New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-08


They were familiar with political tactics, had pos
session Of ell the paty strings tAst they had been
pulling with entire success for years- They we're the
most cunning and srfu men Of the State, Who hest
<efed in the use Of nothing, however corrupt, du-
p,ici,y however vile, to accomplish their purpose.
And yet with all these appliances they succeeded oy
bare majority Of two in the Senate and four 10 the
Bouse Even this lean triumph was secured by the
vilest treasLery that ever marked political contest
Men who were plsstered with pledges all over
seainst the return 81 Mr. Seward who could no more
bsve been elected 10 the Legislature, had their con-
suents Suspected their future action, than they co.d
bave rolled back the current Of Niagara voted for
him Every member Of the Legislature knew, ana
most Of them acknowledged that they were giving
broad pegatop to the popular will, doing violence 70
the sentiments Of their constituents. They were not
blino TO the fact that great revolution had taksn
place in the public mind in regard TO the return OF
Mr. Seward TO the senate. They admitted that the
bistory Of the special elections in Orleans aud in the
XXIXtb Senate District would be the history o. the
eeciion in every Senate District and Of nine out of
every ten of the Assembly Dstricts next fall. And
yet, in the face OF all this Influenced by some my.
ferrous agency, they nesstv the popular sentiment
ard disobey ed the popular will.
Men like Speaker Littlejohn, with q faulty that
mounted almost TO the sublime, stood up ia their
places, and while. by their own showing tney vlo-
ls'ed obligations the most solemn elored IN tneir
shsme-wbiDng about imposiiions upoa their sim-
plicty about being the victims Of crafty trcksters-
they ade still more humiiatina exhibition OF them
selves by becoming the instruments OF SUI grea'er
tricksters-men Of thousand times more unserupu-
lous craft than those by whom they PRETENDED 10 nave
b. 60 betrsyed Fawning and fsttery overcaVne alike
their principles and their hrmDess and breaking all
the ties of dissemination, they went over 70 those
wbs when they have used them for their purposes,
will throw them, like worthless weeds, away. we
have no controversy with that portion Of the Wing
party that was, who have been the constant, open,
and svored er de- Of Mr. Seward from the beginning
They stood upon principle as they understood ' ana
however we msy differ from them in regard to the
propriety of his election, we can respect them 10Y
tbey have violated no pledges, betrayed no trust,
absndo ned no Friends fssied no profession, proved
traitor to 10 principles we give them creu. 10, ws
integrity Of p7rpose, ana can respect nohe'oi VIC
may offer from them 10 opinion MI.
Int Mr. Seward is elected and what then lnose
who suppose that the great American party was or
gained simply in opposition to Mr. Seward make
great mistake To that party he, as wen as any otnsi
indivious man. is az nothing. Incidentally 1t may
come in collision with kim, or rather with the prnci-
pes be processes If he stands in the way OF its prog
rtss it will stride right over him, or sweep him
away His success or defeat in this election will have
no bearing on the future The American sentiment
will sweep right before, increasing IN volume,
ard growing in power. As the election IN the AAiAth
District resulted in its triumph go VIII that oil every
other district Lex fall and the next for twenty years
to come.
We have now come TO the parting OF the ways, a
point which has lot been before reached. The pain
of American men, who make up the American party,
eaCs 10 the ght that OF the iragmentary remains OF
the old organizations fused into an eggomerate OF
oppositioD leads to the left. II the SAVIOR OF the
al cent flesh pats has been too strong for proessed
Ame rcan men in the Legislature, 1t has not been 90
with the people If those men have IN the blindness
OF their iLfauation mistaken the dealb-throes OF the
eviathaD for returning ard invigoraed vitality, the
people relaborrg under such delusien. lney are
awake and in earnest and will carrytbis great
movement forward TO a successful contamination, and
the election or defeat of Mr.. Seward will no more
alter the future than would q straw thrown to the
winds A temporary triumph secured by such nstru'
mentalities, will not for moment check the over
wbemiDg march of revolution that is sweeping over
the State
Mr. Seward is elected, and again we ask what then
This American party only year IN existence entered
the arena against the strongest opponent that coua
possibly be found, the most interruptions combna-
lions that could possibly be formed-tself undisci.
plned unskiled in strategy against the veterans OF
thirty years experience In party tactics ana poitlch
intrigue and yet, the first trial. came within SIX
votes Of overthrowing these hitherto invincoie oppo
nents At the battle of Bunker Hill the Americans were
driven from the field. They failed to achieve vic
tory; but their courage in resisting the tried veterans
of hundred battles fresh from the fields of their
fame, gave prestige Of success that achieved, at
last the triumph of the Revolution. From that de-
feat even arose future victories. proved that re-
sistarce 10 wrong was an element Of the Amsric an
character that could not be overcome. That II could
neither be seduced into submission, nor conquered
by mower. That same element exists still, and VIII
CONQUER now as il did then TIE course OF the Amer
lean party will be onward and upward in the future
as in the rast ard the election Of Mr. Se8 VII
not advance or retard its final triumph asipgie hour