The Signal, In Its Remarks On The New York Election, Ex...

dr= The Signa 1, in its remarles on the New York Elpction, exnlts loudly in its persuasión tliat Mr. Cliy cannot get the vo(e of tint Saté. Time will probübly show thnt th's is a p-est mistókp, - lint we have only fo do wifh the conclusive dpmoiistration of the Sirnal's Van Buren predi lec:ious. Mr. Van B-iren. wlio voietl for tlje Post Office censorship, vvho, with bis part)% is noturiously the ally, or rat her the nhject srrf of a prtty obliga rchy of sonthern slnvo nolders. eeemo to be ratber n fuvorite with the Sijrnal of Líber. 1y ; but Mr. Clay, who has ahvays mainlained the rights of the North, and the riglit of petition. and the riffhl of free diecussion, and who is nttPrlypppoFed to fho dominntion of the slave power, is the object of its vindiciive hostilitv. The eneroiií, mngrnanimons chnrac'er of Henry Clny appenrs to be peculiarlv repi;l.-ive to the editors of the Sipnal; wlnJe Mr. Van Bnren's character, qmto the opposiie in tbis repfpet, nf Mr. Gioy'i-, nppenrs to be. if nnt an objt'ct of their decided fnvor, at ias' fyr Jess objec'ionable than Mr. Cluy. Well. we have no fiiult o ün v:U the laws of nffinitv. fhemical or mental - "birds of feather ivill flock tojrether." But we must direct thf [Mibüc atleníinn to ibe too npjiarent hypocrisv of the ñnú-shivery prof sshns of tïie Sijrnal. That paper we have rcoson to believe is not what it prelends to be. We have good reaFon too, fnr bclievinr, thot sovfral of the most active leaders of that poliiico-nboüiion pnrty are not what they prptend to bo. As Tipnds of liberty, as enem es of slavpry, hopiiifr. firmW trust inr, in í lio mi.'lity causea now ii) silent opernlion for its not dist.inr extincUon on thia continent, we shall watch thp movement of thfse men of noi-y pretensión, whnse nct'on, 3S far as it is cnlcn] fpd to have any effect at all, is rather adapted to relard ihan to hnsien tlus much desirod evpnt. Ai Tfiy rrite, we think ihis poli'ico abó'JHïón"qp praiio s calcdluted to uiluse many noxion?, influences inlo the preat rnove ment of etTinncipation, wlycli inny nrnelc! bit- prness and poison in its cup of blessings. - Midi. State Journal. We ptibhsh the preepdirg that onr renders may hnve (he benefit of theseai-tounding discoveries of . the Journal. Fir.t, tben, Mr. Van Buren will be rejoice.d (q learn thnt he p 'ratler a favorile' wilh ua, nnd tbat vp lave "Van Buren predilectinns!!"' This disc ivery lncks but oneiiing to render it valnable, and tbat s, trvlk. it is news to us. We nrf m admirers of Mr. Van Buren's charncter: nor do vo now recollect of baving wntten hi= mme more tban two or tbrce times durinfr he last ?ix months, and iheo it wns for t!ie purpose of reprebendinr his base servility to t'ie Slave Power. Thut Mr. Van Buren hn? ;alents of a certain kind, we think is evident Vom the fact of his ninking his way to i'rp.sidpncy from the humbjesl station in lifp, witho'it tfio help of a militnry title; for almust any person mny gain npplanse os a miliarv hero. It has been .aid that he hasceeded palificallv bv the patronage of gtpat men - or, as lias been expressed, by lianwino on to the coat-tnils of his superiors in office. Admit it, and ve must still acknowledge th,o.t ie had the faculty of obtaining the favor of ;lie few on whom his elovation depended; or, f you pleasp, t'iat be Itad art vncommon fuciilty of hanging on to coat-taiH The prominent tro its of Mr. Van Buren's chnracterdn not excite our odmiratioii or synipatlnes. Cold, caiculating, 6elfish management, unaccompanied by any fixed principies of mornl rectitude, cannot enlist our favor or support. In our estimation, a frank, open,mnly characier which speaks what it meaus, and means what it speaks, is much to be preferred, when thef-e traits are accompaniod, na in the case of Mr. Bntí'EYi by a rigid spnse of justice nml raora) probity. Wbere hih intellectual pndowment are unnccompnnipd by moral recíiUide. asín the case of Mr. Cíay, we muy ndtnire the abilities displayed, hut we cannut rever ence the man. The infliience of puch a person tends only to moke vice and injusíice honorable. Bt the second dlf=covery i? quite as nt:tounding as the first. The Signal " vol what tt pretrnds to be ." Do then, dear sir, infnrm the public forthwiih what it roally is. - T)o not let them be in the dark any longcr. - The third discovery ie that "several of thr? most octive leaders of that politico-abo)i!ioti party are not what they pretend to be." - Pray, sir, Jet us bnow who these hypocriteare, and what they are, that we may bewarp of thcm. ilowevcr, we shall liavc tlie leát anxiety respecting the duplicity of thaee dangerous characters, os the Journal nforms ub it is on the "watch" for ihem : and when the Journal watches?, no mischief will remain hidden. But, to be seriotis, we deny the nllegation that we have any Vnn Buren predilectionf," or that we have manifesfed nny "lavor" for him, or his politica] prospecta. We cali for the proof. There is but one honorab'ocourse the Journal can pursue: to prove its charges, or relract them. Which will it do?{L Many papers are publishing that a s'lave of T. K. Collins. of Hannibal, Mo. has voluntarily returned from Canada, not liking British freedom. It may beso: but we rather suspect that there may be some deception about this. We know that there are quite a number of fugitives in Canada from Hannibal, and they are very desirous of having their relatives with them. It will not be surprising if this British subject shouM take quite a dislike to American Slavery, and some of his fellow slaves also. Nineieen millinns, five Juindred thousand dollars of the capital stock oftlie Bostonians is investid ín railroad stock, which yields a higher rute of intere6t than any Jike