New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-28
Hon. s,las wrizh, ON Politics.

Zion. slIas Wright ON Politics.
A, the close of the late Session of Congress
Hon. HENRY VAN RENSSELAER,, Wing Repre-
sentative of the ST. Lawrence District in Con-
gress announced to his constituents his resolve
not to be candidate for reelection accompany
ing the notice by few plain and forcibe remarks
on the character and acts Of the rival Political
parties. These remarks are answered in the
last 81. Laurence Republican, by writer who
we are assured is no other than Hon. SILAs
WRIGHT of the U. S. Senate, and the article
bears intrinsic evidence of its Senatorial paren
tage. Coming from such u quarter, inn
PEELED TO point out some Of its moro obvious mis-
representations.
MIR Wright's assertions that John Tyler is
Wing President-that the Wings have not been
able to restore the country to prosperity (simply
because that same John Tyler is not "a Wing
President, as Wright knows right WELL but has
for over year been in close alliance with the
Loco. Focos to defeat every Wing measure, )-and
his attempt to claim credit to his party for help
ing Through the last Tariff bill, after they had
unitedly opposed the two preceding and render
ed effective John Tyler's Vetoes upon them and
when four-6fths of them opposed the bill even as
cut down to John Tyler's requirement, we lei
pass with few words. 1t is not with regard to
facts of such universal notoriety that Sas
Wright's remarkable s1btlety and sophistry can
misead the American People. We leave these
and hasten TO brief review of those subjects on
which Mr.. Van Rensselaer, had justly based
charge of prominent reckieSSness Of TAR against
the Loco-Foco party.
I. The Broad Seal Case in New-Jersey. Mr.
Wright states the facts substantially thus: Thr
People had elected FIVE Locos and one Wing to
Congress the Governor and Council gave the GER
t6cates to all six of the Wing candidates. Lo-
co-Foco Congress investigated the matter and gave
the FIVE chosen Locos their seats, and " then and
not before" they were permitted TO take them
Now this account is false, first in suppresslng
the fact that the Governor and Council Of Neac-
Jersey gare the certificates to precisely those sa1
persons as Members Of Congress tcho had md
jority of all tie ootes returned to them. The
votes of South Amboy were not returned to the
County Clerk in season. and therefore were moi
included in his return to the Governor and Coun-
Gil; while those of Mville were rejected by the
Clerk of Cumberland for notorious frauds and lille.
galities The legal returns from all the Counties
were before the Governor and Council and they
had no right to consider or know any other These
returns, correctly added up, elected all the Wing
Members, and the certificates were given accord
jngly. The canvassers at Trenton had no light to
do otherwise, as had been expressly decided years
before. The House alone had power TO correci
errors in the County returns The Wings weft
unauestionaby entitled to the seats until an inyes
tigation should unseat them. But, in defiance o
all law and precedent the Loco-F oco Clerk of the
House refused to call their names. as Members,
though he had the regular certificates of their cleo
ton. and the House sustained hin IN AiS dan
yerous course, making the Clerk the Judge of the
sufficiency OF returns undoubtedly regular ard legal
Mr.. Wright mistakes in saying that the Loco
Focos were no, allowed to vote until Committee
had decided in their favor; the contrary was the
fact and seceral Of each SET Of claimants oote0
on the same question, thus giving New-Jersey nine
r,en votes when she was entitled to but SIX. Need
any thing more be said to show the extreme dan
ger and mischief of the course pursued In going
behind the legal returns until they had been regu
larly contested!
IL. The late Sixth Ward Election and Common
Council con,es, in this City Mr.. might, in at
tempting to tell the story, says, g While the In.
'specsors were canvassiag the votes, Wing MOI
. violently broke in upon them, &c. Now ever,
body here knows that it was no more a Ulis
mob than Silas Wright is u Wing and We, hun
lreds of well-meanins citizens will be induced t,
believe this atrocious falschood He proceeds |,
say that it could not be determined who wer
elected because the votes Of this District coul.
not6e and soere not caasassed This, again, i
direc, AMI most glaring un,ra,h. The vote
cosLp BE and WE'RE canvassed, and they gave
decided Wing majority. They we're canvasse
within an hour after the riot, in the presence aa
office of Mayor Morris. The Locos lost tn