The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-11-20

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The election for Governor will of course q,
to the Legislature which will probably hav
Coalition majority in both branches. Of tn,
SO towns in which no choice has been made
the Wings, says the Commonwealth. have ma
jortics in only 10 Last year these towns re
turned n Coalitionsts and % Wings From
present appearances Mr. Sumner will be SIs.
tanned by n Legislature in harmony with hi,
position ON the question Of slavery The Unioa
rejoiceS over, the defeat of the Wings, though
it wishes not to be understood as approving Of
local coalitions
NCw fork-'Ihe contest in New York is
almost drawn battle The following are the
official maiorties on the State ticket
Comptroller. John C. Wright Dem. 1873 /:
Secretary of State, II S. Randall. Dem. I.I2O
Attorney General, Levi Chatfcld Dem, $40 A.:
Engineer and Surveyor w j McAlpne. Dem.
1890 Treasurer james w Cook. Wing % :
Canal Commissioner Henry Fitzhugh, Wing.
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The Democrats have the majority and will
of course have the control of the appropra-
tons. In the Assembly the Wings have ma
.iority of two and the Senate is tied but rs the
Lieutenant Governor has the casting vote, and
he is Democrat the Democrats will have the
control of that body
These results have been brought about by
the action of the Union Safety Committee and
Silyer-Grayi.m So say the New York Tn
b,r"e and AiJday Ercning Journa The Tu-
AbuHe complains bitterly 1t was agreed it
Nays, by the Anti-Sa,ery and Pro-Slaycry
Wings of New York, to maintain respectively
Neir own OPiH,oN about slavery. but to keen
question out of the elections and fratcrnizc
Seation to protection. internal improvements
and especially the speedy enlargement of the
canal Accordingly ticket was formed o
two National Whgs," and the rest, wer,
harmless Anti-Saycry Wings But the Union
Committee and Silver Graysn played false
they made up ticket of their own striking
off the names of the inoAcnsiye gentlemen refer
red to- and substituting n portion Of the Demo
cratic ticket and in this way. gave the Cana
Board 10 the Democrats. Some of the fact
stated by the Tribune are curious. Here is
one that we commend to our sla,eholding
readers:
Many things combine to show the purely
personal character of this Cotton raid MesSrs
Forsyth and Randall were the opposing candi-
dates for Secretary of State We defy the
Union Safety Committee to show that MIR For
syth ever, by word or deed iomented agitation
against slavery or the Fugitive Slave Law. But
he is personally friend of Gov Seward, and
Mr. Weed favored his nomination-that was
enough 10 mark him for Cotton prescription
Judge FORSYTH is beaten by the Cotton vote of
this city, and Henry s. Randall elected in his
stead-a gentleman whom are like none the
less that he was one of the earliest most de-
termned and out-spoken Bambumers OF our
State. "A member of several State Conventions
of that party, "a reporter of its resolves and ut
all times even with the foremost in indicating
its principles A Cotton placard circulated
through our city with the Union ballots, AS
serts that the Union Safety Committee have
god evidence that Mr.. Randall had changed
his views and become less hostile 10 slavery
Hereupdn a friend wrote to Mr. Randall HIM
self 10 know what was the truth in the premi-
IS. and was promptly answered that the Union
Safety Committee had never applied 10 HIM for
Information in the premises, and that 50 lar
from being modified as their circular asserted,
his Anti-Slavery sentiments had been confirmed
and strengthened BY the events and obSerya-