The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-03


one single and honorable exception Sshe Hon. John
representing more than nan million OF
WITH d.. r esass Of free stass-vosea in solid
column defiance OF the earnest, repeated, and we'll
nigh voice Of their Constituents to open Ne.
overthrow Of solemn compact which, thanks to the
wisdom Of the great statesmen Of the republic had form
mpenetrsbl BILE shield Of defence against slavery and
by which the and virgin soil Of the republic had
hitherto been preserved from the oppression poverty
and crime which always attend the march Of slavery.
Though every interest Of this great city Is dependent
upon and intimately identified with the ascendncy Of
which our greatness as commercial community rests
though every principle OF honor and pighed faith
ful6lment OF compact honestly entered into the metro
potan city Of the Union made by the refusal of
fathess representatives to obey the will of the people
to take sides with the compact breakers and to throw
its great influence the side ofthe SHAREHOLDERS in this
struggle for permanent ascendancy in the national go
vernment Had the people Of New York delegat-
ed this share Of the national sovereignty to the
ers Of Carolina Mississippi plantation or to any
their viii could not have been mere eecaaly disregard
cd their rights and interests msrs sahessly betrayed
than it BY their immediate representatives, Mesrs.
Walsh. Cutting Walker, walbridge, and Tweed.
In view Of outrage like this upon popular soye-
and good government Of anconng such an example Of
perfdy and fathlessness would naturally be supposed
that the thoughts uppermost in the minds Of people
who had thus been betrayed, would be to exact indemni
y for the past and security for the future and when
again rcsuming and exercising in few days it will
delegation OF the sovereign power to such representa-
tves and such only will wisely and faithfully
cute their trus-they would scrutinss the character
and claims Of candidates for their surage aud vote for
no man, by whatever party nominated, who could not
interests of their Tree constituency That daty We
recognise as most imperatnely binding upoa MS
and upon every ciector who means TO throw his india
encc in favor OF liberty and good government.
Ia the Third district, the candidates publicly
announced are Guy re Elton, vhg william Miner, Miner
il devoted to the interest OF his party, aud
thoroughly committed TO its pro-slavery platform,
which endorses the most recent aud most fragrant out
rages of the slave the rights ami interests of
the. free States William Miner, the candidate OF the
sots, thorough partzan OF the Pierce admin'tra
ton, and like Mr. Clinton open advocate Of the Me-
braska niamy. Mr.. Miner is also officer in the Gus
tom House in this city, and is thus rendered by position
well as inclination Of the most plant and conve-
nient instruments OF the executive will
Mr.. FELTON, is recognised anti Nebra Aka whig.
In the Fourth district the nominees are Walsh, Ne
braska hard; John Kelly, soft, and j. L. Macombcr, wing
Walsh Is the only one oil the five tatess representatives
in the present Congress who voted for the Nebraska
fraud and who appeals to the people for reelection
His character and position are too well known to need
any comments at our hands
Mr. Kelly formerly advocate of the slavery
sricton policy but his present views are not made pub
c further than they may lie inferred from the TACT that
he the nominee of the partzan of the Pierce admins
tration.
Mr. Macomber, the wing nominee, is friend of
slavery restriction and outspoken opponent of Ne
braskaism and OF the increase OF slavery and the slave
power generally.
In the Fifth district G. H. Andrews is the wing nomi
Philip Hamilton, hard and Abraham j. Berry, soft.
We have not been able to obtain very definite nfor
nation in reference to the standing of either Of the
ddates in the Fifth district, except that Mr. Andrews,
whg and Mr. Berry soft are opponents of the Nebras-
ka fraud
In the Sixth district, John Wheeler, whose manly
and independent course in resisting the passage of the
infamous Nebraska bill has secured for him the CONF
dence and entities him TO the support of the people of
the district whose rights he has iearessly and ably
maintained . candidate before the people for re-elec
ton. Assaulted as Mr. Wheeler is BY the Custom House
and all other corrupting influences which the admins
tration can bring to bear against him he has claims to
stf le Sxfh
to all party considerations. Mr. Wheeler's election
will b. fitting rebuke to the national Executive for his
unauthorized interference in elections and will
indicate the doctrine Of popular sovereignty by
turning to Washington representative whom executive
Establishments could not corrupt party discipline
swerve from the path of duty.
In the Seventh district there but two candidates
IN nomina tonWm H. Kennedy soft, and Childs Jr.,
wing. Mr. Kennedy is recognized avowed advo-
cate Of the Nebraska measure and thorough partzan
opinions Of slavery might prove d representative Of
slaveholding constituency but he is wholly unworthy
the support OF generous and liberty loving people
to be represented in the present Congress BY that
tent free democrat Walker Who previous to his election
had rendered himself conicuoas by professions of de
yotion to the free soil The people of the Seventh
district should to it that they do not again place
power in the hands of VINO will in imitation o
the unworthy example of the present representative
barter away their rights prove faithess to his
We could not learn any thing more definite of Mr.
Chlds than that he is recognized anti Nebraska
In the E nth district the candidates are d. Curtis
hard; Edward b. Fellows, soft; Abraham Wakeman,
wing. Mr.. Curtiss is open advocate OF the slave
policy, aud, like his colleagues in nomnation-Walsh,
Clinton, &cendorses the hard PLATFORM the chief fca
lures Of which endorsement of the Nebraska
poicy-a prescription of its members who oppose
the pocy-an endorsement not only of the recent ag
gressions of the slave power but promise of continued
support in all the meditaed and threatened encroacl
ments Of slavery In carrying out this policy, the able
and faithful representatives of that party in the present
Congress-Peckham Of Albany; Maurice Of Queens and
Wheeler, of this city-whose only offence consists in
having voted in accordance with their convictions OF
duty and In obedience the will Of their constituents,
against the Nebraska bil proscrbedrefused re-
nominaton-and set aside for men who, II Is be-
Heved will the ready instruments OF subjugatng
the free North ~ the rule Of odous slavcholding
oligsrchy. When candidates for the suifrages Of
the people, like Curtis, are presented, of whom
stances of their nomination. and the odous despoc and
proscriptive principles Of which they made the
sproscribe prescription and to mark with their indg
nant Interpretation the authors and instruments OF this
conspiracy against liberty and the equal rights of the
people. We appeal to the honest AMI fair minded
who have heretofore voted with the hards to whe
they they willing to be made the instruments of pro-
Maurice and others whose only offence consist IN their
fidelity to the trust which the people had rcposed in
them and Of aiding in eeyating to
fathess and unworthy those who have been desig
mated by the party to fill their places
Both Mr. Fellows, the candidate Of the softs, and Mr.
Waterman, the .hg candidate are recognized as out
In reference TO the Assembly nominations the utmost
caution in the selection Of reliable candidates
The election Of United States Senator will devolve up
on the Legislature now be chosen and il |. Of para
mount importance that none but able and reliable
opponent Of the extension Of slavery be elected to that
freedom the duty Of scrutnzng closely the claims Of
candidates for Assembly and Of casting their votes for
the most reliable and trusy men, All Of which, is re-
s. 8 f. +. M MllsHkl Committee.