MR. PAINTER.
s WusI CcINlu'y OS IeSnTucU dS Oue OI tDC happiest results of our present system of electing Senators. that tho public mind is less subject than formerly to partial and undue in- fucnces of the Press. The candidates will in general be known to tho Electors, and the characters they have acquired with their neigh

 bOrs can hardly be elevated or depressed ny the obsequiousness or hostility of party Ed itOr. Senators, like other men, will have to

 look to their private and public conduct for

 the grounds of their confidence in the sup

 port of their fellow citizens. This is all a gain to the cause of Republication, and is nOth- ing lost from the dignity or usefulness of the Press. The sentinel's guard is against the enemy without, and loses none of its impor. tance by the restoration of better order with in the camp. It is yet to be told on what ground men are nominated and supported, what principles they are pledged to sustain, what friends to reward,-to whom they will look as the authors cf th'ir appointment, .ohons lear, 'chom obey. Far enough is the sacred Right of Suffrage yet dependent on the Press, and an honest man will as soon seek to abrO. gate the voters privilege as to pervert the high powers of the Press. The duty vet left 1t concerns principle and policy. public order and the honor of the State. To this duty would confine this cOmmuniG alton in refer ence to the SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.

 The office long held in this County by Judge Pettibone. involving course of able and faith tni public service fur many years-the expe- rience he has had in the Legislature of the State. and the influence which his intelligence, faithfulness and integrity there gave him-the universal confidence of his rownsmen as evi- denced by their repeated expressions in all ioca! afairs-the respect and esteem of all parties for his public and personal character: we hesitate not 10 say that these are the grounds on which the nomination of Judge Peiiihonc was proposed and will be support ed, and do not hesitate to challenge his most envious and aspiring opponent to remove one title of our excellent fellow citizens true Republican fame. The principles of Judge Pettibone have never been concealed or aues- tioDed. They arc those which flow from patriotism tn distinction from party -spirit- From anxiety to promote the public welfare rather than hankering afier office-from devotion to the State and duty to the coun- try instead of dependence on a Junto and suhserviency to an Administration. Judge Pettibone will not have friends to rerard, in that sense which seems to hold the heIpinv h0nds Oat-strstchsd for commissions, in that sense which suppOses certain 0wtkors Ofan an. ] po'ntmsns, and certain mGsteTs over the up. !