Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-11-18
THE ELECTIONS.

Tuesday are the last of any consequence
which we are to Lave before the opening
of the grand Presidential campaign Of
1860. They are eloquent Of the i'm
pressions made upon the country by the
present national administration, and Of
the hopes and purposes which relate to
its successor. In this light, they have
significance beyond that derived from the
State issues which may have been in
volved.
The election in this State was mat
ter of course affair. Every of
sense knew about how it would result,
although some little disturbances, such as
are always incident to a party strongly
in power, threw their influence over the
campaign. Outside circumstances-the
Harper's Ferry affair in short-gave
our opponents a chance to make con-
siderable noise in their favorite line of
iault-fnding with the Republican party.
Under this state of things, the voice of
our election is simply a reiieration of
New England sentiment, as it has found
steady utterance, more or less emphatic,
since the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise act. # means that Massachusetts
will eagerly unite next year, under any
standard-bearer whom the general OPP
position may select-equally whether he
be one Of her own sons, or a citizen of any
of the most distant States--and will do
more than her own share towards win
ming the common triumph.
Wisconsin says for the North West
what Massachusetts says for New Eng
land, speaking, in this instance, with
more spirit, simply because more was al
stake. She shows that that German
element" about which so much trouble
has been predicted, in consequence of ouI
local action, is sound and reliable, anC
fully capable of making those discrimina
tons which are required by the complies
character of our institutions. In thC
North West, it is manifest that no diff
ference exists in the patriotism and gooC
r sense Of native and adopted citizens.
10 New York a tremendous pressure
was brought to bear upon the Republican
party. The Democracy knew the ful
value of placing the Empire State in sucl
a position that she would seem to be de
tached from her post of honor in the Re
publican columns. Hence the desperate
efforts made in New York city by a elias
Of politicians who have stood aloof AM
above the squabbles of the day; the com
bined onset Of all the leading Democrat
5 papers of the country; and, in all proba
. bility, the equivocal course of the straigh
. Americans. Every contrivance appear
e to have failed, and New York is hence
forth dismissed from the category @
/ political speculations attaching to tn
4 next Presidential struggle. Her destiny
f in this respect, is a " fixed fact"
s From New Jersey we have somethin
as near an old-tashiJned Wing vicsory a
it is possible to get in these days. .Ez
Il IRENE positions were readily dropped b
g the Republicans and the Americans, an
IS a consistent old Wing taken up and cleo
J. ed over a noisy, modern Democra
" Though fair anti-slavery ground was a
Of sumed throughout the canvass, protectiC
10 to American labor was quite as frequent
n inculcated on the stump and through Il
a. Republican press. This fact, the who
" management of the campaign and the T
nj suit, contain important lessons, which W
al have their due effect on the public min
- The elections to the next Congre
m have been completed by Louisiana.
- course she remains Democratic, althuu!
n Americanism and WEAKNESS of the par
chains in which Mr.. Sidell has for sor
or years held the State, destroy that una
40 unity in this, which prevails in some
- the Southern States.-B Boston Journal.