The Washington union., 1857-09-30
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.

Elections for State officers only will take place on
the second Tuesday in October in Pennsylvania, Ohio
| and Iowa. In the frstnamed State the democrats
certain to elect their ticket by overwhelming
y-large majority In Ohio and Iowa our friends are
ute confident of their ability to redeem those great
States from the hraldom of black-republicansm In
Pennsylvania member of Congress is to be elected
in the Luzerne district to fill the vacancy occasion
| ed by the death of Colonel Montgomery. Hon. Paul
Leidy the democratic candidate, will undoubtedly
| be elected. ." ...
Elections will also be held next month in Georgia
and Mississippi for State officers and members OF
Congress. Mississippi win send entire democratic
delegation to the next Congress- and there is strong
probability that the delegation from Georgia in the
next House will present the same unbrokcn front
An election will be held next month in Minnesota
for State officers, three members of Congress, and
one delegate to Congress. The election in Kansas
for territorial officers takes place Monday next.
The congressional elections close in November
with Maryland and Louisiana
EXTRA SESSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGIs-
LATURE
Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania has called an
extra session of the Legislature of that State to meet
at Harrisburg on the 9th proximo. As the election
for members of the next legislature of Pennsylvania
takes place the 13th the extra session can only
last for one week.
This action on the part of the governor does not
meet with the favor of the democratic press of the
State 80 far as we have observed. The Philadel-
phia Argus says:
at is stated that black-republican governor has
called extra meeting of the State Legislature legal
ze the present suspension of specie payment by the
banks We propose that the legislature should go a step
further if they prepared to go far the governor
recommends. If the violation of the law of the State by
banking institutions is to be legalized if they
relieved of the penalty they have incurred we see no
why there should not be general prison delivery
universal amnesty and millennium for individuals as we'll
corporations. Why not? Is not this government of
equal laws and equal rghtsf There certainly then can
possible distinction be made between different classes
of law breakers If one class compelled to suffer the
legitimate consequences of their msdeeds every class
should There should be privileged classes in the way
of egalized fraud.
.'If merchant has o note due at a bank he is com
PEELED to meet it at all hazards and every sacrifice or
his credit is ruined reason why corporation
Of debtors should be treated with any legislative
ceency than the banks treat those who are indebted
to them Let the Legislature extend its fostering aid to
the merchants who have suspended, well the ns
tutions that have forfeited their charters
"We willing that any reasonable aid should be ex
tended to such banks have been doing legitimate
business We ask indemnity for the past but we do
demand some guarantee for the future. We ask that
there should be undoubed security for bill-holders
against all possible loss in of future suspensions or
failures and that all bills of less denomination than
twenty dollars should be prohibited from circulation"