Monmouth Herald & Inquirer

The Press on Governor Newell.
The press of this Congressional District, and the State at large, teems with
complimentary notices of the nomination
of Gov. Newell, and the feeling is echoed
by the Union papers throughout the
country. Seldom has a party reflected
greater credit upon itself than has the
Union party of the Second District of
New Jersey in making this selection, and
if the nomination be such an honor, certainly the election will be a corresponding good. Let every man in the district, then, who has the preservation of
the country and its institutions at heart,
work henceforth until the close of the
polls to make our success as emphatic
and overwhelming as it will assuredly be
gratifying and beneficent.
The New York Tribune in its original
mention of the nomination, editorially
observes:
"In the Second District of New Jersey
the Unionists have nominated Dr. WILLIAM
A. NEWELL, of Monmouth County. This is
a strong nomination, and ought to give us
an easy victory. Dr. Newell was a Whig
member of Congress from 1846 to 1850, being elected first by 1,572 majority. In 1856
he was elected Governor of the State, succeeding Gov. Rodman M. Price.
And again in alluding to the matter,
the Tribune says:
"The Unionists of the Second New Jersey District honored themselves on Saturday by nominating ex-Governor Newell. It is
eighteen years since they first sent him to
Congress--sixteen years since he was elected the second time. He has the record of
a good member. His speech on Saturday,
accepting from his neighbors a third nomination, has the rich promise of politics from
New Jersey, to which the House of Representatives has been a stranger for some
time. He said to the Convention: "Let us
labor, as men labor to escape from death, to
rescue our country from this horrible abyss
which yawns for her destruction. To re-establish and maintain the supremacy of our
government at home and its standing abroad;
to inaugurate the reign of true liberty, universal, and more perfect than ever before enjoyed--this, and all kindred good is the
work of our day and generation. Our reward shall be not merely the success of candidates, but the triumph of grand principles
the exaltation of our race, and over and
above all, the salvation and supremacy of
our government." Mr. Lincoln carried the
Second District by a majority of 2,157. Will
not the Unionists of Burlington, Mercer,
Monmouth, and Ocean see that their vote of
1860 is revived and increased?
The New York Times remarks:
--Ex-Governor WM. A. NEWELL was recently nominated as the Union candidate
for Congress in the Second District of New-
Jersey. The district is now represented by
George Middleton, (Dem.,) who was elected
in 1862 by a vote of 12,183 against 10,834
against Wm. F. Brown (Union); majority
1,349. In 1860 the vote was: For Lincoln,
14,338; Fusion, 12,181--Republican majority, 2,157. Gov. NEWELL resides in Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, and is very
popular.
A correspondent of the Evening Post
writes thus:
"The Unionists of New Jersey are awake.
They will make a strong and determined effort to give Mr. Lincoln seven, instead of the
four electoral votes given to him at his last
election. We are nominating excellent men.
Wm. A. Newell is our candidate
for Congress in the Second District, and will
almost certainly be elected to the place now
held by the Democrat, Middleton."
The Trenton State Gazette says:
"We congratulate the loyal men of the
Second Congressional District, on the selection of William A. Newell, as the Union
candidate to represent the district in the
next Congress. The name of Governor Newell is in itself a tower of strength, and carries with it an assurance of victory that
will strike our opponents with despair.
This nomination heals all differences, and
in every county and township of the District, all Union men--Democrats as well as
Republicans--will go to work with a determination to roll up a majority greater than
was ever given by the district, even for Dr.
Newell. George Middleton--"the Monmouth Tanner"--will have some personal
experience in reference to "tanning," next
November, that will probably cause him to
regret that Mr. Bedle was not nominated in
his stead."
The Trenton Monitor (Union and
Anti-Monopoly) also cordially sustains
and compliments the nominee; while the
Mount Holly, Burlington, Bordentown,
Princeton, Hightstown, Toms River and
Red Bank papers, contribute their commendations, and (except the neutrals)
pledge their heartiest support. Union
men are everywhere, not merely satisfied
but in excellent spirits. It only remains
to make a diligent and faithful canvass,
and the result is assured. At any rate,
nothing but accident, or overweening confidence can operate to prevent the Governor's election; and if our friends will
see to it that the full vote shall be
brought out, there can be no doubt of a
gratifying majority