Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-23
From the Missouri Republican, Oct. 18Th.
fph. TclcctIou Ia ItItnoIs

Even while we write, the political COM
| plexion of five States of this Union, in the
! popular branch of Congress, has been deter
mined. Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
jersey and Iowa, have all elected their Re.
presentatives and in day or two we shall
| be advised by the telegraph Of the exact po-
! litical complexion of each State. yesterday
I was a busy day in these States, and yet the
| whole of them together have not had the
same importance attached to them that be-
| longs to the State of Illinois. There, it is
true nine members of Congress are to be
elected. and Legislature to he chosen which
will have to elect Senator in place of Judge
Douglas, but some how or other greater re.
suits are expected to flow from this election
to take place on the first Tuesday of No
vember-than from all those which trans
pired yesterday. Those States elect a very
large number of members of the House, but,
while the elections have been hotly contes-
ted, they seem to have been regarded as local
in their effect and nothing more
Not so with the election in Illinois. That
has assumed National Importance, certainly
so far as the Senator is concerned, and the
whole country is watching the result with
great anxiety. The fate of the Black Repub
hcln party, it may be fairly stated, depends
Illinois. If Douglas is beaten, that party has
lease of life extended to it if he should be
triumphant, as we believe he will be, Lin
coin, Lovejoy, Seward, Chase, and Greedy,
may as well take out letters of adminstra
ton with the will annexed, for the party will
never give good, live, palpable kick again.
This, we believe, is to be the result of this
election, and hence it is that we give so much
prominence to it.
We take no note of the extraordinary in
terest seemingly manifested by the Admins
tration in the result-for that we do not pro
fess to understand-and we must be permit.
ted to express our regret that it should be
deemed necessary to run all over the State
and hunt down petty Postmasters and mail
agents, in order to exhibit the ill-temper of
authorities having these offices at their dis
pOsals. At the same time we must be eX-
cused for telling tnat Administration, in all
plainness, if it was designed by this move
ment to injure the prospects of Mr.. Douglas
for a re election, a worse measure could not
have been devised. The whole State rev otis
at it, and hundreds of men flock to Douglas
standard who were before Indifferent to his
success, and he is made infinitely stronger by
this persecution of his friends This is the
fact let it fall where it may
We learn from Springfield that the Black
Republicans are about giving up the election
as a bad job. They feel that they are beaten
although they entered upon the canvass with
gr,a hopes of success. The whole effort
now is to let themselves down as easily rs
possible, and to save some few of their men.
50 great II triumph never has been achieved
10y any one man as will justly fall to the lot
of Douglas when the result Of this canvass is
made known. 1t will make him the fore
most man of the Republic. and Justify his
friends in all that they have said and predic-
ted of him
We might add, in this connection, that the
best men of the country, and men of all par
ties, are all anxious for Mr.. Douglas re elec.
ton; and we feel warranted in saying that
Mr. Crittenden, the leader of the American
party, has expressed himself as exceedingly
desirous for his success in this election.
When such a man speaks out for him. where
is the American or the Old Line Whig in
Illinois who will not come to his rescue?