Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-10-27
The Great Opposition Trinmnh

The result ofthe election 10 The great
backbone States Of Pennsylvania. Obio
and Indiana, are even more auspiciOu, than
the most sanguine hopes Of the opposition.
To the Administration, they are rs the
band writing on the wall. which makes
the "Weak knees" Of Buchanan smite each
other 10 terror and starles him with =
consciousness Ofhis near impending doom.
10 PeunsylVania the rebuke 10 tue Le-
compton eonspirators is specially emphatic
and cutting. 10 the Presidents own State
the great battle ground on which the can.
vass OF 1886 vas decided in his favor now
be is repuGlated by clear popular major.
ity, which viii fsll little short Of 40. OO0.-
Then Pennsylvania elected fheea Admin,
islration to ten Opposition members Of
Congress. Now the opposite scale kicks
the beam-the fifteen Administration men
being reduced to hree-sll told. One Of
these (Montgomery) is an Anli.Lecomp.
ton man, while the seat Of another tFlo-
renee) will probably be successfully con.
tested. From having q majority Of five
in the delegation from bis owu State. Bu-
chanau will therefore find, in the next Con-
gress, q majority Of at least nineteen
against him. Well may the Washington
Union exclaim, With terror and dismay.
I'VE have suffered severe reyerses" in
Pennsylvania.
In Ohio, where the Democracy took ref
uge, 60 far as they dared, under the man
tie of Douglas, aud privately declared every
Wher their disapprobation and disgust
with the Administration, the result has
nevertheless been Overwhelmingly disas-
trous to that party. Though privately
muttering their discomfort, they had RASH
ly committed themselves in public through
the Columbus platform to the policy Of the
Administration. The people of Ohio
have repudiated Buchanan, aud all who
cling to bis skirts. The Republican State
ticket last year received q bare plurality of
less than 1000, being in minority of sew
cral thousand, Of The whole vote. This
year our State ticket has received a clear
majority Of from 20 900 to $4,000. The
Opposition elect fifteen of The twenty one
Congressman, while the present Congress
our delegation stands twelve to nine-a
relative gain q six. In Hamilton county,
for so many years the Democratic Gibrsl.
ter, the Administration party, fully united
and thoroughly organized. has been beat
en-, by an average majority of / 400, and
the Opposition has gained the asceniancy,
we trust, for years 10 come. Well NAV
Buchanan's hired Jeremiah take up his
lamsntstion, also, over the "seveIo reyers-
es" in Obi.
Indiana has made her verdict but little
less emphatic than that with which Ohio
and Pennsylvania have terrified the con.
spirators at Washington. A clear major
ity against the Administration in both
branches Of the Legislature gives the peo-
pie Of Indiana an opportunity to put the
seal of their disapprobatiOn on the Bright
aud Fitch usurpatiop, and upon the out
rage committed by the Senate in foisting
upon th,t State, as their Senators, two
obnoxious individuals, who never had the
least co 'stitutional right to the places Il ey
assumed to fill. The Lecompton men,
bers Of Congress, with two exceptions,
were Cefeated, and these two barely esc4
ped, by agreally reduced majority. From
having majOrily of one in the delegation
from Indiana, Buchanan has now major
ity Of five against him. On the State tick
ct, the Opposition gain some four or five
thousand votes. One more such stride
will place Indiana in the column of reli.
able and iuvincible Opposition States.
Iowa does not lag behind her sister
States Of the West. Her voice will be
unanimous against the Administration in
he next Congress. Even the Democtic
candidates committed themselves substan.
tally to Republican ground. The returns
which have been received from Minpesota
Indicate a revolution in that State also.
Such are some Of the glorious results of the
,lections of the fist week in October -
The Ides of November are approaching.
shen more thunder ot the same sort may
Confidently anticipated Gin. GGz.