Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-12
THE ELECTION IN MAINE.
brightly breaks the Morning"

Brlgntly breaks tno morning..
One year ago, the loud shouts of Radical
ism that Maine had gone against the De-
mocracy by $4,000, her largest majority,
grated most harshly on our ears.
Again Maine has voted, but the Radicals
are now silent. They have no shout for
Maine-none for her majority. But the
Democracy cheer-they send back the
shouts of last year, with will, and glorify
that the Star of the East, like the star of
Bethlehem has risen to give comfort and
good cheer to those who are in favor of
Peace on Earth and good will to man.
One year ago, CHAMBERLAIN as the Rad
ieal and PILLsBURY as the Democratic can
didates for Governor contested the State.-
CHAMBERLAIN was elected by mojority,
inrround numbers, of 1900. F3E
| On Monday last, the same candidates
having again been nominated, were again
before the people. The decision of 1866
was reversed in 1867. From the returns in
the majority of $1,000 has already been lost,
and the. telegraph announces that it will
take day or two to decide with certainty
whether the Radical candidate is defeated
or elected. AS each successive telegram
made the news from Vermont. California
and Maine better aud better for the Demo-
cracy, we have but little hesitation in say
ing that the Radical Negro Suffrage candi-
date is defeated, and that the Democratic
candidate is elected Governor of the State
| In the last Senate, not Democratic mem
bers had a seat. The Democracy on Mon
day elected eight certain.
In the last House of Representatives the
Radical majority was large and overwhelm-
| ing, but thirteen Democrats having seats.
AT the late election, over one half of the
one hundred and fifty members elect
ed are Democrats. This fact we CLEAN from
kilograms to the New York papers which
state the Democracy count on a majority
in the House, and that the counties of York,
Lincoln, Knox and Aristook have all gone
Democratic, and there is a prospect of
carrying Washington countyl rsis wt
A later telegram, which will be found in
to-day's STATESMAN, shows that this pros
pect of carrying Washington county has
changed to a fixed fact, and it is her dele
cation in the lower House which we claim
| Will SeGGi0 dll UOuUGS dS W bu0 Del1lOCTdIlc
majority in the lower branch of the Maine
| Legislature. .-.
Whether the Democracy have carried
their Governor and a majority of the Leg
islature or not, enough is known to enable
us to assure our readers that within one
year the Radical majority of $4,000 in
Maine has been swamped and that like
gain in Ohio would give the State to the
Democracy by over one hundred thousand
of majority.
No event more crushing to the hopes Of
the Negro Suffrage advocates could have
happened. They dreamed not of losing
the State-and laughed at the idea OF Dem
ocrats contesting the field against their
most popular Governor. This election has
crushed all their hopes of carrying Ohio
and Pennsylvania. The sober second
thought of the people is fatal to their
hopes" "A
The Ohio and Pennsylvania elections are
the next to take place. The sun which
rises OH the morning after the I'd Tuesday OF
October next, will shine upon victory
that will forever end the hope of making
either of these mulatto State.
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