New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-14


To-day, all the signs indicate the first
fruits of the coalition between the Free
Sellers and the Democracy of Massachu-
sets will be realized by the former in the
election of CHARLES SUMNER to the u. S.
Senate for six years from the 4th of March
next. Mr.. Robert RNntoul. IT.. who is Of the
other party to the coalition, takes Mr.. Win
throp's place ia the Senate for the brief re-
mander of the present session. The De-
mocracy' have the Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor; the Council is to be divided
as the Senators were; and there is to be
lot of new Judges made by legislating some
of the present Wing Judges out of office.
We trust Mr.. Francis Bowen, by Wing
help, is to be defeated in his grasp at a
Life Professorship in Harvard University
having shown himself especially untitled
for the Chair of History in any seminary
where the Divine Right of Kings to OPP
press and butcher is not upheld. 1t is an
i'll wind that blows nobody good and we
trust the Wing Banner State of the Union
will come up stauncher and better for this
temporary suspension.
Mr.. Sumner is the first U. S. Senator
elected from Massachusetts, in opposition
to the Wing party for the last quarter of a
century. The choice of such man does
honor to those who designated and have so
resolutely stood by him. He is gentle
man, a scholar, philanthropist, and some
of his Orations, especially that On the
True Grandeur of Nations evinces lofty
Craftsmanship decidedly in advance Of a
majority of those into whose hands our Ma
tion's destinies have usually been con6ded.
Mr.. Sumner as a Wing, of the section
termed Conscience Wings, down to l848,
when, with Charles Francis Adams, Hen
Nv Wilson, Charles Allen, &c. he revolted
at the nomination of Gen. Taylor and help
ed John Van Buren, to construct the Balti-
more Platform. Prince John got off
that platfom-the malicious said, in order
TO be U. S. Senator-while Mr.. Sumner
hung on, and has become Senator while
the Prince has MT. But no one can tell
how soon he may.
Mr.. Sumner will find in the Senate no
superiors in scholarly attainments. and
hardly one in comprehensive liberallty OF
views. We shall confidently expect his
vote, and hope for his voice, in favor OF
Free Land for the Landless. He may win
high place in the Senate, and he may
make decided failure through tastidious-
ness and decentralization. Should 1t be
in him to forget himself, his party cOmPh-
cations, his possible fortunes and vote and
speak on each question without regard to
ANYTHING but the decision of that question
in such manner as best to promote the
general veal, his election will prove tortu-
nate for himself and the Country. We
rather think it is in him to take this course.
Time will show.
Coalitions are usually esteemed patti
otto, self-sacri6cing, benefcent and all that
when eur party is mixed up with them;
but when our side loses by them, then they
are corrupt, unprincipled, scandslous-a
union of lust and shame, &c. Yet we
rather incline to think that the coalesclng
minorities in Massachusetts have made q
good thing of it. The Democracy obtain
what they love dearly-to w.t. the
Spoils;' the Free Sellers secure voice In
the Z. S. Senate, and that the voice OF one
of their ablest, most. esteemed and deserv-
ing members. Very likely, the Coalition
NAV give the Wings majority over them
both next year; but then they will only go
ont, and their U. S. Senatorship and years
swing at the offices cannot be taken from
them. On the whole, we think it was a
clever though, of their leaders to hunt in
the same pack, and in admirable contrast
to the stupidity of the Wing managers who