The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-10-20

Thursday Morning, October 20, 1859.
The October Elections. ga Glorious
Days Work!
At the State elections in Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota,
on Tuesday of last week, the Republl-
cans have done nobly. Everywhere
Buchananism is wiped out, and Doug
las has Jared but little better. In Ohio,
the triumph is more sweeping than was
at first reported or even expected.
There is not vestige of the bred Scott
Slave catching democracy left in the
State. Their defeat is overwhelming
The entire Republican ticket is elected
by about $4,000. The following are the
State officers elected: Governor, Will
liam Dennison, Jr.; Lieut.. Gov, Robt.
G. Kirk Auditor, Robt. w. Taylor !;
Secretary of State, A. P. Russell; State
Treasurer, Alfred p. Stone; Supreme
Judge, w. Y. Gholson; Member of
Board of Public Works, g. B. Greg
DRY School Commissioner, Arson
Smyth. The new Legislature stands !:
Senate: Republican 25; Democrats
10; House: Republicans 81; Demo
Gratis 40. This is an unmixed and most
glorious victory.
In Pennsylvania, though the battle
was not tonight on strictly Republican
principles the result, nevertheless, is
deeply gratifying. 1t is the verdict of
Mr.. Buchanan's own State against his
wild and wicked policy, and is the
death-knell, not only to all his hopes
and plans, but to the ve-breeding
Democracy The Press figures the
majority on the State ticket at $4,000
though it will probably fall short of
that figure. The State Senate and As
sembly are strongly opposition, though,
we believe, it is conceded the Lecomp-
tonites have carried one of the eleven
Senators chosen this year.
Minnesota has proven true to Free
dom. In 1857 the Democratic MAORI
ty in the State was 24O. 1t has now
elected the Republican ticket by ma
jority of 4OOO,-a gain of only $3.50 |!
Both branches of the Legislature are
also strongly Republican, thus securing
a Republican Senator, in the place of
Gen. James Shields.
j Though the returns from Iowa come
in rather slowly, there being but four
/ Telegraph offices in the State, there can
be no doubt of the success of the Re-
publican ticket. The vote thus far. is
about the same as two years since
when Lowe, Republican was elected
by 5000 majority. Sufficient returns
have been received to show that the
Legislature will be strongly Republican
thus securing the election of aRepubli-
can to the United States Senate.
The only State in doubt is Indiana,
and there large Republican gains have
been made in every county from which
we have returns. The chances are on
the side of the Opposition. But whether
we have carried it this year or not,
there is no reason to doubt that we
shall next year.
In all these States the Squatter Sow
ereigns and Buchanan doughfaces have
cordially united upon one ticket, and
this under the direction of Douglas
himself. With the hope of making his
: peace with Buchanan, and improving
his prospects at Charleston, he has
basely submitted to all the insults OF
the Administration, and meanly cringed
under the lash. But he has sacrificed
bis self-respest, practically falsifed his
professions, and betrayed his real
friends, all in vain. The people have
everywhere treated him and his princi-
Piles with loathing and contempt. lie
is now literally political bankrupt, as
he was before morally one. The South
for whose favor he has shown SC
! craven spirit, despise him even more
f heartily than the people of the North
do.