Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-10-28
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

NEW YoRE, Oct. 90, 1856.
Hesrs. Editors Union and american:
The result in Pennsylvania s having the happiest
possible effect in this and adjoining States OF
course the opposition raise their cry of "frauds'
now that they are defeated; and yet few days ago
one of their papers said, "the election laws OIL
Pennsylvania are the most stringent of any in ex.
stence and are found to be the best guards of the
purity of the ballot box. All the voting is done
before eight o'clock in the evening, and in precincts
50 divided that almost all the voterssre near neigh.
bors, known to each other Printed lists of the
voters, their occupations and residences, have to
be furnished the election officers, and are publicly
posted at the polls" From all the reliable evil.
dences which appear there is no doubt that the lat,
State election in that State was conducted with
perfect fairness. The day before the election the
Herald was burning with fervd appeals to northern
men TO arise in the majesty of their strength and
put down "a southern negro-driving despotism, g."
"the ruffan southern democracy" and other and
similar flowers of rhetoric by which the southern
friends of Buchanan and Breckenridge were desig-
mated. The day after the election, when it was
persuaded by the false returns of ts own too
friends, that III State had gone against Mr.. Bu-
chanan, it was full of joy, excsiming: "As goes
Pennsylvania SO goes the UnionI" "The moral
effect of this election will settle the Presidential
question:" etc. etc. And now that the official re.
turns have established the fact that the State has
gone by handsome majority for her fsvorite son
beyond all csvil or doubt, the daily condition of
the Herald is perfectly deplorsble.
You cannot imagine the extent to which the
Herald, Tribune and Times have become demoral-
lied and degraded. Men of principle have ceased
to unfold them at the breakfast table as sources of
correct political information. The entire press of
this city, with two or three exceptions, is opposed
to the democracy Of the country. Well may we
point to the venerable editor of the ancient and
honorable Journal Of Commerce, and exclaim:
"Amongss the faithless faithful only bel"
Seward and Wilson are stamping it throughout
the northern States against Mr.. Buchanan, with
the entire abolition pack at full bay. But their
Congressional career has shown that they are of .
class of "dogs which seldom bite and we sppre-
bend no harm from their electioneering.
The steamer "Texss" arrived from Nicaragua
yesterday. Times were quiet there. Gen. Walker
and his army were delighted with the prospect of
q decisive fight with the enemy near Grenada in
few days. All the Generals plans have succeeded
most admirably. His army is in excellent condi.
ton and perfectly confident of early and entire
success. 1t now amounts to from 1900 to 1000
men. Msjor Heiss returned in the HTexas" from
flying visit to Nicaragua and is clothed with spe-
csl authority to exchange the Publications of the
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation
confirmed by our Senate about year ago. be.
tween that republic and our country. Of course |
there will be no obstacle or delay in this exchange
for the treaty was made by the government of e.
trsds who was the successor of Chomono; was sp- |
proved by Rivss, and is now ratified by Walker. |
It is full of guarantees of protection to American
citizens residing in Nicaragua, and will perma-
nently settle our relations with the Generals gov.
You will have the news from the battle which /
vas to take place about week ago, before it is
eceived here; for the steamer Tennessee" will
'rrive at New Orleans within this week. She ex.
'ects to return on the 18th with some four or FIVE
hundred emigrsnts from the southwest
We are now in the full enjoyment of the delight.
I'll Indian Summer" which has become one of the
e gular seasons Of this climate. EMUoFAw.