The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-02

many localities liquor will carry the day.
State Elections To-Day-The Next Congress-
W. II. Seward and His Bloody Instructions.
State elections, involving in each case the cleo
ton of full delegation to the next Congress
come oil to-day in Massachusetts, New York,
New jersey, Delaware, Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin, including in all sixty-eight members
o! the House of Representatives. In all proba-
bity, therefore, considering the results of the
October schedule of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Iowa, the grand result of this days elections
will be decisive settlement concerning the next
Congress
In the present Congress the strength respect
lively Of the democracy and the opposition
forces Of the House is thus set down:
Opposition-Rep. and X. N.............l 06
Democratic majority. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. %
In the late October elections counting in as
democratic members those anti-Lccompton DEM
ocrats who were taken up by the opposition
and elected over the regular administration can
didates, we find that the democracy have suffer-
cd a dead loss by the clear gain Of IA members
to the opposition. The actual result, then. Of the
Congressional elections thus tar reduces the de-
mocracy to this critical position in the House -
Democrats contemporaries and ally =. Ia
Opposition. Observation-Disclosures. l20
Opposition majority. ................... 6
But this exhibit rests upon the presumption
that in the States yet to elect, including this
day catalogue the relative strength of parties
will be the same as in the present Congress. The
opposition, however, expect some important ac-
oessieDs to-day in this State and in New Jersey
and Illinois, and appearances. we must confess,
in each Of these States (from the demoralzations
which tactious and rebellious leaders have
brought upon the democracy are strongly in
favor of this presumption.
With regard to Illinois, we think there can
hardly be doubt. In that State, in 1856, the
united Fremont and Fillmore vote exceeded by
$4,000 the vote Of Mr.. Buchanan. Now, as we
understand it, there il a cordial fusion between
the Illinois republicans and Americans, while the
democrats are divided into two factions each
with separate candidates for State officers for the
Legislature and for Congress. The chances
thus, are decidedly in favor of complete OPP
position victory in Illinois over the divided de-
mocracy, including the election of the entire
delegation Of nine members to Congress, with
one exception, which will be gain in Illinois
alone of four members to the opposition side.
Without going any further, this will give the OPP
position la members in the next Congress, or a
clear majority oftwelve in full House, including
Minnesota, assuming that they viii hold their
own in the other States which elect their men,
bers this day or hereafter.
We anticipate, therefore, that this days cleo
tons will settle the question of the next House
Of Representatives against the democracy, and
still more decisively against the administration
democracy, on account Of the Douglas-Lecomp-
ton democrats elected here and there by the
combined weight of the opposition and the
Douglas dcscrters, from New York to Indiana
In the next Congress. then, at the late session.
the administration will have TO depend upon the
opposition for the success Of those great mea-
surcs. foreign and domestic, which M. buchanan
may deem essential to the interests OF the Amcr-
can people. But, rs we have seen from the
results Of the last session, that Mr.. Buchanan's
administration can prosper without the demo
cratic party the question recurs, what will the
party do, or what can it attempt to do, when re-
duced to an actual minority in the House, with
out the cordial support Of the administration:
Leaving this question to be answered by the
Douglas conspirators here and elsewhere. North
and South, We are next led to inquire what i TO
be expected from republican House ofRcprcsen-
tatives Il IL should be backed up to-day by the
endorsement of Seward and his new and bloody
abolition programme in the election Of Morgan
~ Governor Of New York. We shall be in
stan,ly thrown into an agitation Of the slavery
question. which by the year 1860. will assume
the form Of q sectional contest pro-slavcry and
anti-slavery most fearful and the most dis
astrous, politically, financially and commercially,
with which this country has ever been af
aictcd. More important, therefore. than all other
issues before the people, do we regard the defeat
Of Morgan. His defeat will be the defeat Of
Seward and the reputation Of his bloody in
structions but his election will throw rs at once
into new and most terrible agitation Of slavery,
North and South. the inevitable consequences Of
which no man can contemplate without shud-
der.
Whatever else, then, may be done to-day, let
every lover Of the peace Of the Union, aud every
friend Of our commercial prosperity and con
stituiionsl safeguards fail not TO cast his vote
and his influence against Seward and hir bloody |
instructions. and in behalf of the conservative |
State ticket headed by Judge Parker.
THk ASSEMBLY TIcgkT.-Remcmber lhat there |
are twenty-onc candidates on The different A. |
sombly tickets to be voted for to-day who pay |
taxes, and twenty seven who pay none. There |
are seventeen members to be chos,n. Vote for |