The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-02

whig Movements ahsut the Presidency.
We have stated on the authority of New
Bedford paper, the rumor that the friends of Mr..
Webster, and, perhaps, Mr.. Webster himself,
were hostile to the nomination of Gen. Taylor,
by the wing convention at PHILADELPHIA, as
candidate for the Presidency Tais statement
ought to be qualified 1t probably means that
the wings Of Massachusetts and New England
are first in favor Of Mr.. Webster, but may be
open for the consideration of General Tayor's
claims after i shall have been ascertained that
Mr.. Webster can have no chances; and this, &C.
cording to present appearances, is the real state
of the Presidential question among the wings OF
Massachusetts,, and, perhaps, OF New England.
Some proof of this view of the matter We find
in very curious controversy between the ITi-
buns, the organ Of Mr. Clay's friends in New
York, and the Boston atlas, the organ OF Mr..
Webster and his friends in New England. In
reply to some article frcm the Tribune, the Bos-
ton Atlas has the following very pregnant para.
graph
MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, have expressed their prefs.
Is IL not good one? Is IL not wbig one But
how has The Tribune met II With dead Silence IL
has protested the most ultra northern doctrines but Il
hes turned the cold shoulder to the greatest Of north
ere ssatesmen and now because i'll not relinq uish
cur irst choice and the best AMI greatest in the
nation for the Office to with for ts f.vorise
the Presidential succession no, the Wise Pre-
sdency" We prefer a Northern man. this time.
csnaiaate and could have had one beyond sll doubt
itth northern press had true to itself We shall
atiie in the most explicit good faith the result of toe
national convention W. 'hsll give tn. NOMINEES our
Webster sgain't the world He Is the most Justly
titled 20 1t We hops rs will get It IL. however. he
go suth for candidate, go for who will give
surance of victory in prsier"rce to who however
much we lovo and respect him, will, in humble
judgment judging from the present aspect OF affairs fail
OF an election as signaliy as he failed Ia lsIi.
There can be no mistake in the meaning of the
closing sentence of this paragraph. Their first
choice in Massachusetts and New England, is
Mr.. Webster, for the Presidency-their next is,
undoubtedly, General Taylor, for no other name
stands in the same position with the expression
used here. In reply to this intimaton, the Til
bune hes the following paragraph, which is,
Indeed, quite curious and emusiug:-
II is entirely mistake that spoke as we did be-
Massachusetts Bosom will not relinquish her
drst choice We sooks on the assumption that a sec.
ton active and influential politicians there had lin.
pushed this "choce If they seriously entertained
it. an were using the namr of Mr. Webster q. cover
70 their Co the New England delegates
at Philadelphia for Gen Taylor, and thus the
nomination Of promineSt and active Boston,.n tof
Whether there is any such game on foot and whether
the 6s is or is 20. party to It, the reader will judge
the deliberate hearty assent of New England, but
must be carried il at all by ndiecon Ifthere be- all
that propounded in plan alk'' is pertinent aud
timely. And say again to the Atlas, under the
solemn conviction OF its truth that its southern alter
native who is exp cted to give assurance OF victory,
should be nominated under auspices which will give him
the votes of Louisiana Mississippi and Texes no very
likely to lose the votes of New York, (rsther em)
of Ohio Vermont, and even Massachusetts itself
Would not hts chsnce afer that fall considerably short
of an insurance OF victory and his support BE- apt to
prove thriitless speculation!
IL Il +
New England should abandon Mr.. Webster, and
take up General Taylor in the national conven-
ton, the loss of certain States enumerated will
be the consequence. The best reply to this
threat of the Tribune Is its own article-the pa.
ragraph Immediately preceding which presents
as complete specimen of disqualification as
was ever presented in newspaper article.
We cannot sgvee with the .atlas. that defeat in
in this State saving Of of the anti Texas
votes thrown away on Birney weu!d have given
signs Of the times are as ,vosabs for Mr. Clay now as
they 10 '44 ~ will gently remind it thst Now
York was hsn under iocofoco rus throughout by viz
tue Of msjorises OF ten 10 twenty-five thousand and
this Same New York i, under whig rule by virtue
of msjortes ranging IRON eleven 10 thirty five thou
rand and our opponents havo two distinct organizations
throughout the stats and two sets of delegates their
nelonsl convention. There is room for nny
reasonable doubt that MIR Cey, If nomuatcd, (and es.
peciay with the candidate FOR Vice President named
by the Atlas will carry this state By thirty to Fifty
thousand Ohio, Indiana. Florida, and several other
States in position very far favorable
wings thsa they did il 1884,; and believe
that tn nomination OF Clay aad srard would carry
Penney friends there may not think 50; but
there Thousands Of hex voters never yet seen in
wig mss.ipgs, Nor sea, al in m.kisg up wing
sicKes WHO would vote Tor that nomination.
The view given Of the position of parties in
the State-of New York, at this moment, as CON-
pared with that of four years ago, is very accu-
IL Will NJ h.
nominated by the wing convention, or General
Taylor. We are not sure but that General Tay-
Tor, even in the State of New York, would poll
larger vote than any other man. 1t is well
known that the barnburners, at the Utica Con-
vention, in this State, passed resolution In his
favor; and in the event of the democratic con-
ventlon in Baltimore throwing Mr.. Van Buren,,
his friends and his influence, overb oard, we
rather think the barnburners IN New York would
sooner support Generai Taylor than any other
man likely to be nominated by the Philadelphia
wing convention. Mr.. Philosopher and Mr.
Politician Greeley, ike the animal in the we'll
known fable of Esop, completely answers him.
self, and perpetrates of the nea,est pieces Of
self qualification that ever took place.
From these Developments, furnished by the
leading organs of Mr.. Clay in New York,
and Mr.. Webster in Boston, it is very pro-
bable that there will be great contest
in the wing convention between the two
sets Of delegates The New England dele
gates will undoubtedly go for Mr. Webster
as their first choice, and General Taylor as their
second. This position of things Will give bet
ter chance for General Taylor's nomination by
the whig convention, than anything that has yet
taken place. Mr.. Webster knows very well
that as a candidate for the Presidency, he would
concentrate against him even large portion of
the wing party HisnoiIons, his principle aad
the prejudices entertained against him, are too
strong to be overcome by political wing feeling
at the South or West. hut II ia nrohahIv tho