New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-26

OUR CITY IN CONGRESS-.

We are TO choose a new Delegation to Con-
gress fromthis City at the November Election, aud,
apart from the Hon. JOHN WHEELER who we trust
is to be chosen from the With District by an
overwhelming majority if not without oppoS-
| ton, we presume no member of our present Del.
egation will be re-cbOsen. Gen. Walbrdge has
declined; Mr.. Tweed is understood to have al
ready despaired of the possibility of having played
over again in his behalf the nice trick by which
the negroes of WILLIAMSBURG were swindled into
voting for him two years ago; Me-. Cutting has
committed political suicide, and probably
wouldn't go back if he could, and certainly
couldn't if he would; Mr.. Walker, being Ne
braska Barnburner of the John Cochrsne stripe,
stands about as solitary in his District az Robin
son Crusoe on his island, and will hardly be able
to coax any body to set him up so that he can
have a chance to be knocked down; so that, ex
cepiing Mr.. Wheeler, the Honorable Mike Walsh
is the only Member OF our Delegation who is
likely to run for the next House, and he will run
under.
Now there are quite number of enterprisng
young Wing lawyers and others who are making
arrangements to step into the shoes Of these de-
parting gentlemen, and SO are training themselves
to look sayagely Anti. Nebraska on one side OF
their several faces and smilingly Know Nothing
on the other Some of these are nice young men,
and may possibly come in. There are some among
them that we can commend with pretty clear
conscience, should there seem to arise necessity
for so doing. But, before that does arise, there
is an alternative which seems to US preferable,
and we proceed to suggest it.
Our City contains quite number of sybstan-
tal, well-known citizens, who enjoy reputation
for capacity and uprightness not confined to the
isle of Manhattan-such, for instance, as
Moses H. GRnSELL, Luther BEaDIsH,
GEORGE GRIswoLD d. A. CrsHNN
WM F. HAvFMsYER WILSON @ HsNT,
JOIN c. GREENE. HENRY Mics,
william c. RUSSELL, SETH T. STAPLES.
CHARIEs UCoNoR. AMBROSE l. JORDAN,
ROBERT B. MNruRN SAMUEL B. RUGGLEs,
PETER CooFER, RosERT KELLY,
JosrFH BLUM WILLIAM KEST,
HENRY GRiSXELL.
We might extend this list, but our object is
not TO indicate candidates, but rather the class
from which candidates should be drawn. Any
enc may perhaps make better list than ours;
and there sre men naraed above whom because
of grave differences of opinion, we could not sup
port. Still, no one will deny that, out of the
above list. any intelligent citizen could pick
much better Delegation than our City hiss for some
years been blessed with.
We will not di,ate on the importance of having
the City efficiently represented in Congress; no
one disputes it. commercial city is the crea-
ture Of circumstances-we had almost said, of
laws. One unwise enactment might damage ours
to the value Of many millions. We are likely 20
have the Tariff revised by our next Congress, and
that is work requiring capacity and ripe erpe
rience. We need new, enlarged and better To-
Gated Post. Office; also, an edi6ce for the holding
of U. S. Courts, Offices Of Marshal, District At.
torney, &c. But in fast there nsvsrwas nor will