Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-30
The Next Election--A New Feature 1" .n'
Politics of New YOrk-Progress Oh Ne'"A"
titan mud NuIlisscQtEO

ton and Notification.
The new Registry Bill passed both houses OF the
Legislature last week, received the signature Oh the
C;oyernor ON Saturday last, and is law Of the
land There r. a rumor, indeed, that he VIII We
10 il hut il wants confirmation. Its principal fea
,uras are soon told. The Governor and senate
,n,oint three Commissioner to divide the city
into election districts of 500 voters each--three
Inspectors of Elections, and three Commissioners
of Registry are te be elected by each ward
and every voter is to be registered by the last
named officers, before he can be allowed by the
first named to vote at any election. For the coming
election registry is required, because the time Is
not sufce lent, but each ward is to be divided into
districts of 500 each and every election-the
approaching one tools to be begun and closed in
one day These are its principal provisions.
In consequence of this act Of the wing party, the
democrats have determined to pursue policy per-
fectly original, and sngularly new in this country
In every ward of the city, we learn that copy of
the following notice, mutatis mutcndiS is placard-
ed bearing the signature of the ocofoco inspectors,
indicating the grounds which that party mean to
pursue at the ensuing election:
Notice.
We subscribers Inspectors Of Election in the Second
Ward Of New York do hereby give public notice
3 m S % on G s M fsS S AR @ The
he house Of james g stonea No. Ann street The poll
the first day will be opened at nine clock in tne forenoon
csd opened at O'Clock in the forenoon AID closed the
s n; as Ss
4 MAYOR for the city of New York
On ALDERMAN,
One One 4 taal1sT5a For the Second Ward
Two AssEssoss,
TATs2N &c. s.ssbd %srs
NEW YoRE, March p, ls4o
BY the open promulg cation of this notice, signed
by the ns pecting officers, it is very evident that the
locofoco party te conduct the ensuing election
according the old law, and to pay no regard nor
obedience the law passed last week by the egis-
lature of this state. The practical effect OF such
determination will be to produce two municipal
elections-each conducted in different way, by
each of the two parties. And as the wings will not
participate in the ocofoco eection-nor the locofo-
cos in the whig, we shall have we have already
intimated, two Mayors and two Corporations, both
contending be the legal government of the city.
In justification of this policy, the locofocos declare
that the Registry Law is unconstitutional, and
therefore null and void. They support this position
by variety of arguments, historical and legal. On
the contrary, the wings believe that the new law is
perfectly constitutional and legal, and they will be
governed by its provisions accordingly.
From this brief statement, it will be that the
easuing election will present state of things that
never has been paralleled since the revolution IL
the old law had been left untouched, it is highly
probable that the election in this city would have
run strongly in favor of Harrison But the pertina
city of the wings and the corrupt influence of the
bankrupt Vail street press, in pushing the legisla
ture into the passage Of very questionable law, at
a very critical moment, may change the current Of
public sentiment, and direct il from the general
issue Of running Harrison to the local contest ON
the constitutionaty of the Registry Law Both
parties will now abuse each other The wings will
charge the locofocos with nullifc alton, lcgaity,
insubo rdinaton TO the law-whe the locofocos will
accuse the wings Of tyranny, unconsttutionaiity,
desire to destroy popular liberty, and to make the
many submit to the few in Wall street.
The eject Of all these things will be state of
deep excitement-not at the polls-for each party
will vote at different places, different days-but
a deep excitement, Rot confined to New York, but
spreading over the whole Union Ii is the first time
in the history of this country, that such maynard
seccssion--such a singular event, has taken place
Nor is there any thing in history that resembles IT,
unless the secession of the Roman Plebeians to the
Sacred Mount, in order to avoid the tyranny Of the
Patricians may possess some points OF resemblance.
The aspect of the times is evil. We are on the
verge of foreign for dirty strip Of territory
- our currency is in state Of utter disorder-pub-
lie and private morals in the deepest degradation
fanaticism prevailing against true rehgion-deiault-
ers running away in every direction-and now the
people divide into two large masses, recognising
different laws-ana endeavoring TO carry out their
schemes BY every species OF fraud, disorder, and
disgraceful act What NEXT
THr o. X. CLUB-O. X. LrrERarURE.-This gang
Of loafers and litterateurs who broke in upon the
Wings at Masonic Hall on Friday evening last, and
kicked up the there, said TO number 1000
braves, being the picked men Of the old huge
paws"-" butt enders"-" roarers," and ball roll
ers." The origin Of their name, o. X. is curious and
characteristic. A few years ago, some person
cused Amos Kendall to General Jackson, Of being no
better than he should be. "Let me examine the pa
pers," said the old hero, "1'll soon tell whether