The Placer herald., 1874-12-12

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there WAS an election for Representatives. 10
the extra session of Congress. A full dele
cation of Union men was elected. Oh 'Ne
9th of November of the same year an elec-
ton for State officers was held. The entire
Union ticket was elected by overwhelming
maiorities. that of A. w. Bradford, for Gov,
ernor. being 81 412 The newly elected
Legislature passed resolutions similar to those
of Kentucky above quoted. On The An o'
November. 1868. the Union candidate tor
State Comptroller was elected by Zo'o'o .
majority, and four of the five candidates o'
the same party were elected TO Congress
The total vote for Union candidates at tins
election was so ,344; the total vote OF me
State at the Presidential election OF looo
was 90, SOP. =.
Missouri, at the outbreak of the rebellion
had newly elected Democratic Governor
and legislature The Governor was III
favor of joining the Southern Confederaey'
He recommended an act ca ling for elec'lng
Convention TO consider the subject, ana
The Legislature passed an act in accordance
with his recomr endaiion. AT the election
thus called large majority OF Union deie-
gates were elected by large majorl'ies IN u e
popular vote. During the year this Con-
venlon removed Governor Jackson and ap
pointed Gamble, IA Cnonst, to fill the va
cancy. In he Congressional election OF Nov.
4rh. 1862 six Of the nine Representatives
elected were ultra Unonisis. In the Fall OF
1868. Glover and Bates, both Unionsis,
received SO TT votes for Supreme Judge.
The total vote Of the State AT the Presiden-
tial election of 1860, was 1G5, ,51S. Up to
the 30ih of November, 1864, Missouri had
furnished 81 767 troops to lho Federal ser
vice, her volunteer enslmenls exceeding her
quoto by more than ten thousand. Up to
that time she had incurred military debt ol
81 $40 4SO in aiding the Federal Govern
nent.
From official records we might indefinitely
multiply such facts as the above, but more
significant than all these il ihe one over
shadowing fact that these States did not
Join the Southern Confederacy. Consider
ing their geographical aud strategic position,
their barge population and great wealth, and
forgetting not the almost failure 10 conquer
the eleven States which did secede, the ad-
heson of those three States to the Uuionas.
8 mes 'ransc n eii importance. lfthey had
joined the Confederacy coud not have
been ovcrlhrown. BY showing that ma
joriy Of he votes Of each of these States
were cast for Union candidates dnring the
war, we have shown that their adhesion 70
The Union must have been voluntary, unless
the argus editor would have us believe that
their elections were controlled by "Federd
hayonets But there were not enough
"Federa bnyouets" even including the orc
borne 10y the iuvinciLle "lrudger' Of the
Argts, TO have kept those States in the
Union against their will I here was ample
other employment for all the Federal bayo-
nets that could he mustered.
However, while we have been at some
pains to prove that these Suites voluntarily
adhered to tie Union and thereby made it,
preservation possible, we admit that they
have not been Grmlzed, that they are noI
IN favor Of "trudgiug' carpet-bagism, negro
supremacy or the support Of bayonet usurpl-
tions. In large proportion by the votes OF
those Of their citizens who kept them in the
tht'n, 'H"St pldltS Hlc duloilS tine NtSi rep
resentatives Of that Democracy whch is to-
day the 0ck-hone OF broadest and most
conservative American patriotism. But, III
the day of Democratic dommf nee which has
already dawned, we shall look to the actual
ex-rehels, to the Democracy of the late
Confederate States, for the more caution,
and restraining elements of The victoriou,
party. As result of their condition they,
more than any other friction Of the American
people, feel the need of peaceful, substantial
" retormniory aud closely economical ad-
mlnlsiration. What they most need aud
desire is a toir chonce to recuperate their
wrecked fortunes and restore their desolaied
homes. What with us may he simply nn
distraction or sentiment, is to hem a matter
vt dir necessity