Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-11-12
The State Elections Of 1853

la WORD. every SiaNc StltC ttn1l
has held State Elcc'ioa) has gone
for the Slave or Buchanan admins,
tration party.
Every Free Stale elected officers
opposed to lhat Administration.
We do not count California either
Free or Slave, but her Congressman
are .inti-Buchanan Democrats.
Do!h South and North. some local
matters caused adverse results, but in
general the tendency is for the Slave
Power in the one, and against it in
the other.
MAINE. VERMONT. Nrw HAMPSHIRE,
MASSACHUSETTS,, lows, New JERSEY
these States choose entire Opposition
Congressman and State Officers, and
the Opposition will gain Us. Sena-
tor in New Jersey.
CoNNECUCUT and RHODE ISLAND
chose Opposition Governor, &c. by
increased majorities. (Congressmcn
ncxtyear.)
NEW YORK elects the entire Rcpub-
lican State Ticket, with 2S or % ont
of 33 Congrcssmcn, Opposition-one
or two Of the / or ) Buchanan men :
seats to be contested. Ont Of New
York city. Buchanan has not Mem
Der, unless Goycrncnr Morris succeeds
in his close contest with John b. Has
kin in Wcst Chester.
PENNSYLVANIA condemnation of
her own trusted son, is most remark
able and significant.
ONO gives over 10000 majority on
the Congressional Ticket--a gain Of
$4,000 over last year. and some thou
sands over her Fremont majority.
Ia INDIANA, the friends of PLATE
and EIcrod douglas and Buchanan
united on u State TieEat, which thoy
elected by about 1000 maj. But Oh
the Congressional test, there is 5000
mai. against the National Administra-
ton. The Legislature also is hostile
TO buchanan, and will probably elect
two Northern Senators in place Of the
usurpers, Bright and Fitch.
In MICHIGAN. the contest was only
between the Republicans and Douglas
men. The Republicans carry Cover
nor. State Ticket, and all except one
Congressman.
MINNESOTA elected Z Legislature il
which the Republicans have 20 to -
mai. upon whom properly dcyolvcs
the choice Of IS. Senator in place
Of Gen. Shields, Douglas Dem. Two
Conrrcssmcn are vet to be chQson,and
the Republicans Will probably gain a
Member or two.
WISCONSIN is 3eeitcIIyRoPuilican,
and rot a Douglas man beats Billing
hurst for Congress in close district
with floating population,
ILLINOIS was the hottest field, and
the result there is the most whitening
and cyterminatinc rcbuhc to The Ad-
minislration. Douglas was The man
who engineered the Repeal Of the
Missouri tCompromisc, thus opening
the noodgatcs Of discussion he is 4
Shareholder; he stood by the South,
and the Border Ruflians, in their raid
upon Kansas hc laudcd ;he Drcd
Scott infamy he was the very leader
in the Administration crusade against
Constitutional Liberty~..until a point
was reached where Douglas saw the
North could go 10 further. Then 1t
was-at the critical moment when the
administration sought 10 real!zc the
fruit of all its toll and b!oodshed-at
that point, Douglas proved traitor,
deserted the Administration, and aided
Rcpublicans in killing LecOmpton. 1t
was for this cruel betrayal that Pres.
buchanan issued an cdict that Illinois
should not re-clec! Senator Douglas.
This order did not suit the people OF
Illinois, and many Republicans cnlis-.
ted in Douglas s'support-not that they
liked him, but they did not wish him
defeated for the only good deed he
ever did-not that they hated him
less. but Buchanan more. Others OF
the Republicans thought Lincoln, his
opponent, not entirely orthodox, and
declined voting. Douglas got the
regular organization. Such saga
cious Southerners as Wise, Hammond,
Breckenridge, &c, satisfied that vou'
glas was as devoted a Slavitc as they
could find in the North for President,
ami viewing it impolilic to let him be
defeated, deserted Buchanan, openly
enlisted for Douglas, ana 1t IS stated
raised fund OF $4,000 10 aid him.
His own means were all expended in
tie contest. BY such gigantic efforts
aided hy the Senators holding over
from last year-Douglas has secured
a small majority of the Legislature /;
and vet there is a rumor that several
of them arc secret tools OF the Admin
istration, which We doubt. 1t Is III
effect splendid personal victory for
Stephen Arnold Douglas, and makes
him u most available candidate for a
Locoloco nomination for President by
the Charleston Convention, with his
Anli-Lccompton face for the North,
and long Pro-Slavery record for the
South. There is but small MAJ. on
a,oI tho