The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-10
The state Election.
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From the n. O. True Delta, Feb pa
It would be difficult to over-estimate
the political effect, and the Importance
of our State election of yesterday All
sorts of Omens and prophecies were in
veked by the opponents of civil reor-
ganization, who confidently expected or
feigned the election to prove failure
Although the so-called iron-clad oath
was imposed as requisite in addition
to the qualifications required by the
constitution of 1852, the vote was as
full as was the case at ordinary State
elections in time of peace, say from 1854
to 1860 Were it not for the rebel occu-
patton of a portion of our State, the
vote Of the State would probably have
been as large as has been polled for
State officers at any election during the
past ten years. Large numbers of citi-
zens who in Know-Nothing, proslayery
and secession times, took no interest
in public affairs and studiously remain
ed away from the polls, came out yes
terday, and with pleasure contributed
their sufirages to the civil reorganiza-
ton of Louisiana.
The vote elected yesterday was q full
and emphatic response to and endorse
ment of the Presidents plan OF rein
stituting civil governments in the re-
coded States, as 1t has been faithfully
followed and carried out by Gen Banks
The success of the election, the fullness
of the vote, and the general alacrity of
the people in casting their suffrages for
the respective tickets, arc fraught with
more importance to the future of the
States of the Gull, and Gen Banks has
accomplished more in this civil success,
than would be afforded by a new mill
tary victory added to the lustre of his
fame
There is another and an Important
indication developing itself from the
events of yesterday 1t is now clear
that the so-called Conservative ticket,
notwithstanding the strength and popu-
larity of its names, is the third in the
race, in the aggregate vote of the State
While the regular Free State ticket is
far ahead OF all, that of the seeding
portion of the Free State party leads
the ticket of the CONSERVATIVES. The
result and the moral are plain. The
Conservative leaders called upon their
followers to take the iron-clad Their
followers came up and took it. They
used tremendous exertions, and polled
their utmost strength This party
went into the field not with Northern
Copperhead platform, but as Conser-
vatiye Union party, and in favor of the
vigorous prosecution of the war for the
1 restoration of the Union
On the score of patriotism and Union
ism, their names and their views were
as fully entitled to respect and support
as either of the two other tickets run
ming before the people But their fatal
mistake was attempting to ignore the
the issue of the day, the vital issue be-
fore the people of Louisiana, SO import
ant to its present and its future On
the subject of slavery they preserved a
sullen silence; there was no public
avowal of pro-slaveryism or anti-slaYe-
ryism; no platform for the solution of
the yexed questions that must be set
tied IN this State In their attempt to
ignore the principal issue, the voters
/ ignored them, showing that as a mass,
our citizens are determined to make
this now aad forever a free State, and
they viii have no trihing with this
matter