The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-03
gNTEREsTMa CORRESPONDENTS
Our Washington Correspondence.

Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, June 30, 1851.
lAo,e,aents Of Mr.. Fillmore and Mr Wsbster-TA< Pre-
sidemey-7He Union Question-Yumont and Penn
syrGnia Conrentions-7he Great Issues Of " in Process
Of DereLopement-The New and Dangerous Platform Of
the Secession Party in Georgia Alabama Misssspp-
Are Co1b and Foote TO Be Deserted
The great secrets plan the campaign 1851
in process Of deveopement We shall know great deal
about them before the meeting Of Congress only
watch the lions and the jackals Let what the
lions doing and the scent upon which the jackss
driving and may arrive at pretty safe conectures
to the results Of the great buffalo hunt Of 1882
Your correspondent, while in the State of Georgia
learned it fact and very singular fact that the
aligators, the cold weather on, hn their
stomachs with pine knots which full of turpentne
and that during the winter the said agators lie in the
mud in semi torpid state stomach full Of pine knots
occupying the digestive organs of the critter till the
opening of spring with just sufficient carbon caoric &c.
drawn from slow digestion OF the light VOID knots
to keep the animal warm inside through the winter
We seriously suspect that Of lnost eminent
statesmen have been filling their stomachs with pine
knots and that 1t will take another four years to get
them comfortably dgested.
or the President the United States and the
Secretary Of State not included in this catalogue
They have bsen feeding Of late upon something
stana! than the east wind aud such is the good OPT
Old Virginia, and such the enthusiasm with which Mr..
Webster has been received in the great valley and tho
be very acceptable to the wings E tho south for the suo
cession provided that they hold steadily to the plat
form laid down in their speeches to the people, OF which
there is to entertain the shadow Of doubt
But from the tenor Of the Vermont resolutions Of the
wing State convention, and Of the Pennsylvania whig
party resolutions at and Of the failure Of
tain resolutions in the New York Assembly. and Of the
adoption Of certain resolutions by the Legislature Of Ohio
and from the fact that soil wings North are
concentrating upon Gen Scott it is pretty clear that he
is to be wing candidate Of the North upon grand
Unien non-committsl free soil platform from which
every Southern State in the Union will be excluded.
That General Scott is to appears certain aud that
he is to exclusively Northern ground appears
equally manifest and the result is that there
chance for the unity Of the wing party North and South
On the other hand, the speech of Mr.. Buchanan, at
Lancaster covers the basis Of platform broad enough
Of national democratic ticket In
1882 upon which single Presidential candidate and his
able to pu up in all the States Of the Uron except
South Carolina, and probably Georgia Foriis Alabama
d whig and democratic organizations in these States
have oeased to exist and neither party count upon
any thing from south Carolina Mississippi except
upon Union or secession platform.
South Of South Carolina the question Of disunion has
assumed nGst dangerous type III: no longer seces-
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi is the abstract
right Of g State to secede. Suppose the State
the approaching State eectons-and it possible they
may succeed in all-whst comes next! The right Of
secession for instance is declared by Mississippi with
powerful minority in faxor Of the right in Georgia and
Alabama Will not that be enough for South Caroline
upon? twill be enough Those other States viii
have committed themselves for the declaration Of the
right involves the pledge to assist If sister State secedes
and any opposition is brought to bear against her to
coerce her again into the U MON.
Tho important question is. the wings Of the
North bent upon DESERVING Foote and Cobb the South
and their Union confcderates wings and democrats? II
they deserted they will be cut up, root and branch
and secession will soon be predominant in Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida and Mississippi
But the wings desert the Union party Of the South
perhaps the democracy will stretch their blanket to
cover the whole Union party from Maine to the Gulf Of
Mexico That IL the last chance. The game Is complex
the stakes are heavy-the contestant numerous
confusion prevails but the elements in state Of eer
and skmmiDgs Of the pot like those OF ssncho
Mt the country wedding already very good picking
and suggestive Of the most important campaign in 81
in the history Of the world w.
There was party few evenings ago, at General
Scott's, at which, among others Col Benton, Mr.
Crittenden and Gov Floyd Of Virginia good many
capital jokes perpetrated relative to the Presden
cy You may set down Col Benton for Gen. Scott. He
loves the and delights to look upon him He said
during the evening" that there had been since the for
nation ofthe government three military chefans elect
I'd to the PresidencyGeueral General Jack
con- and General Taylor-and they the three best
Of the whole number Of Presidents had had II
for them all for all three Of them said the great Mis-
sourian, in tone of satisfaction.