The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-26
The delegation elect stands as follows /:
CINCINNATI O., October 16, 1854.

CINCINNATI o., October 16, 1854.
To TIE Editor of tie National Era:
Before this letter will reach you. YOU will
have received full particulars of the triumph
# the Freedom party in Ohio The entire
Congressional delegation, and majority of
iro;a se5cnty to eighty thousand for the State
ticket, will do for one election. Hamilton
county has done nobly in this contest. In
1852 Pierce's majority 10 this county was
lO00. Swans majority this year is 1000.
making clear gain of 1, 900 votes.
Among the delegation elected to Congress
arc four stanch Free-Soilers, viz: Giddings,
Wade, Bliss and Watson and the whole del.
ez.,iJu are sound opponents of the slave DOW.
e. Pennsylvania and Indiana seem also to
be not far behind US, and soon, trust, we shall
Ll7e gooi news from Illinois, Wisconsin Mich
ian, New York, New Jersey, and Massachu-
s-.ls.
Tie Enquirer, of this city, gives it up that
le Anti-Nebraska party will have large ma
j-iiy in the next Congress. The FREQ States
haze 4 majority of 81 in Congress, and allow
az the Nebraskaites the whole South, and
twenty-five members from the North, we would
stI haze q majority of four in Congress. But
a loz3n or twenty is the greatest number that
they will be- able to get in the North. should
Ike very much to sec Lewis ID. Campbell made
Speaker of the next House of Representatives.
HIS faithful services for years past in Congress,
sud the noble manner in which he led the
fIac Of last winter, entiile him to that post
Il would DO great triumph for 80 true friend
Of Freedom to occupy that chair, 80 long filled
by tools Of the slave power.
Ia the past few weeks several important re-
lgiOBs bodies have held Conventions in our city.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Southern
Oli0 held their Conference. The Conference
With great unanimity adopted resolutions con-
denning the Nebraska scheme and the Fuci-
Tive Slave law, and declaring the opinion that
Shareholders ought not to be received into the
Methodist Church, or allowed to continue
therein.
IA addition to this, there has been held here
& General Convention of the Christian denom-
nation in the United States and Canada. This
denomination Numbers about thousand min
.-ssrs, aud all sections of it were largely rep
resented in the Convention, embracing many
ruen of talent. Antioch College, of which
Horace Mann is President, is under the con-
troll Of this denomination
Mr. Mann was present at the Convention,
and gave an interesting address on the pros
Tecta and objects OF the College.
Inc subject Of Slavery came before the
buoy; and strong resolutions against tho whole
sYstem Of Slavery, and particularly condemn
lHg the Nebraska scheme and thc Fugitive
Slava Law, were adopted, with little dissent
arrangements have been made by the Anti
l4ye7y friends here to have course of Anti
Slavery lectures this winter. The opening
lecture is 20 be given next Thursday evening,
~ Theodore Parker. Wendell Phillips, C. NJ.
Clay, Anson Burlingame, John P. Hale Antoi-
ne'.c l. Brown, Frederick Douglass, and 9TH
cas-, are expected TO lecture during the course.
Yours, &C., J. K.