Washington telegraph., 1852-07-14
From the Washington Republic.]
The Nomination,

WINFIELD SCoTT is the nominee of the
WHIG National Convention for the Presi-
dency of the United States. He was not
our first choice among the distinguished
men who were the candidates for that posi-
ton. But he is the first choice of major
ity of the WHIGs of the Union. To4all
who recognise the obligations of party .his
fact is conclusive. He is nominated upon
a platform adopted by the convention; he
has accepted the nomination upon that plat
form; we do not see upon what principle
any WING can withhold from him his earn
est, cordial, and hearty support No one
can doubt his patriotism. His eminent ser
vices in the field all Of us acknowledge =
His capacity for civic employment, wher-
ever it has been tested. has been Illustrated
by uniform success. That he will be hon
est, true, and faithful to the Constitution,
every act of his private and public life
abundantly testifes. That he will be 10y
al to the UNION no one can entertain a
doubt.
We have passed through an excited and
warmly-contested canvass. In the collision
of adverse interests much ill-feeling has
been ELECTED. But all disappointment is
not necessarily permanent disafection-
Men who have been honestly opposed to
the nomination Of General ScoTT, NAV
cheerfully acquiesce in it, now that it is the
ascertained will of the party. Nothing is
to be gained by regrets and examinations.
The friends of the other candidates have
manifested an honorable fidelity to the OBJ
jects Of their preference. They yielded to
the paramount necessity of our republican
condition-obedence 10 the will of the ma
jority; and they yielded only when they
saw that the disintegration of the WING
party would be the consequence of further
adherence to the preferences which they
honestly entertained
In the nomination of General TAYLOR
the Southern wing Of the WHIG party tri-
umphed. Their Northern allies were true
to them, accepted their candidate scitlout
the platform they demanded, and elected
him. In the nomination of General ScoTr
the Northern members of the WHlG party
have triumphed They have triumphed on
the basis f platform entirely satisfactory
to their Southern friends allies, and accept
ed by the candidate presented by the WmIG
Convention for the sufrages of the WHIGs
of the Union. Good party-fdelity
personal honor-demand of the Southern
WHIGs the same measure of acquiescence
and adherence that was extended by the
Northern WHIGs to the candidate of .S0ntL-
ern selection.
We have every hope of the election of
General ScoTT to the Presidency of the
United States. In all ages and in all coun-
tries-civilized or barbarous- us-services of
the nature which General Scorr has rem
dered have always been held in the highest
estimation by the people. We may not ap-
prove, but we cannot deny the fact All
history bears witness to it. 1t is this senti-
ment which has secured the nomination of
General ScoTT The WHGs believe his
nomination would be most acceptable to the
American people, and the most likely to Sc
cure their suffrages. This is republican
principle of selection. However our own
views or feelings may be affected by it,
we are bound to acquiesce in the result to
which this principle has led
BY the same token, the WHIG party of
the country are bound to accept the platform
of the convention, and to make it the test of
political orthodoxy The platform received
a larger vote than the candidate-and they
must stand or fall together. 1t is muchs-
if it is not everything-to have triumphed
in the declaration Of our principles. AS
our candidate has adopted them, we can live
up to them, insist upon them, and triumph
with them.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of North Carolina,
has received the nomination for the Vice
Presidency. a more safe and acceptable
selection could not have been made. The
nomination is due to the true and tried
Wings of the old North State and will be
cordially responded to by the WH1Gs of the
Union.
One word as to the candidates whose
friends have been disappointed by the re-
suits that we have above recorded. The
Presidency could add nothing to the honors
of Mr. WEBSTER; and it is most emphatic
tribute to the character and position Of Mr..
FILLMORE, that, in the adoption of their
platform. the convention, that withheld from
him the nomination, have only epitomized
the principles and the policy Of his Admin
istration.
Proud MEN.--A proud man is fool in
fermentation, swelling and boiling like
porridge pot. He sets his feathers like an
OWL to swell and seem bigger than he is.
He is troubled with an inflammation of self
conceit that renders him the man of paste
board, and true buekram knight He has
given himself sympathetic love powders,
that works upon him like dotage and trans
forms him into his own mistress most pas
sionate court to his own dear perfections,
and worshipping spongy substances, occupy
| ino much snace as feathers and cotton will