The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-20
INTELLIGENCE tV THE M.n.7.

Press.
AS The delegates from the South continue 70
pour in, great change is taking place in the sen-
ments of the politicians. The unwary have been
running wild about several new and unheard 81
candidates, but it is now quite certain that no
Southern man can receive the nomination. The
Southern delegates say that the views OF those
they represent strongly opposed TO the selection
OF a Southern man. Neither will they take up any
new man. If the hunkers be- rejected, Mr.. Cass
cannot receive the nomination, and hs friends
will IN that case cast their votes for Mr.. Buchanan.
In the South, Mr. Buchanan is decidedly the
strongest candidate, having been the first to de-
clare against the Wimot provlso; and on the other
hand, thebarnbuners OF New York are bound to
nm in consequence Of his Withdrawal from the
contest in 1874, in compliment to Mr.. Van Buren,
Should Mr.. Buchanan be the choice of the conven-
tion for President, General Qultman will, in ali
probability, be the nominee for icePrcsident
Mr.. Jefferson Davis is supposed to be strongly
linked TO the fortunes of General Taylor to be
available. do not think there is any authority
for stating that Mr.. Walker Is candidate. Ge.
neral Cuitman would unquesuonaby be the most
available candidate for the vice-presidency.
The hunkers believing now that II is impossible
TO oust the Utica delegates from the convention
desire to be admitted cr gquo. They would thus
neutfaze the votes of their opponents They have
very little prospect of being admitted on any
terms.
limitations and he is therefore giving solemn assa.
ances that he never meant to be a candidate. Of
course nobody be lieves those protestations, but
everybody feels quite certain that there - pos
siblliy OF his denomination. That his friends
have arrived at this conclusions may be inferred
from the fact that Mr.. Hanncgan threw up the
Yucatan bill IN the Senate, yesterday. Ii was the
last trump card held by Mr.. Pol liz, and the absolute
rel at htr tod
the country, has rendered it wholly unavailable.
As to the information pretended to have been re-
celved, that was too shallow prctext to dcceivs
anybody. Mr.. Polk has abandoned all hope Of
the nomination, and now we may expect great
deal OF pompous boastlng of his fidelity tn pledges
which hs failed to break because he found il inn
possible; and OF his magnanlmity III refusing
nomination which he knew would not be offered
TO hlm IN any case
Mr.. Allen made, to-day, an indignant speech
against what he alleges to be an attack by Mr..
Johnson, of Mary land, on the prerogavc of the
President, in calling for information why certain
nominations have not been sent in to the Senate
The facts are these. The President was authorized,
at the last session of Congress, to create two add
tlonal Major Generals. The rank was conferred in
the recess OF Congress on Gems. Pillow and Quit
man. 1t has been invariably the custom to send
IN as early as possible after Congress has assem-
bled, nominations made in the recess and in this
case there was peculiar necessity for observing
this practice, General Qultman's services had
entitled him to the highest honOrs that could be
conferred by the Senate; and it was essential to
confirm HIM as soon as practicable IN the rank TO
which he had been unofiicially raised, as the war
was expected TO terminate, and IN that event the
confirmation OF the Senate would have been but an
empty honor. Senators felt exceedingly anxious
to confirm General Qutman's nomination, but it
has not been sent in, although thesesson has now
lasted nearly six months. The cause of the delay
Is easily explained Mr. Polk would be copg He'd
at the same time to send in the name OF General
Pillow, who, he knows, would not be confirmed
Ia, ia bald. h,,,I .l,,H
inmate, in order that General Pillow, by resign
ing, may be saved the disgrace of a rejection by the
Senate. Thus, to save from merited rebuke &C.
neral Pillow, his colleague in the practice OF the
law in the small courts of Tennessee, he does Il
gross injustice to General Qultman, an able and
gallant officer.
Now, it is true, the President is not obliged to
send in those nominations until the close of the
session, if he choose to delay them long, and
therefore, Mr.. Johnsons resolution should not be
entertained; but its introduction is nevertheless
by no means to be regretted as the debate has ex-
posed this most unusual, and, under the circum-
stances, most vile transaction. How Mr.. Allen, of
all men In the Senate, can attempt to justify this
base and groveing scheme, is incomprehensble.
The doctrines that gentleman advanced In the Senate
to-day, are even more strange than his Justification
OF Mr. Poks meanness. He attempted to prove
that it is morally impossible the President OF the
United States can be a bad man. Mr. Allen Is
able and honest but twice the degree of his abili
ty and honesty cannot sanction so monstrous an
absurdlty. He need not go farther than the present
administration to arrive at what can be proved
from his own words, former occasion, TO be
direct Justification of his present position. That
Mr.. Allen should be heard extong the man who
made the Oregon treaty, IS exceedingly strange,
almost as strange as that Mr.. flanagan, who de
voted this same man to an abyss OF lnfamy where
the hand of resurrection could not reach him,
should now be his blind and subservlent agent.
Mr.. Allen talks largely of the freedom Of the
press. How long will the people be gulled by
those who talk forever about the freedom Of the
andy rUn rh..n tbu n.ata
to defend the press. bascly rucke to power and
desert their duy' will do Mr.. Allen the justice
to say, that whatever votes he gave IN the late pro-
ceedlngs of the Senate against myself, he sustain
ed the rights Of the press against the power OF the
Senate. But Mr.. Allen contented himself with
voting. No denunclatlon did he hur against the
aggression OF the Senate on the rights OF the press
and the liberty of the citizen There was no
crowded gallery to listen, and he therefore spoke
not; no reporter, to herald his speech to distant
parts OF the country, and therefore he spoke not;
no one opposed to the Senate who could give HIM
(Nlr. Allen) the vote of this State of that for the
Presidency or Vice Presidency, and therefore he
spoke not no President of the United States to be
conciIated, and therefore he spoke not IN fine,
no political capital TO be made, and therefore he
spoke not.
When resolution was before the Senate last
session. TO cxpel the editor of the Union from the
Senate, Mr.. Allen denounced the attack the lib
criy of the press boldly vchemently, and with
great effect Mr.. Polk, as matter Of course, was
Interested for the editor. When the correspondent
of New York paper was vilely oppressed by the
Scnate-deprved of his liberty. and treated with
vndlctivc voence--Mr. Allen was 81
lent. Mr.. Polk had instgatcd those proceedings
against the correspondent. There lay the differ
cncc. Mr.. Allen made a speech to-day, in which
he gorfics the press. Mr.. Polk is not at present
particularly opposed to the press in general, and the
meets on Monday next Mr.. Allen fee Is
therefore liberty and it is his interest to glori-
fly the press. And yet Mr.. Allen is par excellence
the great asserer of popular rights in the Senate,
and proesscdly the greatest enemy to humbug IN
that body.
II is but just to Mr. Allen to say, that he appeared
in IN extremely false postion-lost amid the sophs-
tries which he wove--entirely at fault In sustain
ing the false and dlsIngenuous theories he enuncIa
ted. His style is suited only to the emphatic NJ
of honest sentiments. He should never
assume or attempt to defend positions which he
n,vs fo he unfpuahlp (,,TvrEySIs