The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-29
The Election.


those best qualified to Judge correctly Of
the probable result Of the election on Thurs
day, the Republicans seem to have elected
their ticket in this county. Assurances
had keen given from every township, that
3, the full opposition vote would be cast, and
upon this our hopes of success were based
When it came to the test. however many
of those who would have voted the Nc
CLELLAN ticket staid away from the polls
and suffered their opponents to carry every
thing as they desired So far as we know,
the election was managed with good de.
gree Of fairness, and the MCCLELLAN
men can blame no one for their defeat but
themselves. There is no doubt, there can
be no doubt that handsome majority of
the legal voters of Ohio county are opposed
to the present administration aud to the
three years, but the voters have so long
submitted to this state of things that it is
extremely difficult to arouse them to use
the remedy which is in their hands. We
have been beaten, not because the RepHb-
iicans polled too many votes, but because
We did net poll enough; and we did not
poll enough votes simply because Their"
were scores of MCCLELLAN men, both in
town and country (but especially in the
country who did not vote at all. The
figures of the Republican majority would
have expressed Aery nearly the preponder-
ance on the other side, had all in Ohie
county, who are opposed to LINCoLN's ad-
ministrstion voted the opposition ticket
last Thursday. Ash is, We have good rea-
son to believe that we have carried the
county on the "home vote" The soldiers
vote is all included in the official returns
which we print elsewhere, having been
sent in from the army some time ago,
and we have no means Of knowing exactly
how large il is. Judging, however, from
the number of soldiers known to be in the
service fro,n this county, it may fairly be
presumed that their vote exceeds 367, the
average majority Of the Republican ticket.
But let us learn wisdom from the past,
and grid ourselves anew for the more i'm
portant contest on the 9Th of November
All honor is due to those who in this city
and elsewhere have stood up so manfully
for the right during the struggle just past
The spirit and ability they have already
demonstrated give promise of renewed Wig +
in the election which is to decide our ma
lions fate. This is no time to falter or Give
way to discslragement. We have snn red
temporary check, not a compitc ever
throw. Much has been gained n that We
have reorganized our party and made even
as gallant fight as we have, after 30 long
period'of inaction and oppression. By as
much as the issue to be decided on the Stb
of November is more important that the
merely local questions arising out of last
Thursdays election, by so much should we
put ioiIu Stea'e' eA'i'i"hs anu laDof more
diligently for success. If every man who
feels that the reelection of ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN will prove disastrous to the nation
will do his duty faithfully between this
time and the evening of November Stb, the
official returns OF the election in Ohio coun>
ty will show a result far different from tina,
which We publish this morning. .-