New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-26
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a., the Fr4-.Lsoor s:-s-sr, Is divided ee'"eeo
Rls;, ,p3 Bre,lenr'ce. TIE ,-,.-r = tie A1er-
,ea, candidate. bu. taxes s'rcag and opea grouhd
sssin.. the Lee ,mptcn swnde. III e"nreqaenee
re Pro- Slavery Americans vii vote tor onr-'t,
and thus give Tim an advantage. though ha'e "eI
grourded hope that Blair vii bea. them eo'n oy
handsome majority.
The 81. LoHs Rtput!itsr PRO slavery LecouiP-
.n) yas formerly strsisht.lacei Wig. 1t is now
N. mos, lnserupuIous adsins,rs,t9n partizan. and
has been chiefly instrumental in gettlug up the
American nominations. IL Is among he anomAl.s
nf roljtics. TIA. while he ReplsblieaH, formerly
Wig, mas gone over "a he party always opposing
Whg principles. The Democrat, iorUerly the organ
81 rne Democratic party, hss become the ieshIos
champ on Of Free Democracy. Which e1.eod'es no"
;ba rank ard file of the od Wig party.
|. The Id Dis.ric. Ne have rhos. L. Anderson,
L.comp.on Administration, and John h. Hendef-
son AMI n.i-LecomptoD.
Anderson. the old Member was elected as an
American put betrayed his party and he principes,
and ioined the Administration. He IL now trying 10
YrraIafe himself with he old political friends. and
also secure the support Of the Administration. so
,af 30 The 81. Lov,s RCPutlicGa has influence
Which il not much and growing less-ae viii receive
Administration votes but bis Amercsn friends are
not satisfied, and they have brought out Mr. Hen.
derson. who denounces the LecemptOD outrage, and
will probably be elected
III In tie Hid District John b. Clark, Lee
compton, is as yet without competitor. ms is
the more 10 be depored, as that district, upon q
thorough canvass, would De as strongly n id'or oi
Free Labor and free men as 81. LOUIS.
~. In the WITH District, Sprag and Adams are
running upon the Lecomp.on issue, and Branch
Anti-Lecompton. OF the probable result, cannot
SPEAK reliably.
v. In the Vth District. James ". WoOdson
present Member ard Lecompton, is opposed oy
6es. j. w. Reid, Anti-Lecompton. and George H.
SDitb, American and Antl-Lecompton. In THIS
contest, you may set down WOodson as already dis
tahced and the reh struggle between Red ana
Smith.
In the With Di..ric. Jokn s. Phelps present
ue n ber and Lecompton, is opposed by John NJ.
Richardson, Anti-Lecompton, witt the chances III
favor Of tie latter.
Tn the With District j. W. Noel, Lecompton,
and c. c. Zieger, Ant-Lecompton, are oppos ng
candidates.
IL will be close contest and the result doubtful.
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powerful party opposed To the LecOmpton Outrage,
and am greatly mistaken in my estimate If more
than one or AZ most tHo Administration men are
elected to Congress. The Democratic Republican
party in the State is yet in embryo and without a
State organization, but the abundant materials are
here and within another year they Will take shape
and for N, and then the broad issue will go out to
the people whether Missouri III for the white man or
the black man, whether the intelligent laborng
classes will allow slave-owners 20 send out their
slaves to compete with them and ulderbid them in
wages or whether the State shall bc filed up with
free white men.
Douglas has been heard at Chicago and Spring
field, and think he has disappointed yoa expecta-
tons. You have been too charitable To him, and
given him credit for qualities he does not possess.
The people of Illinois know him better than you,
and facts are now verifying their estimation. Douglas
is for Douglas. He opposed Lecompton because
his State was otherwise lost to him; and that lost,
his Presidential aspirations were nowhere. 1t IA
quite evident from the tone of The Un,on that
Douglas designs to make peace with the Admins
trstion after securing his return 10 the Senate. Ihs
Union claims a virtual agreement with Douglas,
through his friends to bury the hatchet and swallow
the English pill and is quite indignant that Douglas
violated the pledge at Chicago. But the Whole
scheme is plain enough. Douglas knows full well
that his sincerity is doubted in Illinois, and he must
assume hostility TO the Administration, and make
himself martyr to Lecompton, in order to maintain
his ground at home. Let him succeed in his reelec-
ton 10 the United States Senate, and who doubts
that he will make merit with the Administration
of saving Illinois TO them, and be received into full
communion He may say to them, and truly, that
but for his pretended hostility to Lecompton Illinois
would have been rretrevaby lost to the party, and
probably other adjoining States, and that by his
device he has saved i. ami the Democratic party
from ruin. Such game would be in accordance
with Democratic usages, but trust the Republi-
cans OF Illinois will not take the bait.
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