The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-27

of Republication upon the credit of the United |
States AT the present day, Owing TO the homes
ty OF the bulk Of the States and the prompt
payments that have hitb 4rto been made of our
foreign loans, our credit stands as high in the
English market as tfAt of any country in the
world. Should european war occur, it is
probable that our securities would rise to
fabulous premirm on Change in London, Paris
and Vienna. One event alone could prevent
it and that event is the realization of the hopes
which the people of Mississippi are induging
| Once let it be understood that . large and
prosperous State of the Union has deliberately
resolved not to pay its debts. and q stain will
be left on the national character which no
amount of fnanciering and no series of in
stances Of integrity can efface.
The Public Printing of Congress.
We have frequently and determnedly urged,
from time to time the propriety discovering every
portion of the public press from government pa
tronage and government influence, and particu-
larly OF putting an end to the system by which
the government organ at Washington is sus-
tanned. Our views are adopted and our argu-
ments seconded by the Independent journals of
| every stamp throughout the country; and even
the politicians themselves have begun to recog-
nize the necessity of the change which we have
endeavored to effect A true, upright, and honest
democratic administration---ife ever we may hope
to find one installed in Washington---has no
need of feeble parasitic journal to eulogise the
course it pursues. 1t is not only unnecessary,
but actually absurd, inasmuch as journal
which is dedicated to such . mean purpose can
have no influence or popularity among the
Masses and it's fulsome, adulatory articles are
only consigned to ridicule and contempt. The
conscientious approval or disapproval which an
independent journal may give to the acts of an
administration is of more effect in swaying the
public mind than whole tones of eulogy from
the government organ would be.
The freedom Of the press, guaranteed by the
constitution, should never be assaled by trea-
sury influence, or by the liberal administering
Of public pap. And it is utterly unworthy and
unbecoming of liberal government strong in
the consciousness of its own integrity, to look
for such feeble aid as can be rendered by one of
the Washington journals.
| But, aside from the imbecility which charac-
terises such prints, and Of which an honest adj
ministraton should be ashamed, it is sanction
ing or committing an absolute fraud upon the
| public, so to squander the resources of the
| government as is done in the subventoning of
these presses. The government printing could
be done far more efficiently, and at an incom-
parably less expense by the establishment Of
regular printing bureau, in the way we have
that this reform should be initiated it is time
that the dsgraceful custom Of lavishing the
national resources for the enrichment of few
newspaper proprietors in Washington, should
| be put an end to forever. And we hope and
trust that after the transaction of the most i'm
| portant matters to be brought before Congress,
some Of the members will turn their attention
to this subject and bring all their powers to its
agitation, and to the demolition of this gigantic
| fraud.
The State Election The Official Result.
Some Of the free soil Van Buren, papers have
e~:5 ..s.t the Aceu1o ~iuvsio1. si.i
| State was g an accident" and some have
called it :" surprise" As we are now in pos
session of the official result, we shall examine
how far it was an accident or a surprise. The
figures are as follows:-A
Seward party polled .............,....,..l6 100000
National democrats. 100, 900
Van Buren free soil party ............... IS 600
MOI votlng... ............., LAO ,UUu
Iotal votes. .5OO,UOO
The Albany .4tlas, one Of the organs of the
Van Buren, faction. calls the foregoing result a
mere accident. Perhaps it was. But it SO hap
| pens that whatever of accident was about it,
cuts directly the other way. 1t was no acct
dent that out of 100000 voters in the State the
Cabinet only received 95 OOO-less than fifth Of
the whole. 1t was no accident that more than
r-ffths of the voters of the State were against
the administration. 1t was no accident that
the Seward party polled only 100000 votes. As
far as these two parties are concerned there was
no accident in the matter Both did their best,
and could hardly have gained another vote
under any circumstances. The national demo-
Gratis only received 100 600 votes; and in that
we admit there is good deal Of accident. it's
accidental that instead of 100000 they did not
receive double that number. It will be OBJ
served that 5000 persons did not vote
at all. OF this number a very large pro-
portion would have certainly voted with the
national democrats if they belle we'd they
had chance Of success. There can be little
doubt that in that case 100, 600 Of them would
have deposited their votes in the ballot box on
that side. But believing that there was no
use in voting, that the Seward party would
sweep the State, and that the result as far as
the offices were concerned, could not be affected
| by their votes, they did not come forward, and
took no interest in the election Again-many
of them were under the impression (Which was
also the general anticipation that the Van Blu
rm and free soil party would poll greater
number of votes than the nationalists and not
wishing to be found fighting on the losing side,