The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-28

and will be entirely counterbalanced if the general
excitement reaches certain point II Is probable,
therefore, that the aggregate number OF votes polled
in the next election by all parties, may reach three
millions, in about twenty millions of people.
Such is the view which seems to be impressed
on every rational mind, on looking back upon the
history OF the last sixteen or twenty years, and
marking the absolute results at the polls The
popular election OF General Jackson established
mat dynasty which has governed the country for
the last sixteen years but within the last eight
years revolution has been slowly, but surely, pro-
crossing, and now Mr.. Clay comes forward the
universally acknowledged and favorte candidate OF
the wing party, with more OF the elements OF popu-
iarlty IN his character than possessed by any
candidate since the time of General Jackson, to
whom, indeed, in this respect, he bears a
| strong resemblance. Bold, fearless, positive
| Identified with certain great and popular mea-
sures, and the nominee OF united and
enthusiastic party, II is hardly possible to doubt
his success IN establishing a new and permanent
dynasty that may last fifteen or twenty years The
appearance of Mr.. Webster in the field too, at this
Crisis the friend and advocate of Henry Clay, is
an event too important to escape notice. This
great statesman comes forward to discuss the new
questions which have sprung up in the progress OF
events, and which well calculated to awaken
the enthusiasm of the masses. The increase and
spread OF our commerce with foreign nations by
the aid of international tariff treatesthe rescus-
tation of the credit OF the broken down Staes--the
one term princple-all these suggest and present
fruitful themes of effective declamaton and which
Mr.. Webster will not fail to turn to good account.
Then, again, it is to be considered that all the
new camp followers Of the democratic party will
| fall in with the wings. Mr.. Clay has the prestige
of success, and hence all the loose and floating ele
ments OF society-all those sagacous and vrtuous
| hangers on to the skirts of democracy, who look
out tor the main chance, will have little difficulty
IN making up their minds to their appropriate
resting place for the present. Again, are on
the eve of another period of speculation-of bank
lnflatlon-of prosperlty-of great business activity
of money-making and fortune hunting. Every
thing In the commercial and financial world be-
gins to rise with the rapidity of a BALLOON
All those who expect to make fortunes-all who
ale on the doubtful ground between poverty ana
riches, and care not how 1t comes, provided they
get money-all those are in favor of Mr.. Clay. II
he be elected, new bank-the distribution of the
land revenues-the issue of new currency-and
the restoration of the credit of the States-will be
expected to follow And hence great numbers will
flock to his standard in the hope that all this will
work to their individual profit. There seems, in
Decd to be in the present contest most extraordi.
nary mipgling of morality and money making-a
combination of all the odds and ends OF human
character-a unity Of the extremes of human feel
ing-which will all turn to the advantage of Henry
Clay So that by all appearances he is likely to be
elected by larger majority than that gained by
General Jackson in 1928, or General Harrison in
1910.
These are our views. Can they be controverted
or shown to be erroneous?
BISHOP HUGHES AGAIN.-The Tribune of yester-
day comes out in quite pathetic strain, in favor
Of Bishop Hughes, whom it regards as terribly
abused and sandered man. The Tribune, how
ever, does not attempt to meet any of our calm
statements of fact, which furnished such trum.
plant reply to the curious epstle of the Bishop
oh no, but it splutters forth, in its usual way, a
quantity of silly, milk and water twaddle about
justice-c alumny-abuse-and 1t makes an
insinuation, however, relative to the conduct Of
the reporter OF the Bishops speech, in furnishing
report of the important portion of it to the Herald
which we will notice, because in rebuking the
petty spirit which prompted it, by stating the sim
pie fact, we will throw still more light the sub
ect. We have to state then, that the editor Of
the Bishops paper not only allowed the publica.
ton of the report in the Herald, but the next day
thanked the reporter for giving the Bishops speech
the immense additional publicity of the Herlld's
circulation.
But we don't mean to take up any time with the
Tribune. 1t is very likely that the Bishop himself
will be out with another letter, in few days, in
reply to the note of MIR. Harper, and it is probable
that may get the name OF the assassin, and also
the Identical 'poignard" itself. We come to this
conclusion from the fact that one of the Bishops
men called on usyesterday at our office, requesting
a copy of the Herald, containing the report of the
famous speech at Carroll Hail. We asked If the
Bishop wanted it, and on his replying that he did,
| we said that he was most heartily welcome to
it, and that we should, with infinite pleasure fur
nish him with all the information and material in
our power, as we were very anxious to hear
all that the Bishop had got to say. We are
very far, indeed, from having any inclination
to utter syllable against the Bishop that
| is not founded on fact, and called and
demanded by public considerations We be-
lieved that he acted improperly, and therefore we
pointed out his error We charged him with
organizing his Pensioners into body for the pur-
pose of controlling and counteracting the politica
parties, and for this denounced him, and of thi:
we have proved him to have been guilty, by hi.
own words in Carroll Hail.
We shall in all probability have more fun
out of this matter, for we see that the valian
Colonel Stone promises to out against tn,
Bishop as soon as he is sufficiently recovered from
his recent indispostion Very well, we have n,
objection, and shall, always, that justice ant
fair-play prevails.
The BoGGs' CONTROVERSY We finish this morn
ing the republication Of the lncomprehensible lete
of Boggs the blockhead. We really do not know
what to say about tive confess our inability tc
understand it,-and suppose that most of our read
ers will be in the same predicament. 1t is the mos