The New York herald., 1845-08-06
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O6stacies-Ihs South and The West-And the Rea-
sons for the Measures and the Man.
In the outset of this epistle, we forewam the read
er that ii he anticipates the smallest infnitesimal of
a scintlation OF fun, levity or wit herein, he will in
the sequel, be undeceived. Abandoning Tor the oc-
casion the gossip OF the hour, and the trvi
alities of the day, let spring into higher atmos
phsre-let turn over some of the leaves Of the po
tical horoscope of the FUTURE and ascertain as near
" as may be, from their visible foreshadowings, the
probable position, complexion, and organization OF
the democratic party IN lS4S
Leaving it to the discriminating reader TO make
all necessary deductions from the past particularly
from the management in the nomination Of the de-
mocratic candidate at their last national Baltimore
Convention, we shall commence reconnaissance
with the day, and the men, n,movementsand intrgues
OF .day-,he plotting and contemplating for the
nomination Of 1885, at Baltimore.
Among the aspiranis Tor the succession are Silas
Wright John Z. Calhoun James Buchanan, Robert
j. Walker, and Lewis Cass, as the most prominent
and conspicuous. Each OF these gentlemen is the
great man In h 5 own commonwealth the man of
the highest popularity and the greatest influence; bur
this respect there is OF them comparable in
his standing at home with John G.. Calhoun His po-
lltica and moral influence in SouthCaronas scarce
" less than that OF Daniel OConnell IN Ireland But
his popularity which is sunmeasured in South Carroll
sinks like stream In the sands OF the old North
State reappears again in the southern counties of Vir
gna but entirely dsslpated ere II reaches tn
tangible but no less formidable barrier of Mason
and Dixon's line We have been speaking of his
popularity politician, as candidate for the Pre-
sidency-for as profound statesman, cear-headed
and far-seeng, self-possessed, apparently resigned,
yet vIgilant and active as lynx, versed IN the Con-
stuon and Constitutional law, in the past politics.
and characteristics and history OF past politicians OF
the country of the retrograde tendency of the
South nd he ard Of the North he ia
universally regarded throughout the Union, by men
OF Judgment, second only to Daniel Webster.
Yet neither Calhoun nor Webster popular with
the great masses OF their respective partles- The
notification OF the former has been scarcely less
dstastefu to the public palate, than the rigid, puri-
tanc federalism Of the latter. OF the other pros
pective candidates included within the present re-
view, too little is known OF their strength without
the borders of their several States, to discuss their
relative specific gravity in this particular But is
our IMPRESSION that MIR. Buchanan would not run
in the South. Gen. Cass would be as unpopular in
the same section from the same reasons. Mr.
Walker would not be acceptable to the East. Mr.
Wright would be more obnoxious TO the sentiments
of the party in Alabama and Mississippi than either
Gen. Cass or Mr. Buchanan. Mr.. Calhoun, from
his position, and the attitude OF South Carolina on
the Oregon question. however Judicious or prefer
able his policy on this subject, to have compro-
mise would meet with little favor in Indiana, IL
linois, and Missouri as would be bestowed at the
polls upon Daniel Webster or honest John Davis, of
Massachusetts, in the commons OF the palniet-
to and OF .Onn u. CdnOun. lie WOulQ De dS
unpopular in the West or North West, as Dam
iel Webster himself would be In the South
Mr. Buchanan and MIR. Walker are evidently dis
trbuting their patronage, like the bread which is
The appointments of Mr.. Walker indicate that there
is one scholar in the Glass; whom II Is necessary to
1 dispace, and only one, to wlt:-Sllas wright
And the tacit concurrence of the President to the
preferences of the Secretary OF the Treasury, even
against the wishes of many OF the orthodox OF the
party in few authenticated cases, argues, that
the President has the fullest reliance in the wisdom
OF Mr. Walker (Which we doubt not,) or that ne pre-
fers the little Mlssissippian the man upon whose
shoulders the mantle of succession should fall Mr..
Walker, however, cannot be the candidate OF his
party Convention in lS4S, nor Mr. Buchanan, nor
Gen. Cass nor Mr. Calhoun MIR. Wright may be,
but 1t is doubtful A new geographical division OF
| the Union will change, by the next campaign, party
tactics IN the appointment OF candidate, and con-
seouenly throw all the politicians who have been
/ mannuvering under the old system into the back
ground. The great West from ls4s will be the po-
tental political division of this confederacy We of
| course mean the valley OF the Mississippi. She,
from the next census, will have the power to say
who shall be the President. and how long, whether
large small appropriations, or any appropriations
at all, shall be made TO the rivers and lighthouses OF
the Atlantic border-whether there shall be peace or
war upon the Oregon queston-what number OF
steamers shall be sent out to the protection OF the Pa
| cifc coast, and what drafts from the regular
| army by land for the defence and security OF
| the defiles leading through the Rocky Mountains
| to the Columbia river whether the Capitol shall be
| whitewashed removed over the Aleghanies-
whether the Union shall exist by votes IN Congress,
or by force of arms In the next contest the South
and the West, in the party convention, will be con-
centrated against the North and the East and to car
ry the South and the West a western man will be re-
qulred, with southern prlnciples-a man who will
combine the enthusiasm and sectional pride of the
with the measures OF the South, and an ldent-
ty in feeling, of choice inherently and in fact, with
the South, on the slave question. The balance OF
power in the hands OF the abolitoniss, must be de-
ieated and rendered unavallng IN either scale II we
would PROSTATE the faction entirely. This can only
| be effected by union OF the South and the West,
upon such candidate of their own as will be most
popular throughout the country, and beyond the cas-
ualty of defeat in any event OF detection IN the North
Would it, therefore, be more extraordinary or less
| probable, if the next Baltimore Convention, upon
canvassing the whole ground and the avaiabilues
/ of the several candidates, should tall again upon an
| entirely new man-one who could come before the
| people like President Polk, as having neither In
frgued for nor sought, expected the office; and
| who could command the consolidation referred to.
So far from 1t being an extraordinary or improbable
contingency, it is one OF the most probable events
OF the future
How would William Allen, of Ohio, tell against
John McLane. Allen Is one OF the most energetic
| and most ultra radical democrats, OF the day. He
has strong hold upon the popular affections, as
having risen TO head OF division from tne ranks
Some thirty years ago he came into Ohio from North
Carolina, an orphan boy-went first to trade-then
to the study of the aw-then he was sent to the Le-
gisature, believe-then he was elected to the
House OF Representatives III SohSicsS oy o"s 'o'S
maiority-then to the Senate by a majority OF two
| vores-then to the Senate by a more decided ma
iority He distinguished himself last session
| as annexation The speech of Choate was un-
questionably the most beautiful, methodical,
classical and poetcal upon the subject. The speech
of Buchanan was plain malter-of-fact review
of the question in its practical bearings-Rives, Ar
cher, Henderson, Woodbury., Simmons, Hunting
ton, Upham, and Bates, made good constitutional
arguments. Dayton gave many new views OF the
case. Walker handled it like subject that he had
learned by heart in all its bearings. Haywood did
his duty to general admiration. Bagby acted like
an ass but saved the bill in the end; but the eat
speech of all the speeches, neither among those,
nor was 1t Merrck's clever appeal, nor that OF any
other Senator excepting Allen OF Ohio: His basis
the commercial ground, covered all future con,ln