Elections Of 1845

From the beginning of the Liberty party, its political nntagonists have flatterecl themselves that it would bo a tcmporary organization. They were not a little puzzled,however, to find its numbers trebling irï 1841, and increasing in the two following years to cight times their original number. This to be sure, did not look much like "dying of:" but having failed so often in prophesying "the next election will be the last of you," they now altered the prediciion to "ihe next Prcsidcntial election will be the last of you." Well, it was not their fault that we survived. We carne out of the furlance with numbers not only undiminishjd, but augmented. The wise political prophets had at first regarded the organization of 1840 as a result of the excitement of that campaign, vhich would soon die for want of interest. Failing is this, they next concluded ihe excitement of 1844 would be so great that we should all be merged in the other pnrties. The facis giving the He to ihis prediction, they anticipaled that we hould dwindlealong with a diminishing vote for two or three years, and then '"■die iway." Well, time has rolled around, md some half a dozen of the F ree States have held elections, nnd how stands the result? Let us look the matter in the face, whatever may be its aspect. The first election was held in New Hampshire. The vote for Birney last year was 4,862. The official report we have not now at hand: but in all but 33 towns the Liberty vote was 5,271. The whole Liberly vote for Governor exceeded that given for Birney by about FtLeen Hundred! Quite a failing off insix inonths! The Democratie vote was less by some thousands. In 42 towns the Liberty vote exceeded the Whig, and in fiflij the Liberty is the first or socond party. Eight membera of the Legislature were elected. This was not bad for tho first six months. Next carneCONNECTICUT. The VVhig papers trumpeted a diminished Liberty vote, biit were too fast; for while the Wlng vote feil off from the previous Spring election 3,272 and tlie Democratie. 5,212, the Liberty vote gnined 111. Gillette received 156 votes more than Birney six months before. So there was no dying away in Connecticut. - The next election was held in Iowa. This was entirely new ground, yet the Western Citizen says that sixty Liberty votes were given in one County, for the first time. This, certainly, is nol discouraging. Indiana. In this State we never had any thorough organizjftion, and the two Liberty papers have buta limiled circulation. The vote for Birney last year was 2,106. - The Liberty vote for merobers of Congress at the late election, in six districts, was 1849, leaving four districts in which no Liberty candidates were run. Thus six-tenths of the State gave as man y votes as íhewhole State gave to Birney, into 257, showing no deficieney. Of the result of the county tickets ive are not apprised: but we are assured that Liberty nominations were made in twice as many countics as ever before. This fact speaks Cor itself. Vermont. We have not the full vote before us, but the last mail brings us the assurance, that while the Whig vote has fallen off about 5,000, and the Democratie 3,000, the Liberty vote has gained about Tico thousandf Eleven Liberty members of the Lcgislatnre areelected: lastyearonly eigí)t. The Liberty gain on the November election is 40 per cent, or more. Maine. The -full returns are not all in: but 2G3 towns . give 5,392 Liberty votes. - The vote of the vvhole State for Birney was 4,862. In 60 towns out of 1 10 ther? wás no choice. Thus in every election as ít comes, we find the Liberty cause, from Iowa to Maine, steadily and surely on the gain. - Let oiir opponenis mock at our slow gains, if they wil!. Be it ours to labor at our work till it shall be accompiished. Buck Ie on the armor, good friends, and let Michigan surpass all her eider sisters!05 The peculiar bcnuties of the present system of banking-, and the extent to which abuses under il may be carried, ore strikingly illustrated by the official statement of the affairs of the. Commercial J3ank of Nalchcz, at ilie time of ite explosión in 18S7, and furnishes the etrongest argument that can be adduced in fuvor of the principie ot' individual liability and the prohibilion of oífieers from borro win. - The totcl liabiliiies oí' the officers of ihis oonk on the 271 h of June, 18S7,amounted to S703,937. Tho lir.Silities of 21 pets of the bank were as followB: - As payers, 538,253: as endorsers, 1,019,462; as discounters. 491. 124- muking a total of 2,051, 8d9ü This added (o the liabilities of the officers, rnukes the round sum of 2,755,328!- almost three millions, when the whole capital of the bonk was only two millions. Thus 21 favorites of the bank and the officers - without vncluding the liabilities of the stockholders, which were 'very large - borrowed $755,828 more than the whole capital stock of the bank. - f ree Press.■ Th o Port Hurón Observer goes for e:ecting the Cabinct and all the higher State oflïcers by the people. We predict that this tnea.su re vill ultimatcly succecd. But it should extcnd lo ali the offices, unless the judicial one bo an exception. - Why cannot the people as well elect their Notarles Public as their Juslices - their Proseculing Attornies as their Sheriff 1 Then after reforming the States, let the principie be applied to national offices. - Sig. of Jüb. ff5" The Signal is ahend of our time altogether. Notaries are ofsmall hnportance as public oflïcers. But ifthereis a single officer who should be appointcd by tl. e Exccutive - who should bc placed as far as possible above the reacii of popular opinión or prejudice - who should have no temptation placed before him to vvïnlc at vice or fellowship with evil - that officer is the Prosecuting Attorney. The arguments iigainst making judges electtive, apply jn this case, and with two-fold force. The Judge sits upon the bench to administer juslice according to law, either common or stautory - it is the duty of the Attorney to take cognizanee of all violations of the statutes and to present ofFenders before the Grand Jury. Now which of these would be most likely to feel the subsidizing intluences of popular opinión or of personal advantnge? Will the Signal permit us to doubt whether it has yet fully slated its "idea" of this matter. After "upplying the principie to national offices." we suppose it would niake Pete Gumbo Secretary of State,Cu(Te Lew is Secretary of the Treasury, Sam Jonsing Secretary of War, &e. Eb? - Port Huron Observer. The question is not whether notories are of "sinall" or great importance ns public officers, but whether they shall be elected by their neighbors who know their qualifications, or be appointed by the favor of the chief magistrate a hundred miles distant, who knows nolhing about them. Would not the people select as good good men as the Governor, and if so, why should they not elect them?As to the rrosecutmg Altornies, we think that beller men would be put in office, f elected by the people than those who nre now appointed: for we believe the office is often bestowod as a reward for partiznn services, either alrendy performed, or prospectively promised. Besides, the duties of the office would be better porformed when the officer feit his responsibility to the people, than they now are when he is responsible to nobody. - We npprehend ihat "the subsidizing influence of popular opinión or of personal advantage" would not be any more effectual on them than it now is on Justices of the Peace, or Associale Juciges, both of which are now elected by the people, and "adminisier justice according to law." We never heard any one argüe that on this account they ought to be appointed by the Governor. Would not the hundreds and thousands of legal voters of eacli County be as likely to elect a good prosecuting attorney as the Governor would be to appoint a good one on the recommcndation of some half a dozen of the most unprincipled demagogues of thc County? And the chances are at least tvvo to one that they woulc! recommend some ]u7.y shiftless, viciuus proflígate of their own nurnber. to the suggcstions of the Obsorver respecting "Pete Gumbo," "CufFee Lewis," &c. they need no answer from us. - They stand out for themselves as a specimeii of the manner of fueling and thinking most in vogue with the "Modern Deuocracy." The greatest argument thev can urge why a colored person shoulc not have the rights of a man, is the ccy of "m'gger, nigger" In this pariiculai case the remarks of tho Observer impl something more. The readiness witl which the Editor refersto "Cunee" anc "Gumbo" conveys no doubtful impressior to the.intelligent reader of the class ir society with which he is most familiar,anc from which his sham democracy receive; its peculiar form andjshape.