Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-03-17
NEW uAmpsuInR ELECTION.

The State election In New Hampshire for Gov
ernor. Railroad Commissioner, Councillors, mem
bers Of the State Legislature, tfwn and county Of
feers, and three members Of C'ngress, occurred on
Tuesday.
Politics always run wild in be Granite State for
a few weeks preceding their annual elections; but
this year additional and uncommon interest was
felt in the result. New Hampshire is the home Of
President Pierce, and while = many'of the other
northern States have repudiaei his administra-
ton, it is reasonable to suppose that he fondly
hoped to be sustained in his own local bailiwick.
To effect result so desirableno means were left
untriel by bis friends and Supporters. Another.
and an uncommon necessity Or carrying the cleo
ton, arose frxm the fact thaiupon the Legislature
about to be elected dcvolyel he important duty of
choosing two United States Senators, one for four
and the other for six years.
The Democrats have for tie last twenty-five or
thirty years been all-powerfIl in New Hampshire.
They have been able generally to bring every can
didate to the Procrustean bed prescribed by the
Concord Clique" Whenever candidate mani
tested any disposition to aa his own independent
convictions, gave any Indications q possessing
such n moral sni,a.,1--~ - -
science, he was cfeetnaly crushed out we re-
collect but one instance to the contrary, and that
John p. Hale was an exception was no fault OF the
dominant party. II did its best to sacrifice him
for his hostility TO the annexation Of Texas, but
was less successful than when, in later years, II
inundated John Atwood or not believing the catch
t.aft With the aw-
ception Of 1886, when Wings and Freesoilers gain
cd the ascendancy and sent Hale to the United
States Senate, New Hampshire has been the Gib-
ralter Of Democracy, against which all the artillery
Of the opposition has hitherto thundered without
success.
But Franklin Pierce presumed too much when he
undertook to crowd the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise down the threats Of people, 80 sub
ervent TO the demands Of slavery even as the Dem
ocrats Of his own State. That was in truth the
last stone that broke the back Of his fayorite stee
and brought down its rider to the ground. The
opponents Of the administration united their forces,
rallied under one common banner, and the follow
ing is the result
RALrm MErcALP is elected Governor by about
2,eOc majority.
The Senate will stand 10 anti-administration to
2 administration.
The House will contain about 900 anti-adminis-
tratinn to 70 administration members.
JAMES, PIKE, Mason W. TAPPAx and A II.
CRA0IS-an INSTRUMENTATION and sound anti
Nebraska men-are elected to Congress
The Councillors elected are all anti-administra-
ton but one.
The President will, when the next Congress as
sembles. be in a more humiliating position than
any of his predecessors, inasmuch as he win be
without a single supporter from his own State in
either branch of Congress.
| 1t is proper to remark that SAM was at home
in New Hampshire Tuesday, and that he did quite
as well as could have been expected It is said
that all but so of the opposition candidates elected
fought under his banner.
The following remarks from the Boston Journal
we fully endorse:-
'We look upon this result as the legitimate fruits
Of the passage Of the Nebraska bill-that perfdi-
Gus act which has involved in utter political ruin
nearly all who were instrumental in its perpeta-
ton. 1t Is true that the Know Nothings have d.
rectly and largely contributed TO the result. but
Know NOthingism could not have obtained foot
hold in New Hampshire, II party ties had not been
weakened, and If the folly of the administration
had not alienated the support Of the lberty-loyng
the good and true men Of It's own party. In nc
State Of the Union was the Democracy stronger OF
more united than in New Hampshire before the
passage Of the Nebraska bill, and nothing but that
act equalling II in the enormity Of its wick.
elness, and sanctioned by the administration could
have brought about the result which we are now
called upon to chronicle"