The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-19
The California Elections.

We see much said by the papers hostile tc
Mr.. Douglas about the recent California elec.
tons, claiming the result as condemnation o.
both him and his principles. The following
paragraph from the Mississippian is speci.
men Of what we meet in the anti Douglas pa
pers every day:
"The result in California is more notewor-
thy because it is a victory over the Black Re-
pnblicans and Douglas Squatter Sovereignty
faction combined. The latter made common
cause with the anti-slavery party, just as their
leader confederated with Seward, Hale G. Co.,
pending the Lecompton struggle. The eoali-
tion as advised and foreshadowed by letter
Of Horace Greeley, was complete"
The result has proved that Mr.. Greedy was
in error. In conversation with Californian a
few days since, we were informed that the CO.
alition was rather the other way. A large
portion of the Douglas Democracy united
with the Administration Democrats, and
hence the overwhelming majority of Mr.. La
tham- This was just as it should be as well
in California as everywhere else.-1Memphis
AgpeaI
The Appeal presents pitiable case of hal
lucination in its wild goose chase in the track
of Douglas, after every other paper of respec-
liability, save one, in the South, has abandon
ed and denounced him. 1t gropes its melan-
cholly way in utter darkness, and is as blind
as bat to facts known to everybody else.
Whatever may have been the course at the
late election, of the Democratic voters in CAL
ifornia, who originally followed Douglas in his
confederacy with Seward & Co., on the Kan
sas issue, we mean to say that the politicians
OF that faction, acting as his lieutenahts and
representing his views, did coalesce with the
BLACK Republicans, and that these two factions
combined to elect to Congress McKibben
(Dougiasite) and Baker (Black Republican,
each having dropped one of its own nominees.
IL the mass of the Democratic voters who
mad at one time been deluded into a. pos;tion
OF hostility to the regular organization of the
party, refused to sanction the Infamous coo,;
tion' surely to the leaders who attempted in
vain to accomplish the adulterous connexiop
the praise Is not to be accorded.
The leader of the Squatter Sovereignty fac.
ton in California was the late Senator Brod.
erick who was Douglass right hand friend r
his war upon the South during the last Con
greess, and who died thanking his God that h.
fallen had in resisting the extension of slarerv,
Our misguided cotemporary at Memphis
saysfurther:
Besides, the Mississippian has not a tai
conception of the principles involved in tn
contest. In his letter of acceptance, Mr.. La
than held the following language:
We stand By the principles of popular sou,
reignty and roa-interyentioa as they soere lai
DOM by tie Kansas Nebraska Biz of 1876.
We stand by the Cincinnati platform. W
| stand by the Administration of James Buch
anan. And, above all these, we stand by. th
union and integrity of the Democratic part,
as we feel that upon the success of the prin
ciples of our party depend the happiness an
prosperity of our beloved common country
So do we stand by the Cincinnati platforl
and the Kansas-Nebraska bill; but not as mi
interpreted by the Squatter Sovereignty ia
ton or its chief
The Appeal refers to a rumor that Mr.. L.
than, the regular Democratic nominee "is
favor of Mr.. Douglas for the Presidency"
This is too absurd. 1t is palpably contr
dicted by the fact which the Appeal ought
know, If it docs not know, that the DougIa.
Broderick clan nominated candidate of the
own with the express object of defeating NJ
Latham, who was odious to them on accoul
| of his sound doctrines and reSDectable pOIit
cal associations.