year. -as
Our reports from other parts of the State
and in fact from other counties in this
District, are meagre, but, enough is known
TO indicate that all is lost but honor.
The BEinisteriaI Correspondence.
Mr.. Secretary STANTON, the Ministerial
war correspondent Of the Administration,
was exceedingly prolific in his bulletins
Just previous to the election yesterday, and
filled the newspapers with the official docu-
ments of the War Office, fresh from the
hands of his Generals. AL last week, while
reports Of disasters in several directions
were rife throughout the country and lively
on the telegraph wires, Mr.. STANTON did
not condescend to furnish the full and OFF,
cial news from the battle fields on the
james, although he must have known all the
particulars. The night previous to the
election be sat up late preparing bull
letins for the newspapers, contradicting
the previous reports of disasters, and
phoozphooiug in his dogmatic style,
the losses we had sustained. We presume
IL will not be accounted overt treason 10 in
innate that Mr.. SrANToN's interest IN sup
plying news to the people was greatly aug
mentsd BY his hopes ofproducing effect up
on the, elections of Tuesday. From this
time until the Presidential election we may
expect nothing but bulletins Of victory,
from the brilliant Jefferson Brick In the
WarOfice.
q,o-d.v NO bave the imDortant informa-