The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-31
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the elt ctons that are to take place throughout
The country next McDdsy. In 10 less than seven
Stat-s-alt Sonthern-apd QUE Territory, are
c'sctiocs to be hesd on that day; iy, ia Ala
bawa. Arkansas, Kentucky. Missouri, Texas
North Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas In MM'
souri, alone ere members of Congress to be
chosen; the election in the other six States
being merely for members of the Legislature
and local oficers so that their resu.s, except In
the CAGE of Missouri, will be Of no general in
terest. The results Of the election there and in
Kansas-wAere the people are to dispose of the
Leeompton censtitution--will be, however,
looked forward to with the moat intense anxiety
ipasmuch as in both these contests the slavery
question is to some extent involved.
For some years past there bias been growing
up in Missouri an anti slavery or emsncipa-
touet party, whose object is to abolish the pc
cutler institution in that State, and replace it
by free labor. Mr.. Francis 2. Blair, Jr., was
elected member Of the present Congress from
the city of St. Louis as a representative Of that
movement He is q candidate for reelection,
ard is opposed by Mr.. J. r. Barret, Lecompton
democrat. Mr.. Blair, however, is the only can
ddste in Missouri who represents the emanci-
patton movement. The other candidates are
known as national democrats, anti-Lecomp-
ton democrats independent Lecompton demo
Gratis, Independent. anti-Lecompton demo-
Gratis or Know Nothings-the oppos-
tion elements there being as badly mixed
up as they are in this State. The pre-
sent members will probably be reelected in
the first six districts. Mr.. Caruthers, the mem
Der for the Seventh district, is not candidate
for re election, but bis place will probably be
filled by national democrat such as he himself
was If we are right in these surmises the
Missouri delegation will stand in the next Con-
| gress as it stands in this-that is six admins
| tration men, one opposition.
| The result of the Kansas election is of more
Importance and interest to the country at large
than those of oil the others The bona .fde citi-
zens Of that Territory will have to express their
will in favor Of, or adverse to, the ordinance of
the Lecompton constitution, the vote on that
applying also to the instrument itself. II there
be q majority in the affirmative then Kansas
comes in, under the Presidents proclamation,
as State of the confederacy; il in the mega
tive, then she has to wait little longer for ad
mission. The selection of Monday next as the
day for holding the election there, simulta-
neously with the exciting election in Missouri,
may be taken as an indication of the desire Of
the Commissioners to avoid giving any pretence
hereafter for allegations Of border rufian intru-
sions. No matter how the question may be de-
cided, it will be relief to the whole country,
as getting rid of the unpleasant subject for some
time to come.
The elections on which NE complexion Of the
next House Of Representatives virtually turns
are those which will be held in the Middle and
Western States in the fall Southern elections
are always matters of foregone conclusion, the
sitting members being almost uniformly elected
IL they choose to be candidates. BY this system
the South has always an able, experienced and
reliable representation in Congress, by which it
is able to sway the legislation of the country
This is not so in the Western, Middle or Eastern
States, where the absurd rule of rotation pre-
walls, and where, in turn, the silliest nincom-
poops Of party are selected to perform the
duties Of Legislators and statesmen, and have
only two sessions allowed them usually to obtain
and apply their knowledge The Congressional
elections come off during the first week in Octo-
Der in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and
during the following month In this State.
The result Of these will be Of great in
terest and Importance, as deciding whether
the administration party is to be in a
minority in the next House of Represen-
tatives Appearances seem to indicate that
such will be the case. If So the Executive will
have little TO complain OF in that respect, for
the principal measures of the administration
during the last session owed their success more
TO opposition votes than to democratic. 1t can
afford, therefore, to regard with complacency
the issues Of the approaching elections
Az ADoIITIoSIsr JUBILEE Monday next will
be generally observed by the free blacks in this
section Of the country, and their white adj
mirers, as the twentieth anniversary of the ahp-
lition Of slavery in the British West India
islands. 1t appears that the celebration will be
upon more extended scale than ever before.
The Gauisonian brethren and sisters of Massa-
chusetis are to rendezvous in great force at the
pleasant town Of New Bedford, celebrated for
fast horses, pretty girls, aristocratic whale oil
society and strong in its devotion to runaway
niggers Up the Hudson, at Poughkeepsie, Mr..
Frederic Douglass, (colorcd man, Ia to crate;
suburban-umbrageous festival, with Massa Gar
rison as the star speaker Is announced at Nor.
ris Grove, Long leland, and the young men
of promise" whoever they may be, will in.
dulgc In songs, orations, and 20 FORTH at the