Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-28
From the New York Times.
Prom ise of the Canvass.

1ueUCy IL TcCSlVeu Dy InG wings throughout
the country with an unwontcd degree of cordial
ity Partial disappointments arc in all such cases
unavoidable. The friends Of unsuccessful candi
dates are very naturally grievcd, and sometimes
angered at the defeat Of their hopes and their
efforts. This is not only unavoidable, but it is
creditable to them, inasmuch as it affords evil
dcnce Of their sincerity, and Of the carnestness
and zeal with which they sought the advance
ment OF their views
In the present case, moreover, the position
and claims of the rival candidates give special
poignancy to the feelings Of their disappointed
friends. Upon the one side stood the South,
bound by the strongest ties Of gratitude to Mr..
Fillmore, who had cSpoused their cause when
they deemed it lost, and carried their demands
to a successful Issue, against the whole current
Of his previous history and the principles Of hi
own friends, after they had in measure aban-
doned all hope of so successful a result
Upon the other side stood the friends of Mr..
Webster-,at once charmed and awod by the
splendor of his intellectual endowments-
ing as part Of their own inheritance the abound
ing glory which he has won for the civil history
of this great republic, and fired with the high
and just ambition of placing him, the greatest
Of living statesmen, the foremost man OF all
thcworld, at the head ofits affairs They pointed
to his greatness, to his acts, to his Words which
have been greater than the deeds Of other men
10 HIS ClhiuS upou puolO Srdlituue, dnu copc-
cially to the claims upon the South, which his
course on the Compromise and his speech of the
7th Of March, 1850, would seem to have put be-
yond the possibility of a doubt,
! Yet both were disappointed. The friends Of
Mr.. Webster were forced TO that, in spite Of
all his claims and all his services, during five
days session, and series Of three ballotings,
| their great leader did no. in single instance,
| receive a solitary vote from a Southern State !;
IL, Al
sternest and most protracted contests ever wit
messed, found themselves overborne by the votes
of men arrayed against them from the outset.
Under these circumstances, so naturally cal
culated to inspire chagrin and disappointment,
it is most creditable to their patriotism that the
friends of both the defeated candidates acqui-
esce SO cordially in the nomination of Winfield
Scott In l840, when Gen. Harrison was nomi-
mated, as thousands of our readers will remem-
Der, there was throughout this section of the
country one universal outburst OF indignation
and chagrin; and some weeks elapsed before the
Whig party began to gather up its energies for
| the victorious battle which they subsequently
waged.
SO it was in 1913, on receiving the news that
Gen. Taylor had been nominated over Henry Clay.
Public meetings of Wings were held TO denouuce
it tho action Of the Convention was widely and
loudly repudiated; an attempted ratification
lence and confusion; and there was, throughout,
deep and widespread disaffection, which only
partially yielded, after weeks Of argument and Of
effort, to that sweeping tide ofpublic enthusiasm
which came in upon us from every quarter.
In this instance, we see nothing of this kind
There is some discontent-a little grumbhng--
minatory explosions here and there but they
are local, subducd, and transient They are con-
fined entirely to private circles and anonymous
communications in obscure newspapers. They
are uttered always - with 'batcd breath and
with evident fear lest they should be overheard
And even this occurs only in select circles, among
special classes and ciques. The great mass OF
the people accept the nomination, whatever may
have been their previous predictions with
open, hearty, and undisguised cordiality
In this city, the great body Of the Whigs-thc
bone and sinew, the rank and file, the mechanics.
workingmen, and laborers of every class and in
every department-receive ii with the most open
and hearty acquiescence. We hear in no section
Of this country, and in corner Of this CITY, even
hint Of getting up indignation meetings, or Of
plotting ways and mean of resistance In every
ward the rivalry seems 10 be for priority, zeal,
and eminent efficiency III the common
These signs arc cmincnty auspicious. They
all give token Of goodly day tomorrow
They promise an ardent, earnest, united, success
fiji campaign Not without work-strenuous aud
pcrscvcriug, intelligcntly directed and zcalously
pushcd-can this result be attained But VIC have
every ground for confidence that work Of this
kind will be donc--donc daily from this time to
the end Of the canvass. and with such work we
have no fears as to the result.