True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-04-14
The Recent Elections.

moral, which it would be well for those
high in power at Washington to observe.
The attempt on the part of the Admins
tration to force upon Kansas constitution
which the people abhorred, and to con-
meet itself officially with fraud and per-
jury, finds no friends or endorsers among
the people. The government and its
officeh holders thought they could subjugate
the people 10 their will by force of party
organization, and other corrupt appliances,
as they have by fraud for a Time subjuga-
ted Kansas. They have failed in the one,
and they Will fail also in The other. The
people instinctively abhor wrong doing,
and they are ever true to their instincts.
In this city, although very little was
said in regard to The local electiop-noth-
ing we believe of party rlaracter--ihe
people went to the polls and voted for
whom they liked best. The only question
asked which looked like Test was,
whether the candidates we're Lecompton
or anti-T.ecompton and we have the sat
lsfaction of recording The fact that no one
Lecompton man has been elected to any
office. The only candidate that was
known 10 be Lecompton man was Mr..
Dennis Daley, and he was defeated by
some six or seven hundred votes, Had
it been known generally that he was
Lecomptonite, we doubt whether he could
have poled hundred votes in the entire
city. Mr.. CoGroth. the Democratic can.
didate for Marshal, and who was elected,
was one of the most active Anti-Lecomp-
ton democrats in this city. He was
among the first to take bold and open
ground against the wrong. He was one
of the most active getterS up of the Anti
Lecomplon meeting, and he was threat
ened with defeat by the few Lecompton
Buchananites that are said to be in
this city. The election of the editor of
the Statesman. to the office Of School
Directors, is perhaps more striking
proof of the impotency of Buchananism
in Columbus. The printing of the letter
lis' had been taken from his paper only
day or two before, because OF his contu-
maceous in dependence in daring 10 op-
pose the Administration in its darling
measure. The people, however, were
not impressed with the fear which such
petty spite was expected 10 induce, and
thew elected him School Directors
Office of no profit, but one ofhigll respon,
sibility and honor.
In Cincinnati the party lines were
drawn with more distinctness than in
Columbus. They have a Lecomptop
party, in that city, and, led on by the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the Office holders,
the expectanl Office holders, and the pro-
slavery men who were centered in there,
they set TO work, and formed Lecom-
pon ticket. The Republicans and Anti
Iecompton democrats came together as
citizens, and nominated Anti Lecompton
tickets. The city has almost universally
given democratic majorities of from Two
10 seven thousand. The election day
came on and the issue thus made up was
fairly met at the polls, and on the ballots
being counted, if was ascertained that the
ant-Lecompton ticket was largely in
the ascendant. Buchanan was nowhere.
Never but once has the party been so
badly beaten in that city, and that was
three years ago when Know. No,hingism
was in its full tide Of glory.
But il is not only in the West that these
cheering signs appear. which porlend a
great and glorious victory in the year
1860, but in the east and in the south
also. Connecticut gave larger majority
for the Republican ticket on Monday
last, than it gave for Governor two year.
ago. Last spring by remissness on tn.
part Of the Republicans of Connecticut,
two Buchanan Representatives were
elected to Congress, Bishop and Arnol d
who have during the entire session beer
giving LecomploD votes. The people o
their respective districts on Monday tolc
them what they thought Of their conduct
They had better resign and go home.
The city Of ST. Louis, located in {
slave State has spoken her sentiments, il
very emphatic mauner, and, what ha
surprised US more than all the other elect
ions, is the announcement by Telegraph
this morning, that Jefferson city, the po
li!ica capital Of The Slave State Of Mis-
souri,, has given a Republican free Stat
majority. This is indeed fact worth,
Of a city bearing the honored name 0
Jefferson. With these results have W
not cause to rejoice and to feel renewe,
confidence in the integrity and patriotism
Of the PeOple!-Oh State Journal,