The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-11

exertions his ambition would have been grasfed
A Senator was To have been chosen by The Ne
Hampshire Legislature nc It's last session; bns tn,
choice WAS pos poneu. TO wAit the decision of thl
Presidential contest, az the request ~ Gener.
Pierce Should be DO elected Pre- ideut Genera
PIERCE would wish 20 confidential friend in the
Senate from his Own state, and that friend i,
Charles G Athertou. should he be defeated, tber
it would be indifereo to aim who might receive the
senatorshp As Burke kDows now General Pierce
acted ia the affair, aud his intense egotism tel
him that he would have been CHOSEN but Tor the
Generals inter ference, no has used his oest eXer-
lions 70 make trouble for tho democratic party.
knowing that from hls position he can make demo
Gratis abroad believe that he speaks officially, lac
has, in various wsNs, inculclted the ilea that al
MASSACHUSETTS coalatiOusts New FORK oprnburners
and Ohio democrats, OF the progressive clLss, would
be PRESCRIBED uader an administration OF which
General Pierce should BIO the head This he
has done under the Alteration of friend
ship, though really in the hope and ex-
pectation OF SO far alarming the persons NJ
Iuded to, 70 insure the election of General Scott
The effect has already been bad here. moath
ago there was reasonable chance OF the democrats
carrying the electoral vote OF this State; whereas
now. with a roDg Webster Vote 70 back them, they
can do nothii of the kId The democsa ic % pu ar
vote will not be so large by thousands N ichu-
se,ts it would have beeu had matters been left to
take their own course A state of intense disgust
prevails and General Pierce will have 70 suffer from
the conduct Of other men-couduct which NO have
reason whatever to suppose he ever approved of
What might happen here is not, practically, Of any
cons equence; but IS there be corim sani!aire
drawn about the State, and the infection will
spread TO other States, the matter has assumed a
formidable character Without New York or Quo
the democrats may possibly get along but they can
not DO without both OF them, Pennsylvania being
booked for Scott
The nominations for Congress have been pretty
nearly completed la the Fourth and Fifth districts
the den ocrBts have nominated Mr. Dovley and Mr.
Thaxter.. They are both hunkers Mr. Dowley is
&Ln &c.
knows great deal about-truit These two dis
tricts are made up mainly Of Boston and Cambridge
and will return wings If Demosthenes could
be got up to run on the democratic ticket,
chance in either Of them, the wing candi-
dates being satisfactory to both Scott and Web
ter men In the Seventh and Eighth districts,
where there are heavy maorities against the wings,
the democrats have nominated Mr. Banks and Mr..
Butler, both able and popular men Mr. Ide has
received the democratic nomination in the Second
district. He is editor Of the Taunton Den, ,crat,
and strong coalitionist There was good deal OF
feeling manifested in the convention that nominated
him, both hunkerish and otherwise His district
contains eighteen hundred majority against the
wings To offset the troubles that the cOal,toniss
experience, the wings in the Eighth district arc
having o worse time Of than was anticipated Tue
friends OF Mr.. Bartlett threaten to "bolt' Mr..
Wentworth's nomination, which, should they do it,
would give Mr.. Butler o lit but Us Mr. Butler is
supposed to be rather obnoxious to the wings, his
nomination may cause them to forget their private
difficulties
In the Tenth district the democrats have nomi-
mated q Mr.. Cutler, Of whom know nothing In
the Eleventh district, Mr. Griswold who has been
q conspicuous member of our Legislature for some
years past, has been dominated BY the same party
He is one of tue fathers of the coalition. In the
Ninth district the democratic domination has been
confarrei Colonel Davis who led mis- party in the
State House OF Representatives.. This is the only
district in which the wings cinnot look for success,
it is sure to go against Thorn. happen what may.
In the Third district a Mr.. A. w AUSTIN formerly
o wbg aud now old bunker, has the honor of
being placed in position where the wings aud
coaiitoD,sts will riddle niln most beautifully He
would make line sieve or an excellent cullen lar
after the day OF election.
The free-soil,rs have nominated Ste phen VI Phil.
lips in number SIX. He is the Of IL vet srau Con-
gies man. bu, probably has not the remotest wish
10 go to Washington To guessed Mr. II .atoui, in
the old Second they have nominated Mr Smith, of
Cbelsea. who was the leader OF the Maine Law III IN
in the House. last winter. rs that Law is noI SO
unpopular III Essex 1t is IN Mddlesex aud Suffolk,
it Is not unlikely that his noalnatton will prove
good one
The electoral tickets Of the democrats and fee
soeIs peary all iilsd up la the rnird district,
the democrats Baye t.o electors In tho field Which
is capital way of helping Gen Pierce. rae idea
probably is, that III siector can secure City
thousand votes Tor the party's candidate, two elsc
tors must certainly bag huadrei Thousand In
the district, tho democratic cap5Lts for Con-
gress IL Mr. Underwood Ga their electoral ticket
the free soers have placed Jchn FerponJ, the cler
z, man and poet anu il he shoaid stump the dis.
tnct" (tbe SIXTH rs he has osen requested to do,
there will DO more sport there The free soiers
ahead OF th3 democrats in the talent that charac-
terizes their nominations, and the democrats are
ahead OF the wings. MIR Whittier has also been
nominated by the free soilers, as O candidate for
elector.
The various meetings that have bsen held here
dining the week have been very yarious in their
Enunuil Hall mo Tina u
great ono that OF the wings miserable failure.
Ask your neighbour Brooks, of the Express,
what he thinks of coming upwards of a
couple Of hundred miles to talk less than thou
sand pe ople, IN q city containing hundred and
fifty thousand inhabitants Che WING mass meet.
irg at Dedham, where Mr.. Bolts and Mr. Winthrop
spoke was also complete breakdown There were
more pieces OF music there than spectators, excIu.
five OF musicians. Speaking of Mr. Bolts, am re-
minded that in private conversation he says that
Gen Scott has an even chance with Gen. Pierce, OF
carrying Virginia. Our wings have for sone time
past claimed Virginin; and Mr. Botts's opinion is
calculated to encourage them in their belief.
All that the Express rays about Mr.. Webster
Withdrawing from the contest. is moonshine. He
will do nothing OF the kind. His friends here were
more determined then present, The more
sanguIe of their number claim twenty-five thou sand
votes for him, while others range from fifteen thou
sand to twenty thousand At my request, a mode
rate but very intelligent Webster man gave me the
following rs his opin on of che probable vote fol
Mr. Webster, in the snboined countes:-
Suffolk, Observation-Disclosures. 6,Oo(
Middlesex, Observation-Disclosures. 200t
Essex, Observation-Disclosures 00(
Worcester, ................ ......... son
Norfolk, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .-.......... 2O0t
Barnstable and Plymouth, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 00t
Bristol. Nantucket and Dukes, ............. l,50t
Hampshire and franklin. ................. l.20t
Hampden u d Berkshire, ........... ,5Ot
Total, -. 10, 7Ot
think he has overrated his party's strength in
Suffolk and Mddesex at least 1000; in Essex
Worcester, and Norfolk, about 500, and little
over 900 in the rest of the StaGc, sving some
ID 600 wing votes for Mr. Webster; while General
hasro