The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-18
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Our Washangson Cerrssps~Asnse
WAsaIsoros, June Is, 1851.
e~~vai SCOT snd a< P-nnsyissnss State Hig Cs~s.ios
-a~ Iteu ResdensI Presrsm,me-Tnx Philadelphia
Cay and County Dsi<saissns .anii- Lewis TO Msn-Mr
WsSsss's Posiho~--Gen<ral Waitridgs DC.
General Scott win be nominated for the Presidency by
the whig State Convention Of Pennsylvans which Will
assemble ct Lancaster on the Esd instant.
The programme contains this important provision -
when the hero Of Chippewa and Lundys Lane In the
North and Of Vera Cruz Cerra dordo and Puebla Che
pulispec, Moline del Rey and Mexico in the South,
shall BE- asked whether he is unon man and friend Of
the promise not he will point to his long line Of
services in the North and in the SOUTH suiciest
crterioa and whether he patriot and lover Of
the Union No than this will he say II his
countrymen afraid to trust him upon these test
loois they will have his consent TO give their support
somebody else for the Presidency Present appear
strongly indicate that both General Scott and
Mr. Webster WILDE run for the Presidency by their
respective friends.
Mr. Webster will have some friends from the city and
county OF Philadelphia in the Lancaster Convention,
but not enough To do him any good We're he to go
Of the cabinet instead o waiting until January
next his friend here say he will might different
1t that the two delegations to the state Conyeu
tion from Philadelphia city and county all elected
upon the issue Of Lewis anti Lewis and that both
delegations are ani-Lews to man. MIR Sanderson.
the publisher, and Mr. Flanagan, the editor, Of the
Nse which is bitter against Mr. Collector Lewis
among the delegates SO are Messrs Stokes and Myers
who among those who signed the charges against
MIR Lewis. Those tive delegations with all their pree-
renee for MIR Webster, will probably 20 With the rest
for General Scotts nomination in part to spite the ad
mnistrston for retaining Mr. Solicitor Lewis 10 Office
Mr. Lewis and his friend Mr. William b. Reed, the
District Attorney are the gentlemen who, it il said,
dow here and ms de pledges that they would take
that General Scott should not get the nomination
the Presidency by the Pennv State Convention
They could the matter with the dsegations Of
Philadelphia city and county, and also with the con-
vention Well Mr. Reed was a candidate for the con-
vntion before the primary assemblage in Phadelp ha
city, and he got q votes out of So
General Hiram Walbridge, OF borAonmie notorety Is
In town Just returned flying trip from the Worlds
Convention at London He has vast fund Of sights to
tell about but can't stop now to do 90 lie goes back in
the next steamer he has been invited to deliver
Fourth Of July Grafton in ondon which occasion it
hoped he will account for the paucy OF the American
representation the Worlds Fair by abiding tbs
difficulty which would attend the transportation Of the
best specimens our greatness 70 the side the
Atlante-euch as the Mississippi river the Illinois
Prares the Kentucky Cave the Virginia Natural Bridge
the Falls of Niagara the Erie Canal the Erie RAILROAD
the Superior Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario,
the California goldrock mountains, &C. sc lie just
the orator and the specimen Of man of thu United
States to do IL.
wAsHrssros, June Ia 1851.
Tn Buffalo advertiser and the Nev York Heralds Cor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a~dust-Q.aiifeatt for
O6ce-Pnty Coneeptsn-T The Independent Press. etc
The Buffalo Cow<rcisl -9dretiser is terribly severe
upon the Washington correspondence Of the New York
Had and instances recent statement with regard to
Mr. Kingnsns refusal to accep. situation in the State
Department a proof Of the mendacity Of the Hsraid
correspondents Nov the Herald has three four
respondents here and the writer Of this letter not
the the alluded by the advertiser; aud
1t this that he deems necessary to say
that Mr. kipgmans declinatisn Of the office is
concerned, 1t report put in circulation by ar
kingnan himself who, whilst grateful to Mr. Webster
for the offer declared he could accept the appoint
men carried with it the necessity Of abandoning
his correspondence, well ms closing his agency bust
mess As for Mr. Kingman's right TO an authorship,
claimed by the HevaLds correspondent in question, do
not know that Mr. King has any peculiar claims
the administration; but certain it is that far talent
IL concerned there very few gentlepep connected
with the press who would b. much better quxlhed
for suditorhips than our-hfths Of those who
cupy such posts and who never would have been APP
pointed IL ability considered quail
hcation. either By whg democratic administrations
But the truth Ia that the oices OF the governme
filed under al administrations by political favor
and brothers Of of Congress hangers
Of aspiring politicians the Secretary happens 10 be
Of kindly disposition and then poor destitute
devil and IL Is merely chance that any competent
men get Offices Al ala chance not depending upon the
fact Of their having brains instesd Of sawdust under
their hats but because they happen to have friends at
court No administration well be held accountants
such state OF things Its origin 10 with the people
thsmsevrs who too often send adventures 10
Congress Hhs. whom thsy gt hers try hos much money
they can extract for themselves their friends
the public treasury. IL would be curiosity which
would throw the vColy horse, Bsrnums mermaid, or
Jooe Heth completely In the shade to ind person in
cfhe~ who got ther~ solely because Of his ability.
To attack the Herald because some OF ITS correspon-
dents make statements upon mistaken or false data
IL s@nin~ in this extreme. The Herald publishes aud
comments upon with that independence which can
alone be found Of the party presses whether that
news tells against friend foe; and, far the
admit the truth correction u fAlsehood from any
quarter sggreved IL is this Independence and this
spirit Of nb~rslity and justice which have gained II its i'm
circulation in every quarter Of the Unicn and
Throughout the whole world