New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-11
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
S& WASHINGTON, June 4th, 1856.
The city election for Mayor and other municipal
officers, took place here on Monday. The Democrats
elected their candidate for Mayor BY the meagre
majority Of 49, in vote of nearly six thousand-and
even this was accomplished by system of gross and
unblrshing frauds The Americans elected majority
! Of the Board Of Aldermen and the Common Council.
confess That am agreeably disappointed in the
result had no idea that the American ticket would
come within five hundred votes Of an election The
large number of government employees here consist
ing Of clerks in the departments laborers upon the
public buildings, and mechanics at the navy yard,
constituted formidable opposition. The officers of
the government were levied on for contributions to
help the Democratic candidate-clerks and laborers
were permitted to leave their business for the purpose
Of voting and electioneering- whole patronage of
the Federal government was leveIed against u.s. But
in the face of all these appliances, the Americans
rallied calamity and enthusiastically to their standard
elected q majority Of the Council and ran the oppo
sition candidate for Mayor to within an ace of defeat
Indeed, there is no doubt that the American cand-
date for that Office is elected by considerable ma
iority of legal votersfor there were numerous in
stances soe Of which have been detected of double
voting, and fraudulent voting the part of the OPP
position. One Sag-Nicht voted in three wards, and
was detected in an attempt to vote in a fourth.
There is nothing doing in Congress. Only thirty
FIVE members made their appearance in the House
yesterday Public attention is absorbed in the grand
national Democratic pow-wow now going on in Gin
cinnat At last accounts, Mr.. Buchanan's chance for
the nomination was considered the best, and his
friends here are considerably elated in consequence.
But there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip-and old
Buck may yet be dropped by the Democracy in obe-
dience to the test that party has adopted that
obscurity and insignfcance are best qualifications
for high station
Mr.. Champion, and one of the dismissed Consuls,
sail to-day from Boston for Europe Mr. Champions
place here is supplied for the present by Mr.. Lumley
his late Secretary of Legation No serious cause of
dispute between this country and Great Britain will
arise out of the dismissal of the British Minister
though it is not likely that his place will be supplied
until after the settlement of the Central American
difficulty. A British Minister has been once before
dismissed from this government-in 1903 think-and
it was eighteen months before another was subst-
tuted.
The proposition of Marcy to refer the matters in
dispute between the two governments to individual
referees instead of to dsinterested governments as
is usual seems to meet with approval-but, be-
cause it do har1n than because it is likely to
be productive Of good Presentappearances indicate
very clearly that while we temporsing with Great
Britain relative to Central America, the whole ques
ton will receive efectual solution at the hands of
the intrepid Walker.
In this connection, the late declaration of Lord
Clarendon in Parliament that Costa RIGA and others
of the Central American Republics had been appeal
ing to Great Britain for assistance against Nicaragua
since the first landing of Walker possesses pecu
liar significance. His Lordshp states that these over
lures have been refusedbut there is record evidence
that offers of arms made by Great Britain and
| for aught we know, they were accepted. That the
sympathy of all the European powers is with the
Costa Ricans there is no manner of doubt. In this
emergency it becomes grave question for the decjs
ion Of this Government, whether it will maintain, in
violate, the Monroe doctrine, or will permit it to be
subverted by the insidious approaches of others.
would be an easy matter for Great Britain through
the agency of Costa RIGA, to practically annul the
Monroe doctrine But, that she will be defeated in
the attempt, if made, is evident if we only extend
/ to Walker that substantial encouragement which
he deserves When it is recollected that he is in fact
fighting for our Monroe doctrine, and that through
him alone we can expect to sustain it, the policy
our Government toward him should be most liberia
and generous. The defeat Of Walker would be The
defeat of the Monroe doctrine. If Mr.. Marcy were
not so absorbed in the contemplation of the spois
this truth would be apparent to him. But he has
Gently given signs of awaking from his lehargi,
seep-and the hope may therefore yet be INDUCED
that he will inaugurate vigorous and decisive foreign
policy in respect of our Central American relations
ESSEX.
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