The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-11
VOL. XII.
POLITICAL SUMMARY.

i've or forty citizens of the inchosta S,atn
Kansas, who are now on a visit IN tb;s -; VI
waited on President Buchanan. We leornLy,
they were very cordially received. and tool 10y "a
caslon TO express to the President their besr.r
approval OF his course in relation to the atF,;,y
OF their disturbed ard unhappy T errito,n
Ihey are unanimous in the declaration tho, ~
admission OF Kansas under the Lecomntoe
constitution would efec.usly cause cessa,;n-
Oh tne excitement which already has and uIi
continue to operate adversely to the trno iu,.U ~"
ests of the Territory aud thew are all on ,G.e''
that Congress will decide favorablv on Tis
question at an early day."
We wonder if these % thirty five or forty ci,;.
zens of the inchoate State of Kansas" are -.
the Territorial officials who have fled Kane.
and respecting whom Mr.. Wilson wantsd :.
formation in the Senate the other day?
The Legislature of Texas is 3 rema,,.lI.
body, and its labors without a parallel IT,
have large amount Of business on hand or3
for some time have been engaged holding three
sessions a day-forenoon, afternoon. and .,
night. To these they have recently added
fourth-a session before breakfast. The Au.,;n
Gazette says the House now meets at 4 o,or,.I
A. NJ, and goes to work.
great anti-Lecompton meeting was bal5:.
the Harrisburg (Ps.) Court house. on The oro.
ing of March I'd. After addresses f,,r, ~
Forney and others, resolutions were a5,r,.I
condemning the Presidents Kansas poHov =.
violation of his pledged faith to the peo,Ie
and subversive of the cardinal principle of tho
Democratic party; approving of the course .,
Mess-s. Douglas, Stanton, Forney, and Gov
Packer, and applauded the sentiments on Kor
sas contained in the inaugural addres, of ,bo
latter.
The Democrats of Rochester New Yo.k
elected their candidate for Mayor on Tuesday
OF last week. The Opposition elected msi,r.
ity of the Aldermen.
The Chicago municipal election was held Io.,
week. Tweedy, and the entire RanpbEoor
ticket, was elected, by 1000 majority. Tho
vote was The heaviest ever polled in tha, civ
The Louisiana House of Representatives h.,
passed bill, authorizing a company aIreo3r
organized, to import $500 free neproas e.,
the coast of Africa, to be indentured for a term
of years.
Inc Democrats of Cambria county, Pa. held
meeting recently, and passed resolutions cor.
0e'iilS'o'y Oh the RESIDENTS Lecompton policy.
An Administration Lscomp.on mpet;no v,.
he'd in New York last week. which was frnr
attended by the party chiefs. This meeting i.
thought by the Administration prints to indica.s
that the people of the North are relaxing IN
their opposition to the Lecompton juggle. but
they should remember that the CITY of New
I ork does not reflect the opinions of the maior.
ity OF the people of the North. In such er.a,
cities, the power of an Administration is great
and is felt instantly.
Inc Democrats of Toledo, Ohio, held meet
ing on the evening OF March 3, to denoupce the
Lecomp;on Constitution
The Ohio Statesman remarks. in refarencoto
the proposed Democratic Anti.Lecomptop Con.
vention in that Stale:
Long lists of names to be added 70 the call
Tor the state Convention pour in upon "a. and
we oe.leVe that, as our space is so much occu.
p'eu' II VIII be better to publiah them all at
once, IN an extra. We have today seventy.
eight names from one township. A corDtc !,
the northwest sends a tremendous arrar nd
upon the back of one of the calls is written.
We can send all The names we want f-o-r
this region; every Democrat signs the call a.,
soon as 1t is laid before him. Every Dem.
Ccfat out one IN Portsmouth, Scioto courtv
mas signed the call. We have five hundred
names and more from each of several counties.
ana, according to all appearances. we shall
nave tremendous gathering on the IOih."
The Connecticut Democracy have put in
nomination State ticket, upon the Lecompton
or Buchanan platform. 1t is as follows:
For Governor, James T. Pratt. Hartford;
Tor Lieut. Governor John Cotton Smith Sra.
ron; for Secretary of Slate. f. Williams. II.
Stonlngton; for Treasurer, Daniel B. Warner.
East Haddam; for Comptroller, Peleg c. Child,
Woodstock
very large portion Of the Convention we're
Douglas men, but, under the gag Of the pre-.
7ious question, the resolutions were passed
There is, however, split in the party, and the
lcket has no prospect of an election. 1.-THE
opposition forces should unite, it would be
beaten by many thousands.
The Maryland Legislature, by vote of a
nays to yea, have rejected resolutions sustain.
ing the Presidents Lecompton policy. TIE
Americans amended the original resolutions,
10 that the Democrats voted against them.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Coaveu.
ion met at Harrisburg, March 5, reported reso.
utions as follows:
Firstly, they declare that the principle in.
7olved in the repeal Of the Missouri Compro.
nise, and re-asserted in the Kansas. Nebrasks
act-namely, that the people of the Territories
hall have the exclusive control of their domes
only sure guaranty against
agitation IN the nation with regard to the local
OF the several States and Terrific.
les; that the uniform application Of the Dem.
'cratlc principle to the organization of new
Territories and the admission of new States
With or without Slavery, as the people may elect
IS we'll as the equal rights of all the States,
must be preserved, the original compact of the
Constitution maintained inviolate, and the har.
nony and perpetuity of the Union preserved.
The resolutions are very long, and fully sustain
he Lecompton Constitution ard the President.
Mr.. Stokes, of Westmoreland, offered a substi.
ute, presenting the views Of the minority Of the
Convention, which declare the acceptance Of the
1ecOmpton Constitution to be Congressional
and that the members Of Congress
'oting for Lecompton are guilty Of moral tres'
on. They further endorse Gov. Packers course,
specially as set forth in his Inaugural.
In the afternoon, an exciting dehata e,suei