New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-02

,.fs,soo. Madison and Monroe as <-Dcmocfsi' ne /
had filed for eigh, years preceding the INST place
unde- n Democratic Administration with hardly
,rnrrnur; and every State which voted for hum
Rhode Island possibly exceptetl was then under
Democratic rule On the o.her hand Crawford The
Wanted Democratic candidate, was sehemeuty
supported here by this seine Evening fost nVH
which we are now quoii1g, then edited by WIN
Coleman and al open. leading Federal paper
.,oone his supoorters were tie SudaIns, Wander
roels and other bitter anti w Federslis's and
of he few States which voted for him one was Del
aware. the most decidedly Federal State IN the
Union. What flummery then is this about ener'
slism which is pat forth 10 defence Of MI riEu''
One more point, aad we close. Mr. "nGhL as
Ia. haen seen on both sides. was elected oy The
unanimous vote Of the Clntonisns Of his own
County. who knew him well as an opponent ye'
abandoned their own man to support their neigh
hor Such a course may have been inoonsiderate
or unfaithiul on their part, but was eias " nsn'
the man to punish them for it Did not their sup
mort call for something Of magnsnmiiy on LIS part
md vet when on the last day OF the succeeding
regular Session April IL, ls2ij John Bowman
rose in the Senate 70 move the expulsion OF De
Witt Clinton from the Canal Board, who should
record bis vote in favor Of the resolution out
Slas Wight The removal itself was one
n the rneanest acts OF malignant prescription
that base men ever devised against great
though fallen adversary they might as well
have voted to expuDge from the State archives
all evidence OF the fact that De WIZ clinton hau
been, through good and through evil report one oil
the earliest firmest, most effective champions oil
the Canal policy. Stupidly malicious as II no"
.aoro. !, was in truth result Of calculsuon-a
marty maneuver for power The Electoral Law
controversy had by this time become an absorbing
one; it threatened to eface old party lines and
create new ones Now, said the Van buren, OF
Flagg 1--WE hope not Wright who devised this pro-
scrintion. if we press this question, the Bucktais
l.; "a vor Of the Electoral Law like Wheaton, Tall
madge. Person. &C must either vote Tor or against
il If they vote for it. it will prevent their sppre-
handed fusion with the Clintonians into Peoples
Party if they vote against it, it will destroy Their
influence among Bocktails, for we can then say
they have Joined the Federal party. So the game
was played. and Clinton turned out OF the CanaI
Board But everything turned against the contn-
vers. The Peoples party was formed as appre-
bepded Clinton was nominated by It Tor dov
ernor with Tallmadge who had voted against
him for Lieutenant, and the enemies OF the
Electoral Law were utterly routed. The Elec-
torsl Vote. which they bad at such cost held fast
as they thought, given mainly to Adams,
by the very Legislature which they had expected
TO give it to Crawford and Adams became Presi-
+ dent All this seems to Mr. Wrieht's biographer
the result Of popular nfstuaton was 1t not rather
q righteous retributionl Above all, since Clinton
was certain to be removed by an overwhelming
majority without his vote, was not Mr. Wrishts
vote for removal gratuitous rather than grateful
return for the Clnonian vote to which he owed his
eectionl
The election of s2f we have seen was total
rout for Mr. Wrights party. They lost Governor
Assembly Joint Ballot, but retained the Senate,
three fourths of the old Senators holding over with
Mr.. Wright. Al s. Senator was now to be cho
sen The State Constitution expressly prescribes
that each House shall nominate the man OF their
choice for Senator; il they agree enough said but
in case they are found TO disagree the two Houses
meet in Joint Ballot aud elect Senator. The As
semblv accordingly nominated Democratic mem
Der ofthe Peoples party who would OF course have
been elected in Joint Ballot. But Messrs. Wright
a Co knew trick worth two OF this They re-
fused 10 nominate candidate OH behalf OF the
scnate-scsttering their votes among multi
plicitv OF candidates 60 that the result was sure
TO be no choice Thus al election was defeated,
by plain violation of the spirit and intent oil the
Consultation they had sworn TO obey. The same
game was repeated by the same party IN ls's'
when again in the minority. We do not care to
comment on this transaction but ought We not 10
protest against the of those who rake them
on, OF the obscurty into which they had fallen 10
challenge for them public admiration " hA'
must be the moral standard Of the party which thus
needessly proclains and glories in acts which can
only be palliated by the ierceness OF political con
tention, in which the boundaries OF Right and
Wrong seem often obscured if not cbliters'ed
Are they faithful guardians Of the fame OF Sla'
Wright who thus use bis name to Justify and glo
rify acts which can only be defended 10y appeals
to unreasoning party prejudices and passions!
fys Bya Telegraphic dispatch from the "or
...,.~ y g;s nfncc last night we learn that thi