New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-19
POLITICAL

There are 10 Be three more stxe elections us
sprrg. II. Connecticut Election ones on TIE IN OF
Aprl tie RI ode Island Election Oh the dh OF
A5,l. and the Virginia Election on the 10Th OF May.
Cove rors ,rd Cougrsssmen are TO be chosen IN esh
Of these Slater.
A. III. Peoples City Convection, in Philadelphia,
on Thursday Mr.. BrJan H. Brown was nominated i'r
CITY Tressurer and Mr.. c. Il. Neal for City Comms-
sioIsr.
Til PHILADELPHIA Press says of ne Democratic
Convention at H.In.burg Wednesday, that The people
we're Indifferent if, because of double feelng OF
Contempt for its msrsgers, ard fu foresnowedge oil
its tohcy. Nobody expected decent, mach !ess Demo
cratic action. The great body Of the delegates did
not come TO r.iterste principles, bat to earn wages
They Old not vote the wishes of the people bat thanks
TO their masters. They had mostly been elected as
cficehoders or by ofceholders; and, although they
might have averted defeat from great party by some
UNEXPECTED couceson 10 TRUTH they dared not TO per
form an act Of msgn snnity, which while it would
have won for them the applause Of surprised snd
st,ed people would hsye lost them tneii place. ard
tie smiles Of en- Administration shich nov stands q
rsekng infsny before the nston." That msy be called
q clear statement.
The Democrats OF the NerHaven District, &C.
ctrdipg 10 The Palladium have been laborng under
come embarrassDtnts as 10 Senatorial candid ,te;
"First Trey nouinsiei Wilson III. Clark, bnt ne de.
cn ed thec Ic. MArylp bot re declioedi then JAMES
L. English, bat ne declined then divers ard sundry
people in the county towns were taken up and exam
1ed but not piece of timber could De found out of
which candidate could be got By any amount Of
joiner work." At last in despair they begun over
again, aud compelled NJ Clark 20 accept the nomina-
on II is 10 be beped hs friends will 10. be so sicked
ss to vote for him.
MIR John NJ Bolts has written letter to Tie Rich
aond Enquirer, in which he ssys, in explanation o.
the charge brougA t against HIM. that he would unite
With free negroes to put down tae Democracy that
in the ,peecn referred to he said only
"'Tnst if there was a State in the Uniou composed
ertifely OF free negroes, and the Constitution gave
them the right To vote, would be much obliged 20
them 10 help me to beat tue Democratic party; ana
go / would and Mr.. Letcber and all his party woad,
ss ell know make every effort and sacrifice to secure
thtir vJter 70 Keep them IN power.
But will Mr.. Letcher as lawyer, politician,
gentleman or 4 Of sense, say that t1is language
us,ite1 him in saying Of me, before Gro I'D OF his
col situenf and my absence, with no one to repre-
sent NE or correct him, that hsd said | was wiling
10 unite with free negroes, on any terms or for any
purpose F1ft il was apparent 10 all that my re-
marx was intended merely 50 an MHStrai0H OF my
deep-este1 ard earnest conviction OF the necessity
for aud determination 10 use oil constitutional and
laEful mesnt 70 accomplish the defeat OF t1e Democ-
raoy ard not az proposition TO seek their aid even,
for the there sucn State IN the Unon,
could be- and, secondly 10 rtceire ard from
them was very different from uniting sith them, as
every BODY ia Obliged TO know who understands the
weight aid meaning of the English language
Tie ST. LOUIS Rtpu5hcaa CONNECTS sith severity
upon the history Of tue Missouri Legislature which
so 1early passed "the Algenae prejsc;'-a Leeisla-
tuIs "copspcu, for hayiog neglected attention to
{" the great interests of the State, aud for having
"passed thousand laws that uswortny of place
on the statute book" One criticism is based upon
the reusal to aid the State railroads; another, upon
the wssteiul e1trsvsgaDce which chHactsrzeds body
in which were many new men elected under cry OF
"Retrer cbnent and Reform" but VIII ch was really
the most prodgal and IN all respects the worst that
ever sat at j. ffersop City.
"Tskpg mp the whole Of the first week or two OF the
session in be speeches about the necessity OF
ony in their eXpenditures-at times seriously de-
bstrg for hours about the employment Of pages for
their cor yeDience-repudiatng the prayers Of Chsp-
lain, on the score thst money should not be taken
f. IN the Ire sufy for such purpOse Ell king about
the employment o the necessary Clerks for the trans
action Of their business-she end OF the session hnds
them With larger number OF officers and attaches
an has ever been known in Legislature, and the
cor tir gent expentes have increased TO an amount
which will astonish the people who have conhded pub
lie affslrs TO their hands,
Are Lgsa tures in the Western States 10 purer, 30
more capable tnan some nearer home We gave a
glimpse Of Arkarsts legislation the other day and the
shove is picture, drawn by partisan of the ma
oy ~ho regrets that that majority was so large as
to invite combinations within itself
The eighteen Clerks from Connecticut, who re-
ceve ga 300 per anpun are rather allow about remit
tirg funds to Washington, although the seventeen
from New Hampshire, who receive s27,SOO, RENTED
handsomely.