North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-26
NEW YORK sENATrlR


It may be setdown as an ENTHUSIASTICALLY e...
Hamilton Fish, the Wing Senator elect from Nl MAT
York. isa Freesoilerand opposed to the fur,va.,'~
law. He was the ca ndidate of Seward and Tbn.'
Weed, and Greedy is delighted at his election O"
ard, is stated, went to Albany TO see to the elao
and while he was there Fish was elected.
On the other hand. the New York Exuress. W..
paper which stands blythe fngiiive-slave law
trouble about the result, and anticipates bad cor.'
quences. Correspondent, of that paper, w,,;a-
from Albany day two before the election. s,r"
'sA desperate attempt has been making to Oh.
Senator by private arrangement. Weed and C,r.;Ss
Smith seem 10 be parties to the bargain 1ohateuer
and effort will be made to hatch the COO to- ~
row. is said that Free Soil Senators will vote wi
weeds friends to 60 into the election. Should ,t;
TAIL an attempt will be made to elect Senate, s
Joint Resolves and in violation of law; of corUy
SUCH an election will amount to nothing. true,
Senator will be elected until the Legislature sbo@
enough of Catholic, conservative and National .
1t to stand by the Compromise measures of the "A
mnstration.'' ~ Ad'
The same paper, in noticing the election of N.
Fish Edtorialy, says that the Legislature of N..
York have thus IS declined to endorse, Mr. Fill.
and the compromise - measures and in relation
Greely's exultation it says:
''LAw AND 100 GUNS. To remove the rat,.
doubts we entertain, whether or not Hamilton Fih
to represent the Union Wing feeling of tbirr'uIS
States, the Abolition Wing feeling of this Sao
battery of 100 guns has been fired into u.s. and .,
chief cannoneer of the Tribune - Office smnta s
with his swab and powder right merrily. Our drbt
a0e are sorry to say, naturally strengthened Lu SUI
frantic ho,Ol Of the .46Oition journals as We bar '
over the great victory, and the extraordinary coal
ton of a aciLing Barnburner Lieutenant Cover.
and an absent Senator Dart, who, with other r..
burners, silently and efficiently did the Job Cera;.
1t is, Mr.. Fish is to cheat somebody-them n, ne
them, believe, because of his social posito, L.;
I local interests, his natural ainites; but someboJ
nevertheless, is to be terribly cheated the first voJa
on slavery that he gives"
The Express, be it remembered. Isl Wing paper
At best, in its opinion, one or some faction has
been guilty of corruption in this NATTER and " SOME
body is to be" terribly cheated What spectac,.
is this
The organ of President Fillmore, however, take,
Mr.. Fish to its bosom in the most afeconate man..
ner. The Republic of Thursday last says:
HAMILTON FISH. We have received BY telegram
the gratifying intelligence that the Hon. HamIon
Fish was yesterday elected, by the Legislature Of
New York, Senator of the United States. Mr.. Fish
has been for many years prominent among the Whig
politicians of his State, and has always been a con.
sstent and faithful member of the party While
Lieutenant Governor he associated in the admin.
istration with present Chief Magistrate who wa,
time harmonized on all public questions He was
an early, efficient, and active friend of Gen. Taylor
He will render cordial support the Administr
toI, TO Which haze TO knotU his election gvs
sincere satisfaction. None who are acquainted with
his general prudence, moderation, and good sense
can doubt that Mr.. Fish will pursue a conservative
and patriotic course in the discharge of his Senatora
duties.''
We ask special attention to the words we have
itallcised in the above article.
So we go. Seward and Fish from New York
Chase and Wade from Ohio-Hale from New Hamp
shire, with his helpers generally in the free States
all bent upon repeating the fugitive-slave law an
The destruction of the Union. These are facts. tn
spirit of Abolition is growing and spreading. Til
empire State of the North, and the empire State
the West, are both against the fugiive-slave law an
the peace of the country.
Acts and facts speak louder than words.