Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-11-09
8. N. PkIrnNenL 3. co.'s
lIiimois.

This State, too, held her election OF
Tuesday last. and has givena most crush
ing blow to the Administrator. TIE Re
publican State ticket is elected by abou
5000 majority. The entire delegation tc
Congress are uncoppromisingly AntiiLe
compton-four Of ihem,, are Republicans
and FIVE Anti-Leoompton Democrats. 'TWt
should have preferfed. oflcodrse. the elect
ion of out-and-out R epubliqans, but il
those who are elected as sAnti7Lecomptor
Democrats do not falsifyr every pledg thai
men could give. and on the strength 'ol
which they were elected, they. win vote
with the Republicans in. Congress- agalnsl
the despotic schemes of, the IiAdninisira-
ton. But. thanks to- the other States, ii
they should even sell themselves 1hei,
treason could do no harm, for we. have
enough without them. 81 5r,d., s7s,sv
Although the Republicans carried the
State by large majority. yet,'as We exI
planned two weeks ago, through the dis
honest districting Of the Stale we failed to
carry the Legislature. 81 There is not, how
ever, single Administration Democrat
elected to either Housed The friends OF
Douglas have a. majority Of three in one
House and four in the other. Dopgias
will, therefore, be returned to the Senate.
This is the severest stroke of all towBu-
chanan. The whole force of the Admin,
istration was used to crush out the illinois
Z Senator, and his election will be felt, a
Thousand times more keeny than would
that of Republicanih in his place. 'i.fi
What course Douglas viii pursue in FL :
ture is a matter of conjecture, of course
During the lastjsession he acted and voted
with the Republicans, and owes his elect
ion to the sympathies, Of THE people. excited
by the open persecution Of a Democratic
President. We have no faith in the hon
esty of the man. For purposes sofseI6sh
ambition, as we think. he opened the food
gates of all this agitation and excitemsift,
by the repeal of the Missouri restric-
tion and, only took the, course he did
in the last session, in voting 8 with tue
Republicans, and in the late canvass to
save himself from the indignation 81 the
people Of Illinois and secure his reyeleet-
ion to the Senate We predict, that hay-
ing secured his seat. in that body Cor eix
years. the necessity for this course of.aes-
ion will be no longerraaresffaint and he
will make amends to the slave power'of the
South by the most extravagant devotion TO
their schemes of .filIibusteriRg. in order 10
secure the nomination of, the charleston
Convention, for President, in l96O.gaaey
In this we may be doing the Senator in
justice. BIT !, is SO like his past policy
that We have no hope that our, prediction
win not be fulfilled. of feourse, he cappot
play this game publicly until his re.elect-
ionby the Legislature, and policy may pre-.
vent him. from playing il openly 4? all.n Il
win be necessary for the nominee7 Of the
Democratic party, whoeverihe may be,dto
have two faces. This is a PRIME coudi7
tion, without which no man. will suit, tile
occasion. and without which ne man can
hope to be elected bre sb,;t, zsf;7 e.,t
No man can get the nomination of whose
fidelity to the slave power The South is not
assured. With that assurance he will get
the nomination, and the votes Of all the
Southern States. But that will not elect
him. He must, there ore, get the votes OF
several Northern States.d But hal cannot
get these votes without making the people
Of those States 6etieue that he will sact de-
cidedly different from what the slayehold-
ers kuoaO he will act, if elected, - Hence,
the necessity for. double face. aiEither
the North or the South snutt be cheated;
and we think Douglas is II, the Best
position Of any man in The United States
to accomplish this purpose. es1pG he
sOil be used to accomplish it.ia MatkIthe
predictioni The Shareholders know him
and can trust himl His personal qdRffel
with Buchanan. and his position OF oppar-
snt hostility to forcing slavs,y oil an Jun
willing people. being so novel III Il Demo
crat. will give him the reqdisite strength
in the North Such will be the prograpms.
and if elected. it don't require.a, prophet
to tell who will be cheated. Heinwilh fbe.
takeL by the Shareholders. if taken AZ all
not because they respect him, but because,
they can use him. And he will do, their
work because it is necessary lin order to
reach his life's ambition. the Presidential
Chair. Douglas is the next Demoetatic |
candidate for PRESIDENT 4" n7n''"
~Dr. Randolph, celebrated Spirit
ualist. has openly recanted. In a lecture
at Utica. on Sunday last. he stated t' as
his candid opinion, founded upon an exI
perience of nine years as a MEDIUM. that \
was one-third iuntoSture. ana.