Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-11-01
TIE rorB on rHE 4arEvDarE1r

TIE TOTE on THE AALEEDArE8-T
Complete official returns of the entire
vote in this State have been made pub
/ lie. The aggregate vote, estimating the
/ highest vote polIed in each county, is
484 .603. The vote for General Hayes
was 243, sos, the largest vote given for
any candidate. The whole number OF
votes cast for the constitutional amend
ment was 216, ,967, and the whole num-
ber cast against it was 255,84o, making
majority against il Of IS, ,353. There
were II, ,276 blank votes, that is, neither
for nor against the amendment, and
the probability is that the number OF
such votes was much larger, since the
election Judges in many localities as
sumed the responsibility of counting all
the blank votes "No." It is not at
all unsafe to assume, therefore, that
the entire majority of votes actually
cast against the suffrage amendment is
less than $4,000.
& comparison of the vote on the
amendment with previous votes in this
State is very suggestive and partieu-
larly encouraging to the friends of
equal rights. The total vote for the
amendment, as already given, IS 2I6, ,987.
The total vote given for Morgan, Demo-
I cratic candidate for Governor in 1856
was I93, ,697, being o, ,290 votes less than
the vote for the amendment. The total
vote given for Mcclellan, Democratic
candidate for President in 1864 was 2O5,-
SOS, being II, 40 less than the vote for
the amendment.
The aggregate vote given for LeFever,
Democratic candidate for Secretary OF
State in 1866 was 213, ,6O6, being ., 8,381 less
than the vote for the amendment.
The total vote egiven for ValIandigham
/ Democratic candidate for Governor in
1868 was 187, ,492, being 29,495 less than
the vote directly in favor of giving the
elective franchise to negroes.
In short the vote for the amendment
erceIZed By 1881 the largest Democratic
Vote eUeT poLLed 10 Ohio ercep ting the cote
FOR THasgma1, and is but q, ,635 behind
that vote.
Delaware county gave ?, ,446 votes for
the amendment, being 463 more than
she gave for Col. Reid, Democratic can
didate for Congress in 1866, $50 more
than she gave for Yallandigham in 1868,
739 more than she gave for Armstrong,
Democratic candidate for Secretary of
state in 1864, 535 more than her vote for
Mcclellan in 1864, III more than her
vote for Morgan in 1865, and 495 more
than her vote for LeFever in 1866! F! In
short the vote for the amendment in
this county is greater by 495 than that
given for any Democratic candidate in
the county prior to the year 1861
We see nothing in these statements
discouraging to the friends of equal
loyal suffrage. We seriously doubt
whether seven years ago this measure
could have received so votes in this
county or 10000 in the State. But in
the year eighteen hundred and sixty
seven 216s9 s987 of Ohio's intelligent and
patriotic freemen go to the ballot box
and voted directly and positively for
this just and righteous measure. All
honor to Ohio for this noble vote. 1t is
brilliant augury Of better things to
eome-of the glorious dawn of reason
and the dissipation of the darkness of
prejudice and hate.
Friends of justice, of loyalty and of
equal rights take heart. The triumph
is at hand.
For impartial suffrage, YES.