The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-21
The WINK Con vent,on at Baltimore.


dida,e fer the Presidency, has created great deal
Of excitement among the political classes Of this
city, ard more especially has generated degree OF
CONSERVATION among the whig elcmra.s which
augurs anything but success hereafter The strange
ard unexpected scenes in The convention, and their
unavailable baottings for so many days, have ex-
cited the mirth Of the democracy to very great
extent. and encouraged their hopes-htherto high
epoughin the unlues,ionable success OF their eau
didate, at the ensuing election The same unhappy
differences Of opinion and violent contests IN the
wing convention, have tended 60 impair the moral
power Of the wing party, and TO depress the hopes
| Of its supporters 10 the extent in which it
hss excited the expectations of its opponents.
! The four days sensations ia the Wing Convention
in Baltimore, present two aspects Of great interest,
but differing in their Importance TO the par
tics The contest between the friends IF the present
administration ard that portion eff the wings VINO
support General Scott seems 10 be violent and as
bitter-nay, evon more so--than the great contest
between the two national parties themselves. This
contest also acquires u special acrimooy from an
| apparent sectional division which separates the
| two classes of delegates from each other. Tae
| great bulk Of The members from the South
| support Mr. Fillmore and the present admins
| tratye policy the great bulk Of the North
/ en delegates support General Scott, and
| look towards unknown future, embracing the
rise Of new set OF politicians, with William II.
Seward at their head In some respects, therefore,
the fight about the nomination i parallel to the
| fight between tie OLD fagies and young Ameri-
| ca in the democratic convention. There cd
| foeics and young america ia the Wing Convention
also. and these parties seem to be represented on
one side by the Fillmore interest. and the other
BY the Scott. Webster is u sort Of iragmentary por
ion of tho wing party, o. no determined purpose
result but guided merely by blind personal devo.
ton to the Intelligence, grandeur, and mis-shapcn
moral rover Of the great Daniel Webster.
The fight between these two interests in che whig
| party is Of n more bitter character than that be-
tween similar intere in tho democratic party. 1t
is, therefore probable that the wings, who arc per-
tinacious, intoleant and grasping in the greatest
III gree, viii manage it with the same practical
good sense with which the democrats terminated it
III their convention, by a general hurrah, and
union upon General Pierce, Of New Hampshire.
We are much disposed to think that the interview
ton of the sabbath yesterday will by no means
calm the passions Of the combatants in the conven-
tion to.day, in Bal imore The chances undoubtedly
that General Scott will, by some accident, re-
! ceive the nomination. His supporters probably
| are among the most INSCRIPTIONS, most de-
! tennined, most reckless, ana most unyield-
ing portion Of the Wing Convention. 1t is
evident, also, that if they cannot carry their
man, they mean to create bolt
poson, and to run General Scott by new
nomination. coming from the disjointed portion Of
the present convention, assembled together in new
shape. and making u new platform. II this should
| be the case, he win run sectional candidate,
with broken prospects, doubtful principles, and
hazardous results.
These features and character of tho convention,
with the probable termination of its labors to-day,
cannot, however. destroy the great moral effect
which has been already achieved by the action Of
the convention during the first days of its sttings
last week, the SUBJECT of general principles and
general platform. But an immense majority Of the
Wing Convention has given its sanction to set of
national principles in favor of the Union and against
the idea of separation-in favor of wise foreign
policy, and against intervention, including other
material issues which do great honor to the body
that passed such resolutions and agreed on such
principles and which almost identical, in every
loit OF deep interest, with the platform and prnci-
| rles passed upon by the Democratic Convention. in
This aspect, the Wing Convention has occupied an
important position in the political movements OF
the year and of the country; and its decision
the great principles Of the day entitle it to the
regard and respect of every American, in every
part of the country The Wing Convention has de-
clared essentially in favor Of the foreign and
domestic policy rs that which marked the Demo-
cratic Convention. Both Of these bodies have re-
solved the two great questions of the age-the eter
nal union Of these United States, and the undying
determination never to NEEDLE with the internal az
fairs Of European countries.
These the two pants and aspects from which
both conventions will be remembered for years to
come, in the history Of the political affairs of this
country. Both wings and democrats, in solemn con-
yenton assemblcd-no matter who may be their
cand;dates--have made these declarations palpablc
to the world and recorded their utter hostility to
the raying, reasonable. disreputabe agitation Of
the fanatics Of the North and Of the South
Whatever, therefore. be the result Of the ballot
ting Of this days convention at Baltimore in regard
to the special candidate of the whig party, we are
perfectly satisfied with the results Of their delibera
tions on the political PRINCIPLES recognized and put
forward to the country The quarrels and bicker-
ings Of particular partaans are Of no more conse-
quence to the great principles which they have laid
down than the chafng of the sea shore on windy
day is to the great laws which regulate the rising
and ebbing Of the tides, and the eternal movement
of the ocean itself, What is Scott, with all his
fuss and feathers, or Seward, with all his tricks
or Webster, with all his mis-shapen intellect and
moral character, Fillmore with ali bis amable
imbecility-what are they but the accidents Of
a day, which cannot affect the great principles
sanctioned and declared to the world by the
cenvention.9 We are prepared to SEQ Genera
Scott put forward by fragment OF the
vention, if they cannot agree to his regular
nomination. An attempt may, therefore, be made
to run him on sectional anti-ssvery issues-those
issues which probably have been pictured in his
four great political letters recently published. But
whatever be the issue Of the doings to-day, the
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