The New York herald., 1851-12-26

Presidency. Webster, FILLMORE, Corwin, are no
where and nobody. There has been much division
a. to candidates among the democrats Of New York
and the North; but, according to all appear
ances, and by recen. undoubtsd indications,
we are satisfied that similar conciliatory move
ment between recently discordAnt elements of do
mocracy at the North is going On among them, and
that they all working in favor Of perfect union,
on the democratic platform, between the barnburners
and hunkers in this and the other Northern States
Who their candidate may be, is not so clearly de-
veloped as in the case of the wings; but according
to present indications-the alarm of the whiss and
the small fry letter writer's in Washington-we ra
ther think that Gen. Butler, of Kentucky, will pos
sess more of the elements Of compromise, concilia-
tion, and strength, cula.ed to give hopes Of
cess than any of the old candidates. either of the
first class, containing Cass and Buchanan, Of the
second or rabble class of candidates. consisting of
Marcy of New York, Allen of Ohio, King of Ala
bama Houston of Texas little Douglas of Illinois,
Walker of Wisconsin, Stockton of New Jersey,
Pillow of Tennessee, Davis of Coney Island, &C.,
&c, &C., &c
Among the free soil faction it is not of so much
consequence who their candidate may be. They
will endeavor to do damage to both the other par.
ties under the old cry of sboitionisn, free soilsm
antirentism, and, probably, Intervention with the
despots of Europe, first in favor of liberty and
equality to the white races there, and then for Ii
berty and equality to the black races here.
In the meantime, we desire tho public to watch
the movements Of the politicians and Presidential
aspirants and agtators at Washington. The whole
Of the present session. previous to the meeting Of
the two conventions in May, will be used privately
in dirty intrigues and publicly in making dirty plat
forms. The newspaper press throughout the coun-
try is equally engaged in the same dirty contest
Each party journal is putting forth its little local
candidate as the ne Plus Ultra of party popu-
larity and wozder. Even newspapers here in
New York have tossed up the name of old Marcy,
like a second hand pair of pantaloons with a
patch them, and have almost thrown about
encircles, among the Arabians the breeches of the
holy Prophet. We are tormented every day with
correspondents asking u, to support their partcu-
lar candidates.; we are applied to every day to come
forth and select candidate, and carry him into
the Presidency, as we did General Taylor. We will
do no such thing We will oppose the whole batch
of them; and whoever is elected President-vhether
it is Gen. Scott, Gen. Butler, or any other man-we
shall be opposed, most likely, to his administration,
rom the very jump If we are honest, We must be
so for as soon as politicians get power they become
rogues dupes We mean to examine, and crit:cise,
and analyze, and deyelope and show to the people
the honest people ofthis ceuntrythe utter earess
ness of all politicians; the sheer want of principle
which charactetzes the deeds of every one of them
the undoubted want of patriotism which they dis.
play, and the extraordinary quantity of self shness
and selfinterest which every one of them has in
sufficient abundance to make foreign expectation,
even larger than that of the whole cotton crop of
the South. The days of Washington are past and
gone, not to return with Kossutb, Kinke, or any of
their worshippers. But We will try to do the best
we can in this hypocriiical and wicked age; and we
shall trust not to polticians-but to God in Hea-
and the common and good feelings of the
whole Amerieanp people, to take care Of this great
and glorious republic, and it from the unhap
py fate Of France and Europe.