New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-23

through which we havs just passed wa. one tough
entirely upon principle and The victorious party
achieved tler trim pt upon pr'nc pie. There have
never been aUy 'isilrOed irsues assumed W ,i'her
Ioiics p.rty thu the 1Id District and in tho Ist
Dn'nct all the irp, ana that va very ltte.
Which had e1Et,d noon the -utject hal oeen
entirely allay'd by the action Il the Safe Leg.
islhture at ts late ezra Session, IN maxim
a fral ci.por,On OF the Railroad grant of md
end putting 'rd TO the controversy. Tucre
was question before TIE - ope OF the St.te ia the
Congressional canvass, but the simple Que OF tue eI-
teIson or RESTRICTION Of Slavery, ard the people III
vo, T. ceclced on q at zoe on and that alone The
people uLdeis cd u at III vOtiig for III 81, or LETTER,
they were voting FIR Buchanan sbd Savery-iu got
iig for Curtis Davis they were voting for Fremont
and Liberty aud the 600 majority they have lust
gwen for the latter, shows how they decided.
The two COngIessn elec, credit to their
state. Col. Curtis a CT tinguished officer in tue
Mexican war il a surveyor by profession, and i now
thu Mayor Of KeOkuk. He l. Ia man Of fue abby,
wei educated and of strict pIOOi'y. He has spoken
duIng the canvass in every cou'ty of his District
Tin Otby Dhvls, the succesfor OF james IhOriugfOn
Il p'erent Memt from thu, District il gentleman
Of siXy OF age He il awyerb prof sspp, but
has not piactced for many years devotng his time to
tie better occupation Of hi l-buIloing and farming
lie is ID appearance lain farmer ike man, dresses
very ,impIy and il exceedingly modest and let riGg
lie possesses of the noest gal minds in the State
as Constitutional layer II unsurpassed IN the
West he will co great honor to the state he has
been chosen 10 repre- ent.
At the election just held, vote was taken upon the
question OF Convention to rev re the Constitution Of
the State The majority for q Convef tiOn very
large, and the election Of delegates 10 the Convention
vii be held III November Tos will
suit in much good. Tue present Constitution Of
the State s as Ill fitted for lts PRESENT
ooncols, as the ewacdliig clothes OF an infant are
suited to the grown.up lad. Amnng other amend
mtIts, the time for holding the STATE election
81 ould be changed, it low being held in the very
MIDST Of harvest-a time when not more than half
of the farmers con get 10 the polls
You will notice tLat out OF the tbiityfve counties
in this strict from which We have reiurus, bu' five
have gwen Buchanan Democra ic ui1jorties. a. the
head OF these five STANDS this county, Dubuque. It,
pucilal city Dubuque, s tn home OF Senator Jones
al the location of distributing Post Otfice, the
Office Of the SuIv, yOrGeDer, 81 OF love, Wl-conNn
aLO Minnesota, Land Office, tue Office OF the Re
ceiver OF Public Moneys, &c. There Is consequently
immense amount Of political corrUp ion TO be found
here; and to save the county from going
Rtpubh. an, money flowed like water Dc the
day Of election 25l voters naurdize1 the fees
btiug paid by the Democratic Commit ee, and large
numbers of lshInen hpOrt.d into the city from
DuIl.ith and other places me Of who n, not with
standing the efforts made to prevent them sy) c in
tier vote No honest man dUuOts bur that, We're
s'Iict justice done, the Republican patty would be
found to be in 4 majority here; anu we hope by
November that we Will be able to see that Justice is
done.
There il simultaneous movement going on
throughout the State Just now which deserves some
atteLtiOD. The (. W Fillmore men who s,l remain,
in"ieahd and a,ded by the Democrats are forming
Fillmore Clubs i'll oil Of the river cilies, and lo1dly talk
OF aOhelllg to their OrgaLlzatlUn esfa0lhg papers,
etc ! am lot nclired to look with much anxiety
uFon these etemps, for is eafy TO demonstrate
that every vote given to Fillmore is hal vote for
Buchanan that am convinced that DO honest nerI-
can will be led away by the Fillmore bubble With
tie dshonest and ambitious ones we want nothing
10 do.
As you are aware the Republican State ticket just
eli cttd nominated by the Republican Cony IN ION
on The 22d Of February, and the SAM tick ct WAS
non ipaeo by the Know. Nothing Convention GU the
9Th of the following March. Consequently ii received
the united support the Republican and Know Moth
irg parties. On the other hap0 IN the lst District the
Know Mornings ran q separate ticket for 'ngress,
while IN this Distinct the Know Notaiygs all yO.ed
fer L, fer, the Democratic candidate. When, then,
We receive the full returns of the vote the stare
ticket and the vote both COrGres-nen, aud deduct
the latter from the former the remainder will indicate
the pre- c strength of the Know Nothing or Fillmore
party ] will venture to say that i. will not be found
to exceed 100.
one word more. All over this STATE the feeling in
favor of Fremont and Dayton daily gathers strength
aid depth. The result of the late Election nas had
the effect of deciding that not small class who aSays
wait TO which is the strong side, while cons len
lions and bone-t men, who have hitherto acted With
the Democracy, are row constantly giving IN t1er
aoher on to the principles Of the ,pa'f,rn
on which FEuoLt go I0ey s'ants; AZ! aad
mar only rocol upon themselves AID have the same
fleet which the ISLANDERS against Jackson Harris pa,
an Teykr pIOdrctd. Win the hrs irosts OF Novcin-
ber while the pIsiIies Of H. laden with golden
CON- and the forests which line her rivers ar dressed
il their mort gorgeous robes, her Freemen will give
vote for Fremont and Liberty that @.l make your
own State, even, tremble fO It's laurcls CARsos.
We have letters from Dubuque and Burlington to
the sh inst with returns from all the Counties III
Halls District ard with all but five or Fix in Thonn5
tons. Curtis (Fremonter) has 800 majority over
Hall Davis has 5,775 majority over Letter. lu
Halls District, the Fillmore men had third candidate
.Sellman), who poled perhaps 1000 votes-probaely
less. In the other District, they are said to have
voted for LETTER. They supported the Republican
State Ticket, which is said to have from 5000 to
$1,000 majority.
TIE new Legislature Is reported:
Senate. Fremont. ........2S buchanan.
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