The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-24
The Grea, Victory.

more than the passing notiee Wo "oio
able to give it yesterday morning, amid
the hustle and excitement which always
centres at the newspaper office OF the
victorious party whe returns are being
brought in. The counting OF the vote IN
the Seventh, Second and Fifth wards
was completed before midnight and 1t
was then evident that the Democratic
ticket was entirely successful, and when
the returns from the Sixth ward were
brought in showing that last years Re
publican NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. been
turned into Democratic majority OF
sirty:Fve, there were many apparently
extravagant predictions as to what the
ultimate majority in favor of the Dem:
ocratic candidates would be. But ez-
trayagant asthe suppositions seemed,
they all fell below the reality, and when
yesterday morning it was found that the
noble old First had done her whole duty
and that not only the Third but also the
Fourth ward, where the Republican
ark ofthe covenant" has heretofore been
said to rest, had been redeemed from
Republican control and made to yield
handsome naiorities in favor of the Dem
ocratic ticket, and the full proportions
of our victory stood forth, the enthusi-
asm and rejoicing of the Democracy
knew no bounds. Every wardin the city
except the Seventh has been carried by the
friends of conservatism, and in the soil
tary Seventh the Republican majority
has been greatly reduced We have
elected our entire city ticket b. major-
ties averaging ADORE fire hundred, and, at
the same time. have CAMEL ten members |
of the lower branch Of tho city Council |
and three in the upper thus, giving us
control of all the departments OF the |
municipal government For the Repnh-
iican party it is such a defe at as they
never before experienced in this city,
one that falls upon them with crushing
weight, ana from whose influence 1t wall
be many months before they recover
That it may prove n death blow to the
negro suffrage party III this county and
encourage conservative men throughout
the state TO stand mp for the night and
throw off the political domination ofthc
wronq, is hoped and desired hy ali true
friends of their country anl their race
denomination Of the vote cast ilst
Monday aud its comparison with
that Of last year reveal some interest
ING facts The aggregate vote this year
IS o453, BEING al more than was polled |
last year. and showing that The Repnh !
lean party was not defeated ~ has been |
claimed, by the failure of It's l"emher5 to
deposit their ballots, but that, on the
contrary every available vote was
polled. Comparing the Vote for Mayor
this year with that of one yerr ago, We
find that the Democratic gain is $3.50, and
the Republican loss If. Surprising that
all of this ia who supported the Re-
publican ticket last year voted for Mayor
SWEENEY, last Monday, if their votes be
subtracted from the number east Tor MIR
SWEENEY and added to those east for
his opponent, still Mr. SWEENEY has u
majority of 259, showing that, AL Repub
| lean votes Being left ont, the Democratic
party has majority within it. own
ranks of nearly 300 in the city The
present gain is occasiOned partly by the
fact that many Democrats voted last
Monday who had not voted before du.
ring the past five years, and it - also
partly due to acCessions from lie ranks
of the Republican party
Not only in this city bat throughout
this aud other States in the Union
there arc many men who have hereto
fore been identified with the Republi.
can party, under some one of its various |
names, and have lahored honestly and |
faithfully FOR the spread of the princi-
pies which that party professed, but
they did not surrender up theiy manhood
10 the keeping of the party leaders nor
sacrifice q party their independence of
thought and action. Consequently,
when its representatives in Congress
committed the Republican party finally
and beyond recall to the advocacy and
support of the doctrine of negro suffrage
"A doctrine revolving to the instincts of
every lover of his race aud of the advau-
tages of American citizenShip--these
men felt that that party was no longer
tie ono that had claimed their support |
and its new position being abhoEreut |
to their firmly fixed belief in the superi. |
GRITTY of the white race, they were alb
solved from al allegiance to it. This
class OF our citizeus helped to swell the
conservative majority last Monday, and
may safely. be relied upon for their aid
In future contests, 50 long rs the stigma
of negro suffrage attaches itself to the
Republican party