, 1865-06-09

It is With bitter humiliation that We record
tic result Of yesterdays election In thl5 c. J.
Fer several days 1t was quite evident that Pre-.
paratons we1s on foot Tor desperate enort
on the part Of the enemies Of the NeW new Gon, n
any OF nil means, however criminal. In TINS
efIrrt they have succeeded, but n dong 80
hare made record against themselves, "nieA
will not cnIy condemn them In the eyes VI
ht nest men If all parties, but In au pTooa-
b'lity defeat the very object they hays neen
striving to accomplish. They have becn go
bold In their frauds and pcrjurlcs that the
proofs Of their vil1ainies are to be found On
every hand. There is not tile slightest dna-
Guilty in establishing that the most mon
strons violation Of Inv has boen pe1pe tlateo,
and d TO That ngency y ~ great ps1t Is Tue fesu1'
Through the Whole Of yesterday cams re-
rorts Of the most high banded measures be-
fpE openly 1esorted to By tho enemies 81 thc
Constitution III an parts Of the city. we %
not propose now 10 enter into details, which
puhuc5A due time. 1t is enough to say now
that the disloJal population Of the city,
Which Jnst ut this time is unusually large,
embracing returned rebels from the south,
| large plumbers Ct disloyAl men from the
| Interior Of tho State, and 3 vast coucoursc OF
Southern sympath'z1ng British to:csionls3I,s'
IL d ID sore precincts fairly carried them by
| stolnl. Thou:auds Of these men voted,
| where not ono of them was legally entitled
to Gust ballot. Every one Of them was re-
quircd hy law to sweAr that le had always
lcen loyal to the Government. and yet men
Just from the rebtl ranks-mcn who have been
tritd by military commission and banish he'd
10! disloyalty-lnen wtu have been notorious
IS loud.mouthcd ssece.sionists-Voted, and in
some instances, as We are told, voted repeat
eal9, These men, probably In majority OF
Iukts, went through the form Of taking the
oath; but at the time protesting that It was
wholly Illegal md void, and treating 1t as q
jukc. In this belief they were publicly in-
strueted by their leaders In the newspapers
and on the stump, the most extraordinary
opinion Of Judgu Bates being quoted as chief
authority. In many instances, however. as
we n1e informed, the oath WAS really not ad-
n1inIstered, and men without reference to
residence, antecedents, character or anything
else crowded in upon the polls aud voted ad
fibitusn. Fortunately these election returns
hare to pass through the hands Of the Secre'
ta1y ofS1ate, who Is radically loyal mar,
and 1t will be Ills duty to thoroughly scarch
fIaud.
Other causes to some extent orerated to
produce the result we have to record. 4 most
unfor .nnate and an unius1ltabIc dtsatitcuon
on tho part OF the Rudieal Germans OF the
city lost the Constitution many hundreds Of
| fDll6 ~ tuOuiQ uAfE 4EES1fEA LII LAk< u
wu1ds Of tue city. We mention another
agency which has considerable to do with
tho nlnttcr. It Is known that the PATRONAGE
Of the Federal Government III this city, which
is VERY large, is mostly III the hands of Con
serra ives, men who have opposed the whole
l1ee edom movement in this State-the samc
Who wele rejected from the Baltimore Union
Convention last summer, but who la7e bsen
permitted to retain the positions they &C.
quIrfd when Edward Bates and the blair IN.
tlueucc were powers in the Cabinet. There
men actively, and with the numerous aux.
Iilaries they could csmmard, openly oppo sed
the Constitution, presenting the singular
spcctacles ct the agents o1 the Government,
fighting measure Which 1t was we'll known
The President md all his legal advisers were
STR ngly in favor Of.
We d0 not despair Of the rcsnlt In the Safe.
| Ne arc satisfied thut Missouri Is both free
ind loyal, and has 20 declared By 1atdy ing
the New Constitution.
Returns from The Interior a-e yet meager,
but unless nll our informa' ion is grossly un.
reliable, the msjority in this city and county
will be easily overcome. The soldiers seem
to have gore, almost to INN, In tavor d
tue new Constitution, and their vote will be
| large, and when returned 1cR{ De counted and
net rejected. as was the case when the Con
seryatiyes and copperheads were in power at
Jefferson City.