The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-15
The late Elections.

suits of the late elections, 50 far as they haa
transpired At no time, since the Abolition.
move. ent began, has there been such III extra
ordinary manifestation Of It's power aud extent
I he returns since received are still more start
ling and decisive. Ia Massachusetts the Wings
have had an almost uninterrupted preponderanee.
And Ia that Stat the Wings are more addicted
to Abolition than in any other. The resolutions
of the Last Wing State convention there, re-
asserted the Wimot Proyiso. Yet the Demo
Gratis have outbid them for the Abolition vote,
have formed coalition with the Abolitionists,
and have overthrown the Wings. There Is no
election of Governor by the people, as MAORI
ty of all the votes is required, and the Sen
ale elects, and in that ease boutwell,, the
Dem. cratic candidate, and Proyisoist, will be
elected according to the returns of the members
Horace MANN was set aside by the Wing
convention in his district, not for his opinions,
but his zeal in supporting them. Thereupon ne
elected And there is but one Compromise man
elected to Congress from Massachusetts!
In Michigan, the Democratic party has ha-
btual and large majority. And there precisely
the same policy has been adopted as in Massa-
chusetts, and with the same result. The Wings
there have outbd the Democrats for the Adolf
tion vote, and our latest papers announce the
probability that the Wings have elected erery
Congressman from that State, and all Of them
Prouisoists, Mr.. BUEL, the present member
o. tbaT hos
been beaten, although Gen. CAss canvassed the
whole district on the stump in his favor. 4.
Such is the force of the torrent that it has
orerthrown the influence of DIR. WEBSTER and
General CAss, in their own States.
In Illinois, which is usually the most decided
Democratic State in the Union, the Wings have
made unparalleled progress. They have de-
feated RIcHARpsoS, and are reported to have
elected two or three Wing members in place of
Democrats.
In Wisconsin the attempt was made to set
aside DURKEE, prominent Free-soer He also,
Ike HORACE MANN, came out as an independent
candidate, and is reelected. Mr.. DoTY, also an
other Free .soer, is reelected by an overwhsm-
ing majority. These events establish conclu.
sivey the eagcrness of each party, when in a
minority, to obtain power by adopting tie Abo-
ton creed. They show that this policy is the
certain assurance of success, ard they show that
both parties are either partial to Abolition opn-
ions, or so indifferent about truth, as to be will
ling to adopt them to obtain the power and spells
of this Government. They prove that the Com
promise or peace measures have signally and
utterly failed, that the Southern submissionists
have been betrayed in TO Il surrender of Southern
rights. without any adequate guarantee for the
morsel they reserved ont of the scramble, and with
the consequence Of bringing the enemy to the
threshold Of the South-they vindcate triumph
anty the course Of the Southern Ultras, and they
leave the South no longer any excuse for hest
tainn.
We subjoin The following from the New York
Evenl Post, Democratic Free-soil p per, an
nou cling the victories of that party
Throughout Massachusetts, with the excep-
ton of Boston, the party Of Fillmore and Web.
ster have suffered defeat. Out OF Boston, not
member of Congress is elected who il not un-
derslood to entertain Free-sol opinions. The
Fre--S, and Democratic parties have general,
confessed against the friends of Webster, and
the result is majority of the coalition in both
houses OF The legislature. 1t was well under
stood that Governor Briggs did not desire to be
again Il candidate but it was thou sht unsafe for
the Whigs to take any other, and he yielded to
this supposed necessity. He c,me Ito the
field with all his popularity, and the result is,
that he has received smaller vote than that OF
last year, and is not elected. The choice now
H., uslo tx,o ,x1ln MI
course, elect Boutwell, the Democratic candi-
date, pro,iso man. They will, undoubtedly,
| also send to the United States Senate man Of
the right sort Of opinions IN place Of Mr. Win
threp; .~,..
Such is the fate Of the administration party
in Observation-Disclosures though it was by the
ancient and strong organization Of the Wing
party, by prejudces Of long standing, by the in
fluence of werth, and by all the patronage of
the General Government 1t is broken, scat
tered and driven from the field, and in all pro-
liability will meyer be able to rally in sufficient
strength to hold the majority in that State while
the Fillmore and Webster administration remains
! in being.
In Michigan, the result of the recent election
is nearly rs remarkable. The member of Con-
eress from Detroit Alexander w. Buell., who
voted for the Fugitive slave law, reluctantly it
Is said ut the special desire and earnest persrla
sion of Gen, Cass, who had not the courage to
vote himself on the question of its final passage,
is ANONYMOUSLY defeated, and Wing is sent
to Congress In his place, from district in which
the Democrats have always had majority
Buol was beaten, In spite of the greatest efforts
made by Cass and his friends to prevent it. To
reward his instrument for the sacrifice of his
conscience to his porsuasions, Cass went through
all Buels district addressing the people in his
favor. The FILLMORE Wings took part also in
favor Of Buell., and stood by him. as the Detroit
Free Press said, because he stood by Fillmore
and his Cabinet"
The popular disaffection with the conduct of
Cass and Butler has spread throughout Michi-
gan and the TWO other members OF Congress arc
also Wings, professed enemies of the extension
Of slavery, elected over Democratic candidates
of the Cass stamp, friends of 'pcace measures"
ist the Democratic are strong in the Stdtc--;hey