The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-04


The special EascsS~. . Senators.
What proportion of the democratic candidates have
been defeated IS not yet precisely asceraasd ba there
The ~ advocates Of the Sne lion deb, mao 70 = @
houses This result already seized upon by the whx
papers = popular sanction OF The construction which
has been put upon the constitution BY The Stale admni.
ration We are told by lis organs that this people hsss
now decided Tor themselves to enlarge the canal and Dor
row nine million dollars at and much more here
alter as may be necessary Tor the purpose. There's 90
much toward. new coat" sad Patrick, as be drove
nail into the door OF his little cabin. What's that VI,
saying exclaimed his spouse. who knew that Pairck's
for beard "Wha, is that you've been after doing I'm
the likes w you talks Of new coat n - Why Biddy
darling, haven't got = nail TO hang il on@
Patrick when he drove the nail into his cabin had ad
yanced Just about far towards coat as Msssrs
Seward and Weed have towards verdict from the peo
pie OF New York in favor Of nine million debt They
have got preext to hang Il on. They have elected
some five of the thiryt senators who reure
sent the State in the upper branch OF the Legislature
Because they have not been utterly defeated in every
district; because they We're not snaboed pcklocks
and burglars usually expect to be snubbed when caught
their professional employment; because they have
received the support Of some respectable citizens they
now step forward and claim that stealing has become
cardinal virtue and that the people have reversed the
code by which housebreakers excluded from repu
table society
We will not deny that the result has disappointed Us
We had not supposed there any senatorial constitu
ency in this State insensibe to the consequences of
adopting the wing Interpretation Of the financial article
OF the constitution indirectly to countenance BY
voting for any candidate who looked upon with favor
But The meagre majoriiies won in few counties gov.
erned mainly by canalboat influence. and the corrupt
majorities rolled up in two three large cities, no
indication whatever 81 the political sentiment Of the
State, will duly appear when the people OF the State
Fave q SsS ssa ~
ton Of Halstead, when find the city Of Poughkoepsie
alone, BY change OF vote Of about $780, completely
riding the popular vote Of all the rest OF the counties OF
Duchess and Coumba Duchess county last fail gave
Seymour. the democratic candidate for governor l20 ma
orty Without any material change in the vote Of the
county, except at Poughkeepse she gives the wing
didale for senator majority now OF 664 OF this ma.
ority the city of Poughkeepsie furnishes 829 We need
hardly say that, with democratic majority Of a20 in
Columbia for Snyder, and with an average democratic
vote in all the towns in Duchess, except Poughk eepss
this majority 10 not legitimate. and that most fragrant
fraud has been practssd upon the people those counties
Poughkeepse had interest in this election which
explain her extraordinary vole and the result confirms the
which reached days before the election, hs,
a. the wings only needed majority. they did NOT
where they got II, and, ~ money could be made
efcacions in large cities and among compact popua
ton than in the rural districts, large appropriation
to be made for the floating vote Of that city The sane
policy has been pursued in the cities of Utica aud Oswe
20. and with similar results. Money was raised and
spent without limit, because the canal stock ers
were sure Of getting back in contrnc's and scrip sue
cessful in filling only two out OF the twelve vacancies
with their parsans The democrats the other hand,
had inducements to offer to the corrupt or the indit
ferent; they had but limited period afforded them in
which discuss the issue, which complicated ia it,
character and tedious in it's Details they that all
their labor would be useless. unless they carried every
man. which was desperate undertaking; they had 10
their enemy under every disadvantage OF position.
in districts where the canal interest ID omnipo,en while
quarters where the question did not possess any local
interest, and where its constitutional bearing had not
been discussed the people did not deem the choice of
for couple OF weeks matter OF Sufficient i'm.
portance make il their duty 10 leave their fields and
their the busiest Of the year. 10 vote
upon question which they did understand and with
which, so far they knew, they not particularly
concerned Hba &bstn 81 p5
For these and many other reasons which we have not
time to enumerate. it will b. perceived that Mr. Seward
has not got stitch further towards his than
nail TO hang it The vote which has been given in
avor of his policy in the first place. does
fifth Of the of the Stale, more than one. h
eenth of its population As expression Of opinion
the counties which have sustained the wing candidates
MIR. Stewards friends know its value better than do
for they know what cost How much they may be dis
posed 10 presume upon that remains TO b Mean.
time beg assure friends that the canal bill has
yet passed. tina. the nine million debt has not been
yet creaed thai the deficit the treasury just great
o-day as it before the election; and will further
them OF conviction that the amount of that de-
hc and the extent OF the necessity for money at the seat
Of government will be fully ascsrtained and made public,
before any such of money levied or debt created by
the legislature of New York and fnrlhes that the de.
mocracy Of the entire State i'll yet have their word upon
this scheme before il passes beyond their control.