The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-12

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present appearances, win most likely win the rase,
With an electoral vote equal to that Of General Tay
or He viii probably carry oil the Northern States
hat Gen. Taylor carried, in addition to Ohio and
Indiana, which General Taylor lost and this gain
in make mp for the loss of Georgia, Florida. and
Louisiana, and will be sufficient even to spare the
votes Of every Southern State in the Union, except
Kentucky and North Carolina, or Tenne ssce or any
two of these three. Let the fight be opened, how
ever. and notwithstanding the present hostility Of
Messrs Clingman, Gentry, and Marshall, he States
of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, will
be foremost in their majorties for General
Scott Nothing like q military Notwithstanding
like blood and thunder and ightning-nothing like
gunpowder-nothing like
Bombs guns, drums and batteries,
nothing like Churubusco and Chepultepec-no-
thing like fuss andfeathers," and plenty Of them
nothing like hasty plate ofsoup:" tits bettert than
hard cider-nothiDg like fire in the front and ga
FIRE in the rear' at the same time. The old wings
are little sick of military chieftains. Their bad
luck with "Old Tippeoanoe and Tyler too" and
their shocking bad luck with Gen. Taylor, have
dered the old fashioned wings Of the civil and diplo
matte school, exceedingly distrxstful of the fife and
drum. But there is new class, and large class,
of young whig voters, who will be seized with the
military epidemic which periodically runs through
the country like the cholera; and they will, usual
with the women and the children, carry everything
before them.
We should not, therefore, be at all surprised to
zee the same sort Of electioneering carnival in
1852 as that which characterized the great log cabin
and coon skin campaign Of 1910. Soup will be
served up at every barbecue, and g fuss and
feathers will be the order Of the day The de-
mocratic journals generally appear to be quite
sanguine of the success of their candidate. But
who is to be their candidate! Can any ofthe bakers
dozen of asprants, intriguing for the nomination at
Washington, and everywhere else, secure the re-
qured vote Of two-thrds How is it to be done! Can
Cass override Buchanan, or will Buchanan be per-
mittcd to whistle Cass down the wind! Will
the old fogies agree to be turned adrift by
young America, or will tho little Douglas
play second fiddle to the old foges! Will the South
ern rights party permit such men as Gov. Cobb and
Gov. Foote to thrust California with the Com
promise measures down their throats! or will Ran
tout and Preston King agree to the fnality Of the
law for catching runaway negroes! These are hard
questions to In fact the personal rvalries,
and jeaouses, and sectional splits and squabbes of
the democratic party are such almost to defy the
best efforts Of the wsest heads to reconcile them to
re-organze them, and to get them into working
order again. Within three weeks they are to meet
at Baltimore; and from present indications, there is
no hope Of any platform, or any ticket, which can
bring ont the full strength of the party. That the
democratic party, upon a fair issue between their
principles and wing principles, have decided
majority of the people, and the States, and the fede
raj representation Of the country, has been too Of
ten proved to be doubted. But the wings in 1910
and Is4S ran a military chieftain upon no-party,
non-committal platform, and succeeded in both
cases most triumphantly. The game, then, Of 1870
'4S is the game of 81 The democrats have no idea
ofattsmpting to set up military champion against
Scott, because, as soldier candidate, he stands
alone. But cut up, as they now are, into factions
and cliques in any event, and upon any plan which
they may adopt to compete with Scott, their defeat
appears to be distinctly foreshadowcd as were the
defeats Of Van Buren, and Cass in 40 and '4s.
w-n, .lv.., Tot cen. scott. he, AT ieast
win eHectually cure the wing party of military
chiefains. install him in the White House, and the
Great Mogu himself is not moro unapproachable
than will be his Excellency General Winfield Scott,
President of the United States of America Every
tnlng VIII DE done according 10 military tAcucs.
His cabinet will probably be half and-half soldiers
and civilians, and turned out regularly at the first
Of the month, for something newer and better. The
whole country will thus be kept in state of whole
some excitement; and the newspapers, the Washing
ton letter writer's and tegaphers, will live in co
yer. Possibly these home amusements will be va
ried by active Intervention in the affairs Of Europe
or Canada, which will make the Generals admins
tration still more interesting. He cannot do much
mischief without the aid Of Congress; but he will
give US a variety Of magnificent amusements, and
abundance Of employment to the newspapers and
Office seekers It will be royal administration.
Finally, as Gen. Scott is to be the wing candidate,
upon Gen. Taylors platform, the democrats might
as well prepare to meet him. They will get no
other candidate from the wings and they will find
no other as parties now stand, SO hard to beat. In
a word, Gen. Scott will be nominated, and without
letters Or promises, principles or pledges he may
be elected, principally in consequence of the ridi
culous personal squabbles Of the democracy.
LIVING IMPORTS FROM EURoPE.-The average
amount of emigration to this port, from the various
countries Of Europe, is estimated at about thirty
thousand per month, consisting Of men, women, and
children-one-ha of them probably being men, and
the rest women and children. The value ofsthis