Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-10-22
THE DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH IN
CALIFORNIA. t"t""

1
ed q most brilliant and signal victory in tn,
late election. Latham's majority tor Gov
ernor is not less than twenty Thousand. =
What b noble example this young and fal
distant sister in the confederacy Of States
has set to her seniors. Although heset OF
every hand and fusion made between bolt
ling and dissatisfied Democrats and tht
Republicans, the Democratic party has me-
the crisis in way that deserves all. honor
and is worthy q the emulation Of all. Ohio
has the honor Of furnishing the present as
well as the Governor elect Of the Colder
State, and our city can with pride claim tc
be the native town Of Milton s. Latham
When Mr.. Latham was nominated for Gov.
ernor he made speech from which we make
the following extract: 400 ,r ~. ia.s. ST.
We stand by the principles of popular
sovereignty and non .ihterven}ion as they
were laid down in the kapsas Nebraska
bill Of 1854. We stand by the Administra-
ton Of James Buchanan. And above oil
these, We stand by the union and integrity
Of the Democratic parry, IS we feel that up.
lon the success Of that party depends the
happiness: and prosperity Of our beloved
and common country" mi sl,ga,,f .q,d 4
The California Convention which nomina-
ted Mr.. Latham adopted the resolution Of
the Ohio Democratic State Convention of
une 26, 1859, on the Territorial question,
without change or alteration, which is in
the following language: .'5,' !''i'.
"Resoloed, That the organized Territories
of the United States, although not endowed
with oil the attributes of sovereignty, are
only held in the Territorial condition until
they attain . sufficient number of iphabit-
ants 10 authorize their admission into the
Union IS States; and therefore justly and
rightly entitled to the right of self govern
ment, and the undisturbed regulation Of
their domestic or local affairs subject to the
Constitution Of tho United States and that
every attempt by Congress, or any Of the
States, to establish or maintain, prohibit or
abolish the relation between master and
slave, in territory, would he 4 departure
from the original doctrine Of four institu-
tons and that we adhere immovably to
the principle of"Non intervention, BY Con-
gress, with Slavery in the States and Ter
f,tories," as declared ia the Kansas N D.
braska ball. and openly disclaim fellowship
with those, whether at the South or the
North, who counsel the abandonment, limi.
tation or avoidance Of that principle ils N
In giving an account 81 his late hazard
Gus ascension, in company with Mr.. Had.
dock, La Mountain ssates that at Insight
ofl about three Thousand feet the balloon
struck the Northeastern current, and WAS
driven along at the rate. oftwenty five miles
A hour, with . rapid ascent. ;. The current
was one Of great dep'h. and the balloon
went Up % The height Of three and : half
miles without losing it. After reaching
that altitude il. took more easterly course;
and be found the current SO steady that he
believes il he had maintained the altitude of
two and aihalf miles, lie could have, crossed
the ocean in thirty-six hours, without using
any more ballast than in, making, aud or,
binary local ascension 1t was not until
1t descended into the local currents that it
was carried in northerly course