Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-11

Opinions Of the Rress On the Election II Gs.
neral Harrtsss 90 the Presidescy, and De
feat Of Mr.. Ven Buren,.
We asnsx q few sxtmsts fjen the iendiss journals
Of both ptes i. the goat Atlantc cities, = the
cent polljssl rsvelstiso, whch has Plseed General
HAnRIsss in the Prssi6ency The attracts on the
Wing side, are principally filed with congratula.
tions and exutations on the great event. But amid
their vapid gsnsraiitiss, there is hardly single
practical idea to be cleaned. On the Demosratic
side there is revealed, and some plan is pre-
scented Of future action.
1t would seem that the Democrats do not mean to
give up the ship They already rallying in eve-
ry point heard from, aud will doubt unite in run
ming Mr. Van Barren in the election Of lS44 The ad.
mnstraton Of General Harrison, if il becomes mere
party administration, will. therefore, have to en-.
counter one Of the mightiest oppositions that any
administration ever met with. Every attempt to
carry out the avorite measures Of the spectators
will only cause the General to lose the vantage
ground he now possesses.
lnihe wheat-growing regions, where Harrison has
received the greatest number of votes. there will be
decided disappointment In the present circsm-
stances Of the country and its currency and in the
condition Of the world at large it is impossible for
the prices of whsat, tobacco or cstton to advance
This win cause deep disappointment. II, again,
General Harrison should make Clay his "master
spirit in out of the cabinet, instead of Webster
that will breed discomfort in hume quarters-and
'yice versa" if Webster should receive the mantle
instead Of Clay.
There is only one system by which General Har-
rson enjoy smooth presidency, and a popular
return TO tbs North Bend. Let him break dswn
bolh the great factions, and leave TO Congress
cusiveiy the adoption, after ample discussion, Of
tba. notr I
sttute an inquiry into the conduct OF every public
officer now in the employment Of the Government.
All the incompetent and unnecessary, let them be
removed But to fill their places, let him select
equal number Of good men from both parties--and
let Ibis rule be Observed in the selection cabi
net do,cn to the gerry tide waters. The democratic
party number nearly half the population Of the
country--nearly ON, 900 Of free horn Americans
and are they to be disfranchishcd for opinions sake
even if their political opinions be erroneousl No
treat them with generosity, and they will correct
their errors.
We, therefore, nominate WASHINGTON IR.
WING for the Collector of This Port His name is
an honor to the country in terature-as Har
rson's has been in arms Can any one designate a
better, rehonorable or deserving candidate?
From the National Inelliseneer, (whig) Nov o.
GRATIFYING INrELLIeENcE-THE PREsIpES-
rIAL QUEsrIoN SETTLED.-It has pleased the AL
mighty to give to the oppressed people of this mis-
governed and suffering country a victory over their
weak and wicked rulers. The news OF Yesterday,
by announcing the glorious triumph in New York,
and that Pennsylvania, too, has finally thrown her
weight into the whig scale, has decided the contest
and sealed the fate Of the Administration. The reign
Of incompetency, mPosture, aud corruption, is at
length arrested, and tho country redeemed An
Administration Which one might almost suppose
had said to itself" Evil be thou my good" has fall
len before the power Of abused Indignant PEG.
pie. Most heartily do we congratulate every long
CLING patriot throughout the land this great
and happy event; and when we cast glance at what
would have been the awful condition Of the country
had the power Of the Government been continued
we shudder ttE lew and fervently unite with
every patriotic heart in praise and gratitude to the
Almighty Disposer Of events for vouchsaing 10 ex-
empt our beloved country from calamity and from
COW quences dreadful, and for giving to US, in
the uspicious change he has granted, confident
hope Of renovated prosperity and happiness for the
country, and of restored responsibility, purity and
dignity to its government
JFrom the Albany Evening Journal-whgl
Van BUHrS's DowHYALL!-The mails that reach
Washing ton this evening will convey to Mr.. Van
Buren, certain intelligence Of the doom the American
People have pronounced on his admin stration. The
hour Of retribution which has at length oYertaken
him viii prove stern monitor Ii will teach him
TO respect, for the first time in his life the ntelI
gence and int gritty of a sovereign People IL will
teach him moreover truth that history has a thou
andtmes repeated, that those who seek 20 destroy
aiNations veal generally the first to fall victims
to what they themselves have done.
Mr.. Van Barren might have easily avoided the fate
he has provoked. A decent regard for the common
welfare and even an ordinary desire to administer
the government entrusted TO him honestly, would
have secured his reelection. But the mistake he
fell into at the outset of his administration was f
tai one. Bewildered with the popular adulaion
which had borne his "lustrious predecessor tri-
umphantly through the most disastrous experiments
the Currency and the Constitution, he foolshly
imagined that the pc pie were in the right frame of
mind to relnquish anything that Executive ambition
might require. The ntuitive sagacity, il not the
calculating selhshness, attributed to his character,
seems TO have deserted him Immediately after his
elevation to the Chief Magistracy Deluded by the
idea that the w mig party in the Northern States was
entirely Frustrated, he imagined that IL was in his
power to 'revolutionize the established policy Of
the couatry To this end he sought alliances among
Southern interests and with Southe IN men, whose
attachment to our Republican Institatisns recent
events had induced him to believe not naliena-
BILE. Embracing Notification with one and loco
focoism with the other, he supposed that he could
compel the country to his purposes at any sacrifice
10 its prosperity and happiness His overthrow was
predicted the moment this new and suicidal alliance
was discovered Mr.. Van Burcn was indebted for all
his success to the self styled Republican party Of
the country. That PARTY had no principles or
sympathies in common either with Modification
locoioc ism. Prudence, IL gratitude should have
taught him TO rely on that party whose power had
elevated him to the Presidency. But like many
others, he had yst to learn that reaehery TO tried
friend' will inevitably in the end prove treason to
whoever resorts 20 IL.
IL is cessary TO enter in.e elaborate review
Of Mr. Van Buren's career TO detect the caus
which have produced its abrupt and uniliating ter
mination.
There is scarcely state in the whole Union in
which majority Of the people were prepared for
the anti rep-blican tendencies or his administration,
and the total revolution IL his intention to intro
duee. In every section OF the Cnos the people had
suffered severely from his policy They had every
whore seen their viii repeatedly d,sregs rded-their
interests traes with aud their rights violated The
corruption and prohisacy or the federal government
had become rank and offessve--its encroac hments
upon constitutional liberty open and audaeious.-
The honest and the patriotic Of all parties united to
put end TO career marked at every step with in
fanny and desol4tion. The result Is known. The
conflict has bcena severed nj at no time soubtfal
one. The benefits that must follow the triumph,
which rcgenera'ed Republic 10 now celebrating,