Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-31
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Shaking In the Wind. Hon. Levi

seat il the House of Representatives 10 o'sPu'o
batxa.n than. He made . speech few days
sine. in DAYTON, from which, by way Of show
irsr the trepidation be is in, we quote az fol-
lsws:
CT sac carried In your procession to- night |
. Transparency upon which is painted in large |
6snres. l0i Yes, 10 msjority-glorioue 10 |
l had rather be elected by 10 majority than |
10 900.
81 have received no notice of contest, but |
dare them TO 1t. told you when 1 came |
homo from w Washington, that the whole power |
of this corrupt administration and the whole |
power Of the South were to be used to carry
this district, and if there Is to be a contest,
will expose the whole conspiracy from the
President DOWNFALL the frauds and rasc slities,
all the hundreds and thousands Of pipe-layed
votes.
81 will 60 to W ashington with my commits
,ion as safely lodged in my pocket, as GER
tain candidate had a certificate that he was
and a certain affidavit that he was not mem
Der Of a certain order
81 will spare my opponent, not out OF re-
spcct for his feelings, for don't think he has
got any, but he has family, he associates in
your city with honorable mon, he belongs TO
an order whose influence it has been attempt
ed to bring into this contest; he belongs, too,
l am sorry to say, to church standing upon
a corner, near to another corner where he in
vited me to negotiate hostile meeting, but if
his God can forgive him, / can, and forgi i've
him.
q will 90 to the 35,h Congress- will
meet there the men who repealed the MIS-
souri, COMPROMISED will look into their snaky
eyes-I will stare them in the face-and l
will shake in their teeth my commission with
the broad seal of Ohio a representative
from the Third district, endorsed NINETEEN
majority.
u will do the voting FOR the people of this
district, and L will do 1t well, too L will do
tho speaking for the people Of this district,
and will do that we'll, too. And if any body
daros to infringe upon my constitutional right,
and attempts to prevent ne from talking and
voting upon the slavery question as please,
will do some fighting, too! L will not say
hOW / will do it, but like the Quaker, l will
pull off my coat aud do my endeavOr!
Hi, IL ajority was 10. Though the cOnstitu.
ton of Ohio makes negroes ineligible to vote
In that State, he received large number Of
such votes, perhaps ten tines as many as his
nominal majority; and every such vote thrown
for him was counted in making up his major
ity of 10. Unfortunately for his prospect of
retaining the seat, the next Congress- is not
like the present, so far as tho Republican
members Of the latter arc concerned His
claim to the seat is to be disposed Of by very
different majority from that which, in dspos-
ing If the question of General Whitfeld's
right to his seat, openly avowed the purpose
ofscOuting constitution, law, right, justice, and
even common decency, to wrench his seat from
political opponent, and at the Same time to
make political point on tho question of sla-
very in Kansas
Unless Mr.. Campbell eau show that his
Democratic competitor received more illegal
votes-minus I9-than he did, he may mako
up his mind to "walk Spanish" within q
single month after the announcement Of the
standing committees. As, even to ccommo-
date him, he will find it hard indeed to induce
such men as will represent the Democracy in
the next House Of Representatives to legalize
negro voting in Ohio in the teeth of the State's
constitutional prohibition in that connection.
He comprehends that fact beyond all ques-
tiOn, or he would not give utterance to tho
which marks the brief extract from his after
election speech quoted above.
A Glorious Day Tho Democratic barbe-
cue, yesterday, at Laurel, was a magnificent
affair indeed. At least a thousand Democrats
attended from this city, and shortly after the
train bearing them arrived there, they were
joined by very large delegation from Balti-
more, also preceded by fine band Of music
The turnout from the surrounding country
was unprecedented. The Hon. j. NJ S.
Causin, VIM. P. Preston, Esq Senator Pratt,
Walter Mitchell, Esq, Maj Geo. W. Hughes
the two last the Democratic candidates for
electors for the State at large-dclivered
speeches which fell upon the ears Of the as
senb!ed multitude with telling effect We
do not know that we ever before on a single
occasion listened to as many addresses each
likely to make as many votes for the cause the
orators had at heart. We wish it was in our
power to place their speeches before every
Old Line Wing and Know; Nothing in the
State, as they would burn their way into their
memories to good purpose for Tuesday next
An eloquent speech was also delivered by
DR.. Holt, Of Kentucky, ere VIC left the ground
which was some hours before the meeting ad-
joufncl. The tuIn.Ou. from Washington for
tho occasion was unprecedented in the politi-
cal annals of our city. AS remarked above,
quite thousand Washingtonians attended -
AS the great body Of them marched through
Pennsylvania Avenue, we felt proud of them
indeed, irrespective of our political sympathy
with them, as active and efficient business
men in all callings of this metropolis. There
was nothing of the Plug Ugly or Rip Rap style
about any ono man of them; all being quiet
orderly and respectable and substantial citi.
Gems.
In the streets Of the village two fghts &C.
CURED in tie course of the day, occasoned by
tho uproariCufness Of here and there an Cd.
ponent OF the cause the meeting had assem-
bled to honor, who being a little "by the
head" were exceedingly anxious to lick the
crowd. We saw one such customer who pro.