The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-01
POLITICAL SUMMARY.

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POLITICAL SUMMARY.
The new postmaster at Chicago, Mr.. Cook
entered upon his duties on the 18th instant
His first act was to dismiss some thirty EN-
ployes in the Office.
The Democrats in the General Assembly OF
New York have seventy-four members, but
could muster only thirtytwo of them in favor
of the Lecompton resolutions.
Lecompton resolutions have passed the Penn
sylvania Senate, only one Democrat voting in
the negative.
The removal of Judge Loring by Governor
Banks excites great deal of comment in the
newspapers, and much Misrepresentation The
Governor removed the j ldge, not because he
personally wished to dos so, but because for
three years he had openly violated law of
Massachusetts. 1t was rot because he tried
Anthony Burns that he has been removed, but
because he did not take ais choice between a
Government Office and one given By this State.
Both he could not legally fill at the same time,
and to dispute the right of the Legislature to
refuse State Office to man while he is a Ma.
tional officer, is ridiculous.
The election in Connecticut occurs next Mon.
day. 1t is believed that the Opposition will
easily triumph over the Administration forces.
The Anti-Lecompton party of New jersey
feel certain of carrying that State at the next
election, and William l.. Dayton is already pro.
posed to fill the seat in the Senate now occupied
by Mr.. Wright.
A new Administration paper is 10 be estab.
lished at Chicago, called the Union.
The New York Evening Post has the follow
ing respecting the much.talked-of Territory of
Arizona: a.
1t is said that Zuloaga's Government will
sell Sonora for money; and a special Commits
sioner is to be dispatched forthwith, to negotiate
and to outbid any rival buyers. Arizona once
organized with Sonora into Territory, the
schemers will urge the building of a road from
Ell Paso to Guaymas, place about three hun.
dred miles up the Gulf of California, and there.
fore eight hundred miles more out of the way.
and distant from the commercial centre where
in spite of the Pacific railroad, trade and com.
merce and industry and wealth will centre.
GAS corollary and key to the Arizona
scheme, it is understood that Senator Gwin
who represents the California extensionists in
Washington, and who has lost respect and in.
auence at home by too great anxiety to keep
himself in office) is to try his hand at making
another slave State, and securing his own cleo.
ton to the Senate from Arizona"
Col. Forney is lecturing in various towns of
Pennsylvania, and is greeted by large audi
ences.
The Journal Of Commerce, NJ T., rebukes
those oldline Wings who do not stand up
straight for Lecompton.
There is an agitation in Wisconsin and Mich
igan in favor of new State to be formed out of
Northern Wisconsin and the northern peninsu.
Ia of Michigan. The two States would cede
back to the General Government the lands in
question for the formation of q new State.
We notice by the Ohio State Journal, that
Messrs. Foster, Toilet, & Co., of Columbus,
have in press work from the pen of Hon. J.
R. Giddngs, entitled " The Ediles of Florida
The correspondent of the Sandusky Register
says:
at will be purely historical work, based
upon and derived from documents in the
archives at Washington, known to but few,
but to which Mr.. Giddings's position on Com
mittees of Congress, during long series of
years, has given him the fullest access. Judg.
ing from the few chapters have read, the
work will be one of deep and absorbing inter
est and will be eagerly sought and perused."
The Democratic House Caucus Committee
met on Monday evening for conference. when
the Anti.Lecompton members submitted, as
their ultimatnn, the Crittenden amendment,
or something substantially like it The Lee
comptonites refused to accept it, and the CON.
ference was broken up without accomplishing
anything.
The Richmond South has Washington cor
respondent who bids fair to acquire consider.
able notoriety for his personal attacks upon
Northern Senators. In his way, he surpasses
Parson Brownlow. 1t seems that he listened
to Senator Wade's admirable speech, and he
gives the honorable Senator the benefit of
nearly q column of criticism, winding up as
follows:
@Mr. Sumner was chsstised for milder in.
suits than those conveyed in the remarks of the
Senator from Ohio. Even that big sneak, VIII
son, has scarcely dared to risk his hide by such
bold language; and your correspondent could
not help heartily wishing, as he Witnessed the
old Ohioan Free Soiler spouting and prancine
through bis speech, for the punishraent of bis
BODY by the lash" '+t3~@