Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-26
From the Petersburg Republican
GEN. SCOTIA NEW MOVE.

Gen. SCOlI-A NEW MOFE.
One evident effect of Mr.. Clay's extraordna-
~ demonstration will be to point out, pretty
clearly, the g balance of power" which he
still holds over his political friends and adhe-
rents. 1t will solve the problem of his pre- |
sent popularity, and demonstrate, uneQulvoca
| ", the probable amount Of Influence he now
| possesses as whig champion and distin-
guished but unfortunate leader of the great
wing party. In word, it will, doubtless,
before the rising and sitting of many more
suns, be the means of informing Mr.. Clay
whether or no " the last link is broken,'
which has for so long time, held him in
magnetic connection with the Presidential
chair The decision will be solemn and
important one with respect both TO Mr.. Clay
and to the interests of our great Republic.
His " last days" Judging from the lights be,
lore us, are certainly not his +" best days" and
we greatly mistake if the future historian IN
speaking of Mr.. Cay, will ever be able with
truth to say. he ras one Of tie Presidents OF
The United States
This train of thought, which il is not now
necessary TO follow, has been suggested to
our mind by the following short extract of an
editorial from the New York Herald of We'd
nesday. From it the reader will learn that
) Mr.. CIay's Lexington Resolutions haye < yen
: rise TO a new political movement among the
Wings of the State of New York, who, on &C
count of their late victory ~ in that State,
will, we presume, be permitted TO take the
lead in such matters. They have determined
that they can no longer with safety, or with
the slightest surety OF success, submit to the
mandates which proceed from Ashland, or ac-
: knowledge that the supreme authority any
: longer resides in that Inflated Mansion. They
have too long been accustomed TO defeat un-
: der that leader to hope that success will ever
: attend them while they are maneuvred by his
generalship, and if any thing in this particu-
lar was necessary " to make assurance doubly
D sure" his last exhibit OF principles, as pub
T lIshed In Lexington, removes every doubt and
), tastens conviction upon almost every mind
r Accordingly, they have abandoned Mr.. Clay,
a and have intimated their determination to take
/; up Gen. Scott, the briliancy of whose recent
:; military achievements has almost entirely O.
0 bIlterated from the minds OF the people the re-
!, collections of any "hasty" transactions which
for the time, prevented him from being remem.
If bered and cherished as the youthful hero OF
l. another war. What effect movement of this
J. kind by any respectable portion of the Whig
lie party at the north, will have upon the future
= political fortunes of Henry Clay does not re-
J.; quire the ken of prophecy to tell. Ever
If should his name be carried before their Ma
If tional Convention, Mr. Clay's strength anG
E, influence will be greatly crippled with his re-
: cent Developments, and when he is brought
in conflict upon the same field with the hero
t, of Buena Vista and the hero of Mexico, he
10 will find that his nerve nor his arm is suff
< ciont for the strife
AS TO the effect of this new movement upor
T. the harmony and success of the Wing party
cs the future alone will best decide But we Dc
ut not see any thing in it, now, which is calcu
IN lated to dshearten or alarm the demo
y Gratis. Mr.. Clay has some friends who viii
st not give him up, either for General Scott
or Gen. Taylor, but whether they are suti
clentiy necOnerous to control, or will be suti
GENTLY troublesome to disturb the operations O
Of the whole party, is another question which W
1g must leave to the future But, surely the exist
ence OF such fact is not calculated to strk
v. terror into any democratic heart or to induce
IN for moment, the conviction that there is ye
en- occasion to "despair Of the Republic"
c. But we will no longer detain our reader
from the Herald's editorial, 10 which we hay
n referred.
OF Important Political Movements Genera
OF Scott for the Presidency-We understan
H. that large body of the whig party, posses
aS sing great TespectaD!lty, ability, lntelllgenC
Is. and right American feeling, have determine
" to take up the name of Winfield Scott as the
candidate for the Presidency, and TO press hir
IT. for nomination at the next national conventio
e. of that party, which will probably be held i
nd July, l848. 1t is well known that Gen. SEQ
es has always had large party in the viii
be ranks attached to his fortunes, even in tn
cd goomest days that ever passed over his heat
ad before the "hasty plate of soup" was mad
re immortal by taking it in the halls of the Nor
n tezumas. These men, sound and good, tor
ng comprise very active part of the whig rank
IS in New Jersey and New York, and in certai
portions of New England. In this city an
he neighborhood, preparations are making, an
IS consultations are holding, for the immediat
ey purpose of bringing forward General Scott q
cir the whig candidate at the ensuing PRESIDENT;
Ia, election Several meetings, informal in the
OF character, have been held and as soon as
Oh plan OF correspondence can be matured,
M concentrate public opinion throughout III
ranks of the wing party in the United States
a it is probable we will be enabled to give flu
at Their intelligence Oh this important subject"
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