The Evansville journal., 1867-10-15
0fieial Vote Of Vanderburgh and its
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Ofieial Vote Of Vanderburgh and its
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The official vote of Vanderburgh
County, which was published last
week, very clearly established what
We wrote on, the 5night,of election Of
last Tuesday, that the vote Of the
county was light, and the greatest
falling off was on the Republican side.
Beyond the regret at the defeat of
Captain DARLING and the. rest of the
ticket, there is nothing in the official
fguresito lead as to- doubt thatF the
County of Vanderburgh still possesses
its.old Union majority of tbree huns
dred. The total number, of. votes
polled in 1866 was 5,618; while the
number gpolled gpn5 Tuesday last was
only 4,841; showing a falling off
ofn777. ruOf7s this the otDe-
mocracy sustain only 1873, and the
Republicans 594 votes. 1t is very
clear thatsmore than sthreelfourths of
the voters who remained away from
the POLLS on. the 9Th inst, were Re-
publicans, and that fuflqturn out
would have, carried the county for
DARLING by handsome majority;
The Democracy have not beaten as
by the accession of voters to that
party, butt by polling nearly their
full strengths Ybile six hundred Re,
publieansi Neglected their duty to the
country, the county, and their party.
We endure the Modification Of defeat
because of our own Indifference. If
the lesson taught these. slothful Re-
publicans shall do us good in the fu-
ture and more important contest, we
can afford to sustain this local reverse.
1t is lesson, however. which the
Democracy have taught us frequently,
and it, is high time We were learning
to avoid ita However insignificant
the offices may be- and whether or not
they involve political questions. the
Democracy understand the import
ance of maintaining their party organi-a
zation under all circumstances, and
gaining victory whenever they can.
1t was not so much to elect County
officer now, as to infcence the elec-
ton in this County and District in
1868, that our opponents rallied their
forces and brought out nearly their
full vote. - IF after the result of last
Tuesday, the Republicans of Evans
vile and Vanderburgh County re-
solve that they will not be caught
mapping again. it will be defeat not
too dearly lost. oop eesu etfsvy ~
1t is hardly necessary for us to say
that we deeply regret the defeat of
Captain DARLING, the candidate upon
whom the political fight was made.
In such a contest where the choice
was so fairly presented to the people
between a true and gallant soldier
and peace Democrat, if the full
vote of the County had been polled,
we might be forced to acknowledge
the result as deciding in Vanderburgh
against the claims of the soldiers, of
the late war for the Union, There
is, however, very little consolation in
the fact that more than four times as
many Republicans remained at home
as would have elected him. Yet even
with the apathy within his own party,
Captain DARLING would have. been
elected, but for the load he was forced
to carry into the canvass in the
shape of outside issues and the grave.
charges which were, made against
other County officers, for whose cono
duet hs was in no, wise responsible.
Every honest and candid Democrat.
does now, and did before the election,
admit that he fully vindicated himself
from any official misconduct or pecu-
1ation. yet it was very evident
that he was greatly embarrassed by
the charges against other officers.
With the indifference of SO ]. many
Republicans, the activity of the De-
mocracy, and the character of the
campaign, the only wonder is that he
was not more disastrously defeated.
There is one fact developed by the
official vote of the 9Th inst. worthy of
note. 1T will be remembered thatit
was very seriously intimated last year
that there was some foul play with