The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-05-26
No. 647.

W. ,lsdce our hearty support to the Republi-
W party. as representing these principles.
c9n Pes6ired. That we cheerfully endorse the
ION of the Republican members of the last
c.n,-sss in relation to the Homestead bill !;
"a that we consider this measure as of mo-
-.0ntons importance to the working class and
Eea labor in general, and necessary to the free,
healthy, and prosperous development of the
United States.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN MAssACHU-
ssTTs-BoSton, May 2l.-The official majority
Co.. the constitutional amendment requiring two
ears residence is 1924, out of the total vote of
1882.
These figures would seem to indicate that
Int little interest was felt in the question sub
mitted to the vote of the people by the Legisla-
,rre The State of Massachusetts, has now
,,nulation of not less than twelve hundred
,bonsand and could poll vote of nearly or
ouite two hundred and fifty thousand, if every
roter set proper value upon the elective fran
cbise. 1t is apparent, therefore, that less than
nesixth of the voters, on question of vital
;mnortance, could be induced to go to the
polls.
II is well known that the State contains a
considerable foreign vote, and that the Sham
Democracy, weak as it is in Massachusetts, can
pol more votes, when the spoils are at issue,
than all parties have cast at this election. 1t
would have been the easiest thing in the world
for the " Democracy" aided by the class of Re-
rnblicans represented by Henry Wilson, Eli
Thayer. Charles Francis Adams, and many
others whom we might name, together with the
naturalized voters, to overcome the beggarly
know Nothing vote of twenty thousand. Ger
,ainlv, considering the affected zeal of the Slave
Democracy, in and outside of Massachusetts,
for the rejection of the amendment, it is quite
singular that only fifteen thousand votes were
cast on that side, including those given by Re-
publicans and adopted citizens.
ALABAMA.-ln the recent able letter of Hon.
Henry ". billiard to William +. Sanford, ESQ.,.
of Auburn, Alabama, he SAYS, " let there be no
more compromises" The people respond to
this noble sentiment throughout the country.
In late States Rights meeting in Henry coun-
ty, Alabama, Opposite Early county, Georgia, J
the following instructions were given to the
delegates to the Congressional Convention, to
wit:
Resolued, That our delegates be and are
hereby instructed to vote for no man unless he
is known TO be a true Southern Rights man,
and who is known to be utterly opposed to all
compromise measures between the North and
South.
TExAs-The Democrats Of Texas have nom
mated for G overnor, H. r. Runnels; for Lieu
tenant Governor, f. K. Lubbock; for Commits
soner of the General Land Office, F. NJ White,
OF Galyeston-all three the present incumbents.
A resolution in favor of the reopening of the
slave trade was tabled, after a stormy debate
Colonel w. n. Waul has been unanimously
nominated for Congress, by the Democrats OF
the Galveston district.
KEyTUCKY-The Convention which nomi-
mated Hon. Thomas H. Holt for Congress from
the Louisville district, adopted the following
resolutions:
Resoired, That we reatfirm our devotion to
the platform and principles of the Cincinnati
Convention, held in 1856.
ResoLred, That we endorse tie resolutions
and proceedings of the 9Th of January Conven-
ton in Frankfort, and pledge to the State ticket,
their nomination, our undivided support.
dence in the patriotism Of our present distin-
guished Chief Magistrate.
Resolred, That the Hon. James Guthrie, the
justly celebrated Secretary of the Treasury un-
der President Pierce, and the noble exponent
Of the everlasting truths of our faith, is ma
tional Democrat and patriotic statesman, in
whose spotless fame and administrative ability
the Democracy of Kentucky take pride; that he
is our first choice for the Presidency in 1860
and that we unanimously recommend him to
the Charleston Convention as the best nomina
ton that can be made, for the success of oul
party, the development of our principles, and
the preservation of the Union.
GEoRGIA-At public meeting held in Clark
county, Georgia, on the 28th ult, Judge Jack
son, the member of Congress from that district
made speech, from which the following is al
extract, taken from the Athens (Ga.) Southern
Banner:
He Judge Jackson) then endorsed the
President as sound on the great question o
our constitutional rights-sounder than any
man he knew of at the North, holding the ex
IRENE Southern doctrine that if the Territorial
Legislature refuse to protect the stakeholder IL
the Territories of the Union, Congress ought Il
do it. The judgment of the President was tina
of an impartial mind, for he had but little in
tercourse with him at Washington, and thu
President did not seem to him to possess tina
cordiality of manner which was calculated Il
draw the personal affections of men to him. H
Judge j. differed with him, too, upon tn,
Pacific railroad and tariff; but, as friend o
the rights of the South, he pronounced him tn
sounGest Northern man he had ever seen, ant
his present opinions, no less than his entir
Congressional record, show it.