Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-29
OHIO.

In cur psper OF yesterday we gave
some gratifying and encouraging news
a. to The progress OF the campaign in n
diana and Pennsylvania. Ins these
States, and In Ohio on the same day,
Q3lh Of Oetober) elections for State Of
dcers take place. So far as the c2Dvasa
has progressed it has enlisted the ablest
energies Of our party, and unmasksd I'll
the evil designs Of Radicalismi and Win
such signal SUCCESS that from all the best
sources Of information, and even by
Radical admission, we are ahead, and
more than likely to come out ahead IN
this, the first squsre fight we have been
able to make since the war. As al evil
deRce that the Democracy of Ohio are
fully posted as TO the work before
them, and for the more thorough en-
lightenment Of U readers, We publish
to-day, from the Cincinnati Enquirer,
doing able, intelligent and effective
work for the Democracy q table Of re-
turns showing the vote Of the State Of
Ohio "since IS which, it remarks, was
" the year Of tbs organization Of the Re-
publican party, and Of the Know
Nothing surprise, which ccm-
"pletely overwhelmed our organiza,
1" ton. It was Ike falling into a secret
d" pitiall, for which we were totally IN
-" prepared. The Democratic vote, which
"a had been a. high as 189, 900 in 1852,
+" sunk down to IO9, 600 in 1854. The sur
g prise being over, the Democracy imme-
=" diately rallied, ard its vote began to be
" seen in the ascending scale. In 1860 it
g gave the two Democratic candidates
" for the observation-disclosures and
" BRECKINRTDGE-nesrly 200,00 votes,
" having almost doubled its vote in six
Il" years. Then came the war, with It's
" terrorism and is outrage upon ali
Z" Democrats. For three or four years it
" was hazardous TO ones life, liberty and
q property to be a Democrat. At drst,
" under the influence Of this terrible
q pressure, and in consequence or the
" number OF Democrats who enlisted in
Z" the army, the Democratic vote fell OF
4" from 100000 down TO I5I coo. It i'm
" mediateIy recovered in part, as il did
" after the KnOw-Nothing excitement,
" and its vote soon run up to the neigh
" borhOOd Of 1919, coo. AT the Presiden-
g tial election it gave MCCLELLAN aud
F" PENDLEToN 2O7, 600 votes. Since the
g. var its vote has been steadily growing
" stronger st every successive cleo
" ton. Tt was 1900 stronger in
#" 1866 than in 1866, and 2S eco stronger
" in 1867 than in 1866. TIE same
"a causes that led to its increase during
" the last three yesrs, are still st work,
" and We may look Tor another hand
" some gain this fail. The State can
" hardly cast over 500, goo votes, which
I" is 5000 more than il has ever yet
" given, and the Democracy haYe only
. to poll 10, 900 more votes to have one
" half Of the whole number. To do this
p" viii only require about half IS large a
s. gain az We made from 1885 t. 1866. and
. one-thirt So much as we gained FROM
1886 to 1887. This fact indichtss how
easy it is to carry the State. We ought
a certainly to gain - much on car vote
" as We did in 1866, which was the year
"ot tremendous Radical triumph, they
Il attaining 10000 majority. IF We 80,
the Democratic vote viii be 25T, GOO,
" which is a msjo-ity Of 513, 0CO, aa9 it
" eaanOt be beaten. save from The great
"d+strscting csUsOs Of Know Mating
81 ism sad the war, the Democrats vote
q mas nsvsr taken airy considerable step
downward. When it oncs Tssches a
A" figure, it usually msintains and adds