The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-28
The Next Congress, ana the State ofPArties-
The Presidential Campaign.

Both houses Of the Thirty second Congress will be
strongly democratic. In the Senate, but three
vacancies remain to be fled-one each in Tennes-
See Connecticut, and California. OF the ffty-nine
Senators elected, there are thirtyfour de nocrats
twenty-five wings, intending Seward, and three par
sx uelence free soilers-Sumner, Hale, and Chase.
Upon free soil issues however, they will be support
ed by Seward and Dodge, Of Wisconsin, and very
likely by Fish, Of New York, FOote, Of Vermont,
and Wade, Of Ohio, all of whom very strongly
Suspected Of being more or less fshy. Assuming,
from the results of the recent elections, that Con-
neetieut will return democrat in the place Of Bald
win, a whig, that Tenn sssee will elect whig in
plsce of Turney democrat and that California will
return another democrat, il no. Fremont himself,
In the place Of Fremont-.he Senate will stand
democrats, 80; wings, %; free sellers, 3-classfy-
ing Seward tn head and front of the free soil par
~, as a whig, because the wings of New York, upon
repeated tests, have confirmed him in this position
AT syracuse we expect them to make assurance
doubly sure; for We do not see how the whigs are
to dispense with hin, IL the free soil schedule Of
Penn. ylyania is to be the New York platform Of
1852.
According % this division into parties, the demo
crats against the wings and free sellers proper, will
a .
therefore, there is every for supposing that
a democratic Vice President will be elected, should
q choice fail to be made in the electoral colleges
And what earthly object is to be gained by the long
visded homilies Of certain vhig journals on tho
tariff question, we cannot divine; while this Tor
mdabe opposition, of at leass ten majority, in the
u. :. Senate, is arrsyed against them The con d.
ton Of the Treasurythe continued increase Of re-
venues under the act Of i5i6forbids the sig htest
expectation Of any disturbance Of the existing
revenue system. All estimates Of home valua-
tioss, minimums and specifics, from the ensuing
Congress, and all arguments against the established
system Of the existing law, are, as we take IL, only
. waste Of labor ana Of PAPER. Arguments upon al
impossible project, like special pleadings for the
resosoitasio Of an obsolete idea-they amount to
nothing. Looking to tie complexion Of the United
states Senate, the shig tariff journals can employ
themseves a. well IN pleading the restoration Of the
Bank Of the United States in the up hill work Of
repeating the system of the tariff act Of 10. If the
bank is obsolete, not less impracticable, in the
Thirty second Congress, appears the revival Of the
exploded policy of protection for The sake Of pro
lection"
In the House OF Representatives, at the Last Con-
eress, 90 nearly balanced were the two grea. par
ties that less than half dozen free soiers held thu
balance Of power, and prevented the election Of a
Speaker until IL was resolved that plurality should
be sufficient for choice. The wings, however, had
a nominal majority Of some two or three. 10 the
ensuing Congress far the elections have gone,
hundred and nnety four Of the two hundred and
thirty members have been elected The number
elected, including free sellers, stands divided liz
democrats to 81 wings.
The States which have yet to elect, or from which
returns yet TO be received are az follows, in
eludirg their party representation in the House at
the last Congress, to witt