The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-18
TIE LATE ELECTIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE
UPON COMING ELECTIONS.

All the August elections have been held and their
suit is mostly known. This result is most favorable to
the democracy more So In fact, than antici-
pated prior to the electionsand it must exert power
full influence upon the elections to be held next Septem-
ber October, and November. The most important fact
disclosed is that the democracy thoroughly united,
that the differences engendered by the Lecompon con-
troversy have wholly passed away and do not in the
least affect the action Of the party in the campaign
while the opposition split into factions and feuds
which it seems impossible to heal. popular reaction
has taken place in favor of tho democratic party which
will extend into all the States and affect all the elections
in way that has been little anticipated review of
the field will force this conclusion upon every
In Kansas officers were elected, the people simply
voting upon the proposition submitted to them by Con-
gress This proposition nothing else in effect than
the question: shall become State shall not
There was little difference of opinion upon this and the
result is as every supposed it would be. From the
unanmty of the VOTE it is evident that all parties
ocratc backrepublcan, free State slave State, and all
except few fre-eaters thought alike upon it. The
newspaper press throughout the whole country well
pleased with the result for the that the people of
Kansas have 80 wied it at fair election.
In Missouri every democratic congressman is elected,
and what is important STILL the black republicans
defeated in tho St. Louis district the only place at
the South where they had obtained foothold and where
they of victory that their modification is
very greatp painful they express tat their defeat
This result is the most prominent feature Of last weeks
elections shows that there Ia division between the
black republicans and know-nothings which cannot be
healed for a long time to
In Kentucky the vote more than two-thirds
heavy it last year. yet the democratic candidate
receives the majority of twelve thousand equiva
lent to a heavy gain The know-nothng party in its
headquarters at the South has dwinded from vast
joty small minority and will tumble to pieces
from its own decay In Arkansas the two democratic
candidates, Hndman and Rust have gone into Congress-
the former without opposition, and the latter opposed
only by independent candidate. The opposition have
no organization there In North Carolina in Arkan-
sas the opposition organized but Judge Ellis
tic lypQ Inv
McRae, who upon tho old and exploded issue of
distribution of the proceeds Of the public lands among
all the States Judge Ellis elected, and legislature
chosen which viii return two democrats to the United
States Senate.
In every one Of these elections the democracy
united as one man. while the opposition at ST. Louis the
only place they able to make stand with any show
success most disastrousy defeated account OF
their intestine wars Nor is this confined to St. Louis,
but the spirit Of enmity jealousy, and hate between
the two factions extends throughout the North How is
it Are they not hopelessly divided or, at least
much that it will be hard to bring about
4 dation this year Let
In Massachusetts, there is split between the know
nothngs and blackrepubIicans, and each has called
separate convention In New York the black -republi-
cans are between two fires the know nothngs are as
saulting them upon side and the radicals, headed
by Gerrt Smith, upon the other Either of these
would be formidable and the two combined make their
hopeless In Ohio the spirit Is manifest and
especially ia II in the district where Tom Corwin is up
for Congress In Illinois the opposition not by any
means united although their feud has not yet
sumed 30 distinctive character has in other States
In Michigan the know nothing element is not likely
create 40 much of disturbance in their ranks the
ealouss aud chickering's manifested in the grab for Office
Each leader has his followers and parsans and the feel
| ing between them is not by any means the most AMIGA
/ Bile in tho word. sf
| From the viruence with which this between tho
factions is waged and the extent to which 1t has gone
a reconciliation seems next 10 impossible In nearly all
the States have mentioned the division is violent
~ il In Missouri, and there all know IL lost
them the election just il will be at the North The
factions united in 1854 and elected majority of the
congressman In 1856, they divided, and they lost
the House What is the prospect Of their success
that they are divided than they two years
/ agoi
On the contrary the democrats accept the English bill
as compromise for all their differences of opinion make
/ it basis upon which to conduct tho campaign, and are
consequently enabled to unite as ono man. This was
done in Missouri Kentucky and North Carolina II has
cn done the State conventions of Maine and Ohio, in
different congressional conventions and there to
believe win be done wherever there Is to be election
ibis fall The result which has attended the elections
already had predicts the result in the coming cleo
tons The democrats all the country are united
and the opposition are divided We ace what the result
WAS last week and 1t hardly possible that tho result In
other States this fall should be different Harmony in
ths democratic PARTY has already achieved victories where
they were not sxpsted and let this harmony but con
thuc and other victories will be accomplished where
they little expected.
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