The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-23
The Missouri Elsctaon.
QUE ST. LOUIS CoRRrsPONDNCu.


ST. LOUIS, August IT, 1858.
The HERALD Al Right on the Quesiom- Great Democratic
Vict~y-Natwe Of the Opposii,~-Ony Emanci-
patton Camdidate-Not Ten Thousand Free Soil Votes
Polled-7he Free White Labor Schewe Defeated BY the
Popular Vote Missouri to be dlsoays Sdrs State, de-
Tho amount Of space you have recently devoied to the
election in this State shows that, in with the
county, duly appreciate the importance OF thst CON
test and are deeply sensible Of the immense influence
bound to exert, not only upon the elections about to
take place. but upon the Institutions Of state aud the
whole South, - well the future of politics and
political parties. Your wise and well timed reflections
have been we'll received by the conservative ctzons Of
this State Of all political complexions It would seem
useless 10 add anything more TO them but may DO
certain facw eced with that struggle, and With
the neral condition Of the contest between conservatism
and niger worship in this state, which concealed
from all but those who have been ACTORS behind We
curtain.
The general result Of the late election may be summed
up ~ follows The democrats have swept the whole
State eecog all their candidates for Congress by i'm
maorties and ut least three ourths of the Legs
laturc, may judge from the returns now In, incom-
pete though they In the First district R. Bsrret
beats the notorious Blair emaucpstobist In the Second
Thomas Andersen, South American and Lecomptonise,
Thomas Anderson South american and mptenits,
iory in the Third, john 3. Clark ls elected without
opposition in the FOURTH Jsmes Craig, with ouy nominal
opposition in the Fifth Samuel Il woodson who occu
pes position with Mr. Anderson beats indie
pendent candidates. in the Sixth, John s. Phelps is elect
ed for the eighth trne and IN the Seventh, John w.
NOEL elected IN place OF Mr. Caruhers who declined
re election. AZ the niger worshipper Of the North
last year. catching their from the free niger party
Of Missouri very compacently appropriated the vote of
Rollins, and set down 10 the credit OF aboitonism,
ceducpg from these premises some very queer and
sbsurd conclusions In reference to the eradication OF
slavery from this State, may well now, TO prevent
any further similar diogs deaoe tie nature OF
opposition the democracy encountered in the recent
Cougressora election In the Frat district there
emancipation Candidate but in otner Mr.. Anderson
was opposed by democrat who perfectly sound, and
who would have received the democratic animation but
for the fact that the democrats satisfied with Mr.
Anderson and wished to testify their appreciation OF his
General Clark had no opposition. Mr.. Crag's
opponent South American negro trader. Col Wood
sou was opposed by Gan. John VI Reid, national demo
Of M Pcsps Ss.: Bsutu d"So
crst who denies that he Is freesoiior; and Col.
egier, who ran against Gen. Noel, is an cid limo
wbig who boasts TINT he would leave the State II
slavery abolished And let no one imagine
that these gentlemen we're run by the emancpatonss
merely entsrrg wedges and that they preparing
to run their own cspdiostes next time II they had hsd
any strength in the several districts they might surely
have been able 70 elect few 70 the Legislature.
BIT far from this being true, they did not even
legs candidates 10 BALI dozau counties In the State,
all these who did overwhelmingly defeated,
with one single exception From close analysis OF tbe
voie the conclusion that less than thousand
free soil poed of hundred and twenty
five thousand the niger wSrssoper. are satisfied s
rious results from their present position In this STATE 30
90 We from ours.
Tho defeat of the free niger candidate In this district
and The complete smash up his miserable squad OF
toAdee have undergone, though has attracted much
attention elsewhere, and though really brilliant VIC
tory yet only what might been foreseen by those
all familiar with popular sentiment IN Missouri II
should be remembered that the party ana The movement
Il naugurated . fraud from the beginning, and Ike
all impoehous, bound 10 be exposed at time or
other Blair elected under false pretcncs two
ego swinging the coat tai Of Colonel Benton, who was
Buchar an d. mocIat and his party has been kept in
power by the dins OF humbuggcry and docep
ton One thing after another was tried un;a msma1si.
hatred Of negroes, morally end socially, and hypocrti-
cal love for Stree white men," was invented, which
served s purpose until II was understood and no longer
The area demSsoeue, trained In school Of corrup poll
and dishonorable rimmers, promised 10 his do
labor, the negroes wcre ali TO be emAncpated and
colcnized the river Chagres. Missouri 70 con-
tain nothing but white men, who were 70 be fur
be reopened from the broad praries OF the STATE so
aey corrupted by the Of slavery The dodge took
upon H. But The election the democracy deter
the iseue fairly ct the OUTSET and 20 crush
Inc question Of the emanc patton OF slaves W. tho
roughly discussed by stump orators and through the
columns Of The newspaper and The Interest Of the PEG
Die awakened ~ never had been before. The
nocked by thousands 70 the political meetings, and
body voc who had . VOTE a. shown By The large In
r.aec,icn The people saw PLAINLY through The trick al.
tempted TO be played upon them, and The injury that
would result 70 our state BY the Agitation Of IN imprsc
cable question "Free white meu" were unable 10 zee
how they would be benefited By emancipa.ing
10000 alsves turning them loose % compete vita
vsl being impossible and frank Bairs Hoaduras scheme
beng looked uIon something ridiculous ~ tho colo
pzatiou Of mud turtles and AigNiofs upon louisiana
swamp unc er the projection OF tho American fss Tncy
plainly the suicidal policy Of loading The Stale with
debt Of SlcO pay for tho emancipsset slaves,
The hypocrisy on the abolition leaders, who preached
mAhcipAuonism" and 'frcc white labor, but ~ho held
slaves and never gave employ men, 70 white mon 10
body 10 CT sh Il viii and Indignation The agta
ton Of The slavery question Missouri has hsd tbs Same
resu here - every where elss has killed ensDcipn
onsm forever and Missouri ike Virginia ard Kentucky,
where the question aroee IL uaes past, VII forever ro-
10 looIIns Al such a serious subject az the radical
changing Of the institutions Of sovereign STATE men
view calmly, and Tot &c carried away By
their rassions pfejudcos n one would reflect mo
eni ne would see tho Utter mpracrosbiiy Of getting
Td Of slavery In this state sri the ssnseessness OF the
!, ssre agitation o. me question. We aIssy nave noevo
by large emigration from the ether tlsveholfng States
rhe sise viii never be able TO pay or them (snd they
c&nnof ctDefWl De o*ncsr
sell them Cd long slave labor profitable AZ ID
eise the Unlon. Slaves IN Missouri command
just N prices they DO a the South. Mother can
I,y one hope that sus eos emigration arrive from
toe North 10 overbs.noe the million Of Inhabitants
here Almost unanimously pro slavery. Our
Northern enigrAnts, most OF then, here
because they prefer q slsve 10 q free 6se;
Others learn N love slavery atsr they get here;
nearly al would rather LET alone than tbs
STATE with slavery agitation So thop, the cry 81 the
abosionis,s that Missouri viii be free State Ia fraud
and an i'm position because dupes people who emigrse
10 Missouri with the expectation OF IL becoming Free and
who would not live In slave State
wbiie the niger worshippers are waiting over the
crushing defeat their saveholdpg brethren have
reuoed In Missouri let them remember that 70 the sboi
touss principally due the credit or rivetIpg slavery
upou the STATE They started The question, agatcd Il
nercely, awakened the pride and resentment of our
people and they determined 70 bold 10 their ins
tatiors despte the ows and threats OF sboitioudom