The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-22
Promiscuous Political News-Items.


T'o,on Election IN Nlimois.-A town
election has lately been held in Alton
Illinois, with the following result, after
a warm canvass, party lines being
strictly drawn:
The Douglas Democrats elected their
whole ticket for general city officers,
and seven out Of twelve aldermen.
The Alton Courier Iincoln paper), In
publishing the result, is evidently in
had humor, and is inclined to DOUBT
whether the election was honest-the
old story that follows disastrous defeat
of the Black Republicans.
In 1856, Buchanan carried the city
by four votes over Fremont.
Town elections at Galena, and Pekin
and Peoria have terminated in favor OF
the Democrats.
Breckenridge IN Michigan. - The
Breckinridge Democracy of Michigan
have held State convention in Detroit.
| The convention nominated fnll cleo
toral ticket; and passed resolutions
discountenancing any compromise with
! the Douglas men.
Bell and Douglas Electoral Ticket IN
Teras. = The following is the joint
ticket of the Bell and Douglas parties
! in Texas:
/ For the State at large, B. III. Epper-
son, of Red River county; g. w. Pas
chal, of Travis; for First District, w.
| Steadman, of Rusk; for Second Dis
trict, Jno. III. Robson, of Colorado.
| The Alamo Express says Bell ano
Douglas are equally represented in this
ticket. IL "a
| Bell Elector for Breckinridge.--Coi
J.. III. Patterson, of Augusta Ark, who
| was appointed an assistant elector or
the BeE ticket, has written letter tt
the Augusta Standard, declining tc
1 serve in that capacity, and saysh he shall
/ support breckenridge and Lane. as he
4 says they are planted upon platform
that, twill admit of no double con
struction as to what the rights of the
South are under the constitution"
South Carolina. --All parties in this
State are in favor of separation in thu
event Of the election of Lincoln. Ii
the course of recent speech of Col
IT. Y. Simmons, of Charleston, lead
. inc member of the Conservatives o
that State, he said:
We were united to resist Northerl
aggression. We wanted law wlthou
; strife and liberty without license, whic
were our natural rights. This Govern
ment under the Republican administra
k ton, could not and would not.gige tn
!, South these things. We had, therefore
J. to secure them to ourselves IN a govern
II ment of our own.
Change IN Tennessee. - The Yves
Tennesseean says:
> A. S. Mechanism, Esq, prominel
politician of Tennessee, who was lai
for Douglas, declared IN speech
le Jackson, Tennessee, that he woul
" henceforth give his cordial support
Of John c. Breckinrldge.
~ Change in Louisiana. - Hon.
A Ewing, d Democratic Representative fro
be the parish of Vormillon, has written
lie letter defining his position. 1t appea
ed in the last number of the Meridional
ne from which we make the following e
he
tract:
en- / think the Democratic party is po'
on, erless, and that the Southern delegate
IN has rendered it so. ] believe the on
sill chance will be to risk Bell, with h
he abolitionism and his two hundred n
ny groes. But if Douglas or Breckinrld
'e' can beat Lincoln. / will vote for eth
of them. | do not like Douglas
"squatter sovereignty" but L won
~ take him in preference to Lincoln.
wv am an enemy of Lincoln, first, last a
n always, in this campaign.
ct Ely Telegraph.
er The subjoined political despatch
r. appear in the Western papers OF
e. 18th inst:
by Ncw York, Sept. 16.--The Brecki
at ridge State Convention publish an
dress tomorrow, giving t6eir stateme