The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-07

The NEXT HOUSE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TO BIZ DONE ?-The wing party, m the late cleo
tions, has been nddled INTO rags Virginia, Maine,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana,
Georgia, and Maryland, tell the same story The
cabinet is " stove in,' aud Truman Smith Is out at
the elbows. What's 10 be done How shall we
mend the broken crockery1
The cabinet, and the cabinet organs, have made
the next House of Re pres test question
question of life and death. With the organs,
there was the prospect of the Congress rnng--
with the cabinet, there was the prospect Of filling
the Offices of the House with their retainers, and
The more important object of popular verdict in
support OF the doinss OF the cabinet. The results
are gloomy enough. The organs are left aground,
and the cabinet stands condemned The election
of Colonel Polk was followed by majority of
sixty in the House. How is it that the more
triumphant election of General Taylor carrying
with 1t almost the entire New York delegation, IN
Guiding Master Brooks, is succeeded by such
disastrous caving In? The reason Is as clear as
day hight The cabinet have committed nothing
but blunders and their paltry and selfish ntrigues
have disguised the country. They have not only
united their enemies, but have divided their
friends Jealous Of each other, ard distrustu of
popular sentiments advocates of monarchy, and
age ns of abolitionism-the tendency of their do
ings mas been to break down the administration,
and TO place this government in the attitude Of
mere subscriber to the Holy Alliance.
The table given in another column of this
days paper, exhibits the results for the mex
Congress, thus far-the probable results of the
eectionsyet to come and the probable division of
parties IN the full returns for the House.
From these figures, it will appear that, allowing
to each party its proportion of the free sellers, the
democrats may count with some confidence on a
clear majority of one. The free sellers hold the
balance of power; and if single free soil demo-
crat be persuaded to go for Winthrop for Speak
er, he may be reelected, as the wings, North and
South, and the free soers, can more readily unite
upon Winthrop, than can the other side on Cobb,
of Georgia. If, therefore, the contest is narrowed
down to these two leading candidates, the chances
are still in favor of Winthrop, and wing forma.
ton of the committees of the House. Everything,
however, depends upon the free soilers; and there
is reason to fear they may dictate such terms of
csmpounding, as will aggravate, In their adoption,
the sectional feeling on the slavery question.
The Offices Of the House, including the Clerk
and his deputies, the Postmaster and his clerks,
the Sergeant Arms and assistants, the Doo-kesp
er and his messengers-somc thirty or forty in all
nice batch of fat places, ranging from 81, 900
(pickipgs extra, and very fa,,) down 10 600 and
perqusites, are worth some log-rolling. Among
the candidates already IN the field for Clerk, we
have Major French formerly clerk), Colonel
Fomey, editor Of the Psnns yiraaiaa, and General
Walbridge, of New York, and others. Jesse f
Dow the poet laureate Of Father R,tchle, is up for
his old post of door-keeper bu, as nothing can be
done without the free soiler., we must know what
sort of bargain is to be made, before can count
upon the profits and loss.
The wings are powerless without surrender to
free soil; and if they do surrender, the party de-
stroyed in the South What's to be done The
spos are rich, but the terms will be tight. Who
will sell out Let uskeep sharp look out upon
Massa Greeley.