The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-04-22
VOLUME X. NO. Is.
Tie Late Scattering Elections The
Diff of the Political Currents of
the Law.

the Day. :
The Rrpuuucans have made clean sweep
Of Connecticut. including hcr four members
of Cuugruss. With slmilar result IN Min
nesota, this party will. most likely, be able
TO command the organization of the next
House OF Representatives tor We presume
that there can be no doubt of the election
in Rhode Island. At all c.euts, we think it
may be safely said that with this Connect
cut election the popular branch of the next
Congress has been lost to the demora lied .
Democracy and this, too. whom the elcc-
tion OF the next President may possibly be |
thrown into Congress.
simultaneously with this clean sweep of
Connecticut, which We respectfully submit
10 the attention of the Secretary of the |
Navy our tecgraphic adyices inform us that
the Republicans have carried the State OF
Michigan by over 10 600 majority Including
gain Of over 500 in tho city of Detroit
that the Republican candidate for Mayor in /
the city OF st. Louis has been elected by a
plurality of 2 500, over his Democratic op. /
ponent, including the election of the whole
Republican city ticket; that the same thing
has occurred ia Cleveland, Ohio and that
in Louisville, Kentucky, even the old Wings
have walked up from tho dust, and given tho
Democracy regular dressing This is a
chapter ut disasters in tho presence OF which
we ds-Ivo vory little Democratic com fort
from tho general result yesterday in Brook
lyn.
tho proat Domocra,ic marty has conc to
vrock and ru;p and that Tho oonosition as
euro ,s fata hold tb, rovt pr,siI,n,i,l ,icc
.,nn IN ,brir bapds HID tho oIo,dors ,,,n-
ngers and Presidential olioucs and fnotions
OF the Democratic party possessed anything
ofthc saving article of common sense, they
would bayo profited from the Presidential
election of 1856 in wbioh tbey escaped de-
struction as by "A miraolo The loss of nparIy
nil the Northern States. and n populnr min.
oritv in the voto of the ITnion nf nearly four
hur1red thousand shonld have taupht them
tbe absolute NECESSITY of harmony and cohe-
sion ON the basis ot Mr.. Buchan9n's admin.
istr,tiop Instead of th,. howovnr tho
mos. danouiug cousniracea and r,b,IIiona
tho most yIcrons hostiiities ana combinations
agaiust tho Administration and tho marty.
have artisan ,Sithin tho Iines of tho Damn.
cratic car,n
Irnon th, nIotform of tbe greot neace
measures nf iIonrv CLAW. of lS5O the De.
pocrncv of 1870 cnrried rho prasidontial
elention nv AN electoral majority without a
,,rncoJ,,rI sirc, rho tino ri M1nroe Tho
nra,t VIM, r,rtv y,a inns Iit,ralIv ny,in.
gnishod and the Democracy held undIspu-
"a o,or,,,tior of tho on,,r,r, ~, ,b, +
dasncra,r pr,s,dontiaL eln,tiorsoriny nxn,r-
;nhnt th,, Il, ;,,rsns. N,hrosL, L,n In tho sec.
oud YEAR of p,erco's administration. resulted
in tEo oiectior nj nm Onnoa,tion Uouse nj
Ronr,s.n,o,,vns /, r,y,vad win ,onf,l,
b,,tnrnnss tho Eartborn sI,v,ry noitntion
I, snhsI,n,,,IIy roIncnd tba Dnnncr,ti,
nortvton a Souihorn sectionnI orynn,zation
,nd crnotod nm ov,rshndnwino Northarr
sectional opnnsition marty. With this divis
inn of oartlrs nnor the x Knns,s issue in 1889
,hn Sonthnr1 n',,nncr,co Ynnld h,yo h,,n,
oyar,vbaIrnnI hnt for r,,Sir con.orvntivo ma
tionL cand,dnte Mr. buchanan and th
.,vin, intarnns,t;on uf N,II,rL Fii,mora
Pn1 tho i,nnrossiva Iesson ;ovnIvnh IN mi
e,octinn v,e iost unon tho sel6sb racl Ia,
and nnscrnnuIons LEADERS of IN, D,uocr,c,
Thov would rula th, ,duiristrntion of Al
Rnchan.n mr. min il ar all hn2nrda |
vnrinns sh,nos and unon vnrious nreioyt
comnrnhonding every ursvriront moasur
forriyn and dom,stic ot MIR. Buchannn
oLm'n,strntive nnIicv these disorgan,zin
Jo,L,rs nsnirants and MANAGERS of th,, MARI,
in Cnngress and ont of Conpress. since m
d,v of his innnpnration have bcrn nInvIn
this suicidal rn,ne ngainst tho President :
Uo has not been vanou,shed-his admin
tration has not been shaken from Its c"nr
but the party has bcen broken to piece
Mr. Buchanan may leel perfectly easy I
garding tho next Under tho control OF
positive opposition majority, he cannot pu
slby meet WIN more Vihd'cli'o ana Ia
tous r"7i7tance l." his 7r"comnenaat'onst th
that OF tho late Democratic House OF lie
resontatIVes. On tho contrary, resp0n
bio opposition majority viii nave every
conliVo to avoid tactIous course OF host!lI
to the wise aud seasonaOlo measures OF t
administration.
Thus, in any event, tho Administration
secure; but, alas We toar il is all over wi
the late invncioe Democratic party. Sho
of halt its strength, and with tho remna
OF its forces demorazod and broken up in
wrangiing clques and factions, and und
the general control of an impractical
Southern ultra pro-slavory corps OF mai
gers, the wreck OF this once all-poweri
party IS drifting INTO purely sectional Po
Ii"n. That 1t will take the field IN lSt
reduced to an intensely sectional iact'
'hore can hardly be a doubt. That 1t "
thus he routed, horse, foot and dragons,
tho Republican anti slavery party OF
North, Is certain, unless the saving interV