New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-03

of John Young, who had just been nomi-
mated for Governor. Defeated in the ensu-
ing canvass, though running largely ahead
in our City, Mr.. Fish was again presented
by the same interest at our next State
Convention, nominated and elected. The
next year he was presented for Governor
and nominated by an overwhelming ma
ioritv over that same John Young, who IN
a single term had contrived to ALLEVIATE his
former friends without gaining new ones.
Elected by an immense plurality, Mr.. Fish
has lust served a term as Governor to
the entire acceptance of the Wing party not
merely, but of the whole People, declln-
ing a reelection. The Silver Gray Sec
ton of the party have steadily claimed him
as one of themselves, and hawked his
name all over the State in their late can
vass as not merely an approver but as the
actual composer of their Resolves rejected
at Syracuse. 1t is not too much to affirm
that, if he had not been presented Tor
Senator by the right wing of the party, we
should have had all Silver Grayism stirred
ND TO its foundations with zeal for his sup
port. We say this lcOuld hare been because
we know it has been. Two years ago the
squad who are now brewing their small
tempest against his election rendered him
their support and did their best to force
him into the field as a candidate for U, 5.
Senator against Gov. Seward. They had
not then discovered his lack of capacity
nor of Conservatism. He was able enough
to be preferred by them to Gov. Seward;
he is pronounced incompetent now because
the great body of the Wings are for him.
and because he is not a tool of John Young.
The City of New York has given but
one Governor to the State within the last
thirty years, and he has just closed single
term. She has had no U. S. Senator with
in our recollection for we believe neither
Rufus King nor Nathan Sanford was actu-
ally q resident among us. She has now a
sixth part of the Population of the State, at
least fourth of the Property, and has i'm
mense interests depending upon the Wis
dom and bene6cence of our National Le-
gislation. Bad government may injure the
Country, but it desolateS the City. An
embargo, a war, blockade, may dePress
the prices OF the farmers produce, and it
may have the opposite effect but it blasts
and brushes the business of the City. 1t is
but reasonable, therefore, that the City
should seek to be fully represented in Con-
gress, and especially in that branch which
has exclusive supervision over all Treaties
and arrangements with Foreign Powers,
and wherein a single vote is so potential
And when the Country freely, voluntarily
tenders a Senatorship to the City, in the
person of one so esteemed, 80 qualified, so
reliable, so worthy, as Hamilton Fish, is it
well for the City to spun the offer! Is 1t
well that three of our four Senators and
eight of our eleven Representatives should
refuse to meet their Wing brethren in a
friendly conference to agree on candidate
for Senator because they knew that a ma
iority were favorable to Hamilton Fish =
To our view it is very far from well, and
very unlike what the Wing citizens of this
great Emporium anticipated when they
chose those Members to the Legislature
We trust that the known wishes of their
constituents will yet be needed by our en-
tire City Delegation, and that Mr.. Fish
will be chosen tomorrow at the first ef-
fort, and without the formality of Joint
Ballot.
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