The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-08


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Popular vote thus
w hoe vote IN
majority of the know-nothng candidates the city
and county ticket elected Four senatorial districts
have been heard FROM which and
know -nothngs Hon Daniel t. Sickles ia elected in the
third district
Nine city assembly districts have been heard FROM which
elect five hards and sos three know-nothings and
fusion
Six of the sixteen city and county officers are hards and
softs. The rest are know fittings.
LOUISIANA
despatch has been received by the associated press
briefly announcing that the knownothngs had carried
the city of New Orleans This may may have been
the but the eegraphc reports for and from this
generally inaccurate, not disposed to
place full credit in this despatch We have yet received
nothing from correspondent at New Orleans. Upon in
quiry at the southern Office last evening in
formed that there had been Geographic communication
beyond Columbus Georgia. snce the preceding evening
Partial returns indicate the democrats have succeed
ed in securing majotes in both branches Of the ega-
ture
MASSACHUSETTS.
The reelection of Gov Gardner by largely reduced
majority is placed beyond all doubt The know-nohngs
claim the legislature
We have partial of the election held in this State
yesterday. 1t generally believed in Baltimore, at a
late hour last evening" that Hon. Joshua Vansant had been
elected in the third and Henry W. Davis in the fourth
grcssona districts AT the time of closing the telegraph
office Baltimore the vote had not been fully counted off
and most of the judges had adjourned until this morning
THE ORDER TO SURRENDER A sLAy -sTEALER by
GOV. WRIGHT.
The governor of Indiana ercey and rudely assailed
in the New York Tribune for having recently issued
of Kentucky upon requstion from the governor Of the
latter State As the mpuatons cast upon him ealcu-
lated reflect njuriousy upon his character public
functonary deem proper and due to him state
what suppose be the grounds upon which this sur
render has been ordered.
Mr. Mccormick was lately minister in the @Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church = but according his own
statement published in the Tribune of Thursday late
l suspended from the functions of the ministry by the
Presbyery his church upon specific charges made and
proved against him.
These charges
the underground railroad whose avowed business
sist slopes from slave to free territory.
" Second For actually engaging the business of assisting
sares making their escape Stare free territory ic
is contrary the aws the United States and Of
the State Of Indiana"
Upon the ecclesiastical trial had upon the foregoing
charges according the forms Of the church ofwhch he
member he found gully by his triers and the
only judgment they had the power to render was pro-
read r. 10 4l,a
fore about his case should be remembered that be stands
convicted in this mode of having violated the law
of the land in actually assisting SLAVES escape and of
having thereby violated his obligations Christian min
ster The respectable character of the church in which
this trial had forbids the supposton that his guilt
not proven by the most satisfactory evidence.
Assisting slaves to escape is well known to be crime
against the laws Of Kentucky is against those of all
the other SLAVE States Under these laws the grand jury
Of Union county, Kentucky, found indictment against
him in April last and upon this indictment the governor
of Kentucky has demanded Of the governor Of Indiana
that be delivered up be tried The order of surrender
having been made by the latter Mr. Mccormick has es-
capped from Indiana and seeks enlist northern sym
pathy in his behalf and have himself enrolled in the
list of those who be considered martyrs in the
cause of liberty. The Tribune has already placed him
upon lis list and associated his name with that of Pass
more Williamson.
Mr.. Mccormick docs not deny his gull of the charges
made against him If he had done so, he would have
found it necessary mpeach the integrity and judgment
of his church rier and this he would scarcely
do But he insists that he has not been The State Of
kentucky for seperal years. and, therefore, could not be
guilty of an offence against the laws of that State And
this dea adopted by the Tribune is made the basis of the
assault upon the governor of Indiana
The doctrine is most alarming one indeed, that man
cannot commit crime against the laws of State unless
he be actually ihia the State If generally adopted
should have security against the commission OF
some of the most aggravated offences.
Suppose-wha ia true in many cases--that a stream is
dividing line between States and man, standing
upon side Of it should shoot at and kin another who
stood upon the opposite bank would he not in this case
guilty of murder although he may have been in
the State where the murdered man was 2 Will any
pretend that this wonld be crime against the law Of
the latter State
Suppose again. that living in New York should
belong band of consprators murderers and that
portion OF them, in the execution of purpose
formed by ALL should go into Massachusetts and commit
murder any other felony would they not all be equally
guilty whether present not of violating the law of
Massachnsetts7
Suppose still again, that residing In Ohio, who