New-York tribune., 1867-10-10
THE ELECTONS-A LESSON

IHE ELEC iIONS-A LEccONs
Late in the Summer of 1862, Mr.. Lincoln was
persuaded after long urging and hesitation,
to issue his cdict of Emancipation. The coun-
try. it was said, was not prepared for it-that
is, the slow coaches were not And, when the
elections that soon followed showed Demo
cratic gains almost evcrywhere-from East to
West-the Conservatives" shouted that Abo-
ltion and Radicalism had received their death
blow. "LOok at Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Wisconsin," :" they exclaimed their ReDubli-
"can majOrties reduced more than half; see
" PENNSYLVANIA carried by the Democrats and
"a U. S. Senator gained, in spite of Lmcons
"large majority; see Ohio, swept clean by
$1,000 majority for the Democrats, who
4" carry fourteen Representatives in Congress
Ga clear gain of seven; see Indiana,
" of the Legislature, twO-thirds of the Repre-
" sentatives in Congress, and a Democratic |.
as. Senator gained IN each; see New-Jerscy,
4" (which gave Lincoln four of her seven
electors, now swept by the Democrats by
over fourteen thousand majority, giving
another Senator, with four Of the five Repre-
sentatves in Congress; look at Ncw-lOrl,
where Lincoln had fifty thousand majority,
and the Union ticket last year a hundred
" thousand, now eecting Seymour Governor
by ten thousand and seventeen to fourteen
Representatives in Congrcss-do you not see
" the handwriting on the wall Isn't it high
" time to give up niggcr-worship, and attend
" to saving the Union?"
These taunts were bitter but the exultation
that impeled them was transient Though
Fredericksburg, and Galveston and the first
repulse at Vicksburg and Charlottesville,
were still before us, the National cause was
not lost, for it was the cause of Freedom and
Humanity. Much less is it lost now though
the false hearts which thought the defeat of
Wadsworth and the loss Of Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Illinois, lessons that only the
blind could fail to read and heed still remain
to renew their croakings, and have another,
though lesser, opportunity
Judge SharswOOd is elected to the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, as we feared he would
be and we believe this the extent of the Dem
ocratic triumph in that State. Many Republi-
cans uOuH vote for him on personal grounds;
yet a good County ticket IN Philadelphia would
have defeated his election. But it was sup
posed that aHy thing would be elected that
could get on the Republican ticket so nomina-
tons were made that the people 'coud not sup
port; while the Democrats having little hope OF
success. nominated three soldiers who had a
good War record for the best offices, and so
gained thousands of votes We trust the les
son will not be lost on those who control nom
nations in our State. We can tell them that
the Legislative jobbers and Railroad robbers
who are fixing things in several districts to
nominate themselves to our next Legislature
may buy ever so many delegates, but cannot
buy the people. Mr.. Jacob Sharp, for example,
will waste his money if he uses it to achieve
Republican nomination.
We shall of course have the old cry renewed
-" See how Ohio has voted down Equal Man
:" hood Suflrage-had mt we better drop the
niger, and take care of ourselves 2r The
answer is ready: Ohio on Tuesday gave more
votes and a larger proportion of her Repub-
lican strength, for Manhood Suffrage, than any
other State has ever given-more by many
thousands than she would ever have given till
now. Say that one Republican in every twenty
went straight over to the enemy on this ques-
ton, and oar veal, brother voted the Re
publican '. but failed " vote for Man