Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-12
The Rebellion Crushed by the
Election Of Lincoln!

Many ways have been suggested by
which the existing rebellion could be put
down; but, If there is any credit to be
placed In their most solemn observations, the
first, most effective and certain mode OF
suppressing II, in the opinion of the Admin
istration organs was for the people to vote
the Abolition ticket. The Administration
stumpers, presses and pulpit spouters pro-
claimed from one end of the land to the otb-
or, just previous to the election, that vic
tory at the polls would be more effective
than victory in the field; that the rebel
lion was propped on its last legs by the
hope of Democratic success and that
when this hope was taken from it the re-
bellion would crumble to pieces of its own
accord. These were the greatest induce
ments held out to the people by the Aboli-
tionists, and these promises and prophecies
possessed sufficient plausibility to induce
many weak-minded and credulous persons
to ''put bullet into the rebellion" by put
ting a ballot in the box in favor of LINCOLN.
Well, LINCOLN is elected by almost as
large a majority as he had in the North
four years ago. The Endorsement of his
Administration is sufficiently emphatic to
snit its most insatiate camp-follower. We
have observed no complaints in Abolition
Journals of failure to carry all the States
they wanted. No Southern journals of
dates subsequent to the election have been
received, but we have no doubt that when
they do arrive they will be found rejoicing
with their old allies, the Abolitionists, over
the result toward accomplishing which they
contributed so effectively. But in those
same papers we expect to find the realiza-
tion of the glowing hopes of the Abolition
lists; we expect to find the Richmond jour
nails changing their former tone of defiance
to ono of humble supplication; we look to
see JEFF. DAVIS recall his late audacious
message, and utter howl for pardon; we
hope to read accounts of the summary dis
solution of rebel armies; of the spiking of
rebel guns and the striking of rebel flags
at Petersburg; we anticipate a rebel proc
lamation emancipating all the slaves in the
South in order to propitiate LINCOLN and
his Abolition friends; in short,::we hope to
discover the backbone of the rebellion In
apulverized condition, and the Confederacy
falling off of those everlasting last legs
upon which it has been tottering for
three years. ALI this we are led to ex-
pect from an attentive perusal of the
veracious and gifted Abolition journals
during the canvass just closed. If by an
unlucky mischance we should be disap-
pointed-if it should appear that those last
legs are still in motion, carrying rein
forcements from the cradle and the grave
to the rebel army in order to outnumber
our armies-if it shall transpire that JEFF.
DAVIS is as .impudent and defiant, his
armies as active, his Confederacy as strong
and his people as determined as ever-if it
shall appear that the decaying Confederacy
is still in condition to worry through
few more years of its miserable existence
If in short, it comes to pass, as we
hope 1t will not, that the prophecies
and promises of the Administration and
its veracious organs were nothing more
nor less than weak devices of the Abolition
party for electioneering purposes-we shall
really be compelled to renounce our belief
in loyalty, and never hereafter trust in Abb
clifton priests, puritans, prophets or
presses.