The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-03-23

New Hampshire Correspondence.
CONCORD, N. H., March ID, 1859.
Ed. Times The weather promises for a
time to be upon its good behavior The last
few days have been warm and the snow is fast
wasting away. All are rejoiced at it for we
are tired Of winter dull. dreamless monotony.
We have Just passed through one Of the
fercest political contests that ever stirred the
people Of The old Granite State. The Demo-
cracy smarting under repeated defeats, were
fighting Tor powcr-the opposition for exis-
tence. All kinds of tricks and devices have
been resorted to. In one town in Belknap Co,
(Sanbornton,) both parties have done hardly
anything else for three months past than to pre-
pare for the battle voters enough were import
ed into that town 10 give it an additional rep
rescntstive. Day after day was spent in bat
ties over the check-l to get on or off the
names of those who claimed right to VOTE
A high price was paid for voters. Let single
instance stand as an example, poor man who
owned q house and parcel Of land on which
there was mortgage for some $65, was =
Democrat. His homestead was mortgaged for
this amount t. Republican,, WHO Informed
him unless he shifted his vote that he would
put the debt in suit and thus eject him from his
home. This he told to his Democratic friends
they told him tn stand firm, they would get
transfer Of the mortgage to them and he
should have any reasonable number of years to
pay in. This they did. Then the Reps. went
to him and offered to pay the whole debt, and
for transfer. amounting to about so. ii he
would vote for them. He said he wantcd the
debt paid bad enough, but could mt hardly 60
so far as that. | mention this not to reflect on
any one party, but to show the feeling in the
political world here. When election day came
in that town, the vote for Moderator stood $50
to $50, and as the vote for State and County
! officers must be taken the first day, and there
was no time to reach it on that day, the town
has lost its vote. The election in that town is
eaid 10 have cost each party from $1,000 to
$1,000. s. ...... -.
The Reps. have carried the State. but by
reduced majority, reduced representation in
the council and in both branches of orr lcgis-
lature. The course Of those men who are lead.
ing Administration men has Injured us. The
Editors d. Publishers of the only sheet in the
State which goes that whole figure "slave code Il
and all, voted the Rep. ticket aud scattered
ousan.!s of documents (through Rep. hands
mainly, to my personal knowledge) containing
the most false, blackened and defamatory libcls
u:oh the regular party and its nominces-and
EDMUND BuRks, who controls that journal. than
whom NJ man is 80 hated and despised by the
true Democracy Of this State, it is said is soon
to be rewarded with one of the most lucrative
positions in the gift of the Government! Tn,
"idcs Of M.rch have come but they are not yc,
over" raa.- a .saE ~ .~
The Doctrines lately avowed by Messrs
Davis. Brown and others in the U. s. Semitic
can never receive the support OF the party il
the Northern States, and if persisted in, mus
snap asundcr all the bonds that hold the two
wings Of the party together. The conviction
is fast settling upon the heart of the Northern
Democracy that when these men cry GU, .'slav,
codes for the territories" and ass 1T that Their,
is a higher constitutional guaranty for slav,
than other property, they really mean Disunion
and as a retext to cover their treasonab Die dc
signs they raise this issue in form the mos
odious possible 10 northern minds. For THU
course we have precedcnts in history. Gu,
Faukcs covered his barrels of powder undo
the Parliament house with garbage--thcy their
with verEiage. The north will stand on tn
doctrines of Don and Pu.h. The politiea
~...~''e :" men has ...S~I 90 n I~..t IL
quiet away-a calm will come OLA thin mis-
will gather over that crater Of ere which mus
blaze forth in the great struggle that is to com,
for the Presidency in 1860. As E,ircr pros
pect of success beams forth for them, fcuds
rivalries, heart-burnings and dissensions, whicl
are the precursors of party decentralization, ar
scething in The weird cauldron which generate
the motive power that Iropels the machiner
OF the Republican organization. "Thcre'
many slip between the c'p and lip," an,
overmuc' confidence may give another tina,
the Eepu 'licans, the inside track in the grca
Presidential heat.
Although in business matters we can not 70
some time go ahead rs We have heretofore a
| = ~ 6"Ass . AZ al S1hNs VI puSlHeN ) promise
we'll for the year ensuing. The West mus
inevitably feel the g.'"d effect Of active easter
markets, and comparative ease ut the steel
, boards. The defeat Of the Post Office bill ex
cites some feeling among contractors in New
England, sill there's no use in crying owe
spit milk Hungry expcctants must abide sh.
fortunes Of war;
The ''solid men Of Boston have managed {,
keep up general row o, er The removal OF til,
Post Office by Postmaster Cal en-. Eyeryb.d,
and his wife aie mixed up il it on one side O
the other. The filthy case Of Dr.. Brown ha
excited much feeling against the obstinat,
Jury men who refused To convict The Judg,
handled one Of the witnesses severely, tellin,
him that he was a. guilty as any one The re-
suit Of this trial is another comment on til,
glorious uncertainties of The law
Our courts in this county will tomorrow b,
in full blast again. From their frequency ",
have reason t. pay the god Lord to deliver us
as one of old did from the Turk. the Devil and
the Comet. Yours.
i GRANITE.
Corporation Ticket.
u.s. For Mayor,
Il HOMER r.. NEWET,