The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-19
UNITED STATES SENATOR AND rur srrAKKn OF

UNITED STATES SENATOR AND THE SPrAKKR OF
TnE AssEMBLY-CLArMs OF THE CIrY.-The Legis-
lature of New York will meet in January; and as
they have majority of wings in both branches,
enc OF the first interesting steps will be the move
meAt with respect to the choice of Speaker of the
Assembly; and, subsequently, the election of United
States Senator in place of Mr.. Dickinson, whose
term will expire next March, will bring about quite
an excitement. There is no hope of the reelection
of Dickinson, as not more than dozen, out of the
fortysix democrats in the Assembly, will be found
to be in his favor. Thus the chances for Governor
Fish for the United States Senate are remark bly
bnght-and we can urge his election, on behalf of
this city, as candidate of the metropolis, with
great deal of pleasure and satisfaction.
Mr.. Fish has been Lieutenant Governor, and
a Governor for two years. He is On the best terms
personally with Seward and Weed, and also with
the" silver grays;' yet we think he is right on the
slavery question, and is no ultra. Though we can
not congratulate him on having received the anti
rent vote at any time, yet we are very well satisfied
that any scrupulous ant-rent members OF the AS
sembly, who desire to compliment the city by Sc
lecting Governor Fish the object of their choice,
may receive all possible satisfaction by holding
little conversation with Thurow Weed, who is
abundantly able to settle that difficulty. Though
Governor Fish is not celebrated for his oratorical
powers, he wonld be Of great service on commit
tees; and as he will run both in the Seward har-
ness and "silver greys," he is desirable man. Be-
sides, he is descended from revolutionary stock on
the one hand, and the other, the maternal side,
from Peter Stuyvesant, of the old itch times,
corning which full particulars may be found in Die
drch Knickerbocker's history of New York. Onthe
whole, therefore, Governor Fish's claims should
be respected, not precisely on the ground of his
being New Yorker-for only "sign" of him
remains in Nassau street. where is established the
agency for his large city property, while his unof-
cial residence is somewhere in New Jersey-but
that our country friends, under the circumstances,
can do more justice TO the metropolis and pay full
compliment to US by his election. We are entitled
to him on every ground of fair play and decsncy.
Troy has Canal Commissioner county
has State Prison Inspector-Niagara county has
the Govemor-Orleans, the adjoining county, has
the Lieutenant Governor-and Herkimer, the Clerk
of the Court of Appeals. This Is pretty we'll for
the country; and the city, which comprises one
fifth of the population of the State, ought not only
to have the Senator, but the Speaker of the As
scmbly, also.
Now, there will be several candidates for the
Speakership. There will be Allen of Erie, Lesley
of Rensselaer,, Wheeler Of Franklin, Stevens Of
Onondaga, and, it is very wisely suggested, Henry
J. Raymond of this city. Allen, of Buffalo, will
probably be preferred by the " silver grays;" but
he will stand no chance, as the friends of Seward
ard Weed have large ma jority in the Assembly.
The only chance seems to be for MIR. Raymond;
and as the country will desire to do the right thing
Raymonds election should be secured, as fair
and liberal act towards the commercial me-
tropolis We claim for him on this ground,
though we are not unmlndful of his claims
from ether causes. The city has aot had
Speaker for several years, and Col. Crous,
one of the best Speakers the Assembly ever
had, and father of the present Senator from this
city, showed that we can supply as good and i'm
partial candidates as any found in the rural dis
tricts. Mr.. Raymond has been reelected by the
city to the Assembly, knowing that he was with
the country for anti slavery, and that ought to be
an assurance of his fitness for the trust Born, it
is said, in this State, and deeply mbued with clas-
steal lore at a college in Vermont--thoroughy
college bred-he unites in practical manner the
polished New Yorker to the shrewd Yankee.
There is, we believe, no Dutch blood in his veins
lie is not only devoted to the Union, but to the
Art-Union. Brought up in his editorial career in
the Tribune office, but only taking one Of its sms
along with him, he has been valuable to the Cou-
rier aud Enquirer, TO which he has been trans
ferred, and has more leisure this year than he had
during the last. His friend and coadj itor, James
Watson Webb, has returned from his celebrated
Austrian tour, and can keep the Wall street jour-
nal straight, while Mr.. Raymond calls the country
membersto order. AS city man and an edi.,f we
claim for him, and are in hopes that no jealousy on
the ground of the free school question, in which the
city taxed the interior for the future correct be-
havior and education of country ur:hins, will have
any effect towards defeating Rsymond's election.
Any little experience that he may need will be
always supplied by the ready advice Of Seward and
Weed. II the country does not elect him, the me
tropos will remember the slight.
WABD's ISLAND DoINos-TuE COMMISSIONERS
OF EMIGRATION, TIE Press AND THE PEOPLE We
have received letter from John w. O'Neil, for
merly resident ON Wards slan5, called forth by
the refusal of the three In admit our