The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-01-22


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SENATORS ELECT-UNITED STATES SENATE.
Mr.. Hamlin, having been elected Governor
OF Maine, lately resigned his seat in the United
States Senate. On the 10th inst, the Legisla.
ture chose Amos Nourse to fill out the re-
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lin for the long term.
Mr.. Sumner, who had previously received
nearly the unanimous vote of the House of
Representatives, for election as United States
Senator, received the unanimous vote of the
Senate, January 18th, every member being in
his seat.
AS already announced, James Fowler Sim
mons is elected Senator from Rhode Island. to
succeed Mr.. James. After this Congress, then,
the six New England States will be represent
ed by eleven Republican Senators, and one
Democratic.
January 18th, James s. Green, Democrat,
was elected United States Senator from Mis-
souri, for the short term.
by the Delaware Legislature United States
Senator, in the place of John NJ Clayton, de-
ceased, and James H. Bayard was reelected
for six years-both Buchanan men.
January 18th, Zachariah Chandler, Repub-
lican, was elected Senator from Michigan, to
succeed General Cass.
Stephen H. Mallory (Buchanan) is re-elect-
ed Senator from Florida
January 18th, Simon Cameron, Anti Blu
chanan, was elected Senator from Pennsylva-
MIA to succeed Mr.. Brodhead This election
seems to have taken everybody by surprise.
Mr.. Buchanan carried the State, his friends
had a decided majority in the Legislature on
joint ballot, and no doubt appeared to be en-
tertained of the election of Democratic Uni
ted States Senator 1t was understood that
Mr.. Forney's nomination would be acceptable
to Mr.. Buchanan, and he accordingly received
the caucus nomination but eight Democrats
refused to go into caucus, and, when the
election came on, declined to support him
seven of them voting for Mr.. Foster and Mr..
Foster himself, for Mr.. Wilkins. The Re-
publicans and Know Nothings concentrated
upon Simon Cameron, who, receiving at the
same time the votes of three Democrats who
had participated in the caucus which nomina-
ted Forney, WAS chosen on the first ballot.
The vote stood:
Cameron G7 Forney, Democrat, So; Eos
ter Democrat, Z Wilkins, Democrat, received
l vote.
Messrs. Selo, Wagenseller, and Menar, Dem
ocrats, voted for Cameron; Backus, Calhoun,
Farnsold, Hill, Nicholson, Smith, and Creswell,
Democrats, voted for Foster.
Some assert that the boiling Senators were
bribed; some, that they are near relatives of
Mr.. Cameron; some, that Mr.. Cameron was
adroit enough before the State election to Sc
cure the nomination of several Democratic
candidates for the Legislature, pledged to him.
BY whatsoever management, Simon Cameron,
an opponent of Mr.. Buchanan, is elected Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania, much to the mortifca.
ton and chagrin of that gentleman and his
Party.
If Mr.. Buchanan's loss is necessarily a gain
to Republicans, we suppose this election is to
be put down as Republican gain. But, we
confess to some ignorance of the true position
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ted States Senate some years ago, he was not
one whit behind Mr.. Buchanan in his submits
siveness to the Slave Power. A year or two
ago, the Democratic dynasty being down, and
the Know Nothing and Republican elements
having acquired the ascendeney, Mr.. Cameron
suddenly appeared on the popular side in op-
position to all his antecedents, committing
himself by letter to the avowed doctrines OF
the Republican Party. Since then we have
heard nothing from him till his unexpected ad.
vent as a Senator elect from Pennsylvania.
Has he held fast his Republican creed? Is
he pledged to Know Nothingism ? What is to
be the ruling idea of his Senatorial life-Cam-
eronism Repubicanism, or Know Nothngism?
Entirely ignorant of the management by which
he was elected, it is gratifying to us that we are
not obliged to pass any judgment upon it. AS tc
the question whether his election is substan
tial gain to the cause of true Repubhcanism
it can be answered better two years hence
than it can be now.
l saAfter this Congress, the Senate of the Uni
ted States will present marked change in the
delegation from the Free States. The Repub
licans will number 10, the supporters of Mr.
Buchanan, 10; Simon Cameron, and there
will be 2 vacancies probably from Indiana
Has this process of decreasing Democratic
strength in the Senate from the Free State.
stoppedg Who will fill the places of Mr.
Jones of Iowa, Mr.. Stuart of Michigan, Mr.. AL
len of Rhode Island?
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