The daily union., 1855-10-18
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

two counties which cannot alter the complexion of the
next State government The San Francisco Chronicle
conceded the election Of the democratic candidates for lieu
tenant governor and supreme Judge According to the g
ures however OF the Times and Transcript the entire
democratic State ticket has been defeated by majorities
ranging from 500 to 5000 In the mining districts where
great evaporation felt towards all foreigners ndiscrim-
naey in consequences of the murders and robberes com
mted by Mexican bandits the knownothings able
TO adroitly turn this feeling to their advantage.
In the senate the know nothngs viii have majority Of
one In the house their majority will not be less than
twenty-five, and may reach thirty.
The Times and Transcript after briefly announcing the
result of the election and assigning the causes for this
temporary check OF the democracy the encouraging
language of entire confidence the future. That pa
per says:
The causes defeat of the democracy obvious
any one who acquainted with the Of feeling in
Of the mining counties in regard TO foreigners and the STRAIT
which the resorted in order to de-
veop its entire strength For two or three years past there
has feeling Of hostility towards all foreigners caused
by the great influx of Cinnamon, who everywhere
garded with feelings akin hatred and in many instances
treated with great ndgny and often with cruelty The
be said of the Mexican many OF whom came to
California with all the low vices and criminal instincts
prevalent their country aud endeavored to practise
here by assocatng themselves in bands to rob- page
In of the mines they have been but
too successful carrying their nefarous purposes and
brought down upon themselves general hatred as well
a. general desire that they be altogether exermnaed
from the country The massacre at Rauchera and
the murder of several sheri by the ugves whilst in their
pursuit occurred Just the Of the election, and in
famed public in the neghborhood to such PITCH
and was powerfully by the know nothngs against all
foreigners and the friends of foreigners that affected
ticket Of thousands Of votes and contributed
in no small degree the defeat which has beialen The
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the mines against those who not and who may in
tend become citizens of the United States and have in
uenced public sentiment far TO have made it the most
important element the temporary defeat Of the democracy
In many Of the northern countesas for instance, Sis
kiyou Trinity and klamaththe know -nothings seduced
those who heretofore been the leaders the democracy
into their lodges nominated them for the most important
county ocesthus deprivng in many instances the bone
and of the democracy Of the councils and
leaving them fight the battle without organization
soidated strength This deep and welllad scheme
the effect Of it too papabe in the returns from those
counties. The sratagem was resorted to in other
quite remote with whose positions have
been leading in democratic State councils and
however may blush the weakness and deprecate the
reachery must charge upon them much OF the disas
trous result 1t be amiss to MENTION however great
be regret spreading it the record that the
unhappy division of the democracy caused by the difficult
aousies growing out Of the question: had
not altogether removed and therefore there not
enthusiasm and unity of effort might have been de-
sred really necessary to All recollection
of former dssensons believe obterated and but
feeling common desire, for future unity and harmo-
ny, animates the whole party.
Here in San Francisco where all extraneous influences
and the sentiments of the people
ed freely and without preudice the democracy rolled
jores like that of oden times when they bated with
the whgs SO far unpreudced expression of opinion
the doctrines Of knownothngsm concerned the vote
of San Francisco may be taken fair estimate aud
friends in the Atlantic States may rely upon it, 1t has been
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fairly and quietly, and fewer obstacles
thrown in the OF fair expression OF the sentiments Of
masses and the late result may be considered rea
Bile indication of what the democracy and will do in u
ture.
Notwithstanding defeat it may well be questioned
whether there ever feeling existing the
party than there is at this time We conscious of
strength know that develop successfully the
election Among all classes of the democracy there is
but conviction and that Of numerical majority in the
State and but determination which that knownoth
ngs be made feel the full strength when
them again the presidential Our friends in the
Atlantic States rely that the democracy OF this State
will be swallowed up by the vortex Of know nohDgsm
will rally around the old standard with renewed and
increased enthusiasm"
The abolitioniss and know-nothngs have not wholly
given up Pennsylvania Notwithstanding that the exultan
shouts of the democracy still heard clear and loud from
every hill and valley in that staunch old Commonwealth
The New York Tribune affected treat the Pennsy
election with the utmost indifference, regarding pre-
tending to regard, the result crushing blow to the
know-nothings and the rebnke of annihation the
whole family of sms which have wrought SO much mis-
chief and misery in the land Its lesser brother of the
Times is sanguine and if possible less scrupuous
Its abolition proclves full strong those of the
Tribune butt is unguarded in its expressions Of
sympathy for its secret ales-the know-nothings In s
issue Of Tuesday last it not merely cphers vote
between Plumer and Nicholson, but indulges in a faint
very faint hope in the Of the latter gentleman
The returns before us-and which were within the
reach of the Times when its calculations were made
amply sufficient to dspe all aboon-know-nothing
deusons matter how servceable they may prove Just
at this time for the meridian of New York At the late
election in Pennsylvania aboton-know-nohing ma
ority of $4,000 had to be by The democracy
This they have not only swept away but they have sue
ceeded in eecng the democratic candidate for canal COM
missioner by majority of at least ten thousand If the
Times extract hope and comfort from these figures the
complexion of the legislature of that State cannot fail
excite sentiments of the lveest joy and satisfaction 1t
is safe TO estimate the state of parties in the Pennsy
vania legislature follows:
Democrats .,...,.............l9
Abolitioniss and know-nothings s,...........l4
OF REPRESENTATIVE