The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-23
The thirty third Congress-staee OF Partics-
Prospect OF mighty Good Time.

gress. Dividing the free sellers and Southern
rights men between the two great parties, ac-
cording to their political antecedcnts, the
Senate stands thirty-six democrats to twenty
wings, with six vacancies to be fiiled-one
each in Alabama, Maine. Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Vermont. The House
of Representatives consists of two hundred and
thirty-four members and five territorial dele
gates, Of which two hundred and eleven repre-
sentatives have been elected, and they are thus
divided One hundred and forty-twO demo-
Gratis. sixty-five wings, and four abolitionists.
The States yet to elect are Maryland Georgia,
Mississippi, and Louisiana wenty-three men,
hers in all, which, when chosen, will probably
leave the general result very nearly as it now
stands. Giving the wings, therefore, the four
free soil abolitionists of the House, the demo
Gratis will have round majority of seventy in
that body, and in the Senate, dividing the out
siders as fairly as-possible, there will be, per-
haps, not less than democratic majority Of
fifteen in full Senate OF sixty-two.
What magnificent prospect for the admins
tration No necessity here Of buying up re-
fractory member OF two, to exc out success
full vote upon Presidential recommendation
A score, and half SCORE to that, may 20
over to the enemy in the house, and still the
administration can get along smoothly and
comfortably, il the remainder ore true to the
line;" and half o dozen refractory gentlemen
may desert the good old cause in the Senate
and yet, upon PINCH the administration may
still be streng enough to squeeze through its
measures and its budgets.
Looking TAT this gratifying complexion Of
things invthe House and in the Senate, looking
at the November elections, and at the late cleo
tions, rand at the apparently hopeless pr0stra-
tion Of the poor, outlawed wing party, may not
Gen. Pierce and his cabinet rub their hands
together, in the fulness Of their satisfaction,
and bldg defiance to all auguries of evil, to all
opposition, internal OF extraneous, and safely
count upon ruling the roast with high hand
and an outstretched arm, for at least two years
to come? Peace or war in Turkey, Mexico or
Cuba, is not the administration so strongly
entrenched in both houses Of Congress, in the
State Legislatures. and among the people. that
it is absolutely impregnable, for half its ap-
pointed term. if not for all? At the first
glance we should say yesl at the secondwe should
say no. Let us look little into this subject
In the organization Of the House il will be
necessary to elect q Speaker and Clerk AMI
before any considerable amount Of their print
ing is given out, it will be incumbent upon
both houses to elect printer or printers. The
standing candidate for Speaker is Hon. Linn
Boyd, Of Kentucky; for Clerk, Col John w.
Forney, Of Pennsylvania; for printer to both
houses General Robert Armstrong h Co., Of the
city of Washington. These gentlemen having
tasted the sweets Of these respective situations,
have, with Oliver, decided liking for the
soup, and are waiting patiently for little
more. And we should pronounce them perfect
ly safe, were the democracy perfectly harmo-
NOUS. But they arc not-with tears in our
eyes we must confess they are not Night and
day, rain or shine, in season and out of season,
through good and evil report, we have labored
for democratic harmony; but alas! we have la
bored in vain. Hence we have our forebodings
concerning Mr.. Boyd, Col. Forney, and General
Armstrong.
Here we are. Rumor has il that Mr.. Brock
enridge, the popular young member. from Mr.
Clay's district, of Kentucky, is the administra-
tion favorite If this be so, Mr., Boyd is at
once superseded. But if il be not go. there
are half dozen or more candidates in
the field for the speakerslip. Among those
we have heard mentioned are Thomas II.
Bocock, Thomas Fl. Bayly, and William
Smith Of Virginia, David 7. Disney, Of Ohio.
George W. Jones, Of Tennessee, W. Fl. Bissell
Of Illinois, Francis B. Cutting, OF New York.
and Hendricks B. Wright, Of Pennsylvania the
gentleman to whose good management, as Pre-
sident Of the Baltimore Convention Of 1874, it
Is said, we are indebted for the administration
of James X. Polk. the war with Mexico, and the
gold mines Of California The wings will pro-
baby have nominal candidate; but will stand
prepared to cut in for that democrat whose
election may be best adapted to damage the
party. The young democracy and the Southern
rights democracy are tired of Mr.. Boyd; and
with the wings in the back ground-to say no
thing Of the complaints concerning the last
Congress-we may set down his reelection as
exceedingly doubtful
Colonel Forney has had tho House clerkshp
FOR two years With salary Of $4,000 per
annum an indefinite amount Of little perqui-
sites, in addition to the patronage Of from
twenty TO thirty subordinates, this is IN Office
worth having; and there will surely be not
one, hut several formidable candidates on haud
for the succession The friendship OF General
Pierce may be advantageous TO the Incumbent;
hut il may also be dangerous, for the old hank
crs may make il the occasion for an OBJ tAate
resistance, and the wings will doubtless hold
themselves in readiness to bring up the reserve
upon any other man. Everything in the outset,
however, with reference to thc Speaker and the
Clerk, wiz depend upon The success Of flilure
u the democrats to harmon n rs caucus. And
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