Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-08-22
KENTUCKY ELECTION.

From, the Lexington Mteutg encer, aug. 10.
Enough is known of the result of the election,
to authorize the statement that oil the one nun
dred members elected 70 the House OF fepreseh-
tatiyes, not more than from 20 to 26 are JACK
sonmen., The Jacksonparty, has Deeh louecu III
every directions; in counties where neretoiole'
they have succeeded by overwneiming hiaJot
ties thew have been def ated by majorties equal
" decisive. in the recent contest. The counties
Of Jefferson, Gallatin, Bulitt, Oldham, HenTy
and Spencer, which with the city OF LouisVliie
compose Mr. Pope's District, have all: gone
against the administration, by maJorties wnlc cn
in the aggregate exceed, we understand, Iooo
votes. The county of Washington, WhlGm III
1923, gave majority of 1000 votesior jackson,
has returned three anti-Jackson Representa-
tives, by an average majority OF 2oo' we
might repeat these instances OF change, almost
without end. but it is unnecessary; Jacksonlsm
has given up in. despair, and 1t Is not proodoie
that it will ever make another struggle ioI SUI
premacy in Kentucky. AS party IL gave up
the ghost on Wednesday last, and was carried
out to rot on the political Potter's held, where
the bones of its ancestors, Reliefism, Newcourt-
ism, &c. have been bleaching for these many
years.
The Wings Of Kentucky have done their du-
tv They have passed final, and irrevocaole
sentence, upon the doings OF the present huhl-
nistration, IFS vetoes, usurpatlons ana prolests'
Kentucky now calls upon her sister states, u
follow her example. Let them do as she mas
done, and the desolating career OF Jacksonlsm
is at an end
Fifth Districf-The asCertained majority Tor
Mr.. Letcher in the fifth District is tpo hundrd
and ffiy-tuo votes. His real majority in the
District, when the spurious votes given in Mer-
Ger county are deducted. is not less than si.r
hundred. Mercer county, has never on any pre-
vious occasion, given over 1900 votes, and rare
ly has it given more than 1000 in the warmes'
political contests. This year the poll was as
follows:
Moore 1859 Leteher s67, making total oil
t,centy-sir hundred and Mirty-sir votes! 1t is
not denied we believe, that Of that portion o.
these given for Moore, four hundred are spuri
Gus.
| The Frankfort Commonwealth of same date
gives list of the members of the Legislature
| elect, so far as returns had come in, with the
subjoined paragraphs explanatory:
The SENATE consists Of SO members Sena
whom go out Of Office annually. This year IL
went out Of office-4 of whom were for Jack.
son, and were Wings. There are also 3 va
cancies, 2 by DEATH and by resignaton-2 oil
these vacancies were Wings, and the other q
Jacksonan. The state OF parties in the Senate
last year, was 20 Jacksonians and lS Wings
So far as heard from this year. the W hig par
| tv have 20 in the Senate, and the Jackson par
| ty l6-and yet to be heard from.
| The HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES consists Of
| 100 members-eected annually. In the last
House Of representatives there were 60 wings
and 40 Jacksonians.. Of the Representatives
elect already heard from, the Wings have elect
ed 60, and the Jacksonians Is.