The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-30
oAIrroRNIA AND THE ADMINISTRATORS.


results it has been our fortune for long time to
record, in the triumphant success Of the democracy
in the elections just held in California The contest
was between the democratic party proper support
ing the administration of Mr.. Buchanan and espe-
ciay endorsing his Kansas policy of the last session
Of Congress-, and combined opposition composed
of the black republican party, the Douglas boilers
from the democracy the knownothing order, the
partisans of the vigilance committees, and some
other odds and ends of sms which it is needless to
enumerate The result of this contest Of the de-
mocracy with all the factions large aggregate pop
lar majority in the State, and the carrying of eigh
teen senatorial districts out Of twenty-five twenty
nine counties out Of forty and twenty-five senators
to thirteen and ffy-one assembly-men to twenty
nine of the opposition. @@
In word the elections for State officers in Cali
fornia have resulted in most signal triumph Of the
supporters of the administration over the combined
forces of Seward Douglas, and the dark-antern, by
from six to ten thousand majority. Thus California
has added her verdict to those of North Carolina
Kentucky Missouri, and Arkansas, that have been
pronounced during the summer upon Mr.. Buchan
ans policy Maine made gallant effort to throw
off the shackles of anatcism and sectionalism but
only succeeded in achieving heavy gain upon her
former national votes The republicans succeeded
in winning nominal victory over her gallant de-
mocracy Of the sort which Pyrrhus gained over the
Romans at Tarentum, of which he exclaimed in RI
ding over the field of battle, another such victory
and am undone."
With the single exception Of Maine, every State
that has spoken at the polls since the adjournment
Of Congress has spoken in the same decided and
emphatic tones with which tho sturdy and glorious
Old North State led off in the contest 1t is true,
we have not the same overwhelming majority in Cal
iforna that we had in Missouri, Kentucky, and other
States but this has been altogether owing to the
detection Of the faction whom the Hon. Mr.. Foote,
one Of the band, denominates as the "Douglasites"
men who, not content with seeding from their par
ty and opposing it on their own grounds, have
marched over horse, foot and Dragons into the
my IS lines, and combined with them to make bloody
and vindictive war upon the democracy.
Weneed hardly allude to the fact that the returns for
the congressional election in California show vote
at all for democratic candidates We explained on
Tuesday that the attempt of the republicans in Cali
fornia to elect members of Congress-, in spite of an
express law of the last legislature postponing the
election of representatives until next year, il
licit, factious, and fraudulent. They pretend that
the law of the Legislature postponng the election is
unconstitutional, upon grounds that have not tran
spred; but their real design is to contest with the
two men whom they have just illegally voted for the
seats of the democratic members who will be elected
at the time fixed by law their movement being
based upon the expectation that the next House of
Representatives will be composed of majority of
black-republicans and "Dougastes" combined, who
they are sure, will prove themselves capable of per-
petrating the outrage of oustng majority candidates
elected according to law, with minority candidates
elected in violation and contempt of law. .,,..
The gratifying majority which has been given to
the supporters Of the administrations very large
one, when we consider that it was won by the de-
mocracy in the face Of detection and in spite of a
formidable conspiracy within its own ranks to be-
tray itsuficienty indicates the temper of the peo
pie Of California in regard to this deliberate outrage
who will show in the regular election for their
representatives in Congress-, majority against the
coalition which has attempted to practice it upon
them which will very fully test the sincerity Of its
Wanted respect for the will Of the people, exhb
tied in the Lecompton controversy. .. e..
We cannot but express our admiration at the man
ner in which this great democratic State Of the Pa
cifc, thus continually rebukes the apostates from
principle who rush off to her after great and unpar-
donable delinquences here seeking to repair the po
lica fortunes which they havehopelessly ruined on
this side Of the continent 1t thus that she treated
the fugitive, Foote, from Mississippi, who berated
the democratic administration and organization SO
furiousy the other day in Memphis his return
from dreary and Improbable exile He failed to
find any comfort or consolation in his apostacy from
the stern and indomitabe democracy Of California
It was thus that she treated the Hon. Edward Stan
ley, who emigrated from North Carolina where his
popularity was FRUSTRATED, in the hope Of finding the
people of California less severe upon who for
sake the principles of their fathers and desert the
faith Of their native State. Running, though south
ern man. as the sectional candidate of the northern
party he had the modification to discover that the peo
pie Of California were not nscnsble to the dictates
ola generous and genuine patriotism or as tolerant to
men who despised them, as he had supposed. In
these and several other similar cases, California has
Indignantly refused to allow herself to be made a
pententiary, Botany Bay for the reform and proba
ton of political exiles and outcasts from the East
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