The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-27
The Sperta, Election To-day-The Canal
0uessiou.

This is the day appointed by the Governor Of this
State for the election Of twelve Senators to fill the
VACANCIES cansed by the resignation of the demo
cratic Senators 1hs resigned in body rather than
permit the passage Of the bill for the enlargement
of the Erie Cana, believing it to be unconstitu-
tional The canvass has been very spirited In three
or four Of the twelve districts, and both parties have
presented their available candidatesone set in
fa5or Of the passage Of the bill, and the other OPP
poed to it, The following IL list of them
Dat Wing and Canal Enlargement. Opposiiiou
L.. Alexander Baddan. Vim. Horace Brown
s....... Joeeph Halsted John Snyder
s.. HaIstead Sweet. James ~ Curtss.
Is. Benjamin Holmes. William A Dart.
To-. John sanford George III Fox.
III. Thomas smith Sidney futile.
H.. .Alonzo johnson. John Noyes.
g.. Benz N Huntington. Charles A Mann.
3D.. Moses Y. Hsi-h. Charles stebbins.
H.. Caleb Lyon hlsnson skinner
u ...... Josiah - Williams Henry b. Stanton.
2........ William y. GILBERT. George Guinnip.
Il is easy enough to predict that the canal infu-
enee in the State viii be sufficiently powerful to
control tie election, and secure the return Of
enough Of the whig candidates for the purposes re-
quircd Of them Along the whole line Of the canal,
there bat few voters who not in favor Of the
enlargement. They do not look at the abstract
question whether the proposed law is unconstitu-
tiona not but simply at he necessity Of enlarg
ing the capacity Of the canal to enable IL TO
al the requirements Of tho Increasing traffic and
coramercia intercourse between the great West and
the Atlantic. They don't care for lawyers opinions
or on side the other; and while they will decide
The enlargement they WILL asfar they go, also
decide en- the constutionality Of the measure They
viii d. this in the exercise Of a power belong
iDs T. them, a cree and independent people
trainers of their own constitution, and makers Of
their own Laws /. II 70 be regretted, however that
the measurc il not to be submitted to the people q
the whole state for it would MAKE IN excellen. H.
sue OF which to 20 into the regular State election
In November neat
The result, az we have said, will Ia all probabi.
lily. be sufficiently in favor Of the wings Il will not
howe yer. be whg victory, for, the line Of the
canal. many Of the democratic papers, and large
numbe Of the voters Of the do mocratc party are az
much in favor Of the passage a the bill the wings
are II would be well to bear this fact 10 mind for
a strong ,fort viii doubtless be made to turn the
.alt 10 4 e advantage Of that section of the whig
rsrty head ed by Seward Weed 4 Co., which
ha ben. for long time past, cndeavoring to pro.
doee dissoh aion Of the Union. Political parties,
and especially the whig party ia such . condi-
ton IN the $, ate Of New York, at the present
time, that. will cut the pursued by Seward,
" ecu q 10. on t41 ot@f1AJ NNNeNtHht aHvJSN1
Of he canal enlar cement and the vote about TO be
taken On the bin Il that purpose, brought forward
during the lsst sess Of the Legislature, viii be
20 Identified with se Yards anti-slaveryism and bis
higher law principles. and as an endorsement Of
both by the people Of III twelve districts in which
the election will be held unless pains taken to
prevent il. Let Il, Their, fore, be known to the
people of the whole Sta te, and to those Of
che whole United states, q 'at this canal matter
l. mere local Gnarcial busin ess, having no refer
cnce al all to the cogrsc pura ed by the clique in
Albany, WIS have assumed TO le nd, direct own and
dispose q the vbig party il any 'anner that seem
ed 70 them best Cor their swn rurpo 'os. The wings
of New York are in favor Of The Enlargement Of
The Erie Canal and 20 ere many democrats.
The wings Of Pennsylvania arc il f.vor Of
modification a the tssig, 80 q 10 make It more
Of certain manufacturing interes =, and
80 are many or most Of the deRocrats Of that
State. The canal question operates IN mu, n
the same way In New York the tariff ques-
ton does in Pennsylvanniaal are more Or less in /
favor q H. Under the circumstances, therefore, u
would be folly to identify the whg party alone with
hat measure, and certainly II would be absurd 10
attribute the victory 10 the Canal BILL which wiz
probably result from the election which takes place
o-dsy to Tie whic party exclusively, and, least q
y, t. ths abolition l.,ien uhisa t. e.q.rqllei y