Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-10-19
LETTER FROM CLEVELAND.
ahe Electfon..The Next Congress-Ohie Poli-
ues-ClevelRnd-An Able Sermon, eSe'S 6e'

CLKvELASD, Oct Is, 1866.
[OoueHpondencs Fremont Weekly Jonrnal,l
The elections seem to have pleased every
body. The President sees ia their fesult add
tional evidence that 1ss ps0plc are seth hta. Ths
rebels, wiseas serpentE il not harmless ss doves,
are glad in.the hope thHt Mr.. johnson viii no
longer restrain himself from crushing out The
xIIlninoas radicals Defeated candidates see in
their late martyrdom a sure groundwork for the
more substantial benefits of Executive patron.
age. Whils the voters, Ia the simplicity Of
their soals, think the elections good joke on
my Policy" Secession and Bread-and- Butter
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
It is conceded that the present is. in point Of
intellect. the greatest Congress of this quarter
Of the century. But the next win be greater
In the Senate the only leading men who retire
are Henry S. Lane, Mr.. Poster, Gatz Brown,
and possibly Mr. Oreswell, while we are sure
to have their places and others filled by men Of
equal renown. From the old Keystone, Curtin,
Cameron or Stevens will succeed Cowan. Nor
ION or Colfax viii go from Indiana. Harlan is al
ready elected from Iowa, and Justin s. Morrill,
exchanges seats with Judge Poland. sr
In,the House, the only influential men who
retire arc Delanc, of Ohio, Kasson, of Iowa,
Long john Wentworth, and two or three others.
The long line of powerful men who have made
the present House the main pillar of the Gov
ernmeni, is preserved without prsceptible
break Stevens, SheHabaEger, Collar, Kelley,
Banks. Oonkling, Washburne, Schenck, James
F. Wilson, Garfield, Boutwell,. Hooper, Ashley
and Spalding, are all returned, or ''booked"
for reelection, with increased majorities.
And not doubt can live moment but they
viii be re-enforced by legion of brains and
worth in the persons of Butler and logan, Gov
ernOr Blair, Judge Poland and Norman B. Judd
OHIO POLITICS -rr
You remember Thomas Benton defantly told
tho Anti-Jackson Senate when they rejected
Van Buren, for Minister to England, ''You have
broken a Minister, and made Vice President. y
In the defeat of of Mr., Delano, who knows but
a broken Representative will make trium-
phant GovernorH No man in Ohio is better
fitted, by soundness of judgment and executive
ability, by experience of great extent aud i'm
portance, by integrity, moderation and tirmness
for first class Governor, than Columbus De-
lano. Not every man of good part" cultured
or brilliant though he may be, brave, honest sno
pstriotic-can completely FL the chair of State
Strong, clear common sense, experience and f.
deity, business turn allied TO good temper, I
close acquaintance with our people and thei
laws-these are necessary at the capitol, snS
these, in large measure. are characteristics o
Mr. Delano.
Our new members of the House bid fair Il
take a reputable place beside the older ones
Mt Hamilton, Of Union, was in the oonstitu
tioAal Convention of 1850, q young man and
Whig-a staunch Republican Senator in 1856
and decapitated Assessor under Mr.. johnson
Gen. Morgan and Judge Van Trump, copper
heads, are able, geutlemanly. bitterly prsju
diced men, vastly better than most of thei
compeers.s They win stand head and shoul
der. above their colleagues on the Palmetto sid
Of the House, .srs.s