The Nevada journal., 1856-04-18
OF NEW YORK

NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIOS.-Ihc news
by the Golden Gate of the utter defeat of
the administration in the Presidents own
state, is most marked sign of the times.
New Hampshire is the stronghold of in.
tense, bigotted democracy. For forty
years, down to within about five years,
the masses of the State used to roll up for
Jacksonan principles, under the lead of
men like Isaac Hill. When Pierce was
nominated. New Hampshire returned to
the allegiance Of the party that had for a
time been broken by Hale's influence, and
gave him an emphatic endorsement. But
the administration, weak and despised
abroad, and sectional at home, has at
length been utterly repudiated by this
steadfast State, in spite of the strongest
Intervention and best directed effort. The
powers at the white house we'll knew that
defeat in New Hampshire at the present
time would be one of the worst omens that
could occur. 1t would foreshadow an in
capacity for the democratic party to carry
u single northern State at the next election.
Pierce himself well knew that defeat in his
own State at this conjuncture is equivalent
to defeat in the National Convention-the
whole southern electoral votcis insufficient
to elect any nominee, and that the choice
of the convention must fall upon some one
that there is a reasonable chance of carry
ing enough votes to secure election
Under the spur of influences like these
the whole power of Pierce and his advisers
has been expended in the New Hampshire
canvas. The best speakers have traversed
the Statc-funds have been unsparingly
furnished-partizans in office and partizans
hoping for office, worked vigorously, with
the means that partizans do not scruplc to
cmploy-yet Pierce is beatcn-beaten in
the Governor-beaten in both Houses,
beaten in everything. The defeat is signal,
overwhelming. In the Senate, hardly
enough Pierce men are elected to make
the debates interesting. The administra-
ton is beaten in spite Of several outside
handles for capital. The party canvassed
on national politics, and state politics, ON
anti-Maine law grounds, and on the iu-
dietary bill of the previous Legislature
Their opponents went into the contest
with little chance of success, from an ap-
parent want of cohesion. Everything
betokcned an administration victory. The
Washington Union confidently predicted
it. The dismay of the administration and
its supporters is only equalled by their
previous confidence, and Pierce stock is
proportionatcly depressed.
The conclusion is inevitable. There is
no longer an administration party in the
north, strong enough to carry State.-
The only parties there are the Republican
party, and the National Americans. The
Democratic party, under the lead of Doug
las, Pierc and Atchison, has been sinking
for two years in the north, and is now a
sectional party, controlling several south
ern States, and for power willing to stir
up iratricidial war, and override the most
sacred compromises for another lease OF
sPoils. The election in New Hampshire
IS a pregnant lesson to Frank Pierce, but
political signs have no more significance
to his benightcd vision than they had to
James IL, who lost the most splendid
throne of the world by obstinate folly.