Carroll Free Press

The members of Congress from Ohio who voted for the English-Lecompton swindle, will suffer a defeat this fall, in case they are candidates for re-election, that will be overwhelming. There were eight of them all told, and by scarcely any possibility, or state of things, can either of this number be re-elected. Their faithless ness as legislators would alone have compassed their defeat; but in addition to this the circumstances attending their first election are such that nothing but the direst overthrow stares them now in the face. This is manifest by referring to the returns in their respective districts two years since:

In the First Congressional district Pendleton (Lecompton Dem.) received 6133 votes, Taft (Rep.) 4256, Torrence (Am.) 2643, making a majority against Pendleton of 765.

In the Second district Groesbeck (Lecompton Dem.) received 5728 votes, Gurley (Rep.) 4343, Harrison (Am.) 3229, majority against Groesbeck 1831.

In the Sixth district Cockerill (Lecompton Dem.) had 8603 votes, Emrie (Rep.) 7460, Trimble (Am.) 1598, majority against Cockerill 455.

In the Ninth district Hall (Lecompton Dem.) had 9561, Watson (Rep.) 9382, Wilson (Am.) 271, majority against Hall 92.

In the Tenth district, Miller (Lecompton Dem.) had 7403, Hoffman (Rep.) 5633, Moore (Am.) 4326, majority against Miller 2551.

In the Twelfth district, Cox (Lecompton Dem.) had 8938, Galloway (Rep.) 8582, Stansbury (Am.) 817, majority against Cox 495.

In the Fifteenth district, Burns (Lecompton Dem.) had 9194, Sapp (Rep.) 9143, majority for Burns 51.

In the Seventeenth district, Lawrence (Lecompton Dem.) had 8085, Albright (Rep.) 6805, Davenport (Am.) 2013, majority against Lawrence 733.

It will thus be seen that every member of Congress from this State, excepting Burns, who voted to enslave the people of Kansas, was elected, not by a majority but by a minority vote. They succeeded alone because their opponents were silly enough to quarrel among themselves, to run two candidates, and thus measurably throw their votes away. This, we think, will not be the case this fall. In all of these Districts, so far as we can learn, dissensions in the opposition forces have been healed, the ranks are closing up, and the majority vote that was frittered away two years ago upon two candidates, will this fall be centered upon one, which will render his election morally certain.