New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-25
WASHINGTON.

Preside utfai Aspects AT WaS"ins'""'
correspoudepce Of The Tribune
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Feb q, 1851.
The Warrington letter in the Presidents
81 Home Organ" the BgGalO Commercial Adrer
,;,ey has been the subject Of some comments
amorg statesmen and politicians in this quarter
/. is discussed variously, some giving 1t one con
struction and some another. Bot upon one poiut
there seems to be general concurrence-that' 49,
that il is put forth ss feeler-a teeler upon two
distinct though relative matters. The iifst Is Is
Mr. Fillmore 70 be the candidate for the success
sion The next is, Are the w his party prepared
TO sacrifice New. York TO secure his nomination
Are they prepared, in sustaining him, to copy q"
elteaso, and with the utmost precision, the recent
example Of the Opposition party As to the
frat. the letter assumes that Mr.. FILLMORE Is the
strongest man, &c.-Rn assumption which IS very
far from being borne out by the indications 10
"poitical circles" every politician oil sagaciIy
in Washington very well knows, whatever may
be his opinions. The great majority OF the lndl'
cations point in another and more popular direc-
ton-a fact which the keen eye of Mr. CLAY has
already discovered and appreciated Is the sec
ond thrown out as a threat in hopes OF inducing
obedience or is the writer infatuated with a be-
lief ia what he so cooly assumes He knows
that the antagonist party, with all oil It's great
strength in the South failed and II cannot DC tna
he believes that the incOnsiderabe strength OF
the Whig party in that section OF the Union IS 10
be suddenly reinforced by nearly the whole iorce
of the Opposition, without the slightest cause TO
induce such a phenomena; nor can ne oeIleVe
that the Wing party, 20 any extent IS lnlatuated
with such belief. Bis threat does not bear the
complexion of the sort Of tactics likely to eman-
q ND and
ing the prominence given to the letter by the
Home Organ" it is shrewdy suspected that 1t
is the handiwork Of provincial OF more position
than ability the language aud ideas sounds much
like his talk. The threat, therefore, no matter by
whom endorsed, is OF slight consequence.
Great efforts are making to produce certain I'M
pressions upon the leading influences abroad, with
reference to the character of the Wing majority
in New-York, and it seems to be assumed by THIS
Washington letter, as it has been before that
they have been successful. 1t would be great
mistake however, to suppose that Intelligent
Southern men are at all deceived with reference
to the New. York quarrel, or that they doubt the
National fealty of the majority especially In
Presidential contest. The personal character OF
the diffiulty is too evident to be covered up oy
any system of tactics. The comments OF Sena-
tor Downs, yesterday,-a Southern opponent VINO
never descends to false representations are IN
proof of this Senator Downs spoke OF HAMIL-
TON FISH, the choice of the Wing majority In
New. York for Senator. " as reasonable man, 1oho
vauld doubtless haUe pr0ved uRe1ceptlona6te eve"
TO Southern men, as a Senator on that F00r."
1t would be a great mistake, too, to supPose that
any bat the immediate friends Of the proposed
candidate are willing even to calculate the chances
of success without New York. On the contrary,
many who have been disposed to urge the claims
of the candidate alluded to with considerable We
hemence, have recently seen signs and are now
looking about for some HAMILTON Fish who
stands above reproach, on reasonable ground, and
whom the general voice OF friends and foes aP'
prove.
The letter in the Commercials voted extremely
ipiudicous by this latter class of men; indeed, by
many who accord with it's sentiments. 1t is felt
by them, as it is by Wings generally, that at an
other time and under other circumstances, their
candidate, with his great claims will run an easy
race-indeed that his name may become lndls'
pensable la view of this they are now willing
to ieopardse his prospects, by pursuing the course
indicated and it will be found that there are
many Silver Greys" who are unwilling to jeo.
pard the prospects Of the party by course at all
- - SMITH