Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-06-20
MORNING HERALD.
state q Psrsies-synptsms or y Revelsiisn
In Psiisics-eses. scott and shs Presidency.

The political affairs Of this wonderful country are
IN wonderful condition. France has her pohticai
cris's-England her political crisis-and now the u
;. will soon have hers-not so aarming-but equaiy
gratifying to civilization We are in the beginning
of a revolution in public measures and in public men,
decided as the movement that made Jefferson the
President in 1890, Jackson the President in
1929.
The symptoms Of the approaching crisis are strong
all round. The Wall street prints and politicians
are quarrelng savagely about Clay, Webster, Harri
son, and Van Buren,. Some of the Clay faction
ready for decided movement now--others Of the
Webster faction for delay till after the next fall
election. In other parts of the country the same
spirit prevails. We hear of sub-treasurers-locofo
cos-oonseryatives-whigs,a and what not-but all
these ralying cries and barbarousl named factions
are ON the verge of dissolution-te be swallowed
In = new and greater movement. As in the contest
Tor Jefferson, or for Jackson find the great deep
OF the public mind breaking up. The people have
long since become tired and disguised with politi
cians, spouters, orators, and rotten Spectators
MT Van Buren,, though in the Presidency, has no
hold no tie upon the affections or enthusiasm of the
people He reached the Presidency because the
country had become tired Of the name of Claw Claw
Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay, name that sounds well
enough once in a day, but has been sounded in
tner ears for twenty years past till every one is
tired, sick, and disgusted. II was ga mis- alle,''
that made Van Buren President. Neither can Mr.
webster awaken the great, big, throbbing, public
heart. Mr. Webster is a successful speaker and
lawyer, bat the country has been cloyed with much
law and little justce-many speeches and no wis
dom. Ia moment Of great public peril last winter
this great constitutional lawyer as he is called lost
Tor moment his great constitutional good sense and
prawied after dinner for q war with England as
loudly and as fariously pot-house politician after
ne mas seen the bottom Of two bottles Of whskey At
Iammany Hall And although General Harrison ha,
said as Owen Glendower
+" ! can call spirits from the vastly Deep,
Yet, to this we may well reply, like Hotspur,
Why. l. and so can every man
But wall they come when you do call themr'
No; they will not come-they have not come-"deyil
an inch win they budge.''
There can be no installing the signs of the present
times. The constant confusion, daily quarrelling.
midnight intrigue, and mpotent scolding in the ranks
of the opposition party indicate too truly that the
people have sympathy, feeling no throb of en-
thusiasm for any ofthe men-Cay, Webster, or Har-
rson-that they have yet named. Their conven-
tions-their assembages-ther public meetings, on
these points, will all end in abortion, and leave the
field to be walked over by Martin Van Buren,. I'm
assumed-the fitting man selected, Mr.. Van Buren,
will be reelected by species Of default, and his
kitchen dynasty firmly riveted on the country for
many years to
This i. the real condition Of things, and in this
co ndition what is TO be dene9 What is the best
course TO pursue What the best policy TO adopt
What plank to seize upon, that will lead to for
tune or to hope
The remedy is within Our grasp. During the last |
few months, strong and decided demonstrations, /;
spontaneous, unsought for, unsolicited, have sprung
mp, almost every section OF the country favor Of
GENERAL WINFIELD SooTr, the only suitable |
and popular candidate for the next Presidency. Gen
eral Scotr is spouter-for his life has been life
Of acton-he is doug faced, dwelling politician
rae for"ht the battles of his country in open
day-he is midnight intriguer-for he has had no
for intrigues faction, away from his arduous
duties in the camp or the field
II was during the imJrogiie Of last winter, caused
by the folly Of Webster and Clay, in urging
excitement in Congress. that the attention Of the
whole country first directed 20 the peculiar fit
ness and capacity of General Scott for the head Of
this great nation When all the factions in Congress
that lazar-house Of roguery and intrgue-were
outstrpping each other in folly and absolute wicked
ness, in urging the country into war about few
acres, General Scott appeared TO be the only rational
American and patriot, who retained his senses Just
as calmly he did on the battle field Of Niagara
The committees OF the Capitol and the cabinet ofhe
White House. had equally to apply TO the veteran,
soldier and statesman for advice and COUNSEL in the
emergency into which their own folly had precip |
tated them Like another Cincinnatus, he left his
plough in Elizabethtown-repared to the frontier
and in few weeks, without boodshed difficulty,
calmly but resolutely placed the country in state Of
peace and quiet
This extraordinary movement, equalto that BY any
Roman patriot in the best days Of the republic, was
the first that struck mp spark Of patriotic
light in the public bosom, which is now breaking
out and burning all the country, in spite Of the
efforts Of all the politicians to quench the glorious
flame. sFire" "6re," "fre," cry the politicians;
ere" "fre,' "6re," cry the people. "water,"
"water," 'watcr,"-"wont you prt il out9'' cry the
politicians; "we'l be damned il we do "we'l
be damned if we do" say the people Thus the
evolution has begun, and is now rushing forward
great fire in the woods on the Allegheny
tains, or an extensive conhagration on the
SIS prairies Of Missouri. Some rotten old
scoundrels Of the press may cry out "mili-
eftsin - "military chieftainl" as some old
m flannel petticosts, bawl out TO keen-witted
boys, "bug boo" "bug boo;' bat the
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