The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-16

voting list, whereupon the selectmen refused to
grant any certificate In ordinary times the loss of
but nov that parties sre SO closely divided in ths
House it becomes important.
The wings Of Lo veil carried their CITY st ths
municipal election, on the 9Th. The cositisnsts
console themselves by saying that the result proves
that the secret ballot" works in their favor That
ballot Is not allowable at municipal election. and
they were beaten; 1t prevails ct State elections and
derstsnd it, One thing is certain, and that is that
If the wings had carried the Legislature they would
have made quick work at .despatching the "secrst
ballot" a. the new law il designated.
Our papers are full Of Kossuth and his speeches
and doings. He has stirred up our old hunkers
With . particularly long and very sharp pole.
They are frightened to DEATH or near to it, at the
%snssa s:.nns 'n upon Fr ksss
would never get this side Of the days of 80,
50 have the gentlemen referred to got stuck
They DO not seem to be aware that the
county mas been going ahead for sixty years,
spite OF their efforts to Keep it back. They are
wen meaning People, but precious slow. Our city
all anti kossuth and the 1tias is anti. Webstsr.
feu can put the two things together as closely a.
you please There has been nothing done towards
inviting kosspth here BY the city authorities. As
respects the State government, the viii il rood.
but 1t has not the means of doing the thing in
proper style. The legislature must do it, as that
kvvaII
is warm friend Of the Hungarian cause, and ths
members Of the Council all agree with him in ssnti-
meat on that point. The Legislature will do ali
that is necessary to indicate that the opinion Of the
great majority OF the people Of this State is on
the side OF Hungary, though some fools may gibbet
themselves by taking the side of Russia and abso-
igtlsm. The rejection Of Bowen. for the place of
most positive act that has yet been done in this
country in favor Of the Hungarian cause; he Wss
sonoted for hbeing that cause; and thus the ssnti-
ments OF our government were placed before the
ever vitit the United States
Mr. Summers speech on the Kossuth resolutions,
IN the United States Senate, has been universally
read; and dt the result has been-dsep dssppsint-
rest OF the speech, which, BY ITSELF is very good;
bSt the neutrality dodge" Is nonsense. His use
Of it has produced something more than dsappoint-
men who did the greater part Of the work which
the worst kind of hunkerism. Cesar did not feel
him "like thousand Of brck," than some Of the the
msn who elected Mr.. Sumner felt on reading his
speech: They laugh at his gam mon" about
be think US Q pack Of id fools 2" was the indie-
nant question Of leading -soiler, on hearing
the part Of the speech read in which the honor able
Senator thus aired his rhetoric-"Sumner and Fo-
and ideas; but the opinion Is beginning to prevail
that our new Senator sis not the man for Galway"
The Commonwealth, the leading free-soil organ,
dissents entirely from his views, in language quite
that Mr. Sumner would take the turnkey side in
this business, he would hardly have been in the
place that he now holds. He is not likely to dis
tIrb conservation, | should think. let it assume
hatshape 1t may. The atmosphere of Washing
ton seems TO have some such effect on men as the
eating Of the lotus Is said TO have produced upon
gentlemen on their travels.
The demo OF the Ninth district are to have
convention, 10 elect o delegate to the National
Convention, on the zigt inst. Our delegation Is now
about equally divided bet veen hunkers and coali-
tionists.
The coalition, according to some accounts, ia not
quie out OF the woods yet The close state of par
ties in the House gives to the whigs according to
the view taken OF their condition by the Wing
Mr.. Winthrop Governor, bat also to entirely de-
stroy the coalition. Admitting the coalition nnao.
rity to be eight in the House, and suppose That six
esoilers, when candidates for Governor shall be
to vote for Mr.. Boutwell,, and support Mr.. Pslfrey.
tnen there will DC no choice Of any candidate. Tho
wings can then turn round and vote for Mr. Pal
Trey, and, with the aid Of the free soil seceders,
seceding Tree soiiers can join with the wings, and
make MIR. Winthrop the second candidate. The
senate would then have to elect either Mr. Palfrey
o. ..r. !" inthrop and although Z VIII stand
no means certain that Mr.. Palfrey would receive "a
majority Of the votes. Had the Wigs carried the
House, and; IS q consequence Of that, sent UP the
lanes lanes Q, winthrop and Palfrey to Q coalition
Senate, the latter would be chosen Governor with
out trouble, and without fearing the coalition bu.
II his name goes up In company with that Of the
wing candidate, and In that connection, as the re-
suit OF the desertion of Governor Boutwell, BY free
soil members, should not care about betting
largely on Mr. Winthrop's defeat. The senate
when full, will consist Of sixteen democrats,
y thirteen hee.soilers, aud eleven wings AMI
MIR Winthrop, be would be elected. The pro-
liability however, Is, that the greater part Of the
democrats would stay away: while such as should
ton of three to one. This would happen, not from
any particular affection they might have for that
gentleman, but because of their determination to
'eouke what IN their eyes would be piece of gross
reachery In this way would the coalition be ire
rievably ruined for the democrats would be- at least
enough Of them, 90 Disguised by the defeats Of Gov
5outvell, a. to leave no hope for future alliances
sSs ga 20 anything but humlstps defeats While
u. Pi9oyocatye Of disgust among the free sellers
ous TINS VOID not be all that would follow from the
ant - zee proposed intrigue There could
tbs oesmeen the iiee sellers AMI democrats
We lie gsisture on anything, and the whigswould
l,voAoy nave their own way in everything dis.
nctlng the State for membrs Of Congress, accord
70 tneir own ideas, preventing another Gall for
ends upon the political integrity Of half a dozen
re sellers, Of whom 81 have been elected 70 the
iouse. 30, you see. that all things are not quite
2 ciear as they might be-accordng to the whig
lew OF the subject, which / have Substantially
iven in this outline
Another difficulty In the way Of coalition, Is the
emperaIce question, which has again assumeia
hre atening aspect The most determined hostility
; the Maine law is showing itself among democrats.
bile the friends Of that law are ralying, for the
urpose OF compelling the Legislature TO pass t. A
ompromise Is spoken Of, namely, to refer the whole
uestion to the people, and let them decide whether
icy Will have the law here or not. This "a nota
I'D way ofsetting out Of a tight place, AsIhays
,saay ,i noi % you, whichever party passes such
oed chance Of ruin to the party which. beine in
aver, shall refuse to pass IL. Bat the whole thing
lis, with enfod effect, against the coalition that
ever can against the wings, the latter having
oston 70 iall back upon, where rum Is not thought
oe the worst possible thing In the world The
alitionisu bitterly complain that, while the whig
y perance men are ready to support any man for