The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-21

been heard The result is that at this day there
is no general understanding among the wings, and
no corresponding unanimlty 10 the man.
There are thousands who would vote for Hem
ry Clay over all other men, even in lS4S-there
are hundreds among the wings who believe that
he can yet be elected. But there are wiser heads
among them-men who, profting from the losses
of the past, are cautioned to avoid them for the
future. These men, taking the example OF the
election OF Harrison, whose conservative opin-
IONS drew to his support host of the disafected
of the enemy, without which support from the
enemy the enemy would have been successful
and, reasoning upon the safe hypothesis that like
measures produce like consequences, have hit
upon the idea that a conservative man would be
apt TO succeed, even in second trial, over any
rigid, infiexble old bunker upon either side, or
any number of them. These politicians are OF
the new school--they have tlncture OF progress
sive principle about them; they believe that rail-
road car is superior travelling vehicle TO an OK
cart and that the tederalists wise as they were
IN their day and generation, II called up from the
earth in our time, would open their eyes in curl
Gus astonshment, and confess that the world had
been making some advancement, and that gov
eminent itself must advance TO keep pace with
the spirit OF the age
John Nj Lean, of Ohio. is the man for the wings
He has no irreconcieable enemies to conciliate-
no schlrrous old sores TO annoy him-no Jagged
points in his history upon which to hang the
scare crow OF scandal. passive, rather than
active politician, he Is invulnerable to open
sault. lie is a western man, and, with the two
new States OF Iowa and Wisconsin, the sutfrages
of the west at the next election will be all impor-
tant. He is a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, which of itself will bring POO 600
votes to his support-he is from a.free State, and
though not an abolitionist, he is not Northern
man with southern principles, and may there
fore calculate upon the balance of power in west
ern New York, upon which depends the vote of
the State in brief, we know of no man among
the wings, who is more likely to centre in one
ticket all their strength than John M'Lean, parti-
culariy IN association with Mr.. Mangum OF North
Carolina. The party cannot more for
mdable or available ticket.
Mr.. ]. Nj. Clayton would perhaps prefer Mr.
Observation-Disclosures then might come in
cond best. MIR. Crittenden is an able, excellent
and popular man-the most popular man in the
Senate-personaly the most popular man of the
wing party. But he would be the successor of
Mr.. Clay, and the very causes oftke defeats ofthe
latter would attach the fortunes of Mr.. Critten-
den. Corwin, of Ohio, is comparatively young
and immatured, though sufficiently obscure for
any who believe the new idea Of obscurity to be
a favorable feature in the merits of Presidential
candidate. Clay is too od-Webster is impracti-
cable-Clayton is not suited to the public taste
Scott, since his programme Of the Mexican inva-
sion is working out like charm, is recovering
from his sudden fall, but he will limp from that
plate of soup for many days to come
The probable and the most available ticket for
the wings in AS will be-
For President-JoHN MCLEAN, of Ohio
Vice President-WIII.IE =. MANGUM, of N. G.
They are both of the young democracy of the
wing party-they are neither of them descended
III principles from tne huaInses, the r1ainlHonS,
nor any of the hard-headed old blue-beards oil the
party generally. The raw material of the old
wing party is not strong enough in itself to do the
work-to succeed, it must be able to draw REIN
torcements from the rank and file o. the opposi-
ton-and to be able, it must hold out a bait invi-
ting 10 the popular taste, and names that rather
grateful to the popular But, so utterly bro
ken in spirit-so disheartened-so disgusted-so
mortified, chop-taen, and exhausted-so utterly
sick OF defeats, and completely despairng Of
success are the wings, that we doubt watcher at
this juncture they have at all determined to show
fight in lS4S. Thus far, their greatest victory has
resutedn their defeat, and their greatest defeat of
their only man who could unite their scattered
fragments, was by an opponent whose arrogant
insignfcance they honestly despised. But the
confused elements of the great democracy afford
no little encouragement; and at an early day
dominant party, and their pretensons, claims
and chances to the succession. AHons.
The Doctor.