The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-05

terest in the question Of candidates. and have made
large promises of what they would do II their favor
lite should be nominated They have generally
had their favortc nominated, but they have with
greater certainty failed to give him cleo
toral vote. However, we highly respect the wings
| Of Virginia. II they have failed 10 carry their
| state for the wing candidate it has been because
they had not votes enough, and not through any
want Of arduous effort.
We have now whig President, and it is our
desire, believe it is the desire Of every whig,
to give the President his support. The President
| in his annual message took position which the
| wings North and South could not stand upon. Tho
| President, as we understood the message, did not
expect that every wing would agree upon the COM
promise measures, and especially upon the Fugitive
Slave law. The message left a margin wide enough
to cover differences of opinion. But since the mes
| sage has been delivered, constructions Of the
strictest Virginia code have been attempted to be
applied to its language, and punishments have been
metcd out to dissenticnts, which have cooled
| the ardor Of many who DESTROYS TO sup
| port the administration with all their power,
influence and zeal. What, for instance, could
have been more suicidal than to take the publca-
cation Of the laws from such papers the Portland
Adrotisv, Nac Hampshire Statesman, Krnc Ssmi-
I'D, Vermont Uatchman, Albany Erening Journal,
and Others that we might name, and transfer them
in several instances to religious journals! We do
not speak of these acts from a pecunary point
of view, because after an experiment of the duty,
| we believe there is little money to be made
tits but we speak Of it affecting the position Of
| important and influential whg journals, sup
poiters Of whig administration. Publishers Of
| newspapers are subject to the same feelings and
impulses as other men, and are no more disposed to
rest easy under assault rebuff than any other
| PORTION of mankind and the common argument
which they apply to the case is this :-"lfthe nd
| mlnistration does not want our support, we can
withhold it. We shall remain true to the wing
party and wing principles, and shall labor for its
supremacy, but We are under no obligation TO sup
port the administration, per Sc after It hath eXcud-
| I'd US from all connection with it."
We have no doubt that these things, sm all COM
raIatively in themselves have done much TO alien
ate whig support from the administration, though
not from wing principles, and have turned the at
tentDn Of large bodies Of wings to somewhat pre-
mature discussion Of the successorship We com
mend this view of the case in all candor and falr-
ness, to the editor ofhe Washington Regr.s,c with
whose article upon the subject Of se Presidency.
prescribing one class Of wings and raernzing with
another Cess, Is calculated 70 harmonic the wing
party? and especially when the prescribed class, in
the free States at least, in rank and file far out,
Scott are everywhere Their name is legion, and
they number the bone and sincw Of the party; and
yet they would be very foolish to commence now
active campaign in his behalf. They must abide
their tme,--they well afford to do it,.
| [From the Boston Atlas, March 90
II is in vain to pretend that the nomination Of General
Scott il popular movement 1t is such thing The
motives that prompted the under his in
this quarter, Mt least not difficult to understand
Our neghbor of the Courier will find out, one of
these days, whether the nomination of General
Scott is popular movement" or not. There is
something singular in the unanimity and readiness
| with which the name Of the conqueror of Mexico
has been taken up and adopted by the wings in
large portion of the country ut this early period Of
the canvass. We freely confess that in favor
| of General Scott the whig candidate for 1852,
although We not i'll favor Of beginning the
paign actively at this carly period But if the
opponents Of this great are disposed to Mt
| and heltte him, and bring the anathemas Of the
administration to bear upon him or his friends, we
| are ready for the fight, now or hereafter. We have
not sought TO precpitate the discussion. We do
not wish to have it begun for months to come. We
wish to get into no collision with whg papers. il
| the Cots,r and other papers take other views, we
shall respect them. They are as much entitled to
their opinion, are TO ours. We shall regard
| their preferences with respect, and treat them
accordingly. All we ask j., that however much we
may differ in regard to candidates, We shall all agree
| to abide by the decision of the whig national con-
vention, and go INTO the next canvass united in favor
| of the wing nominee and against HE locoioco com
Petitor. This We promise on our part, and this we
| shall perform.
| GENERAL SCOTT.
|, [From the Boston Atlss
: The Cahlsea Telegraph heartily concurs with the
/ New Bedford Mercury in its estimate of Gen. Scott,
| and cordially urges his nomination.
| The Claremont IN. H. Eagle, calls upon the
wings Of New Hampshire to go to work and pre-
pare for the struggle of 1852 when, lit says) ''for
the honor of the state, we hope to see a whig Co
vernon elected by the people, and the electoral vote
Of View Hampshire given TO Gen Winfield Scott
| Tor President OF the L nItcd states.
The NothGa Tribune, of Bath. Me-, has very
favorable notice of Gen. Scott, concluding as fol-
| lows:
We hardly know whether he has done more for
MS in directing our brave armies amid the din and
clnsh Of arms, or in private council, by which these
perils and horrors were aycrted.-whether he has
more successfully directed gallant to victo
~ or our statesmen TO treaties Of peace Ills active
life has been most abundantly crowned with victory
and embellished with mercy, and from his study
have emanated standard authorities the science
of war, for which ho is renowned, not only through
out America. but in Europe. Like the father Of
our country, he has shown himself not only able
to fill, but magnify every station that he has been
call I'd to occupy and if the free people Of Pennsyl
vana fit to nominate him for this hi CHEST gift in
our widely extended republic, the honor Is be-
slowed on one by no means unworthy. To our read
crs we say, that the subject Of this article, with
others ofwhom the nation may well be proud, is be-
fore them, and we await u candid and indie pendent
expression Of their preference"
The New Hampshire !StuesD,an, Of Concord, Y.
H., contains highly euogistic article on Gen.
scott, from which we extract the following:
" In person, Gen. Scott is one Of the noblest APP
pearng men in the country; in character, one Of
the purest. in talents, far above the generality Of
public men; and in all the requisites for the Presi
dency, be is pre-eminently well fitted TO discharge
its various duties 10 general admiration. His age Is
just what II should be for the Office, and we never
felt more confidence in the success Of a candidate
for high position than feel in that of in
field Scott, whose selection and election for and to
the office OF President we consider morally certain,
provided his life aud health shall be spared TO him
and bis country until after the 9TH Of March, lsJ2
a" The reader will fully understand that the fore
going notice of Gen. Scott looks directly to the
Presidency, and tending in that direction in
tend it,
The Bucks county CPa.) fmc2genccr, published
at Doylestown, comes out roundy and cordially for
Gen. Scott rs the whig candidate for the Presi-
dency; and. in Speaking Of those journals which I'M
der the guise Of dsintercsted socitude for the har
mony OF the party, deprecate any mention of the
claims Of Gen. scott as premature, holds this very
emphatic and significant language
"The truth OF the matter il, the people are for
Scott, aud all politicians who don't wish 10 be run
down and overwhelmed by the current, had better
drop into it, or get out Of the way"
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Interesting from Tehuantepec.
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