The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-09-24
MAINE.


cause to rejoice over the glorious news
from Maine, II was universally concO-
ded that the result Of the contest In thSt
State would foreShodoW the result Of
the Presidential election. Having this
10 view both parties put forth their us.
most strength and the reIul! has been
an overwhelming defeat of the Demoo.
racy. They have been routed horse,
foot and dragoon. The vote is the lar
geSt ever poled in the State. Cham
berlain's majority over PilSbury, is eSIi'
mated at fully 29,ooo-a gain Of over
10000 over last year.
Both parties miscalruIaLed. How
terribly The Democrats were deceived,
the result shows. Their noble majority
ranging from 10000 to %. OOc, and the
election of every member of Congress.
every State Senator and seven. eiglhs Of
the House OF Delegates, proves that
even the Republicans did not know how
determined were the people to resist The
new rebellion proclaimed by the Sey-
mour and Blair Convention. Confident
as they were that they would carry the
State by an increased m joriIy they had
not fully estimated the strength that
would be exertod in their behalf. The
Pittsburgh Commercial says: "Maine is a
soldier Stale, State Of tried and true
soldiers. too. Nearly every one Of them
il would seem, has voted as he fought.
taking for Lis motto, Loyalty must pre-
serve what loyalty Wou." The speeious
greenback arguments, the gross misrep-
reservations and frantic appeals concern
ing debt and tOx,liou, were Without
avail. The intelligent voters Of Maine
understood the issue perfectly. Seeing
the rebel lCgious under their old leaders
and flag swarmiug to the front, and
hearing the same "rebel yell" that had
mingled with the din OF many hard
fought fell, the voters of that State, es.
pecially the veterans of the war. psrceiv.
ed as clearly that the issue was, shall
the verdict OF the war stand? as they did
10 the spring of 1861 that the question
was, shall the Republic stand or fall!
"The popular inSliact was not wrong,
The result ,oW exert an important. il not
decisive, influence on the Presidential
struggle. No matter how a Democrat
talks, or what may be bis resort to keep
his courage up, no one knows better than
ho that the result in Maine foresh adowS
the reSultas between Grant and Seymour
It proves that the arguments made use OF
by the Democratic party are lost on tho
people; that The soldiers are for Grnt, 10
larger numbers even than they were for
Lincoln; that as Maine leads will nearly
il not quite every Northern State follow
and that the cause represented by Sey-
mOur and Blair is. even now, utterly
hopsless,
Thus ends the first test case. The
Republicans Of the whole countB thank
"a thousand times thank-Lheir breth-
rem 10 Maine for making SO gallant o
fight and winning so great victory. 1t
will strengthen their hands everywhere,
and be worth thousands of votes. II
there was before any doubt, there GER.
taiuly is none now, that Pennsylvania,
in October and November both, will
stand by the side of Maine. We say 10
our friends everywhere, never doubt
Pennsylvania. Her vast soldier vote
will De cast as Names has been cast,
and will be again cast in November.
The issue between Loyalty and Treason
is as plainly defined here as it was there
No device, no deception or so called ar.
gument, from auy quarter, can bliGd our
people TO it, Pennsylvania, both in
October and November, will declare
that the vcrdict ofMs ,oar shall stand.
IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WORKING IN THE INTER-
EST OF REBELS!