New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-30
u. S. SENATOR.

u. b stNAIORs
Tie albany Register OF yesterday has q long
| leader opposing tie reelection Of Gov. SEWARD
to the U. S Senate, and predicting his defeat
The fact that bis enemies make about all the
noise that is made on the subject strongly ailirms
the probability Of his reelection. His adycr,l-
ries act as if aware that they have their capital
&c. to make. aud must DO quick about it or fail
while bis friends rarely mention the subject.
The Register asks if there ID nobody else than
Gov. Seward e. to serve ia the Senate. Certainly
there Isl The Register man himself might an
swer at q pinch; but We cannot believe change
to Linn would be an Improvement. Why will he
not indicate rho, in bis judgment, is qualified to
step into Gov. Stewards shoes and serve the
State moro ably and creditsbly' WHAT is the
sense in bush.fehtlng about the mstter If you
have a man who could more than Gil Gov.
Stewards place, why not lot tho People have a
look at him
The Register exultDgly asks:
"Wby should members of the Legislature ab,n.
don their principles aLd fasiiy their position for tho
sake Of eec,ing William IL Seward to the Senate
Of the United Slater? Has the great State Of New
York the gre atest il the Union but single man it,
ted for that office Il he the oaly citizen. among all
the people, Of sufficient ability to discharge with
credit the duties of a SeDstor' Has no other man
any claim TO The confederation of tas people of this
State What has William II. Seward done wat
ereat thing bas he achieved upon which he claims
vested rs TO the suirsges Of the representatives, in
the Legislature Of this State Has lac such an nhI.
tnce ia the national councils as 10 make il Of vital
importance to tho interests of the people of this State
that be- an6 only he, should represent them We do
not D6erstapd il So Whether right or wrony, this
IL certainly Gu existing fact, that Gov Seward has
less influence with the Senate of the United states
than almost an other man III it, Whether this is his
misfortune his fault does not alter the truth OF the
matter.
Now this which TIE Registtr turns eff 80
lightly does seem to US a very vital matter. Ii
Gov. Seward lie unpopular in the Senate because
OF ropg he has done or mediilted, that ia good
reason for displacing hin; bu! if he has made
himself unpopular there by standing firmly for the
Right when others deserted and betrayed it, why,
that alters the case, does il not!
Now we hold that Gov Seward is not uapopu-
lar in the Senate Qi he is SO at ally because of bis
faults but because CT his virtues The acts aud
efforts which have won him powerful and bitter
enemies at Washington are those which History
will embslm az the ncblest of bis life. They
evince courage, fidelity, independence, principle,
humanity. They were efforts in favor of the
oppressed and dOwntrodden, and a 70 such as no
dying man would wish blOttsd from the record of
his life. Surely, itissver, vital "m alter ifGov.
s. is to be defeated because Of these And We
are confident that If he had been moro s.ernly
upright and incorporating in bis Senatorial
career, he would have been stiu more unpopular
ia the Senate than he is.
But The Rtg,st,r brings another charge against
Gov. S as follows:
"But there are other considerations which should
deter the actual msjority Of the House Of Assembly
ana Of the Senate from rendering him their support
OF all the public men OF this State h. has done most
10 organize into distinct body the foreign Catholic
vote. He hss pencered more than any other to
the foreign elements that have done so much mischief
and exercised strong influence over the politics
and the policy of the country. No need be told
that be has used these elements, a sort OF body
guard, 10 promote bis own fortunes aud hunt down
burdreds and thousands Of true American men who
stood in the way of his ambition.
Now the truth is that Gov. Seward found our
Adopted Citizens arrsyed in one solid mass agans.
these with whom be politically acted, and hon.
estly believing that the Wings were their natural
and iuplacable enemies, seeking every opportu.
ni,y to oppretstbem and deprive them of pot.
ical rights But Gov. S. himself regarded them
with no such feeling. and he did not believe they
were hated or despised by bis polite II brethren.
He undertook b. justice and kindness to convince
them that they had been misled and their conf.
dence abused by the demsgogues who had long
lived on their votes-thst the Wings were rot
their enemie,-thst they need 10. sbjure their
religion Lor betray the land of their birth
by actirg and voting with the Wings. He hoped
that by patient and stesdfast per,istence in this
course, they might in good part be won to scan
without bliD4IDg prejudice the real questions on
which the two great American parties were at
issue, and that Of least considerable part of them
might thus be convinced that their duty and their
interest in the coun.rys welfare required them to
vote with the Wings. If be did not wholly sue.
coed in this effort, the fault 10 not his, but rather
that of such men a. conduct The Register, who
neutialized all his efforts BY allowing unmistaksbly
that. however such wings a. Gov. 8. may have
been belied in the harsngues Of Tsmmany dema.
gogues, there yer, Whiss whom those harangues
did not belle.
We d. not know that Gov. Seward was ever
esssutially helped BY what The Register most In.
correctly korps s.tho forstso Catholic vote I"