, 1859-03-12
New Jersey Politics.
Correspondence Of the n 7. TzIbuna- j
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-, TaEsro1. March T. 1850
The contest now e:ct;ng on at Trenton tor tbe
election of a United Stale.> Senstof, to I'LL tbs
p1acs Of that recrean, son of NeSS Jertey. the
Hon. Wm. Wright. is one Of the most compli-
essed thu; has tstea place within The memory
,The pfincipat cause Of this complication sris-
O. from'the fact that the Opposition is isr1nposed
Of very hetaroasooua materials: The! Senate
consists Of u Administration, i Anil. .1ecomp.
ton Democrat, 5 Republicans, American Be
puhlicans, sud l Sbanghae American, alias
Ssraightout Doughfacs.
/, jority Of II.
With such melancholy classification in the
senate;: you will be ao1e to apprecists the dltfl
cutes ia the way of accomplishing anything
not sanctioned BY tho Administration. =:
Tho action of the mkjorlsy 10 The Senate has,
10 fir, been in keeping With the uuenviable re-
(: :pttation earned BY The Leeomptonite party.
Contrary to oil precedent, the Senate have at'
j tempted To dictate TO the Governor whom be
Shal appoint 70 the ot6ce of Chancellor. go
:. The Hon. Mr.: Wright's term Of oflca bias run
out By the stA.nte OF limitation, and he no long
cr dlsgraces the State Of New jersey by his
!. presencc in the Senate. Whist viii be Tho re-
suit ot thiB state Of af airs, no man dan de-
ternne. ..:.t
/ "a resolution for ont meeting On the I'd day
Of March last, al II o'clock, passed the House
about ono week previous TO tha& tint, and upon
it's reception in the Senate, was referred TO the
|. judiciary 0omulstes, and there remained until
within one half hour before the appointed tipe,
when it was adopted. >. -:
|: Phe Opposition, however, were doomsd;to dis.
appointment. Precisely at the appointed hour,
wien the Assembly wRs packed with the friends
of the several candidates aud other inteFeBted
spectators, and while snxiously expecting the
arrival Of tha members Of the Senate, the CLERK
Of The came made his appearance, and laid the
resolution on the table. and refused TO gp into
joint mee1iog. accompanying this notice With
" The apo1ogF that this action of theisa wastRken
in Consequence Of "urtrf d94ntstic adIi1ion,"
whether OF the Democratic hQusekoid pr oi
.reme individual member, the See1etary-dh not
ny. :';
the Democracy are not without hope Of elect
ing their man, O. By using the funds of certain
asprants they may be able to purchase enough
votes to counserba!ance the majority Of seven
against them On joint ballot. They: will have
to secure three AntlLeoompton Democrats rho
haEerefused heretofore to Cooperate with ;them
in the selection Of Senator. Commodore
, Stockton claims TO be able to accomplish the
job: Your correspondent. thinks not. His
friends claim that his political views ,harnlonize
+: With all the three parties-Auericau, Republican
snd Democratic. This gutta. perchs principle
III not likely to avail him IN the present contest,
as imagine neither party it au1ious to engage
his services He may, however. turn up a.
formidable candidate, iu fnrtherance Of in ar
rangrnaent With Billy Wright to hold tho place
Tor him until q favorable turn in politics shall
occur. when be is TO re,izn in favcr Of Billy.
This game ia we'll understood here, and 1he enc.
mics Of Wright, will mako vigorous effort to
defeat the arrangement. .----'
: On the part Of the Opposition. plenty Of can
,ddates ore presented The Hon Mm. l.. Day
ton Was very earnestly urged in the eArlypart
Of the contest, but he very promptly declined
being = candidate.
Jacob w. Miller, Il. s. Fields, E. ". WhejpleY,
and large number ot other distinguished citi-
z:ns. are ready to be offered - q oomprotoi.e
candidate, in the event Of the failure Of thu o..
position To- eltcs from the list Of regular can
didatea