The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-16
Western Correspondence
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The EIeciiOn-.N Missouri |
X 90 Na ST LOUIS Mo. Nov, 26 b, 1864. !
EDITOR DEMOCRAT When, in October
last | promised to write you letters, occa'
siOnaIly tor publication. ] did not suppose
So luug n time would intervene. before max.
iug an effort to respond to your request
have seen so much that 10 wonderful, new |
aud suggestive Of news, and, besides, have
bccD so absorbed in my own affairs that
could not fed timo nor inclination to ar
range and systomaiize anything Tor publ
cation. But, as a beginning must DO made
sometime, / now scratch this basty scrawl,
hoping il may interest your readers. many
OF whom are no strangers to the writer.
F,rst, allow me a word by way OF congrat.
ulation at tho election. What u grand tri.
umph. How ploiions will be tho conse-
auencesl Lot the people ail rejoic' ;hold your
meetings OF JnbIIation, ring tho bells. sound
tho tiinbrcls. discharge :ito crackers, small
arms aud cannon. msko speeches. and let
the country rosound through its length and
breadth. with ono universal shout OF jov, for
the great American heart 10 true aud ioval,
tho Government is TO be saved Freedom
TO be universal. and Uuion and Nationality
to bo nne aud ipsrI arabie. bow and forever J!
Tho baro coniem pla,ion OF tho grand re.
suits makes the heart bouud and tho sys.
tom thrill with the Intensity of tho delight.
causing one to feel proud Of our g0rious
country, and desire to live 10 aud for the
| tututo.
The papers Of the East do not seem to
give to this State tho full glory to which
she is entitled in this contest. Missouri
has all along boen counted as doubtful. and
since the election she has been PIT down as
having cast her ballot for Lincoln by a small
majority and then left to rest. This is.
| perhaps, due TO the slow manner in which
she canyassce her votes; but IL should be
known that Missouri nas gone Radical by a
mbjority larger than has Ohio voted Union
on her home vote. The majority Ioi Lin.
coin and the whoIo Rhical ticket will be
30 600 Sho' has elected majority OF Rad
. icals 10 tho Legislature. Ave ut least of the
) Congressional deleea ibb, and has carried Il
Convention. To which she has elected large
and cbntroiline majority of Radicals lr
d some of the counties. Conservative or Nc
Cieilan votes wore scarcs. Mercer County
:, cast but two Mcclellan votes out of I 900
II Since the election, thcso rnon have found II
for their interest and pleasure to sell and
move 10 Iowa. a -
The State Convention will assemble rarly
in January. in this city, aud II Constitution
will speedily be formed. wiping out Slavery
$ at "a blow. II will also dsffanchise all dis
, ,oval men. robols and rebel sympnihizers
and will make suffrage universal. Ii will
not only givo immediate emancipation /,
all slaves, but it will, at the same time Gle
vate tho man who Ia now slave into th
iuii dignity of American citizenship. Tn
word white will nowhere -oRr in the Ney
: Constitution
Senator Brown has recently published
n very significant letter, taking this ground
l. and the refrain has been caught up by III
Il Missouri Democrat and rho ST. Louis Di,
u pntth two OF tho leading Radical pa pei
y here. which will be followed by :ha Gcrma
, papers, as well as all tho Radical papers
r. the State.
y These peoplo are truly loyal. They hav
70 been converted by tho march of ideas: tn
u arguments issued from tho cnnnon's mOutl
II they havo beeD baptized by fire, and man
y have scaled it with their blood Tho bloc
y that has been shed by the guerrilla. th
g"I midnight assassin md tho prowling murau,
T. or, under the false and assumed name
"a Confederate soldiers. has come from It
{. MARTYRS OF Freedom. which has wntercd al
W rovivifird the young Radical plant that
IA lately found foothold here. through Il
n German element. until il has grown 20
;" Il mighty power, sweeping every Thing befo
W IT, Ii viii not be long until this viii be Il
o. Banner Sat0 for Liberty. ...
'' Massachusetts and Ohio had bett,
look out for their laurels, Soon they ca
III no longer 10 reckoned as Abolition Stat
e. propor. Maryland and Missouri will tai
50 the load. and especially will Missouri 10,
"a on tho suffrage question. Ohio will fad
~ ~ necessary to almond her Constitution. so
w to ~ipo out The Odous distinction mat
Is among the citizens. .. .... ......
u lhavo hut little more to say now. mus
OF however, say that this is a great country T.
No one can conceive OF it's greatness. gram
"a eur, wealth and ricbness until no comes al
, secs for himself Missouri will be Il
wealthiest and best State in the Union,
!" Lying canlral within the great Mississip
Basln, central on the ConIiDeD with h
ee vast fertile plains. her Numerous strean
her prairie and timber being about tqu
n her riCb mineral deposits, her great exte
'at of nayigable rivers, her railroad system,
Dl, combined, must make her tho great,
rd State in this vast collection Of great Stat
~ Her climatn is mild. healthy and agreoab
,... her people are generous; and, on becomi
'e tree from Slavery and guerrillas, as she 30
ATE win be. nc State will bound forward in I
b road to greatness aud wealth as will NJ
ore souri Give her tho energy aGd eotsrpr
ty, which viii! bs brought on by The new po,
ted laion now settling here, aud which will fl
o.i in with incessant volume in u few mont
10 aud no one will be able to measure
' 'hs greatness, nor limit her growth. r.t...
'''' More anon. Yours,
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