Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-28
The Political Hurricane i'm West
-Eirginia n Radicalism Blown
Sky High. =.

The Wheeling Register, of Monday, has the
following in relation to the Democratic tri-
umph. in West Virginia. In another Fartis
Gle in the same paper it gives the returns
from the several counties, showing a
steady andincreased gain in ALL; c.ist uo9 ,
The fact will be recollected that when the
Democracy went into the field to battle for
their principles, it was under the most ad.
verse circumstances. 90 s. '[aaW "a1
In each county Registers were appointed
blythe Governor and responsible, to him
alone, whose fiat was irrevocable as to the
right of men to vote. Under their manip-
.ulation some OF the best and truest Union
men in the State were disfranchised as reb-
els, because they would vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, while men who ght during
the war as bushwhackers and spies for the
secession forces, were allowed to vote as
true Union men. Under such circumstances
the victory is one worth Dragging over. sl
ta THE RESULT IN WEST vIRGINIA. ia ias,
Although the returns from the late cleo
tiOn in this State come in with provoking
slowness, they indicate results Of the most
satisfactory character. Tolereblyf COM
plete reports are in from about eighteen
counties out of the fifty three composing
this State. They show net Democratic
gain of about twenty-five hundred, and
the same ratio of gain throughout the
State,i which ratio certainly exists, gives us
West Virginia by a handsome majority.
All the Radical strongholds, or nearly
all, have been, heard from. In no other
quarter could the Radicals expect any
gains on the majority of two years ago..
Theyo have failed to receive them even
there, and OF course can expect nothing
but greater losses in the Democratic reg
ions from which we are now beginning to
hear, .,s=aIl 5iGEHC JsEt IN .rIE-tsa7 1nFf.
We look for Democratic gains in the re-
naming counties ch1ar9er than in those
that have been heard from. 1t is true that
their vote in the past has not beenevery
heavy. but this fall their registration has
been immense, and in some sections unan-
imously Democratic. The changes, too,
from Radicalism to Democracy have been
very great, and these alone would almost
give us the State. Taking the new votes
into the count, we are satisfied that the
thirty odd counties whose returns are not
yet in, will give us amply sufficient gains
to show Democratic majority in the State
OF from twenty five hundred to three
thousand. 9fhsru sl t9ai5r- .s;lIiv,rrr r-r
In the Legislature we. have gained hand
somely. We have gained one Delegate in
Jefferson, one in Hampshire,2 one in Min
eral, probably one in the Grant and Hardy.
District, two in the Peasants and Wool
District, and we hope two in Harrison
county, although it is claimed that Davis
and Wilson are beaten in the latter county
by about 49, Henry G. Davis, Esq, is un-
doubtedly elected to the Senate from the
Hampshire District, and Peterson, we
learn, has beaten Farnsworth in the Up
shur county District. These are both
gains. In; the Greenbrier region, and
other distant portions of the State, we
shall certainly increase largely our
strength in the Legislature. There is every
reason to believe that we shall have ma
jority on joint ballot, and thus be able to
send Democrat to the U. S. Senate as the
successor of Mr.. Van Wrinkle. Two out of
the three members of Congress from this
State seem to be ours, and the case of the
third is by no means hopeless. u
With such results as these already as
sured, how thoroughly inspired for the
work of November 81 should be every
Democratic heart. The glorious deeds Of
last Thursday thrilled the nation from one
end to the other. If we do not falter in the
work, we can give the State to Seymour
and Blair by an increased majority, and
will make permanent and secure the fruits
of Democratic victory for which we have
so earnestly longed and $50 diligently la
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