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The Next United States Senate
As has been frequently STATED, the number OF
Republicans now in this body, which has been
very properly denominated the citadel OF the
sl.veocracy in American legislation. is twenty,
having been.swelled to that number from one
only. which it possessed when John P. Hale first
entered it in ls47, who was for two years thereaf
Ter the sole representative there of the party OF
frerdom, elected as such. After the fourth oil
March next, the places Of Philip Allen Of Rhode
Island and George W. Jones of Iowa, admins
tration Democrats, will be filled for six years by
Fx.Governors Henry B. Anthony and Joseph W.
Grimes, sound and reliable Republicans In ad-
dition to these, the senatorial terms of Stuart OF
Michigan and Douglas in Illinois expire next
March, and their places are almost, il not entire
w, sure to be filled by Republicans or by men
committed to Republican principles in the future
AT least in Michigan the power is entirely in the
hands of the Republicans, who repudiated Gen.
Cass land elected Gen. Chandler by an almost
unanimous vote Of the Legislature, and if Stuart
is returned it must be done on condition of his
future Identification with the Republican party.
This will increase our strength in the next Senate
to twenty-five.
In addition to this, Broderick OF California,
whose position in the future, from the admirable
tone of his speeches on the Lecompton iniQuity,
must be that of decided and uncomPromisng OPP
position to the administration, on substantially
the Republican basis, will hold his seat till 1868,
and will, probably, on most, if not all, questions,
vote with the Republicans as against the Buchan
an Democracy. And the term OF Mr.. Crtten-
den, the veteran Senator from Kentucky, whose
vote and influence, as well that Of his friends in
the House, was cast with the Republicans on the
Lecompton issue, will not expire till 1861, and he
may render us aid on some questions although
it cannot be expected be will fully up to the
mark on the party test. The term Of John Ber
OF Tennessee, the noble coadjutor Of Crittenden,
expires next March, and his place has already
been filled by ful-blooded administration pro-
slavery Democrat, so we can expect nothing from
that quarter. The term of Bates of Delaware ex-
pires next year, and she ought to send good
anti-slavery extensionist in his place, and may
do it, but we fear she won't. William Wright of
New Jersey, administration Democrat goes out
in 1852 and ought to be supplanted by Republic
ean but we fear the opposition in that State can
not be made to unite sufficiently in the next can
vass to elect a Legislature Of the right stamp.
Dayton or Frelinghuysen ought to be returned
but.we can only hope it may be SO.
When Kanzas comes inland she will probably
be admitted as a State at next Winters session Of
Cougress--two more will be added TO the Repub-
lican side, who, with Broderck, will swell the
Republican strength in the next Senate, com.
mencing March A. 1859, to twenty-eight, without
counting the one to be chosen from Minnesota,
who will undoubtedly be Republican in place
of Shields, whose term expires next March. The
only free States then remaining, represented by
adherents of the Administration, will be-Penn.
sylvAnia by BigleF, and Ohio by Pugh, whose
terms expire in 1861, when they will undoubtedly
be supplanted by true men; Indiana by Fitch,
who goes out in 1861, and Bright, who holds on
till 1868, both haudulently elected California by
Gwin, whose term continues till 1868; Minnesota
by Rice, till 1868; and Oregon, probably, by two
Democrats Of the Lecompton stripe, though the
bill admitting the latter has not yet finally pass
ed, but will undoubtedly be, before the session
closes.
Thus there will probably be, in the Union, at
the commencement of the next Congression-
~ teihl, tnEty-LOut OeateSb represented
eight Senators, Of which twenty nine, at least,
will most likely be Republicans, and the remain.
der-thirty Enthusiastically Of the Admins
tration Democratic stamp. Should this renovat-
ing process continue, through the ensuing two
years, with the same proportionate rapidity as in
the past, there is hope that, by the time of the
Inauguration Of new President in 1861, Re.
publican. majority may be obtained in that body
bat this greatly desired result can be brought
about only by perfect unanimity of action on the
part Of the opponents Of the Administration, in
the coming canvass, in such States as change
their Senatorial representation two years hence.