The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-27
Our Boston Correspondence.

BOSTON, November "A, I65y
The Elections Triumph of the IVhigs-1ks
Causes Ihereof-7ne Congregational Elections.
There cannot be the least doubt Of the coalition
having been beaten, a. the result Of the represen-
tative elections of Monday. The majority Of the
wings the coali.ionists and hunkers will, how
ever, be small; and it may be that the hunkers WI
even yet hold the balance Of power, which would
prevent the choice Of wing to succeed Gov. Davis
as United States Senator 1t is impossible, though
think it is improbable that there are two or three
coaltionists elected to the Senate from Essex and
Bristol counties, which, if the House should bs
"nicely balanced would cause the senssorrai Va
cancies to be so filed to give tho anti wings con-
troll Of the Senate and virtually of the whole State
government while the election of nited States Ssns
tor would be passed over until next year. whie
House would probably send up the names of Bishop
and Clifford to the Senate, and IL the latter body
should s h have an n.i.whig majority, Mr. Bishop
are in favor of the wings having their own way in
every thing, though the popular majority against
them is IA 000 being the largest over thro Wn adj
veree to their party.
The causes Of the defeat Of tho coalitionisss srs
plain enough to us hero. Mr. Manu's nomination
gave the lockjaw to the coalition from the start,
and the disease has proved fatal. The belief that
he would be chosen United States Senator disguised
many democrats who have no sympathy with the
hunkers in their hostility to the coalition and they
stayed away from the polls On the other hand there
were free soilers who would not support candidates
unpledged to the support of the Maine law. whereby
Of representatives lost to the coalition
lists. Some fifteen or twenty wings were chosen to
the House, by the aid Of bunker votes, in Boston.
Roxbury, Springfield, Wsltham, and some other
places, 1t has been altogether mixed ~ fight
o sort Of Denny brook Fair combat-in whioa the
grand aim was to break heads without much regard
TO the ideas that the said heads contained The
wings gained in the melee, rs they generally do
under such circumstances
The friends of the Maine law fear, and its oppo-
nents hope, that the result of the election will be
the repeal Of that famous statute doubt of the
new Legislature doing anything of the kind. All
that the wings have had to fear 10 Massachusetts, 10
gene-that liz, the coalition is destroyed, for it
never can be rallied in its old strength again. The
ard it has met its Waterloo The wings, therefore,
will not array the temperance people against them,
as that might prove the cause Of third defeat.
That alone could enda1ger their position; and who
Their they ibve rum or water, they are politicians
enough not to SO labor to create temperance
party which, In the absence Of all national matters,
would rally around its standard all the disadeotsd
men OF all huesand shades Of opinion
The wings will benefit largely from tho coalitions
defeat Mt the next Congressional elections, which
are to take place on the 18th Of December. There
are three vacancies TO be filed in the present Con.
grsss snd nine in the next; and Of these. do not
think cautious man would be inclined to bot
largely on vhig defeat any where out of the new
Ninth district. where the free sailors have small
plurality With the exception Of the old Fourth.
there not likely to be any new candidates In the
Geld There the democratic candidate mas signidsd
bis Intention Of Withdrawing ALTOONA