American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-10-06

the subject of general politics. but is entirely referabl
local policy and 10 the indefalgable efforts made by hi
opponent to obtain the suffrage of the citizens The fac
that the county Of Gaatin where the subjoned letter
dated, Of the strongest Jackson counties in the State
should have given majority of votes in favor OF MIR
Cook, is sufficient evidence that he not defeated il
consequence of his vote on the Presidential election.
Nat. Journal.
tFt5m the Cincinnati Mercantile .fdrertiser
Mnos-The election in this State has resulted in the
choice of Ninian Edwards Governor IVidm Kinney a
Lieutenant Governor and Joseph Duncan Representative
to Congress We give below, an extract OF letter re-
ceHed yesterday which explains the cause OF the failure o
Mr. Cook. We add that know the facts stated by
correspondent and that candidate for Congress
either in Illinois Missouri could have succeeded against
the present membels had he declared himself opposed to
the Adminsra
Extract of letter to of the Editors, dated Cahati
County, en- .7ug. 30, 1896.
| DEAR SIN: You doubt will have before this
reaches YOU that Mr. Cook, our present member Of Con-
gress has lost his election and it follows OF course that the
prevailing opinion will be, that his vote in the presidential
election has been the of it. With that vote is
viewed as among many Others but by means the
principal one. To prove this asseron think it only
cessary p state to yo ,ha this county pending the
Presidential election, Of the strongest Jackson
ties IN the state, having press in it devoted TO his
and really gave my recollection me, something
like six to one in favor Of the Jacksonan canddateand
al the recent Congressional election gave Mr.. Cook
Jay Ct votes This being the fact, there can be nothing
clearer than that his presidential has been very re-
mote cause, If the cause at all, of his defeat.
Having mixed somewhat with the citizens of this county
previous to the election, am enabled TO draw this
conclusion, that MIR. Cook has been compelled to de-
official duties, (Which he negecls) that it has left
HIM no time TO mix among his Constituents and by that
means they have measurably become esranged from him.
and IN fact our population any increasing by
grafton, and there Of great number voters
now IN the state who had opportunity of seeing
and converting with Mr. Cook, the the last pro.
aced session. and from bad health, he able visit
but very few counties in the state bile his oppponen has
spent the last six months in eleconcering and
am canddy informed that in county he spent weeks
on VISIT attending logrongs muscrs &c. and proba-
here are but few families in the that he has not
visited wnhn that lime. This am induced to believe is
N reality the principal reason of Mr. Cooks defeat though
there were many others given by the voters why they
would not vote for him; the important OF which was
he voted against the bill for reducing the price of public
lands Although this vote has been explained Ihree fe
rent mes previous TO three successive elections all OF
which he obtained large majoes yet was stirred the
iouth time with greater effect, because with it con-
neced report OF his being large landhulcr the state
and OF course to enable him get high price for his land
he had N Congress voted against the reduction the price
OF public land Although this not the fact it was i'm
possible to efficiently contradict it time as Mr. Cook
nor ms friends were prepared for this additional charge
never having heard Of it, and its making its appearace
Ght very shortly before the election, and then burst
orth throughout the state, it stimuli One
other equally groundess brought to bear him in
the same way, namely, that he owned number of negro
slaves, in Missouri, while he himself in Illinois was CRYING
out against slavery Although these things may seem to
you 10 have been easily contradced, yet when we take
INTO view the scattered population throughout whole
III IN.
not be at all astonished the difficulty of doing it.
Among the minor objections it was found that he was
the son-n-law OF Governor Edwards who certainly would
be elected Governor and they disked fill the high of
hces OF the State with the members CT tile same famly
and tnaly that Mr. Cook had been long time in office
and although it was admitted that he had done we yet
rotation IN Office was said To be the life of republican ro
vernment When we reflect that all the foregoing were
made and Gil cuated, with Others too 2rlinp
TO mention, in county whcre he got Majority think
not at all astonishing that he could be beat without his nres
denav vote beg taken into the particularly when
II IS well known here that his opponent frequently and
pc, haps always When nterrogaed that subject decl-
red himself in favor Of the present Administrations
In the hands Of Mr.. ADAMS, the country viii be
safe -" let MIR. Adams be elected, nd the triumph
OF principles will be complete" Such, before the
Presidential election, was The language of him who
now leads the opposition against MIR. Adams.
w mere arc VIC to look for the cause OF this chaDpe
Of sentiment Mr.. Calhoun had associated with
Mr. Adams IN the Cabinet of Mr.. Monroe he had
oeen 10 the habit of marking his course of uniting
with him in council he, therefore, was well sc
luaned with the political character and feeling, of
MIR. Adams, and it was from this acquaintance that
nc was induced to declare the country would be safe
n Inc hands OF Mr.. Adams. Has any change taken
pace IN The character and feelings of Mr.. AZ None
Mr. calhoun and his friends lave risen into rcpu,a
ION ny 'heir support OF the same policy that Mr.. !
ADAMS has uniformity pursued II General Jack.
ion we're to succeed Mr. Adams, he would be ex
'ccted to adopt the same course. The opposition
hereiore, to Mr. Adams, dwindes down 10 mere
PERSONAL affair, difference 10 men and as Mr. a
,alhoun was avowedy hendly 10 the election of Mr. ,
Aoams Two years ago, the ONLY ground we can find ,
or the change which has taken place, is dissproo
nent or personal pique. win the People of tbr c
mon suher themselves to be brought into mer 8