Theunfavi rable results of the election in
Ohio and Indiana are in accordance with
the apprehensions we have felt for a month
p.-i.-d. The enoi mous drain of strait Union
men to fill the nqmsitions fi r 600,000 sol
diets, weakntd the Union party so seriously
as 'o leave the opposition party in a major
ity in tim e Slate*. In many counties one
of the Republicans have gone to the
ar ny, while in the same counties not a
tenti) part of the Democrats have volun
teered. There has been a wide-spread,
syetemat'C ai d zealous effort on be alf ot
the Tory leaders who oppose the war, to
dissuade the rank and file ot the p irty from
ciili-Tiiig, v hich b is, in a large mea-ure.
been successful, especi illv under the 1 te
calls. They keep them at home to vote,
and seize upon the seats in Coiigre-s, in
the absence of the patriotic freeman in the
field battling for th ir country.
The net loss to the war party vote in
OLi i has not been less tnaii 40,010 men,
and in Indiana 30,000. That Uieuiic ndi
tioiiai Liiiou nu n shoul I, under the-e cir-
C imstaliC'.-*, be wo.sted at tin* polls, need
n<>t b<< a matter of surprise. I: the soldiers
from those States had been allow e l to vote,
not a single lory would h ive been elected
to ('ongie.'S. The Unionists would have
mile a clear sv'ecp. This sliteinent is
shown to be true by th* i sch in fiwva.
in that State the soldiers Were permitted to
take paitin the election, and behold the re
sult! The Union men have elected the entire
delegation. Not a tory came Kithin sight
of success. Like cau-es produce like results.
