The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-11-28
"Wesf Nirginia."

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We take the following paragraph from a
Republican, paper:
several Virginia papers are discussing
the feasibility Ofrcunihng the state by the
absorption of West Virginia. The subject
has come mp In consequence Of the attempt
of the Stnta of West Virginia to get possess
sion of the counties of Berkeley and Jeiler-
son, against the wish of the inhabitants, by
the SdDtc fictitious process by which the
State was originally divided. II there Is
any Legitimate process by which the two
Nirginias can be consolidated into one,
Congress ioW readily Gire us assent. Two
Virginia senators will thus be got rid of.
In fact Congress would NOT have consented
to the division of the State if the result of
the war had been forcseen. II was nm act
of laithleSsncss and desperation"
That win do. coming from Republican
source. Il foreshadowS the fact that the
partisan majority in Congress by which
the iniquity was perpetrated, have already
got sick of their job. U sfE
In more than one Republican journal, we
have of late noticed the cool ayowal that,
could the men in Congress have toreseen
what complexion of politicians would be
elected TO the Senate and House from "West
Virginia" that so-calIed State would never
have been formed.
1t does not modify or excuse the dishon-
est character of that proceeding. that in
point of fact, the pretended State does not,
and never did exist. Its creation under the
clrcumstancesisin in direct and open violation
of an cypress procisioa of the Constitution /;
and the Republicans in Congress aud in
Lmcoln's Cabinet, who connived at this
fragrant violation of the organic law, have
only succeeded in uphOlding fraud, the
fruits of which they are beginning to find
exceedingly bitter; but they must swallow
the dose, for it is one of their own prescrip-
ton. 1t seems that some of them are now
disposed to remedy the great wrong they
have pTpctratcd IN this matter. 1t is to be
feared however, that their eleventh hour
repentance is not induced by any higher
motive or principle that that which i'm
PEELED them to the commission ofthe wrong,
The Official Canvass of the State.
The official canvass of the State, in the
aggregate, shows that the Democracy
polled n larger vote at the late election than
they ever did before in State contest. 1t
Is some 6000 more than they gave MIR.
VAIIANDIGnAM at the memorable election
for Governor in 1868, and is only some
10000 votes short of those polled for
MCCLELLAN for President last year. The
Democratic vote of 1865 is n majority Of all
the votes polled in Ohio at any Governors
election, save their two contests in 1868 and
1865. In any former year II would have
made the man who received it Governor
While the Democratic vote was larger
than it was in 1868, the vote for Cox is
10000 less than that given to JOIN BRoUGH
in that year. This is pretty good proof
of what was before suspected, that large
portion of BRoUGH's vote was grossly
fraudulent. No candidate ever received
honestly $4,000 votes in Ohio.
Here is the official abstract:
FOR GOVERNOR.
Jacob ID. Cox 293 49,
deorge W Morgan (D)..,...................I 1886
Alexander d(
Cox's majority over Morgan ................. 30 9h
M .. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
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