The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-04-02
The Next Presidency,

The Next Presidency,
According to the usual practice hnh>
crto, the Wings of the Union will meet
in National Convention, by delegates, in
about one year from this iime--or rather
snore--to nominate candidate for the
next Presidency. Much as we are dis
satisfied with the inlrigues aud caball-
ings that have usually attended conven-
iions Of this nature, we see no probabil~
iiy that any Other course will be adopts
ed, nor do we know any practicable plal,,
Im concentrating party efforts III pats
,icular individual, which is likely To sue
coed better. A comparison of prefer
euces from all quarters is needed, aud is
in this way more or less perfectly Sc
cured. State conventions that send del.
cga,es, for this purpose, are thereby coin
United in honor to support the nominee
selected by majority of delegates, and
the party strength is thus kept eutire,
and rendered efficient in carrying ont
the principle which lie at the lnunda-
ton of the party organization.
Delegates to the National Convention
will be chosen from this State, probably,
next October. Any discussion of the
merits Of particular candidates, at this
early day, will probably have little eifec,
in determining vito those delegates shall
be. They must al all events he Wings.
aud Wings who are prepared To act in
dependently and discreelIy, in view of all
the circumstances at the time they are
to act. The vote of this State will un-
doubicdly be given to the Wing nom>
nee, whoever lie may be-ior II is not IN
be presumed that any other than sound,
reliable Wing will be nominated. The
candidate, too, will undoubtedly be a
Northern Wing. Ths honor has been
So often conceded 10 the South, that it
can now hardly be claimed III that quar-
ter.
Premature discussion Of the matter
can only result; disasirously to the party.
By exciting strong personal likes and dis
likes, through the heated advocacy of
the claims Of special favoriles, party har-
mony is endangered, aud without har-
mony, nothing is more certain than de-
feat. The time has not arrived for this
discussion, provided it is ever 20 be dis
cusseG in tie newspapers. The last half
of the curren. Presidential term is but
Just entered on. The issues Oil whicc
the election is to turn can by no means
be certainly foreseen. they could be,
it must plainly be detrimental to the pub
lie interests tn have the action OF the
present A administration at all einbarrass-
ed by considerations so remote and so
iiI.timed.
No candidate can he benefited by
this early advocacy. The people are not
now prepared to hear or think of sue
ces.or to a Chief Magistrate whose AID.
ministration has but just commenced,
and to whom, as they have elected him,
they are looking for faithful discharge
of his duties. They choose to enjoy the
rule Of those they have selecied-or a.
least, to observe if they discharge their
constitutional obligations faithfully -
rather than to trouble themselves abont
the future.
We have spoken thus, because we
have recently noticed many attempts ia
foresial public opinion on tins subject
and 10 turn the current in favor Of par.
ticular candidate. Whatever others may
do, we shall eschew President.makine
for the present. Vermont wants a " hig
President. She wants a voice in deter
mining who that President shall be. Ia
the proper way, and at the proper time
she will declare her preference. W.
eau afford TO wait for that time to arrive