The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-14
noerasy We believe the SllewiDs list WIN Be

do
william II. Co, nell .......... do
Gustavus Conover ........... do.
Alexander Vsche..... do
Eu"Sio Sunern... Eockland.
Alexander Thonpeon Orange.
JoD fierson 1880. ........ Rensselaer,.
Cornelius I.n aosburg f.........A Albany.
isasc " blsnop........... Warrington.
Dsios Ds WIN ................. Oswego
Lyman }. wal~orth. ......... Otsego
William L. @. Smith ........... Erie.
The soft shells, thus having a majority in the
electoral college, made choice, by ballot, Of Hon.
Zadcck Pratt as President, rs we have already 70.
corded On seeing Mr.. Pratt selected by the soft
shells to preside the deli eerations Of the col
lege, many, doubtless, exclaimed, g IL Saul also
among the prophets !''-for the former well-known
afhDities Of Mr.. Pratt to the hunkers, it was sup
posed, would have tbro wn him among the {" hard
shells !" but Mr.. Pratt had great confidence ia tho
ssgacty and tact of his friends Marcy and Seymour
ard himself noted for seeing, in time, which way
the cat jumps. There can be no doubt that the
splendid supper which was given by Mr.. Pratt TO
the members of the college and others, after their
arduous labors were over, had " q benign effect
as De Witt Clinton used to say, in harnonzing
and uniting the party
The sofs shells not only expect to have the pre-
ponderance of influence with the now President and
Cabinet, but as they have both the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and a majority of the other
State officers, the Judiciary, and Of the Legisla-
ture, they will probably be able to m anage things
pretty much in their own way. But how they will
succeed at Washington will depend very much, of
course, on the composition of Mr. Pierce's Cabinet
If 1t should prove to be of Mosaic cast, of pie
bald character, their chances would be good bu.
not so, we conclude, if the Cabinet is a unit, c,m-
posed entirely Of mon of the Same broad national
views as those of the President elect himself
Southern and Western democrats will dou otless
suspect pything Of free soil odor, notwithstand
ing the Wimot proviso is an obsolete idea, and
they will examine well with their whiskers any
meal tub that may be produced by former sup
porters of Van Buren,; fearing that some au,drupsd
of q dubious character may be concealed there
under. For ourselves, we hope these delicate mat
tiers may be settled satisfactorily to the udicious
and patriotic men of the party, and thus leave
the new administration to move on in smooth
water.
In the division Of the demo acy at the Presden-
tial election of 1913, Van Buren, received a majority
Of nearly six thousand Cass; but as prob ably
thirty thousand wings and abolitionists voted for
the former, the hunkers, who supported Cass, con-
Of The democratic party. The operations of Messrs
Marcy, Seymour, Corniog, Pratt, and other hun
kers, in operating with the former barnburners,
or friends of Van Buren, have had the effect to Gre ate
the party Of soft shells'' which seems to DOS
sess the sympathy Of large number of the demo-
cyacy Of the State. 1t will be observed that in tho
college Of the Electors the hard Shells With
four exceptions. from this city and the river
counties, and two of the remaining four are from
ports on the lnkes William L. G Smith, of But
falo, is the author Of Of the works written
to counterfeit the effect Of Mrs Stoves F." Uncle
Toms Cabin" called, We beli.ve, "Uncle Toms
Cabin as it is All Of the "soft shell" electors,
with the two exceptions from Kings county, it np-
pears, are from the rural districts"
1t may be remarked, tina. the wing party, pre-
vious to their recent DOWNFALL, and before the nomi
nation Of Gen. Scott, were divided. locally, 10
similar manner with the democrats; the silver
grays or national wings. controlling only ths dis.
tricts situated on tide water aud the lakes, while
the "rural Districts were in the hands of the Sc
ward men, or free soil wings Hence, We see, that
in the Wing National Convention, in June last, less
than one third of the delegates chosen from this
State were for Fillmore and the election of Of
those il was alleged, carried by coup de m1in,
ard more than two thirds Of she delegates voted for
Scott.
1t is curious to observe, by reference to our 20
tical annals, how often tae city has been opposed
to the views of the interior Of the State, and ma
olty Of the votes Of the city been in contrast WITH
or oveIrulsd by, the votes Of the country. Com
mensipg in 17SS, with tho election of delegates to
the State convention which adopted the United
2tafa find ~ 81 " shoag
fedsrasts, or friends of the constitution, as did
Westchester, Richmond, and part of Long Islani;
while most of the other counties chose anti fede.
rals,s to oppose the adoption of the constitution;
but the adoption, it is known was finally carried by
q majority of three votes in the convention. In
1889, at the State election, the city again gave
federal majority, and Gov George Clinton saved his
election by the votes of majority of the freehold
ers of other counties The republican party tri
unpbed in the city, in the election Of the Lsgisa-
tive ticket, in 1898 but in the minority in the
State at large nor did city and country coincide In
the support of democracy, until the great ele,tin
Of 1900 when the city turned the scale in favor Of
jefferson. subsequently, when the democratic
or republican party b.came divided, we fnd
the city giving majority for Barr, while
the country won't for Lewis; and when the
country weot for Tompkins, the city, We believe,
sustained Governor Lewis and his frierds La 1911,
De Witt Clinton was candidate for Lieutenant g o.
vernon, and elected but the city of New York gave
q large majority against him. there being federal
candidate Colonel Nicholas Fish, father of Hanil-
ton Fish.) and one also nominated by the Mart
ling democrats 50 called, Colonel Marinus Willett
On various occasions the city voted against Cover
nor Tompkins, the republican candidate, until 1920,
when the city gave q majority Of 700 Ia his favor,