The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-07

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TAs Lsssiaurs Of is4s The sYssssr Of Heuss
Of .dsssmbiy- The Clerk Of the Hosss-A Novel
PEW of Affairs.
The session OF the Legislature Of ls45 WIN be stimuli
with the session Of the next Congress Every
thing oouspres to render the Legislature Of ls4s Of
the most important that assembled 1T this capital
1t will at critical period in political AFFAIRS
and Its deliberations upon questions connected with the
next Presidency and any newly acquired territory, Will
be highly interesting and will exercise q marked In.
uence upon the action Of Congress In relation to these
matters. The political complexion Of both Houses of the
Legislature will be decide lily whig the friends Of the VIII
proviso will be vastly in the prepondsrance and the
only opposition that the democrats will be able to make
will be call for the ayes and noes upon questions
which the wings may be anxious to carry In hurry
There will bs democrats enough In both branches to
bother the wings immensely and to delay and perpex,
If they cannot defeat, the majority.
Phillips Phenix, of New York, Is already named AS
the the whss for speaker of ths Assembly
MIR Prndle the present popular and able clerk OF the
House will said ba promoted TO the cerkship of the
senate He IT, Indeed, smnenLy deserving OF promotion
equal as Legislative clerk could hardly be- found;
can only him Major French the clerk Of the
last House Of Representatives
IL 10 the design, IL will be the policy OF the wings
Of the Leg stature to eDdeavorts make the VII
provso the issue In lsas IL has been distinctly
stated here, by leading wings that the great Clay OF
Kentucky is about to Ke puoic declaration OF his
principles and of his approval Of the prov
So II he should it will BIZ remarkable II the ra
deal democratic State Convention, which will sssem Bile
Herkmer in February next do not nominate him as
| their candidate for the Presidency This, am aware,
curious and novel view OF the subject but political
philosophy is peculiarly complicated In TINS country
and many stranger thugs than that have happened
AT any rate both parties buckpg on their armor
fol- ruSgeDoth parties are straiuing their eyes TO
pierce the thick fog which covers the future aud all
parties anxiousy looking to the next Congress
The resdu OF the present session will also be porten-
tous there will be elimination and recrimination, and
tho debates will be more bitter and harsh than ever
| w. want understand what are actually the compro
OF the constitution and what ARE tn1 reservoir
rights of the States wish also to know whether
| defensive line will be recommended 10 congress- !
think that the wings in the present legislature III Ve
OF the late election vii feel authorised anu ueel
ed to agtate these questops n usuSoi"S :.
IL about TO be raised; the power or Inc North 'b
about to be arrayed against that OF the South anu
ali ectonal feelings and local prejudces must give
way before the questions involved in the pre-
sent spite Of the trstous aud reiteraons tnAt
the proyiso is an abstraction and that slavery cannot
exist in California, the popular mind ut the North
deeply impressed powerful and peculiar opposition 10
the Southern representation In Congress- has
arisen and every practicable effort will be made 10
tn success of the wings is entirely dependent upon
such q system Of operations, am firmly persuaded
and has been dcplored by many OF their leading
men, that in order to paciy the radical ana
ton with the radical wings they did not nominate G.
Flagg instead Of Milard Fillmore for comprol0r the
wings at time contemplated such course, aud th9y
were assured that the entire WING ticket, with
the of Fagg it for comptroller would receive
the cordial support of every radical democrat In the
State
Mr. job, Van Buren, il engaged In writing out his
speech which was lately delivered at the capitol un-
drsand that the report of that speech as published 10
the .4tbany Journal, contained many errors IL Will
of Mr. John Van Buren-the richest and the most sar
castle speaker Of the age.