The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-11
SOUND VIEWS.
From the New York Everiug Pos. Nov 4,h

SOUND VIEWS.
From the New York Eveijng Pos, Nov 4th
The majority in this STAGE for Mr. Morgan
the pure Republican majority-will probably
exceed twenty thousand The vote for Bur-
rows, the American candidate for Governor, is
so insignificant that no account is taken of it
in the returns gathered b; the daily press. 1t
Is very certain that great numbers OF the old
Wing party-frst Hunksr Wings, and then
Hunker Americans-gave heir votes for Parker,
in the hope of defeating Morgan, and by way of
furnishing the Republican, party for not con-
senting to mongrel platform and division of
the State offices. 1t was common saying
among them before the election, that it would
be the best thing that could happen if both
Morgan and Burrows were beaten, in order
that the friends of each might be made sensible
of the necessity of coalescing into common
party. The vote for Gerrit Smith is almost
ridiculously small, but not smaller than we ex-
pected. His speeches We're of such an eXtraor-
binary character, that many who were disposed
to vote for him reconsidered their resolution
SO at least we infer-and either refrained from
voting, or gave their support in quarters where
it had chance of being effectual.
The Tribune observes, that the majority for
the Republican candidate for Governor, instead
of being twenty thousand might have been fifty,
taken such course as would have resulted in
blending the two opposition parties--the Re-
publican and American-yipto one. 1t may be
SO, perhaps are not sure but what would
have been gained? Instead of fifty thousand,
it might have been four times fifty, if the Re-
publican Convention had adopted the Demo-
cratic candidates for State officers, and could
have persuaded the Republican party to support
them. What we want is not a large nominal
majority, but clear, distinct expression of pop
ular opinion in regard To the great sin OF the
Federal Administration, the policy of propaga7
ting Slavery, and the use of every method, di-
rect and Indirect to assis1 its introduction into
our Territories, contrary 90, the desire of ma
jority of the American people, and against the
will of the settlers themselves. That expression
We have obtained in panner which makes
1t emphatic, explicit, unnistakable, and not to
be explained away by any ingenuity of con-
struction. If we had attempted to bride those
who claimed to be the leaders of the American
party into support of Mr.. Morgan, by giving
them part OF the Sta.e offices, there would
have been room for caviE about the significance
of the result; but now thrre is none. The Ad-
ministration and its friezds are rebuked in
way which they cannot fsjl to understand.
The Express newspap, #, which claims to be
the organ of the American party, pretends this
morning that Mr.. Morgaa has been elected
by fusion" that is to saL, by the help of the
American party, in this city, at least. Ons
thing is certain, that Mr. Morgan owes no part
of his success to the Express. That some of
those who were formerlysof the American par.
ty-the most rejecting and disinterested of
them-joined the Republicans in achieving the
triumph that they did tbs the more cheertully
on account of their respect for the good quail
ties of the man and their confidence in his
character, and that they did it in spite of the
efforts of the Express to estrain them, is doubt
less true enough. They ave reconsidered their
political creed, and anne Jed themselves to the
Republican party, and tkat is the explanation.
But there is no reason for believing that all the
new recruits to the Republican party came
from the American party that would leave no
room for the honest Den ocrats, who have seen
the mistake of supporting Buchanan, and join
ed in this rebuke of his policy The Express
contesses that few of tie Americans, alarmed
by Stewards abolition manifesto at Rochester,
voted for Parker" More than enough, we sus-
pect, to counterbalance. those who voted for
Morgan, took occasion of this pretext to do
what they had previously determined on doing,
by way of preventing the election of Morgan.
Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, par
took of public dinner at Barndville, in that
the occasion, some poiras of which are thus
sketched by the Augusta Constit,aionalist:
" He said he regarded the Kansas excite
ment, throughout the whole controversy, as the
greatest imposture ever practiced on intelligent
communities; and he never for moment be-
lieved that the Territory could under any pos
sible contingency, become. slave State. He
regarded the whole idea rs preposterous and
delusive in the extreme. The reopening of the
African slave trade, in his opinion, could never
be accomplished, except by the dissolution of
this Union. The free States were opposed to
reopening that trade, and their representatives
in Congress would never vote in favor of such
measure. He believed it was the destiny of
African Slavery to exteni over the whole world,
wherever climate and spil would warrant it.
The black race we're presidentaly destined as
hewers of wood and drawers of water and
there is no mortal powershat could alter the de-
cree established. He dI not think that there
was any territory belonging to our Union suita-
BILE for Slavery, unless orr Pacific slopes would
answer; but there the ns,ngrel races of Mexico
would amalgamate with she slaves and the insti-
tuition would become worthless and insecure
Senator Hammond insisted on the importance of
a route across the Isthnns to California, which
the United States must ia re into their own hands,
| and by force, if necessa " for we have right
to take it. We must, hi said, fight all our bat
ties for constitutional rights and equality in the
Union. But whenever yhe South declares that
she can no longer maintain her position of
equality in the Union, aad is prepared for indie
pendence out of it, his hopes, his fortunes, and
his fate, would be with the people of the South
The New York city election, according to the
Courier and Enquirer, was, Notwithstanding
few serious outbreaks, uIOn the whole, one of the
most orderly popular Representations OF the kind
that has been witnessed,in New York for many
wears. The immense police force-some 1900
strong was unquestiopably the principal cause
that brought about so desirable result. The
unusually large numbes Of candidates contrib
uted much to excite ara keep alive the inter
est felt in the result u the contest. The re-
movai of the ticket booshe to distance of $50
feet from the polls, and the general closing of