The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-17
TENNESSEE ELECTION.

lon which last body will devolve the duty of eectng
Ia senator in Congress, in the place of Mr. +. ii 4
Foster, whose term has expired, The importance
of the contest is such to render brief sketch of
THE field interesting. This interest is increased by
the fact that the last election is regarded having
been drawn battle. The wings, in poll of near
lily 100000 votes, obtained a nominal majority OF
lib; but There isnot democrat in Tennessee who :
oes not believe that his party cast actual majority
|of the votes Of the State in that election, and thai
this majority was reversed by fraud; while the :
|whgs who think that their real strength in that cleo
|tion was ll3 greater than that of their opponents
Regard that vote too small to be relied on in oil
succeeding struggle. The wings, then, enter upon
(the contest with nominal majority Of ll3 in their
favor; but they enter it, also, under the dishearten
ling influence of disastrous defeat throughout the
Union and prospective defeat AT home. The last (
Idol of their hearts was of Clay, and is broken!
On the other hand, the democrats knoic that theyE
reduced the wing majority Of near 1000 at the pre-
1ceding election to a fraction at the last and5
beliepe that they entirely overcame it and they en-
ter upon this contest buoyant with hope and full of
confidence of success. While the wings, like Rich
~ ard before the battle of Bosworth, are trembling al
. the gloomy visions which tell them of their pasiy
misdeeds and the punishment which awaits them;I
f. the democrats, like Richmond cheerfully prepare
for the approaching struggle, and see, in everything
around them, ''the tokens of goodly day to-mor
row."
The candidates for governor are A. V. Brown,|
esq, late the distinguished member of Congress-
from the 9th district and Z. FL. Foster esq, lateI
senator in Congress. These gentlemen are busily
engaged in canvassing the State and making speeches.
in most of the counties. Mr. Foster is probably the
strongest man of his party in Tennessee; and his|
nomination showed determination on their part
to make the most effective battle in their power
He possesses fine fund Of anecdote, and has a|
certain ol-hand, fieeand-easy manner, which hisI
friends have believed irresistible. He has long been
and his defeat win be more utter prostitution of
the wings in Tennessee than would have been the
defeat Of any other man in their ranks. As a mani
of talents, he is vastly the inferior of Mr. Brown
Forced, now, to defend himself in position where
an argument cannot be answered by an anecdote
and where he is compelled to explain long series
of political tergiversatons of himself and friends
he must ere this have regretted having consented to
become the victim for the punishment of his party d
sins Punished for his own, he would have beenI
most severely, in the simple triumph of the democ
racy over any other man; but douby will he feel the
disappointment in being the banished Napoleon of
a routed and sprit-broken host, OF Mr.. Browns
election, our friends now entertain no doubt; and i
2judging from the reports which reach us from all
parts of the State, partakc largely of this conf
dence
Equally sangune are the democrats with whom
1--we have conyersed, of carrying the legislature. The
last Senate was, if we recollect right, composed of
fourteen wings and eleven democrats. AT the eec
kton for President last fall, the democrats carried
thirteen senatorial districts and the wings twelve.
In two districts the wing majority was merely nom
nal, and the democrats now hope to succeed there.
1t is pretty safe calculation we suppose, to esi-
mate that the relative strength of parties in the next
Senate will be reversed, compared with the last,
giving the democrats three majority. The last
House of Representatives contained 39 wings and
36 democrats. The democrats last fall carried dis
ricts which elect 80 members, and are confident of
electing 40 members in August
To the last Congress, the democrats elected six,
and the wings five members The districts were
Originally arranged, by compromise, TO give the
wings six and the democrats five members; but the
Sd district laid of wing in that compromise, and
which had given wing majority Of about 700, was
carried by Mr.. Blackwell in the first election under
the new arrangement, by less than 100 votes. We
think there is little doubt that the next election will
result in the choice of seven democrats and four
wings; estimating, as we do, the reelection of Mr.
blackwell as almost past doubt although he still has
a wing majority of 800 or 400 to overcome. The
gain will be in the election of Mr.. F. p Stanton,
gentleman of fine talents and accomplishments, in
the 10Th district, (Ashe's.) The democrats carried
this district in Nov embcr, and, Mr.. Ashe having
declined Mr.. Stanton will now have easy victory
over the wing candidate, Mr.. Scruggs.
The other districts will probably maintain the
same political complexion that they in III,
last Congress. In the LIST district, Andrew John
son, (dem.) the late member, has no opposition
The Cd district is heavily wing. Mr.. Senter, thu
late member, is not candidate; and it is of little
consequence which of the half dozen wings who
are running is elected. The Sd district lMr
Blackweil's) we have already alluded to. The All
district is democratic by 800 majority. Alvir
ECulom (dem.) is a candidate for reelection, ant
thus fur, we believe, without opposition. The 5tf
district is also heavily democratic, and we have
noticed no opposition to the reelection of George
wv Jones, the late member The 9th district, (att
IA. v. Brown's,) gives a democratic majority OF
about ,O0O and will be represented in the mex
Congress by Barclay Martin, noble specimen of
frank western woodsman. In the It'll district (att
8D. w. Dickersons) M p. Gentry is the wing can
didae, and has no opposition. DIR. Peyton IS again
a candidate in the 9th (Davidson) district, and has
no democratic opposition In the 9th district, tat'
Cave Johnson's,) L. B. Chase (dem.) has, we be
cve, no opposition, as opposition would be useless
THE 10Th district we have already noticed as the one
in which the democrats will gain member IN thu
Rejection Of f. p Stanton. The 11th district II
Il strongly whg; and, if candidate, Milton Brown