The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-30

most able lecture the gradations of the ani,pa,
kingdom, to large audience, at the Broad Hsy To-
bernacle.
The PIeaidency-Whig DIssensIons .-newyo.
cratic Harmony.
If the whig party of the Uni ed State A hayo.rea-
son to lament their rejection of the gre .. man who
has just been taken from their rant 8, they must
find fund Of cons oation in refecti' sg that thew
can, in certain measure, redeem the + East irgr.ti
tude by paying that respect to his msnoyy which
they refused to himself If they !. desp;scd him
while living, they will honor him auv that be is
dead His principles will be wat shv,ords in their
camp. His answering attachm On. to the Union
will henceforth become whig doc sri1escccssionsts
and aboltionists will be expell sa from their ranks
Whatever sentiment is stamped with the name of
Webster will be tenderly cher aei in tac bosom of
every honest whig. friend " though an Impair.
tia bographer has said: tina so long &c the consti-
tuition of the United States lived it's students and
commentators would ever refer to Webster as its
safest expounder; his spec ehss would DO the ext
book Of statesmen; and Asaercans, in times how
ever Distant seeking to cquire acknowledge of the
principles of their Cove rnment. would look to the
patriot Of Marshheld as their soundest guide. We
viii 60 further, AID, co htempatng the prodgious
scope Of his mind, th unerring accuracy of his
judgment, and his con mmmate knowledge of men
and character, will az I'd that every opinion which
bears the weight of is authority ought to revive
the implicit relianc of the whig party 1t i,
not in this speech, in that speech, that the
mind of Webster is revealed His private
conversations are rs memorable and as trust
worthy as his eloquent appeals to the Senate
or his dispatches to foreign powers. The senti-
ments he expressed to his friends and relatives are
as deserving of place in the memory of all true
wings as his most brilliant eforts of oratory
Believing that in speaking thus we are advancing
nothing which will not meet with the cordial ap-
proyal of his friends throughout the country, we
need hardly remind them OF Mr.. Webster's opinions
on the whig candidate for the Presidency. Bitterly
as his opponents thought themselves justified in
assailing him during his lifetime, few we tras. are
so blinded by partisanship as to insult his memory
ny an imputation of unstatesuaniike envy Death
has blunted the shafts of malice and none but the
vilest will attribute his censure of General
Scott to any other motive than the purest patriot.
ism, and regard for the welfare of this counsry
They will remember the struggle which took place
in the mind Of that great man when he was told of
the nomination. They will recollecs how his faith
ful attachment to his party succeeded in silencing
his manly indignation, and prevented mis- proclaim
ing to the country those apprehensions which he
confded only to few intimate friends It was not
Of himself that he thought. It was not the bauble
power that be regretted. II was the honest alarm
of true hearted citizen at seeing the destnies Of
the whg party, and, perhaps, OF the whole Union,
entrusted to one whose un6tness for the trust his
eagle eye had too truly disccrned. Mr.. Web
ster was not the man to sacrifice his party to
his private ambition. OF all men he was the
last TO allow personal aggrandzement to inter-
Iere With his duties to those with whom he had
united himself And yet, so strong was his sense of
the danger involved in the election of General Scott
that he took no active to prevent his own
Independent nomination in Georgia and in this city.
Better he must have thought, incur the ilnputation
OF faithessness to bis own party, than that par.
ty work its own ruin by electing one who was sure
to bring discredit on them. To the very last, we
know that his sentiments were unchanged. His
friencs made strenuous endeavors to persuade him
TO make personal appeal to the country in favor Of
General Scott, and worked largely on his we'll
Known steadfastness in his adherence to whig
principles; they pointed out the inevitable con.
sequences of disunion in the camp, and held,
In foro'tm, before the eyes of the dying man
the prospect of General Pierce's triumph; but
all was to no purpose-the declaration framed for
hiib was ueNeI hHC DANIEL WEBSTER went to
his grave, not only without uttering single word
Of approval of the Of the Baltimore Conyen-
ton, but silently sdjuring his friends not to confde
their country to the hands Of General Scott
That he wss not the only eminent wing in whose
eyes defeat by an honored opponent was less to be
feared than victory under the banners of an nudi-
cous, unskilled leader, like General Scott is mat.
ter Of nctorety. Side by side with Daniel Webster
in this opinion, stands Henry Clay OF his private
sentiments concerning General Scott we need say
nothing here. They are known to thepeoplc. Had he
been spared to us till to-day, doubt not that his
indeper dence Ct character would have prompted
bin to more decided opposition to the mass of the
wing party tban Daniel Webster felt justified in
openly Gvowing. Such at least is the natural in
ference from his well.known letter, wherein he
says" Exclusively military man, without the
least experience in civil affairs bred up and al gays
living in the camp, with bis sword by his side, and
his epaulettes on bis shoulders, it is proposed to
transfer Linn from his actual position to the chief
magistracy Of this great and model republic.
cannot come out in active support q such a candi-
GATE There is chance, indeed, that he may give
the country better administration than his COM
pettor; but IT Is not such chance az can arouse
my enthusiasm, or induce me to assume the respon-
sbiity Of recommending ary course, or Offering any
advice TO others"
NOs va: Henry Clay singular in ais opiaion that