Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-18
Tbc Io,t EIec,,on IN ColIrorn,o.

The Washington Union, of Oct 9th, speak
ing Of the election in California, then jus
heard from, says:
In word, the elections for State officer
in Califo mia have resulted in most sipnn
triumph Of the supporters of the administ n
tion over the combined forces of Seward
Do'tgids, and the dark lantern, Ly from si
to ten thousand majority"
A triumph over Douglas Preciselv a
'0s, IN common ,cihh other friends of Do,sqla.
Predicted The fight was hypocriticaily mad
10y the Lecompton party against Broderic.
only and the BLACK Republicans" Not
word about any opposition to Douglas! OF
no, every Lecompton stumper and every lie
compton editor was fast friend of Douglas
thought he was the greatest man in the I'm
ION, that he had only "courteously differed
with the President and that he was as sound
a Democrat as ever walked the earth. Ne
sooner was the election over, however, than
all these Lecompton editors, (the stumper-
had no more to say. because the stumpins
days were over) all these Leeompton editors
turned right around and commenced reading
Douglas out Of the party Afraid to make
any issue against him before the people, no
/ sooner did they get the votes Of Douglas
men for their side OF the house than they
claimed a great victory over the opposers OF
the Kansas policy of tie President, and pro-
claimed it loud and long from the house.tops.
Braying the contempt which the people OF
California were bound to feel for such brazen
assumption they published to the world that
California had 'nobly sustained the Admin
istraiion in its Kansas policy and rebuked
Mr.. Douglas for his course in the Senate OF
the United States. The Washington Union,
the central Lecompton organ, ut Washing
ton, breathing wrath and fury against Doug
las in a manner which the LecomptCn organs
here dared not d0 before the election, 1t kes
up the wondrous tale, and announces, ns in
the above paragraph, that the State Of Cali
fornia has pronounced against Stephen A.
Douglas Every intelligent man in this
State knows that the blatant cry is as false
as the hollow heart of hell itself This State
has never pronounced against Stephen A.
Douglas, and nerer acW 1t is a douglas
State to-day, and three fourths of the lead
ing Democrats within its limits are for send |
ing Douglas delegates to the next National |
Convention at Charleston. 1t may be that
Douglas Democrats will be silly enough to
vote for the Lecompton party again, under
he impression that that party hare nothing
against Douglas, but we hardly think so.
such thrice sodden stupidity would be worthy
Of immortal commemoration in a second
Dunciad. as the most stupendous exhibition
Of dwelling stolidity that was ever witnessed.
It was sturendous enough, God knows, at
first, but repetition of it would be like
piling Alps upon Alps of folly and capping
It with Mont Blame Of superhuman self.
qualification. 1t would actually he sublime
10 contemplate! The past might be excused,
but the man who now prctends to be for
Douglas and would ever lend his ear (he it
long or short) to the Lecompton cry, again,
that no war was intended against Douglas,
but only against this man Or that man who
called himself his friend, and would under
these circumstances vote the second time |
against his own principles. is WORTHY of
monument as high as was ever the tower of
Babel. And it ought to consist of n noun |
tain of diotic skulls, scarcely more empty in
death than in life, with his own most appro-
priately crowning the top. If there lives
any such man, we do hope his features will |
be preserved upon canvas his body embalm-
ed for safe keeping, and his name recorded in
history to be handed down to posterity as
the ninth wonder of the world But we
think we may safely exclaim There lives
no such man."
As to the assertion of the Washington
Union about the dark lanterns combining
against the Administration, every body here
knows that the Know Nothings were the
very "head and front" of the Lecompton
State Convention. and that they are plenti
fully sprinkled all through the Lecomptou
party.