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Maine--rndiana.

The result in Maine may DC seasuo"n
x,reycr battle. The latest returns fnolcste
that neither the Republicans nor the Demo
nrats have ANYTHING to boast OF. me ne
,,,,hl;csne carried the State in 1858 by 2S,03S,
and In 1872 by S2,3S5. Both OF these were
presidential elections. At the September
alac.,ons In 1872 the Republicans secured
majority Of 1925 on full vote. In 1853
they had majority OF 10,76S,' in 1874 OF
1887, and in 1875 OF s,s7ss We repeat what
we7said yesterday, however, that Il the Re-
pubNcans secured on Monday majority
OF fifteen thousand, they may reasonably
boast OF the result as a Republican victory.
But il they secured majority OF less than
ten thousand the Democrats may reasonably
boast OF the result as victory for them.
The probability at this writing seems to; be
that the majority is about half way between
ten and fifteen thousand; and therefore, as
we have already remarked, neither party
can find much in the result to brag OF.
The influence OF elections already held III
any New England State is never great upon
those to be held in any western State II the
former end in Republican victories; be-
cause everybody regards Republican sue
cesses in that benighted region as the Dutch
taking Holland. The people Of States such
as Vermont aud Maine-on the very /" out
sauirts" OF civilization, and not subject TO
the civil,zing and enlightenins influences OF
constant contact with the great world OF
rnankind-caunot be expected to divest
themselves in hurry Of the - pre-
iudiees which long training in abo-
litionism and the hard hicks OF
the war engcndered in their minds.
Such people are always slow to change theil
political relations. They have no doubt
been taught to regard it as something no
much less sacred than a religious duty tt
vote the Republican ticket, and particularly
as the cant phrase goes, to "vote as the!
shot,,-that is, against the so-called "re
bels''; which rebels are as truly reality tt
them as Massa LISKUM still is to the negree!
who refuse to look upon him as dead b!
the way, when a majority Of the southern
negroes shall begin to vote the Democratic
ticket, it Will be time to expect Maine ant
Vermont to vote it also. We conclude
therefore, that the result in Indiana in DC
tober will not be at all changed or In an.
appreciable degree influenced by RepuD
lican victory in Maine. A Democratic vic
tory there, however, would have been tn
presage of the utter destruction OF the Re
publican party, and would have had won
derful influence upon the elections to be hclt
in the West in October. Here, and here only
iswhere the Democrats have lost. They have
lost only what they would have gained from
a victory in Maine. We look to Indians
now with the same confidence that we hat
before the Maine elections took place. w
expect BLUE JEANS WILLIAMS to be elected
There seems to be no danger apprehendet
in that State by the Democrats except iron
rowing bands OF negroes who are to be i'm
ported into the State from Kentucky ant
made or allowed to vote the Republican
ticket. This danger is constantly spoken o
in our western exchanges; but we canno
think that it is a menacing one. True
Kentucky lies just opposite to Indiana OF
the Ohio river, and the means OF lngres
into Indiana are unlimited. But there mus
be some honest election officers in Indiana
and whether there arc or not, there are, We
know, Democrats enough in that State tt
watch the ballot-boXes and see that boSu
voters are not allowed to deposit ballot
therein. Altogether, we see nothing in the
result in Maine to cause any Democrat tt
"roost lower.''