The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-03
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Upon the iecomp,"n issue exclu
ding tie Know NotbiDgs. 10 % ~
seth Con, lS5S-GO, viii stand az
lar as asccrtanot, emitting new
States and separating the Ie-
by this table win be observed tina. the democratic
strength IN the Senate was the greatest 10 the Thirty
cond Congress The condition Of the wing party North
into the Senate although the wing artJ in the South
stronger than in the North But re that period the aoo
the South and while in the latter section lost ground,
TIE democracy gained
The free soil element begins with member John r.
Hale From one increases the number 70 five when the
whg party North virtually out, aud ALL not demo
Gratis cassed as the opposition, of which fourteen
soiiers The old wing leaders become Know Nothngs
and the great contest Of 1865 they secured many the
House. but retained only five in the Senate These
Bell Crttenden Thompson of Kentucky and Adams OF
Mssisspp The fth was Houston who expected the Pre-
sdency The democrats North lose Senator In Maine,
reducing the number 10 fifteen. The acquisition Of mem
bers from the South increases the Southern strength to
twenty -fve
The next change shows aggregate loss Of three it's
Northern ranks There really was change Of five mem
bers-Toucey, Brodhead, James, Cass and Dcdge--who
were supplanted by freesolers but there being two
cancies heretofore the national democrats succeeded in
filing them making net loss of only three Before the
close Of the session Minnesota admitted and two
democrats elected making the number; but upon the Le
compton issue, Broderck, Douglas and snart proved
themselves traitors and unsafe upon Southern ques-
tioEs. Shields of Minnesota is Of the same stamp,
SO that the fourteen Northern democrats, who were
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opposition becomes twenty four freesoers besides Bell
anc Crt,enden by adding the Know Nothing vote as it
now stands, and having full vote, the present Senate
stands upon national questions IS to 26 such will be the
classification Of the next session.
But the present Congress Is no index for the future
The Thirty sixth Congress will have twelve majority
upon constitutional issues involving slavery The national
democracy have already lost Jones' of Iowa; Allen, Of
Rhode Island, and probably Wright, Of New Jersey
which leaves only seven national IN all the North
OF these Senators the terms OF five, believe
rire in 1861 and the elections any index for
the character OF the who will be returned three Of
the five will be black republicans and fact California
TO be the only reliable chance for Al the
time the South has repudatct three Know Nothings-
Houston Bell and Thompson-aad returned sound demo-
crats making the Southern representation twenty eight
The Two rcma:Sng ones are Crenden, and Kennedy Of
Maryland. The Kentucky senator will 20 by the board
soon while Kennedy has acted with the democracy upon
the slavery question.
By examining the two main columns Il will be seen that
the two sections nearly arrycd against each other
the national party being nearly all Southern and the free
soil party quite confined to the North. The South
only have thirty members unless Southern States
added The North have thirty -four members, and two
States quite on the Of admission Oregon promises
to be national, which is slight consolation
II may be thai the Pacific States will prove themselves
worthy the confidence OF the Southern State rights party,
but tins remains to be the South will only work
together to repel freesoism may its and fail
The chances against such desirabsconcuson how
ever, and the sgns OF the times" indicate that the
orty of the Senate OF the Thirty seventh Congress will be
frceso of the Seward school, Everything tending in
hat direction