The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-09-24
The Late Elections.

The Late Elections.
Democratic arithmetic is queer thing.
Like machine music, it grinds out whatev-
er is asked for. Before the recent cleo
tions, it made either defeat of the Re
publican party, or a falling off in It's vote,
Cor which is the same thing, keeping 1t
what it was last Year, certain indication
of the election of Seymour and Blair. The
elections over, and the same arithmetic
works out that the result means nothing, /
neither harm to the Democracy, nor good |
to Republicans. Before the elections, the !
result of last year, when Maine gave. us
eleven thousand majority, was taken as the
basis of all calculations OF this years re-
suits, and our lean majOrities as evidences
of political reaction, so often prated
about by our opponents. The real slgnlh-
cance of the result in Maine and Vermont
is that we have retained our former ma
jorities. In 1861, local jealousies and
contests reduced our usual majorities III
many P1~@no and nhliterated them in 9th
ers. These facts were heralded before
the world as clearest evidence of popular
reaction, or, to use the language Of Horatlo
Seymour, ''whirling tide" that was going
to sweep the Republican party from ma
tional power. While many of the deluded
followers of Democracy looked for Dem
ocratic victory this year in Maine, the
leaders dared scarcely hope SO much,
but certainly wished, expected, and ardu-
ously labored to prevent any increase on
our majority of last year. Either they
expected this, or Geo. H. Pendleton from
the west, and Sunset Cox from the east,
and others from different sections, were
sent to that State for the very purpose OF
laboring in vain. Had they succeeded
not in clecting their ticket, but in keeping
our majority down to last years standard
cannon, roosters, and bunting would have
been made to celebrate the evidence Of the
popular reaction" before spoken OF. Bu
our majorities having gone up to theil
usual ratio for many years back, wha
COOlu DC cNlucuCc IildG luCiS ID h'
popular reaction against us
We have dwelt thus long on the Main
election, though there is nothing in tn
result so far as that State is itself concern
cd to warrant us in so doing. If the Stat
give thirty thousand majority for Gran
and Colfax, it will cast but seven elector;
votes in their favor If it give but thirt
majority, it will cast the same number
All that makes the Maine and Vernon
elections significant is their moral effec
and On this campaign) the evidence The
do OF do not afford Of great changes amor
the people from the Republican to Dem
cratic ranks. Last year, when our oT
State elected Democratic Judge by Il
than thousand majority, she was class
among the rcactionary States. Althou
every discerning man i'll the State kn
that apathy in some districts, as IN Al
ghany county, local dissatisfaction in O
ers, as in Philadelphia. and local fights
others, as in Erie, and general lnditfereI
over the entire Commonwealth, caused
adverse result, yet the people of our st
were made to appear abroad AS tired
Republican rule and anxious for ret
to that of Democracy.
TO help themselves out OF the dilcn
into which the Eastern elections have
them. our Democratic friends rcsort
many expcdients. Among others is
argument based on the elections IN
State and ours in 1856, when Fremont
AGAINST Buchanan 1t is true enough
We then looked to the election IN Malr
indicating the drift of public sentln
and when that State elected the Rep