The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-10
TIE RESULT Of THE ELECTION-ITs
CAUSE-THE Duty Of THE DE-
FEATED


From the Tirqet
Abraham Lincoln has two hundred and thir
teen electoral votes agansttw one for George
b. Mcclellan. He has carried twenty one States
against three for George b. Mcclellan. He hasa
popular majority of nearly it not quite, fourhuu-
dred thousand in round numbers.
This is the voice of the original loyal States.
excluding the partially reclaimed States of Ten
nessee, Louisiana aud Arkansas, whose votes. 90
far as a Presidential vote was taken In them. was
undoubtedly given Mr.. Lincoln, but on account
of the still disorg3nzod condition of these States
their vote will probably not be counted in the
Electoral College.
Such prepOnderauCe of public sentiment Il
uneXnmpled since the reelection of James NJ IN
roe, forty y-tuur years ago, By an electoral VOC of
two hundred and twenty. light votes to one. We
accept It without surprise IL simply Is "a verii-
cation of what we have steadily declared rom the
outset, that the American people would stand by
the Government as long rs the Government
stands by the dag. On thai broad assumption we
have rested our faith as on adRmlnt. The man
has been but poor student Of the AuglO-SiXDu
nature, who has not learned that the national
spirit Is the strongest element in its blood. 1t is
that quality of our race which has made England
the foremost nation of Europe. War, instead Of
weakening IT, only intensiies It.
Every new year Of the twenty years war
against Napoleon, though bringing new burden
muscle all the Hrmcr. Not one solitary insane,
can be found, either in English history or in
American history, in which parry ever acquired
power by working against a war in which the
nation was cnCe fairly embarked II has been
tried over and over again from the first existence
OF parties, but has uniformly failed, If this has
bcen the uniform result whyre nothing
but the pride or the material interes.
OF the nation was concerned, the ma
tural impulse must operate with vastly
greater force when tue life of the nation Is at
stake. II was downright nfAuiton IN the icaders
at Chicago 10 Imagine that the American pgoE'e
WOnId consent to give up the war as failure and
trust 70 an " ultimate convention" 20 decide upoa
the national fate. II was great weakness in
General Mcclellan to fancy that he could stand
on that Chicago platform and vet satisfy the
national sentiment Of the people by q few glitter
ing generalities. General McCiellan's strongest
support has come from our adopted citiz ms the
very portion OF our people who have none Of that
iEbOtn sentiment.
They cast n great multitude OF votes and Fin
ordinary times hold tho balance of power But
III struggle Ike this ihOy could accomplish
nothing. When the life Of tbs nation is cOu-
Cernedj the sovereign power Is sure tJ be eXer-
clSed by them who have sprung from the soil of
the natOn-Hnd exercised, too, with the same
resistiess sweep we have just seon.
II is true that the natiyc-bOfn americans of the
Southern States have been deficient in this na-
tional sentiment. This is bee lUsg the present
generation Of them have been yigilted BY being
bred il the false doctrines Of the { uh 1un school
Of State Rights. But that wa, rcud. cred DO ,sible
only by peculiar circumstances connected With
peculiar Institution. That in. unLiun will soon
disappear, and we SHALL then see the uld national
feeling again assert itself among the magscs of
the Southern people; and the gccoh will dash
forever from public lie very Sgutb6ru politician
who has set it ut naught.
Abraham Lincoln having been re elected
President 10y this immense majority, Through
this national sentiment, the practical ques-
tion for the supporters OF GentrI McCIel-
Ian nov, row is in what spirit they viii accept
i. Their orators and thei; Newspapers have
done their Umos' u destroy the cDn.i-
dence OF the people In Mr. Lincoln aul
the policy of bis Administration. ragy hlys
exhausted argument entreIty, denunc,Rtiln,
ridiculc, and detgmg ion. They nave subjected
each and every official a.. 10 the mos, unflyori.
bic criticism, and the worst misEcprosentl.ion,
witbir their power.
They have poured forth = cea,alaSS stream of
abuse Against all The more implri1qt members Og
his Cabinet. WhGteyCr O!igU rLcy ClU.I generate
against him per Sc OrwhatCvrr by association, thgy
have turned toaccnunt. Whatever political capital
they could make for Themselves bv >inglcncSs pf
speech, ana by dpubrgcsj oi s1el,u. tugv hr-n
realized. Whatever power there was 10 gli.er.
ing promises 20 allure, or IN lar,. wlrniHg1 -
intimida'e, or In saIdid appeals 10 corrupt pe in
fierce Trades TO iulame, or In big boasts 10 blu-
boozlc has been piled IN this Presidential CANVAS
10 the utgrmOsE limit, IL has all miserably nilel
Again we ask, what will these people do ahaut!gi
What they ought 10 do Is plain enough. Thew
shoud lay TO heart the lesson that no urhiic
policy, IN these times especially, has any chance,
Which is nc, thoroughly paryadeJ with an in.enss
natiuIa. spirit. They should understand that
this spirit is utterly Incompatible with fl-t5u IN
any form or measuroi G.J t4at opposition 10
PIssiiCu LiuCUlas administration on zv-gg1
W bout practical Crd, Is faction, Du-g and
simple. Ly The severe. gH decree OK taa people.
Mr L.nDon viii DO again Pryailent1 OF the Ua..eI
states lor four years from tho fourth 0i March
nest 10 Is now impCsribl3 10 pu5 another mlu
in hi5 place
lie has in charge the most lrduoug work ever
inIJ ted 10 mortal hands. He Lus risAt ,D the
sympalDetC encouragement, the generous crlti-
cisID, ma The cf.c i've material and moral sup.
port OF ali the people, without. distinction o.
party We are not without the hope tha. tho
present opposition will recognize this, ana viii
now, for time at least, drop its character as an
opposition ard, with O national spirit, will work
with all national men in carrying this war
through to it5 legitimate CnJ, which, % ths
people lave decided, alone can secure The Hu3
national destiny.
"A woman was found dead IN her bed h.cly
az Bordeaux, and the doctors asscr. that sh3 died
from The enCcts OF the smell oil .uiaces, largo
basket of which Was found in the room.
1t is said that he news Of the death Of Jules