The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-15
POLITICAL SUMMARY.


ton Democrats of Sussex county, New Jersey,
was large in numbers and important in char.
acter. An exchange says Of it:
The meeting itself was most enthusiastic.
and an overwhelming protest by the Sussex
Democracy against the Lecompton outrage.
Sussex is the most Democratic of the New Jer.
sey Democratic counties, and always piles up
its majority. Senators Thomson and Wright
are censured for their course in favor of LIE
compton. Mr.. Huyler, member from the fourth
Congressional district of New Jersey, is re mon.
strated with and Hon. Garnet B. Adrain, who
has taken 9 bold and honorable stand for law,
order, and justice, is sustained by his gallant
constituents"
The Hon. W. Smith, of Virginia, saw fit, in
a speech delivered in the House during the
Kansas debate, to apply the party whip to the
Anti Lecompton Democrats who are members
of Congress. The Richmond Enquirer, Dem
ocratic supporter of the Administration, says :
Gin Democratic Congressional caucns, Mr..
Smith himself il constantly associated with the
very men whom he describes as outcasts from
the Democratic organization. In his reference
to the Legislature Of Virginia. he is eren more
unf fortunate. Three Democratic caucuses of the
Legislature Of Virginia hare refused every so.
licitation to impugn the claim Of Anti Lecomp-
ton DemOc, ats to an equal position in the Dem
ocratic party. Mr.. Smith stands alone, and has
involved himself in q mesh of contradictions
by attempting to fortify an untenable position.
"a word more. Mr.. Smith is a neophyte in
the Democratic party. A very short time since,
he was convicted of most obnoxious affiliation
with Sans frequenters of the culvert. He cried
nsea culpa, and was forgiven. Far be it from
US to attempt to read Mr.. Smith out of the par
ty, either on account of his past offence or his
present error! Bat. under the circumstances
OF Mr.. Smiths position, we mildly suggest that
perhaps it would better accord with taste and
prudence, should he abstain from coupling gra.
tuitous compliments to patriotic Know Moth
ings,' with blank thunder demonstrations against
a Democratic Governor of Virginia"
At the municipal election in Cincinnati last
Monday, April s, the Anti.Lecompton ticket
was elected by majorities ranging from 1900
to 1900. The city has usually gone Demo
cratic by large majority. Thirteen out of
seventeen Councilmen are Anti Lecompton.
The St. Louis municipal election has resulted
in the election of the entire Free Soil ticket by
over l,UOO majority.
The Jefferson City (Mo) election took place
on the 9th inst. The Free Soil ticket entire
was elected by majority of 20. Jefferson
City is the capital of Missouri. Well done,
Missouri
The election in Dubuque, Iowa, heretofore
strongly Hunker,) is Anti-Lecompton by 500
majority.
The Michigan town elections show large Re-
publican gains.
In Ogdensburgh, New York-Elmira, do
the Republican municipal tickets have been
elected.
Bridgeport, the home of the Hon. William D.
Bishop, gave him l25 majority for Congress
last year-l07 more than his whole majority in
the district. On Monday, it gave 2ls majority
against mis- party, oloet;a.s a noPuhl:os~ sa-.a.
tor and Representative. Such IS the response
of Mr.. Bishops constituents to his Lecompton
speech.
The Rhode Island State election has resulted
in the signal defeat of the Democratic party
there. The Republican candidates received
1000 odd votes, to 5000 odd given to the AID
ministrstion candidate.
The members elected to the General Assem-
bly, are, oil but three, Republican.
This is of unusual importance, from the fact
that Senator is to be chosen by this Legsla.
ture, to fill the place now occupied by Mr..
Allen, who has defed the public sentiment of
his State on the Lecompton issue. The result
OF the election is severe rebuke of his conduct.
The Union attempts to make Lecompton
capital out of the recent election in Columbus,
Ohio. 1t says the Democrats there endorsed
Lecomptou, and have lately been triumphant
in municipal contest. The simple truth is,
that some time since a squad of office.holders
in Columbus met and passed Lecompton reso-
lutions. The mass of Democrats were, as now,
opposed to Lecompton. At the recent election,
eOery Democrat elected soas publicly knoson to
be anti ecOmpton. If the Union can extract
comfort from the result of this election, it can
get moonshine from cucumbers. The States
OF this city remarks of the election in Co.
lumbus:
"There was no Mayor this year to be elect.
ed. The principal officer elected was the CITY
Marshal, John B. Cofroth, who was the first
slgner for the great anti. Lecompton Democratic
meeting. He was elected marshal last year by
only eight majority; now he has 2s9 maiorityl
Ibis, too, In city which has almost uniformly
been against the Democracy.
Mr.. Cotfroth is a brother to Hon. Mr.. Coff.
II
OF the immortal twenty one in the Democratic
Convention of that State who resisted Lecomp.
tonism. Had any other than an anti ecompton
Democratic ticket been nominated in Coium.
bus, instead of gain, we should have had to
record a defeat"
The Government will easily get all the VOL
unteers required for Utah. The mayor of Chi
cago enlisted 800 men ON Friday and Saturday,
and tour full companies are to be raised. Coin.
panies have also been organized at half dozen
otner places IN Illinois. A Michigan regiment
has been rendered to the President. But we
fear the President will be wounded nv the Ian.
guage in which Gen. Curtenius. the ad;utaut
general OF Michigan, makes the tender. for he
says:
g" To crush out rebellion, polygamv or even
the sum Of all rillainies,' (Slavery.5 In any Of
the Territories, she asks but thirty DAYS of
grace, to place at the disposal of the War De-
Partment regiment ready to receive and obey
marching orders"
Ten regiments of volunteers have already
been profered to the War Department, for the
selection OF the three authorized by the new
Inc Opposition papers in Virginia generally
take ground against the Lecompton COnssitu-
ton. The Richmond South calls the South
Americans who voted against the Kansas bill,
Sepoys' The Richmond Wing replies