New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-09
POLITICAL.

Ate the charter election in Owego, on Tuesday last
the Straight Republican ticket was eectes ever ue
Citizen. ticket by majorites ranging from Us to 2ol
in a vote Of only 500 in all.
tn. Richmond (va.l correspondent Of The Herald
writes; ct is intmated here that vigorous effort
will be made TO exclude the Nsw-York Free-So or
.softs delegation from the Charleston Convention.
have reasop to know that majority Of the leading
Democrats of the Southern States in favor Of their
total exelufion and such as unwilling to 20 that
length favor the admission Of bat third the sggre-
gate number of Delegates appointed. The amos. ami
yersa continent of the South, far as can gather,
IT, that Cassidy and his horde Of place hunters
ought not to be admitted into political utilization With
gentlemen. They are esteemed aldisgrace 70 the
Democratic pariy-tbe only element that attaches to
any odium as O spos-,eeking party. should not be
surprised If some Of these fellows would return from
Charleston nnus their eays, If they venture TO 60
there"
-The Voice Of Nasonry sayf: "There are not
Hfew who believe that Freernasonry il already the
last tie that preserves the American Union from dis
Eruption"
There is probably no man IN the House who has
such perfect command OF himself ss Thad. Stevens.
No matter what the excitement: may be, he is as un-
rufled unm0ved ss statue. Teis gives bin grsss
power and influence. When Keist, Rusa, Crawford
and others Of the border-ruflsn" cass OF members
seemed ready to lay violent hands upon the old man,
tie third week Of the session, lie replied in slow ac-
cents his voice quiet aud snooth as ever: " fon
" can't provoke me- gen'lemen- IL NO. In your pow'r
"to do itw Al that moment there was no. q member
within twenty feet Of Mr. Stevens who was not tFem-
bling with excitement but he seemed 70 smile upon the
frantic men who were hungry for revenge upon him.
1t il worthy Of remark, in view Of The wlltoi mic
reTaesen, atoms which have been circulated, that,
during the four years in which Mr. Sberman has he'd
O seat in the House. lie made bu. single speech on
the subject Of Slavery and that provoked by the
abutve metsage of President Pierce, in 1856. An ex.
tract from it recently reproduced 10 this cor'e-
spoudonce aud there is not man in Congress, or out
of it, who will not freely conctds thar no Northern
Representative could entertain express more conser-
vative opinions. When it read in the House, at
the Instance Of Mr.. Morris, q week ago, there was q
general and unqualified fense Ct approval signlhed
Mr. Sherman has devoted himself mainly 70 the stndy
ard Illustration Of the great material questions affecting
industry commerce, finance and the admnistr atom Of
the General Government His speeches these sub
jects have deservedy attracted attention through the
country, and given him position among the rising
statesmen at the times. Yet this Is the man who is
daily denounced as ultra, who never raised his voice
the Slavery Esne, except to deprecate 6suaticism,
and who never gave n vote which s open 10 exception
AN order has been received for lot Of Helpers
book, to be circulated in the District Of Clark Of Mia
souri, who expressed such wel-feiyned alarm about
the book in Congress- In bis District there lie not
slave TO twenty voters and HE constituents think they
can trust themselves to read what they please.
The resolutions of the Illinois Dosglas State Con-
vention reafrn the Cincinnati Platform approve ofthe
Fugitive Slave Law, declare that the Democratic party
pledged by the Cincinnati platform 20 "any great prn
cple and that the position of the Illinois Democracy
Ia that the people Of Territory shall form their ust
tnions in their own way-instruct the Delegates to
Charleston to vote for the readopton of the Cincinnati
Platform without addition or subtraction and avow
that TO honorable man can accept seat Delegate
in tie National Democratic Convention or should De
regarded as member of The Democratic party, who
will not abide by the decision Of tuch Convention and
support lie nominee