The New York herald., 1851-08-07

fy,rxysrrys Putrr,osL HrsrolY AND REMlsrs-
CE.cEs--We csn the attention Of our readers 20
an elaborate hstcrica, article In this day's Heyakf
containing d list os he United States Senators
rom tho state of View Jersey, from the formati.n
Of the eous;tution IN 1859, until the present time,
with biographical rS.ices Of each OF the Senator's
and sketches Q. tho political history Of their times
These notices and sketches we have prepared for
th'- paper with great aud after much re arch
and they viii be found to contain y vast amount Of
woai has been heretofore unwri.ten political history
and biography, obtained from authentic sources;
and when documentary reference was not 10 be
hd we have resoted to the recollection of Jersey
men experienced in public life, and familiar with
tirose who have gone before Them. Our article
may, therefore, be considered reliable for the ae-
curacy Of the facts stated.
Ii will be recollected that last spring we pub
Ished similar sketches to the present, respecting
che United States Senators from New York, which
were very favorably received by our readers, and
attracted public attention, particularly Of political
men, throughou the United States. This cir
eunstance induced to extend our researche. Into
the neighboriDg State Of New Jersey, where, il is
unnecessary to say, the readers Of the HaclH
are numerous. and the connections with New
York are very close and intimate. 1. is believed
that the "reminiscences we now give will be found
quite as interesting those furnished respecting
the State Of New York. They will be found at
tractive. not merely to Jerseymsn, but. il is believed
TO all who take an interest in political history
throughout this country; for the transactions in
which many Of the Jersey Senators were prominent,
form points in the history Of the nation, and Of the
movements Of parties. The career and operations
Of Mr.. Jonathan Dayton, Speaker Of the House of
Representatives. in Congress "~i.- Jvhn Adams
demonstration, have dwet upon at some length
involving, as they do, many important points con-
nected with the downfall Of the old federal party in
1890.
In Short these sketches full of the cariosities
of political history and public men, and We are con-
fdent they will be extensively read. The events
which are referred to have had their influence on
political and social ife, and tho action and pro.
gress of parties during the last half century and
down to the present time. Nothing can be more
interesting to the careful observer than TO compare
the past with the present, where the connection Of
causes and events is perceptible in the history
Of the United States. II will be found from the
history of the New Jersey Senator'S, that the men
o. the last generation, with all thei- patriotism,
furnish abundant examples of a taste for intrigue,
speculation, and sristocratic institutions
New Jersey, it will be further noticed has sent to
the Senate of the United States fair proportion of
eminent non; and nearly all Of her Senator's may be
said to have well sus .sined the character Of the
Sta te in the councils Of the nation. Our article
contains twenty three biographical notices; ana
those curious in researches respecting races may OBJ
eyre, that Of the Sena .ors al but four
were Of Anglo-saxon origin. A similar proportion,
We believe, will hold good in the members of the
House Of Representatives sent to Congress from
New Jersey since he adoption Of the United states
constitution.
We should have mentioned in gu, sketches, that
iohn Lambert was a member If the House Of Rep
resentatvss in Congress from 1906 70 1909, and DR..
Ephrain Ba:eman the same, from 1915 TO ls23-
both serving as Representatives before they were
elected 10 .1e United States Senate.