The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-07
The Administration In Con srcss- The Begin
ming OF the Ending.

the session, there were the House and In the
Senate some signiicant indi,at Ons Of a general
abandonment the m is'rato Th's'
melancholy sympt ms are not 81 prisiug They
are quite natural, considering the reduced
condition of the patient 1t is the short session
the clos ng of this Congress-,ha a. m'nistra.
ton is substantially done for. and men are be
ginning to cast inquiringly sbout Them in re-
ference to the p obabe is ues Of the over
whelming political revul- ion hich has lately
SWEET over the North, and VIII CHI is destined to
sweep over the Sou hern States in their ap
preaching Local elections.
The movement of Tuesday last against the
administration, in the Senate, was the election
by vote Of two to one, o. Mr.. Bright, of In
diana, rs President pro m. OF tat body, in
he place Of Mr.. Atcbison, resigned. In the
event Of the death, resignation, disability OF
removal OF the President VI "a, United States
should either OF these contingencies result in
the substitution OF another man discharge the
duties OF the Presidential office in the interval
to the 4th of March, lSJ7--Mr. Bright, if he
continues to such time in Lis present office, will
gress should think it to make special tempo
raIy election, as the constitution provides they
may. Now, Mr. Brightis known to be a national
democrat, opposed to the present dynasty OF
the administration, and in favor of supplanting
it as early as possible He was leading, if
not the principal, agent in the election, last
year, of Beverly Tucker as printer to the Sc
nate over the heads of the Cabinet, the Kitchen
Cabinet, and their organ, the Washington
aion. The election of Mr.. Bright, therefore,
a tie presiding officer Of the Senate, may be
consld. red as equivalent to the desertion Of the
administration by that body, and strongly sug-
gestive o. tie drift Of the demo ratio party to
some healthier political organization than that
of the free soil aud secession spoIls coalition Of
the Cabinet
Should it become necessary, beiOr. The eXpl-
ration OF Mr.. Pierce's term to put some other
man in his place, (and if slrict Justice is ad-
ministered in reference to tn scandalous affair
of Greytown, . substitute must be requred,)
then Mr.. Bright, as Pres dent pro tenn. Of the
Senate, will be most likely allowed, by the
Presidential chair, the same as il transferred
from the Office of Vice Pres. dent. We doubt
not from the remarks of Mr.. Seward, that this
important election Of Mr.. Bright was made in
view of this possible contingency; compre-
hepoiDg the certain consequences of new
Cabinet, new Kitchen Cabinet new domes-
tic and foreign policy, and reconstruction Of
the democratic party upon national and con-
servative rinciples.
With this explanation, our readers viii per
ceive from the promptitude of the action of the
Senate in the premises, that even the "0ld foges"
Of that dignified and deliberate body are keenly
alive to the cracking revolutionary stir and
hustle among the people against the admins
tration, and all the old clap-rap rubbish and
regulations and administration despotism OF
even the democratic party. The corruptions
of party spoilsmen, the painful imbecilities Of
the administration, the free circulation Of in
dependent public opinion through the copous
channels of the Independent press, have been
doing wonders in these latter days. Not the
least among these wonders is the ready percep-
ton and quick action Of the venerable gray
boards of the United States Senate in rela-
ton to the signs of the times. 1t is posi-
lively refreshing to witness the pnuctual
submission Of these digniied g old fogies" to
the sovereign law Of public opinion. Yes, in
deed, the effect of the universal reaction IN he
popular opinion is strikingly demonstrated in
The election OF Mr.. Bright.
In the House of Representatives, the pro-
ceedings of Tuesday last on the resolution
of Mr.. Sellers calling upon the President
Tor Information concerning the objects Of
the Congress at Ostend, are full of mean
ing. The Chairman on Foreign Affairs,
Mr.. Bayly, moved the reference OF the re O.
luton 10 his committee. He thought the call
was premature-tha there was nothing in The
Ostend conference calculated to alarm the
country-that the Presidents message WAS pa
cifc-- no danger of war, and all that The mo-
ton to refer was for the relief of the President
1t was an administration move, and with be-
coming harmony and obedience among the de-
mocrats, it would have been carried by from
forty to fifty majority, cutting short all debate
But there was very free debate upon it, 10
which Mr.. Pierce and his flibustering French
refugee minister to Spain were freely called to
account; and upon the minis' erial motion to re-
ie' the resolution, it failed-s3 for to 81 against
IT, 1t was failure in the tenderest point.
This is very bold for beginning in the
House, which, during the last session, was so
completely under the thumb Of Forney and the
Kitchen Cabinet. It is open rebellion; and, no
doubt on Tuesday evening, in his study-his
brown study-Marcy had a good chuckle over
II, at the expense of Soult and his flibustcring
and revolutionary confederates. The mystic
ious Know Nothines had their finger in the
pie; and the champion for the administration,
Mr.. Bayly, appeared to be about as much
alarmed at their apparition in Congress
as Thurlow Weed is with their movements
ortside and inside of ALBANY The vote on the