The Van Buren press., 1870-11-01
The State Elections.


ceived full returns Of the elections re-
Gently held in the great States Of Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and we are
happy to say to our friends that the re
suit is so very gratifying and encoursg
ing to the Conservative cause rs to Jnsti
fy us in bringing out our old ROSTERS and
listen once more TO his honest and IN
spring crow ofvictory and success
In Pennsylvania We have gained four
straighout democratic Congressman and
aided in the election Of several liberal,
Independent republicans who will doubt
less act with the democratic party in Con
gress on all the leading measures of ma
tional policy. In Ohio we have defeated
Schench, the present radical leader ofthe
House Of Representatives, and gained an
accession OF three liberal, Independent
republicans, who opposed the regular
radical candidates. In Indiana our vic
tory has been still more decided. We
have carried the State by $500 majority,
against 10000 radical majority in 1865,
elected democratic Legislatare, gained
two democratic members of Congress and
one liberal, Independent republican. In
the three States We may safely set down
our gains in Congressman at not less than
ten members! This is, indeed, a most
glorious and encouraging result. 1t must
be remembered that we have only to make
a gain Of about forty Congressman in
this fall and winters election to wipe out
the entire radical majority in Congress.
To the gains just named add the three
gained in North Carolina and that gives,
up to this time, a total gain of thirteen.
The New York Times, (rep. of the 18th
inst, in well digested article, comedies
that the democrats in the approaching
elections in those States will certainly
gain tro in New York tpo in Missouri /;
fire in Tennessee one in Wisconsin one
in Texas one in Florida; tpo in Louis
lana, and one in South Carolina. This
piles up FIFTEEN more; but according to
better informed calculations, our gains
in those States will reach nineteen, which
added to the thirteen already gained, will
foot up grand total Of TnIRTY-Two.
The States yet to hold elections. be-
sides those named, are Alabama, Arkan
sas, California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Is
land, Virginia and West Virginia. In
these States we will certainly make the
following gains Three in Alabama; two
in Virginia, and one in West Virginia, or
a total Of sac more, which, added to the
MUty-two. will give us probable gain
Of thirty eight in the States named. That
will leave us two more to gain in order to
make up the required forty. We expect
to make up that deficiency by gain OF
two in Arkansas Shall we do it? All
we have to do is to try, and it can be
done. 1t is in our power to elect Rogers,
Hanks and Edwards; and in view of the
very important fact that the election OF
all our candidates may possibly and even
probably change the complexion Of the
next Congress, we hope that no demo
cratic or conservative vote will be lost or
thrown away. In the above and forego-
ing calculation we have made no allow
ance for any elections in either Georgia
or Mississippi, which if held will give q
conservative majority Of seven or eight
nor for possible gain of one in Michi.
gan, one in Illinois, one in Connecticut
and one in California. Should these
GAINS he made, the a.nnositinn ill l~'''
q cloar ,.nig majority in the Lower
House of Congress. Stranger things
than that have happened. II is remark
able that in no election held in any ofthe
States since the adjournment of Congress,
have the radicals made any gains any
where. They have evidently reached the
climax OF success, and are now rapidly
on the decline.--L II. Gazette.