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~s.s~ nr VDmrlicS- The next Prestdemcy-FO.


.isiou Of Harris0n and Van Buren.


Now that the House Of Repre- sentativess is organiz-
ed. and speaker elected, the attention OF the pub
lie mind will be occupied with the movements
xoins on at Washington, in reference to the new
arrangements Of parties, looking towards the next
presidency. aHops deferred" and new interests,
have caused the Presidents Message to subside in in
terest amazingly In this great metropolis every mind
il inouirinc who is the new Spea er ?"-"which
uarty will he lean to in the house ?"-" what pres
rect has General Harrison !"-" is there any hope
of defeating Van Buren - The movements now
going ON are pregnant with replies to all these ques-
items. mA


Yet ii is not the arrangements or combinations OF
any class Of great mengreat they are too fre'
quently-at Wash ngton, that control the ele-
ments Of popularity and produce specific results.
Politics is a subject Of high science when rightly
viewed and understood. In its real nature it is =
mixture Of the moral, metaphysical, and mathema-
tical, far beyond that species Of politics which
seeks sfice-runs away with the spos, or gratifies
ambition and avsrice. II is in this Of politics
that we are politician, and the Herald political
paper.


In the present position of the country, it is Gu
rious question, whether Van Buren or Harrison
or any body sse has the best chances for the next
presidency. Measures Of great importance depend
ON the result. Now, how is an accurate opinion to
be formed Of the future Only by rigid analysis of
the past Mr.. Van Buren, was elected, in 1886, by a
popular majority of 27,6lS Since that year, the
fluctuations Of parties, throughout the Union, ex-
pressed in the popular vote, are follows