The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-23
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Our Boston Correspendsnce.

frey-Mr. Mann-1ns Probable Strength of IN,
Popular Vote-Ihe Celebration, &c.
The action ofthe Free Soil Convention, on the 18th
inst, ct Worcester, completes the opening of the
campaign in the most formal manner. The mana.
gers Of the several conventions may saw TO their
parties, as Wallace did to his valiant countrymeu
at Fslkirk We have brought you to the ring;
let Us see how you can dance" There will be some
very line steps taken between now and the second
Monday in November; but the better opinion is
that the celebrated pas de de4r known as the Goa
hon, will rather take the shine out of the pas sue
called Whiggery, which latter measure partakes
somewhat OF the stately step known to our great
grandmothers and their mamas as the pavon, Of
which those who have seen Q lordly dame walk
through n1iaud de Ia tour, can form some concep-
Mon Mr.. Winthrop is too cold, and high-bred, and
naughty, to dance any of your filings, or walzes,
mazourkas, or polkas, or any other Of those agree
able, pleasant, exciting, go-to-the-devl measures
that teach US the frail nature OF the race of
The coalition is polka, and is said, by its admirers,
wings pronounce it to be neither more nor less than
. miserable, low, vulgar, and disagraceful double
shuttle, and certain to end in break down.
The nomination of Mr.. Palfrey for the Governor
the convention as well as outsiders Up to We'd
nesday morning, no one, except a very few of the
select personages Of the party had doubt of the
nomination Of Mr.; Phillips | wrote you, soma
weeks ago, that the nomination would probably
lie between Mr.. Palfrey and General Wilson; TO:
at that time Mr.. Phillips had declared that h I,
would not again be a candidate, under any crcum-
stances but, latterly, it was very generally under
stood that he would accept the nomination, should
the convention insist upon the Of his name; ami
you see that he was nominated by reclamation
When Judge Allen announced that Mr.. Phillips
would not again run, the convention was astound-
ed The best proof that the whole proceeding was
new to the many, is to be found in the fact that
there were no ballots ready for any candidate. Ge-
understood, that he would not accept the no nina
ton, and that he should support Mr.. Palfrey for
the candidacy
In one respect Mr.. Palfrey's nomination is looked
upon as the most important event that has yet
marked our contest. He is the founder, as it were,
Of the Massachusetts, free soil party distinguished
from the old liberty party. His opposition to Mr..
winthrop, when that gentleman was nomin mated for
Speaker, in 1917, may be safely regarded as the
open commencement Of that series Of movements
which ended with the formation Of party that mt
one time outnumbered the democracy. There had
been other acts by Mr.. Pafrey aud other men,
which should have foreshsdowed what was coming;
but the refusal to support Mr.. Winthrop, except on
conditions must be regarded as the first overt act in
the war between the two branches of the whg party
From that day to this deadly feud has been waged
between the friends of Mr. Winthrop and those of
Mr.. Palfrey. The former fought Mr.. Palfrey in
the Fourth district for almost three years, and
finally by the smallest of pluralisies, succeeded in
eiecting his whig opponents and the latter hav,
made vow that they will now pay Mr.. Winthrop
and his friends with interest. Indeed, most people
think, and with great deal of reason, that Mr..
Palfreys nomination was resolved upon because the
wings had pla,ei Mr.. Winthrop in the field, and
that he would not have been selected had the wings
had different candidate. AT any rate, the contest
will be the more animated from these two gentle.
men heading their respective parties. There will
be Infused into it sort of personal feeling, which
VIII add to It's racine,s, and cause it to resemble
sparrng match fought without gloves, or tourna-
ment carried on with grinded lances. The votes of
both parties will be considerably increased in conse-
quence, and the democrats will be melted to those
exer:ions which will keep up their candidates vote
relatively with those given for the leaders of the
wings and free sellers.
The wings are in very good spirits. Some of
them are sanguine of electiEg Mr.. Winthrop by the
popular vote This is not absolutely impossible,
but it is SO very improbable that intelligent men
are slow in coming to any conclusion Of the kind.
10 obtain an absolute majority, the wings must in
crease their vote something like eight thousand
over that of 1850, or something like fourteen az
crease to democrats, free soilers and scattering
which is very near to the impossible. Let the
wings increase at the rate and their various
opponents at only about onethird Of that rate, say
i've 10y per cent and there will still be majority
OF something like 5000 against Mr.. Winthrop.
Nothing is more certain in politics than this-tha;
one party cannot largely increase its vote without
also causing some increase to its opponents have
heard the more "jubilant" wings say that Mr.
Mr. Winthrop will receive seventy thousand votes,
and perhaps he may get that number, though
think sxty.fve thousand will be found much nearer
the truth but even seventy thousand will not cleo.
him. parties opposed to him increase at half the
rate necessary to bring him up to that number,
though 1t may so far affect the Senatorial elections
rate men, Of all parties, speaking in round numbers
express the belief that Mr.. Winthrop will receive
sixty three thousand votes, Mr. Boutwell, forty thou
sand, and Mr.. Palfrey thirty three thousand; and
incl rad IN hfpE hot 4
found to differ greatly from these estimate
Mr. Briggs received, last year, as he had received
Tor many previous years, not less than three
thousand votes, which cannot be obtained for Mr..
winthrop Mr.. Briggs was popular with the
free soilers, with temperance men, and with people
of strong religious feeling and he was generally
popular from his unaffected manners, and the idea
of respectability that was attached to him. He
was :" one of the people" in high Office and very
much liked by the people, without reference to his
politics Mr.. Winthrop Is eminently respectable,
and his character is beyond reproach but he lacks
that nameless something which takes such hold Of
mems minds, and Is "pearl Of great price" to
that party which has it in its chief He is coli
formal, and aristocratic in his manners, and
thinks much Of his historical name. He Is in the
habit Of treating in the nc hom az bas style, Of
all things the most unwise in q politician who
zspires to Office in a country where something very
like universal suffrage exists. Aristocra.c leaders
succeed worse with the wings than they do with
democrats-why shall not undertake to discuss bat
perhaps because they are too common with them
to excite any particular attention. Aristoctscy is
very apt, too to affect democracy in non essentials
and IL may be that democracy feels pleased to see
It's natural foes doing homage to its powers.
Mr.. Mann's position and attitude in the Free Soil
Convention, afford unmstakesble evidence that he
cannot any logger be relied upon as friend Of the
wings. On taking his seat as President, he made
speech CHARACTERIZED by all his usual force and
yigor, and certainly not an iota less bitter. lie
did not hesitate to compare the Wing State Con-
vention to what the tspsters boy in 'kenlworth''
called the |" internal reg IONS, as being the more
poeticsl His pTUBuncmntH,o j. regarded a for
NAL ind ration to the wings that some hundreds Of
voters who supported them last year, in Norfolk
and Middlesex, will this year be at the very
head Of their foremost enemies. The battle
ground is Norfolk county, and there Mr.. Mann's
influence is great, to say nothing of what will be
the effect Of his conduct in Essex county, some Of
the leading free soers Of which relied upon his as
sistance In the wing movement they are making.
Mr. Whittier, who heads the opposition among the
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