The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-10-12
STEVENSON ARCHER.


The elections on Tuesday last in the
great States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, have resulted adversely to the
Democratsand Liberals The majority
ia Pennsylvania is roundly set down at
10000; in Ohio at $4,000; while To.
diana is close. The gallant Hendricks
made most determined contest for the
gubernatorial Office in that State, and
iselscted by reported majority of 2000
We have lost two Congressman there,
gained two in Ohio, and sustained loss
on the Congressional ticket 10 Pennsyl-
vania. The result in the latter State,
is due, beyond nll question, to tho most
stupendous frauds ever perpetratod upon
popular suffrage. The corrupt Cameron
Ring, supported BY the power aud pa
tronage Of the Administration, did their
work efeotually. Of the result in Ne
braska, we have but msagre intelligence.
We subjoiu the following extracts from
thecomments Of several prominent Dem.
ocraiic journals
That great party has been deprived,
40 we believe ofavictoryithad legitimate
y Won, and great State remauded to
the care ola faction notoriourly tainted
with bargain and corruption, are matters
OF lesser nomeut than the knavery such
victory seems to condone, and the
unbridied license it encourages. We
have hoped that good would How FROM
this movement for reform, and we hope
SO still Where power is strongly
entrenched, il takes more than QUE
conflict to dislodge it, and the failure
Of an attack on Que part of tho works
may set he the precursor of better
fortune in general assault The loss
OF Pennsylvania at the election 90
Tuesday may or may not foreshadcw a
like victory for the Conservatives in
November. That remains to be seen.
But the whole fthe States Of the Union
arc net linked to the fortunes Of Penn.
sylyania, nor is her detection, while il
weakens, absolutely fatal to tho chances
Of Mr. Greeley. If the sky darkens,
over Pennsylvania, light is breaking
through the clouds elsewhere.
In Ohio the Radical majority has
beea cut down as least one half. and
probably two thirds; whilst in Indiana,
the latest ropcrt that reaches us is that
Hendricks has carried the State BY
small majority. But there is much
serious work yet to be done, and IL the
people are still worthy Of the freedom
they have inherited, the movement so
well begun must triumph 10 the end,
Tor the principles Tor which the Demo
crncy and Liberal Republicans are COZ.
tending, are vital to the preservation Of
the Republic. Balfimore Gazette.
The people who desired reform. and
sought change Of Administration, as
the only condition Of achieving il,
rushed forward at the call Of duty,
seised the weapons that lay nearest at
hand, and, like raw militia, entered the
held. They encountered regular army
oficered and equipped in the completest
manner, with plan Of battle louy pre-
pared, and the choice Of position. No
wonder they were repulsed at the frs,
shock, like the soldiers at Bull Run.
But they have learned wisdom By ex.
perience, and what was disaster two
days ago, may be the promise Of victory
three weeks hence. II the lessons Of
this cheek be properly taken to heart.
they will inspire courage for another
and grandsr effort, remove the causes of
weakness, and assure great triumph.
Nothing ie clearer from the concur.
rent testimony than that the election in
Pennsylvania was barefaced and eigan.
tic fraud, which had It's ramilications 10
all the cities and principal towns.
cameron bought up the organizations
bodily, as the returns from Pittsburg.
Lancaster, add other places prove, when
compared with the condition Of sentiment
known to exist ten days before the
election. Philadelphia tells its own
story, in the most INDUSTRIOUS corrup-
tion ever practised on this continent
Hashia9toii Patriot.
Though what Democrats aud Refor- |
mers call fraud is now endorsed as
honest enough for Radicalism, this will /
not long stand accepted as the popular
verdict. Defeat in the defence Of the
best interest Of our State aud city carries
with j. presage Of future Victory
Philadelphia Aye
Later accounts from Indiana make
the election Of Hendricks, the Demo.
cratic candidate for Governor, certain,
BY small majority. The Republicans
have carried the Legislature, and most
likely the state ticker, except for Gov.
,rnor-
Armstrong, Democrat, has been cleo
ed to Congress from Dakota. A gain.