The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-24

The SENAroRsHr-Speculati meet our
eye in various Of our country contemporaries
with regard to the election Of Senator in
the room or Senator Fish. On the strength
of the majority given by this State for
Fremont, the politicians Of the republi-
can party estimate that they are going to rule
the Legislature, and give themselves some
trouble about choosing man whom they pre-
sumo that body win make haste to elect on his
first nomination. The informal caucuses of the
republican politicians have net hitherto been
Weed, some Preston King, some Lieutenant
Governor Raymond. And it is understood that
the friends of each of these three are busily
engaged in killing off his rivals.
A little reflection may save some of these per-
sons some trouble. The republican majority
80 called-in the Legislature is fortuitous acct
dent. IL is an aggregate Of two separate and
hostile elements which happened to coalesce on
COL Fremont, through common aversion to the
policy Of poor Pierce, and a common dis
trust Of Mr.. Buchanan. These two elements, har-
monious on the single point Of supporting COL
Fremont are not likely to agree on any other. In
fact they hate each at bottom so heartily, that
division between them may be predicated with
certainty the moment il is attempted to use
them in the aggregate for any other purpose
than the one for which they originally CON-
bined. Barnburners on the one side, Seward
wings on the other, have not changed their ma
ture by adopting for time new name. They
could coalesce the more readily in support Of
Fremont, because the barnburners we're naturally
opposed 10 Buchanan AS q foe to the Van Buren
dynasty, while the Seward wings opposed him as
matter Of course. But unless some fresh acci-
dent should occur equally favorable to an un-
natural union, We venture to say that we have
seen the last OF their combined action.
From this reason we apprebend that the
schemes Of the three republican leaders whose
names we have mentioned as candidates for the
Senatorship, are not llkey to be attended with
success. Nor in reality can the fact be deeply
regretted. OF the three the first, Thurlow
Weed, is corrupt politician who has
spent his life in manGuvrng for the dis
posal OF spoils; and who. to secure
power and Office in this State, has embraced
every ephemeral mania OF the day, anti-masonry,
anti-rentism, anti-slavery and anti-liquor; throw
ing each 10 one side when il had served his par
pose, and transferring his affections TO some new
deiusion. The second, Preston King, is cool
natuIed well meaning harmless man, who fan
cies that he received his shoulders the falling
mantle Of Silas Wright. He owes all his prestige
to this idea, and would infallibly, were he elect
ed to the Senate figure as double OF Senator
Fish. Lieutenant Governor Raymond. the third
republican candidate, has not yet proved that he
possesses any claims to 50 high rank as the
Senatorship. At best, he has only shown him.
self to be an adrot paragrapbst. He may pos.
sess higher qualities; but the fact is not known,
and it would be fearful lottery TO elect him,
We incline to the belief that the next Senator
from New York will he new man, whose name
1ill lot be heard TIL day or two before tn
election; ard We imagine that this new man viii
be democrat