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

SUPPER IN CELEBRATION OF THE OPPOSITION VI
TORY IN I'll At STATE.


SUPPER IN CELEBRATION OF THE OPPOSITION VIC
TORY IN THAT STATE.
supper was given in the City Hotel, Newark, last
evening complimentary TO the New Jersey members of
the House of Representatives elected the 81 Of Noyem
bcr and celebrate the opposition victory on that occa
SION The tickets for the supper designated the party
the national party Jersey and the bill Of fare called
it the Essex County Union. Some hundred persons sat
down to table among whom Chancellor Halstead,
the venerable Chief Justice Hornbowcr, Ex-Governor
VIM G. Pennington, Cortland Parker, Joe. Hoxe, Hon.
Jacob W Miller OK United States Senator Hon Richard
& Field of Princeton Hon. John T. Nixon, Hon. Jetur X.
Riggs and Hon. John Van Dyke, members of Congress
elect The only bad feature about the arrangement was
the aieness of the hour when the party sat down to sup
Ier-halfpast nine-leavng only an hour and half for
the discussion Of the supper and Of political topics until
the hour for the departure Of the latest train for New
York The affair, however, partoos more OF the charac-
ter OF social than Of political gathering Mr. Henry D.
The FRS, toast Was sTne Governor OF the of New
Jersey In proposing the the President reminded
the meeting that within the last three months two power
fl pares New Jcrsey-antagonstca yet holding near
" the same scntmentshad been brought into the bonds
OF union and the result OF that was the defeat OF demo
crazy The redeemed and brought back 70 tue
old .shp rule and they had right now 20 expect that
New Jersey would remain true 10 herself ana would send
10 The senate Of the United States who would he
something else than mud sill OF society Tor South
ern Senator's to tramplc upon Checrs) SIN ttere was
20 be President making nor senator making mere 70
night. j, a-.,..,a., u..,,,.,.., - a.,
toast; When he told that there was TO be gather
ing here night cxu the late gallant victory in
New Jersey could not notwithstanding other prcssin
engageronts, decline TO be present The election tha
had Jus, taken place was 70 him one Oh me most ocsua
spectaclc OF the moral and sublime What an aysanch
OF public opinion had been brought 10 bear on
the question: before the country They had
secn the cream Of public opinion tossed and
eonyused rs lowest depths The people Of the coun.
try bad risen their might TO rcbukc President for an
act Of perhdy which would, II committed py prlvs,e
men (Applausc) How astounding had been the re.
suit Of tho late elocon In Pennsylvania, out Of twenty
Ave members elected only administration men,
and the seats OF one Of them be contested Even
in the county Of Bcrks, which was 80 sold that Tor
twenty years after the death 81 General jackson they
voted for Old Hickoryycn that stronghold was stormed
he referred also the elections IN New York Illinois and
New Jersey In New Jersey they had carried every Con
prcssional district and il subject &c codgraulaton
thsi thew we're al length u have in the House Repre-
pcnta,vos a delegation worthy OF New Jersey and her
Revolutionary history. (Appause) They never had
among them was their own gallant member
<Govcrnor Pcnnington). loud cheers.) He was
4. to be the leader o. such a.. dssssa,on
with integrity as in the Of Gov Pennington. He
was also happy here the representative from the
Fourth Congressional district (r Rrggsl and also his
friend Mr. Nixon the representative from Trenton II any
Southern Hotspur daredto m the presence Of These
representatives that their constituents we're mud ss they
would be told to their teeth that their constituents IN all
that constitutes manhood equal in every respect TO
them and that they would not be permitted 70 insult
them with mpuny neer we loashs anaa ~, onI 20
90 be firm and lasting IIc republican Of New Jersey
willing 10 INT himself on the principle OF popular
sovereignty )nd not willing ~ this time
OF day 10 indulge any such cry "No more slave
States IL the remaining Territories OF the Union
not free Territories through the emigration of frccmcn,
then .i them bc slave states The south had put itself on
the principle % popular sovereignty aud he was willing To
give il 70 them-ful measure pressed down and over
Toass were also given to the health Of the respective
members elect, who in their turn responded.