The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-02-17

PoLlrlcAL LSpEcuLArIos.-2l he ANasl..
ington ctr.esr, ndcrt of tho Now York
Herald says that from tho Develop
ments which have come. to light du-
ring tho. past fortnight the,following
s}deH,ctions may be mado in rclationto
lhc prospcctsof the whigs:b E
S Il. That Mr.. Webster is cntife,y
out of the question, as his friends now
admit, unless the d-l can'Sbe kicked
" generally, bctweeq, tlHs time and
next fall, and a, Union party mar
shalled under cover of the dust, f,r
the Sccrctary's special ben. fiji. Pro
liabilities Of this, small. Ef
"22 That Mr.. Fillmore has not
the most rcmato ifitciitfon Of running
on his ow,i hook. lie will eventually
>a:rcndcr to w. II. Seward, for the
benefit of Gen. Scott; and all he now
hopes to DO, is to sell out the gov.
crnmcnt influence as high as possible
to Seward & Co.
"3. That Gen. Scott does expect to
be nominated. Mr.. FILLMORE expects
hc will be; Mr.. Webster, ditto; Mr..
Ssward, ditto: Maeessrs. Jones, 2,r,rIccGn.,
Stephens and Toombs, ,ofGa., Stanley.
of North Carolina, ditto. (,lhc four
last named have agreed to support
Scott, it is understood, although he
was the accepted candidate OF the
Northern abolitionists more than q
year ago. The whig party here, gen
crally, expect nc will be, al does like
wise yoar oRedGeah scFyal,t.
4, Notwithstanding their 70 al rout
in the late Ssate elections, III; knowing
ones among the wings are Confidently
expecting to carry the next Presidcn-
cy with Gen. Scott. They arc already
working shrcwd game. Depending
upon the democrats for success, and
tic existing contention among dem
ocratic asPiGnts, they have already
gone seriously to work. to use them
up. Mr.. Seward is at present pulling
the wires at the North, to conciliatc
the free soil influence. lie rolls him
self all over in the kossuth cXcitc,rcnt,
while General Scott is very cSrciaiis
sGEtt ont of it-not appearing at the
Congressional banquet, not calling
upon Kossuth, nor in any wise com.
hitting himself either for or against
his doctrines of intervention. Seward
takes care of all this, and acts as c9,n
mittee man No. at :Ap, NortA,, hii hS
Cox. JQpcs, of.Tehncssee, nov, in this
city, clectionecring to be the Wing can.
didatc for the Vice Presidency, has
taken upon himself to act as Gen. Scot,
committee man No. 3, f.'r the South
The Governor said, in n public con.
vcrsation with Senator Douglas, at the
National Hotel, the other evening
that he had been to see Gen. Scott
and inquired his views on the com.
promise, stating distinctly that he
(Gcn. S. could not carry Tenn essqe
without he endorsed it. General Scot,
replied, That lie should. sustain the
c6mprclnisc and TIC tNiQt,. " HpM;
eyer, he Will probable write no Letters
endorsing the comrromisc-that is, il
Seward cam prevent it. Nor do Mcssrs.
Jones, Stephens Il Co. wish him to.
81 have said that Governor Jones
was expecting the Wing nomination
tor tAs, Vice Presidency. 1fe has
already succeeded in procuring anon.
ilaton from the Wings in the Maine
Legislature-a very small endorse
mcnt. to be sure, if they actel indie.
IDENTIFY Of the ticcsoi!crs; but, never,
thclcss, THAR numtcs Is l..esc enough,
to get mp a caucus. Gov. Jones may
therefore be said to have been first il,
nomination in the East. He will.
doubtless, have y strong opponent ii
Abbot Lawrence, with the Boston
Atlas for hi. organ, This paper, you
will recollcct, was the first in New
England to come out for General Scott
more than = year ago. LawrSllcS. i.as
the most money, and Jones the most
brains; but as the Wings generally
think more OF the former than of the
latter, and rs Mr.. Seward probably
ihncics that he himself possesses
brains enough to answer all the
practical purposes of the next admin
istration, providing it should be Whg,
am rather inclined to predict that
Abbot will come out. first best and
be the Wing candidate i,r Vice Pres
idcnt."
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