The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-26
The Election of United states Senator.

in reaching this port. She will be due on Sunday
or Monday.
The Election of United States Senator.
The election Of United States Senator to Con-
gress, by the Legislature now IN session at Albany
is assuming proper degree OF importance. Here
tofore the papers throughout the State have only
adverted to the matter incidentally, or In connec-
fien with some eplstolary disclosures which
have developed the private movements of one OF
the prominent candidates, to secure, if possible
his return. AS the day when the decision Is to
be made approaches, the importance of the matter
increases.
1t has been touched upon on several occasions
In our columns; but 1t only the other day that
two of the leading whig journals preached the
subject for the first time. To the remarks first pub
hshed by those journals on the subject, we have al
ready alluded One OF those papers. the Tribune, has
quilted the subject for the present; but the other,
the Co~ricr and Enquirer, of this city, holds to
1t with firmer grasp than ever Accordingly,
we find in that journal of vest ,rday, the following
bret allusion to some previous remarks of ours In
the natter
THE ELECTION UNITED STATES SErAroR-The
character Of the recent movement in the Senate Of this
State intended to prevent election altogether,
to compel the popular branch succumb to few fac
tionists is made apparent by the following endorse
meht OF the intended movement, by the Herald If
quite it is only for them to read the
following, to be convinced that 1t is fortunate event
faction has been defeated
From the Herald Of yesterday
Nov, what Is all this outcry about? What terrible
calamity will btfall the country, II tho wings in
the Senate form coalition with some Of the democratic
members, and elect Senator who will not be mere
wires behind the curtain! The only result will be that
rome hungry ofice..eekers. WHO have eagerly locked
into the flesh pots Egyp. and satats themselves to
repetion will be disappointed The country, never
thtes will be safe and the constitution BE- uumpared
I'VE hope that the Independent members Of the
Ssnats at Albany will disregard this psri inent die
taon from the Wall street clique other faction
of the whig party We hope they will disregard all
those denuncistions OF the organs Of office begging
clques and that they will maintain their rights and
iDoepend. nee. Senator returned by q coalition Of
wings and democrats, would, have doubt attend
to the interests Of the State BY
q caucus sra cement of the whigsn
The purpose in making this extract from the He
raid, or that Of the remarks which accompany it,
does not seem very clear Is that journal positive
ly IN favor Of, or positively opposed to, the mem
beIs Cf the Legislature acting independently in
TIE matter of electing United States Senator!
II expresses itselfvery contusedy-in such man
ner as we would attribute to a newspaper that was
controlled by different and conflicting interests
one that might sometimes be involved In obscurty
and doubt as to what particular policy to adopt on
certain occasions. We Will assume, however
that as the political department of the COURIER
stree its juncture with the old defunct 14mer,can
has adopted the ultra opinions OF that clique of
former days, it may be considered as the perma-
nent organ OF those opinions which prevalent
IN certain party in this State about twenty-five
years ago, and which have been revived by certain
disappointed politicians within the last few years
we mean the agitation of the slumbcrlng anti
slavery question in the North, which has, within
Una! period, taken the shape u. the Wlmot Prov.
SO, and other movements OF that character.
We consider the Courier and Enquirer, there |
fore, as the organ of that branch of the whg party
which Is now striving, IN every possible way, to
place in the Senate OF the United States ex Cover.
nor Seward-a statesman who has been identified
with all the ultra and disturbing sentiments of the
North, In relation TO the South, that have been
brought to the surface of politics during the last
few years. In this respect Mr.. Seward may be |
looked upon as the principal legaee Of the senti
ments which prevailed in this State at the time
when the late Rufus King represented New York
IN the United States Senate. The brief TIL
umph which the ultra opinions he entertained
a, hieved in 1888 and 1910, has been succeeded by
a fresher and deeper awakenment, in consequence
OF the revolving course which ex. President Van
Buren, has also thought proper to take on the same
subject in revenge tor his defeat as candidate for
the presidency in l540 and the loss of his nomina
ton by the Baltimore Convention, IN May last, by
the same party. When we look over the career OF
Ex-Governor Seward, and those connected with
him, in this State, examine the agtations which !
have been produced, the disturbing questions that
he md thew have rake cd of halo bali
lng-and we think every reasonable friend of the
Union will believe the same way-that the cleo
ton of such man as Ex-Governor Seward to tn
United States Senate, by the Legislature of New
York, would be one of the most unfortunate events
for the peace and permanence of the Union tina
possibly could take place at the present crisis Int
which the country has been thrown by the agita.
tons and irreconcablc local movements of Mr. |
Calhoun and his friends at the South, and Mr.
Van Buren and his friends at the North Ex-Go
vernon Seward has been identified IN New York
with all he most violent anti slavery and fanatica
movements OF the North, from the commence
nent of his career to this day. He famed and
wlnnowed the inflammatory lmaginatlons of our
Irish population, until, with the aid of Bishop
Hughes, he produced an excitement which ended
in the burning and total destruction Of several Ca
thollc churches in Philadelphia He encouraged
and set on foot all the troubles which have grown
out OF the anti rent excitement in several districts
and coun les OF this State-an excitement which
is not yet subsidized, and which may produce dsas-
trous events before all is over
These some of the characteristics which
mark the career of ex-Gov. Seward as a pobtl-
clan and statesman in New York; but although he |
might be forgotten as an agitator on the Irish ex-
citement, or agitator on the ant-rent excite
ment, we, as a devoted and determined friend of
the Union cannot consent to stand by and see the
agitstor unearthed in Albany, brought to light |
from the depth of obscurity In which he was plac-
ed, and put IN a position in the United States