American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-11-14
The Grand Result

The political campaign which has abb
sorbed So much of the peoples attention
for some months past, and upon viii ch
50 much depended, came to glorious
termination on Tuesday, of last week
On that day twelve States voted for mem
bers of Congress, for State officers, and
in most cases for members of the Leg
islature' Two of these, Delaware and
Maryland, with the assistance of rebel
votes (returned rebel soldiers) went Dem
ocratic, the remaining ten went Repub-
lican.
Commencing in the East we have
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Which rolis up.her majority of 10000,
electing her entire Republican delegation
to Congress- Two of her delegation,
Boutwell, and Butler, are pledged to bring
forward bills of impeachment against the
President Her Legislative ticket was
equally successful, there is not Demo
crat in the State Senate, and only five or
six n emSers in the House
In New York, the struggle was more
fierce, and the Gual Issue more'uncerta in.
Here the great detection in our party
was supposed to be most potent. The
leaders Of the Conservative wing of the
party, including Seward, Weed and Ray.
mond, had joined hands With our polt-
ical enemies. Indeed, Seward had pub
Iicly declared that they would beat us
forty thousand, how strange to realize
that Seward was against us, and in coun-
sci with the New York rebels! Mayor
Hoffmvn, popular Democrat, was the
nominee of the Conservatives and Demo
Gratis. The. present Gov ernof, Fenton,
was our candidate. The issue was watch
ed with n ost intense interest throughout
the whole country, and by none with
more solicitude than johnson aud Sew
ard. What a qualification to realize that
campaign which opened so unpropi-
tiously, on our part, terminated so glori-
ously. La New York city, large frauds
were perpetrated by false naturalization
papers, and otherwise, which sweled the
Democratic majority of that disloyal city
to an aggregate of47 900, defeating three
Republican Cong ossmen. How cheer
ing to find that this majority has been
overcome by the rema inder of the State,
and the handsome majority of $4,000
rolled up on the right sides Re-electing
Governor Fenton, and also gaining three
members of Congress, thus offsetting our
loss in the city aud sending to the mex
Congress q delegation Of the same COM
plexion of that in the present Congress
twenty one to ten.. Well done, New York
Alas, poor Seward!
NEW JERSEY
Comes next in order. We were never
able to carry her till last fall, when we
elected Gen. Ward Qoyarnor, and with
him Republican Legislature. 1t was
this victory that compelledsPetrolIum V.
Nasby to move his quarters to Ken
lucky. Outside of the State it was hard
ly expected that this victory could be re-
peated. But to the surprise of all, and
the qualification of the friends of prog
ress, the news reaches us that New Jer-
sey has not only stood frm, but has made
grand advance along the whole line,
carrying the State by an increased ma
jority, over 1000, gaining t'co members
of Congress snd electing Legislature,
overwhelmingly Republican.
Delaware, as usual, goes Democratic,
but as she has only one member of Con
gress, nobody cares much for her.