The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-15

V6tc. TeuucTe NoHkiuTs eieoeion Wy uoH1-
some little majority almost certain.
The mnjorities for Rankin and Thurston,
Of which We have reports, are as follows;
RASxIN-- THURsroH--
jackson, 2s3 Fort Madison, 2l5
Montrose, Charleston, AZ
Denmark, lo5 Franklin, 65
Washington, e5 West Point, l25
DesmoinS, 8
In the townships 80 be heard from Free
mont had some forty majority, and Rankin's
majority will beat that.
ELKcrros NRws.--We have reports that
Henry county has gone 100 and Jefferson
$50 Republican, and Dubuque county 1900
and Des Moines county $50 Democrats. :
The Indications are that the Democratic
Hajority in Van Buren, county will be small.
Our young friend McCrary is cont Of the
woods,'' and his election is secured BY an
unexpectedly large majority.
Defeat Of the National Dem ocraey.
lie. it not be forgotten that the victory in
Kansas is a triumph Of Republicans Ind
Republican principles over Democrats and
Democratic principles. Let II be borne in
mind thai the g National D mocratic'' party
had been thoroughly organised under the
auspices Of the Arch political manager Gov.
Walker, and that the doash-fass, Michigan
Locofoco, Ransom, was the regular ina
tionaln candidate for Congress. All the
-
Federal officers took an active part in can
vassing in behalf otthe National ID emotratic
Slavery propagandist ticket, ana Governor
IN Republican precincss with the express
purpose of over-nwipg the voters at the
polls. And what is equally indefensible
with an understanding that these troops
were to cast their votes in behalf of the
National Democracy. So far as returns
have yet been made, the troops complied
with this understanding, and, in violation OF
Law and principle, joined the border rufhans
in the attempt to overawe and out vote tht
citizens Of Kansas.
Thus in the late election, as in all prcvi.
made manifest that the Democratic Admin
istration has exerted all its power and inau-
ence to defeat the free men and secure
the domination Of the pro-slayery men il
Kansas. And in all it's efforts the Democ-
racy Of the North, as well as that of the
South, has justified and sustained the Adj
minis,ra,ion. so strong, indeed, are the
feelings and sympathies Of the Democracy
on the side of the pro- slavery men Of Kan
sas, that i, is manifested on all occasions in
bitter contempt and ridicule of the friends
and advocates of frce-State policy in Kan
sas; and when the announcement of free
State victory was made at the polls in our
city, the other day, it was received with
Misses by our National Democracy.
Some Democrats here, We know, profess
70 be in favor Of making Kansas free
State, and profess to be gratifed by the
result Of tho election thcre. But these kind
OF Democrats are not National Democrats,
or they would sympathise in the defeat Of
their party. And they are not consistent in
their conduct, for they have done and are
doing ali in their power to sustain AN admin
istration aud party which has been labor
inz for years, by fraud and force, to make
Kansas a slave State.
The National Democracy was defeated,
National Democratic principles were repu-
dated and condemned in Kansas, asd Re-
publicans and Republican principles gained
an overwhelming majority. Let the National
Democracy everywhere mourn and howl over
their defea, in the overthrow Of their breth-
rem in Kansas. and le. Republicans every
where hail their victory in kansns as tbs
precursor Of moro glorious and over
whelming triumph throughout the country
CorroS is Kisc. Mr.. Holt, the new Com.
missioner Of Patents, has taken possession Of
that department and signalired his devotion
and zeal in the interests Of the Shareholders,
BY issuing q circular about cotton.
Hundreds Of these circulars have been is
ss SUED and sent to this and all other Northern
localities, "~ith the view Of promoting THU
great branch Of national industry"
Now i, is shown by the census statistic
TINT the articles Of hay, corn and wheat eacl
exceed in value the article of cotton. VIII,
then, all this ado abou. cotton WHY thu
hot haste in the Commissioner to magnif,
the importance Of the cotton INTEREST," sim
ply because cotton is cultivated by the rich
arissocratic planters Of the South with slav,
labor, while hay, corn and wheat, and sucl
like agricultural products, are grown b.
plain farmers who do their own work.
Let ths people Of the North reflect upo,
such indications as this, Of the devotion 0
the present administration to the interests o
the slaveocrats.
SoKGHo AND IapHEE.-The seed Of ,h
Chinese sugar cane, sorgho. wG transmitte,
to Paris from China in 1851. About tn
same time similar seed, called lmpkee, wa
received from Africa, and upon inv esti alto,
Was decided TO be identical with the sorgho
la le54 some Of the product Of these seed
was received from Paris at the United State
Patent Office, and il is estimated that Eft
thousand acres were cultivated in the Unite
States this season. And from present ind
cations Eve times tha, amount will be cult
waited next year.
News.
The following banks are reported suspend
ed on the 18th
Marine. Ocean, Merchants' Exchange. \
Y. Exchange, North River, irving, Citizens
Chatham, Balls Head, ST. Nicholas, an