The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-30
Another Georgia Paper for Webster.
From the Macon, ia journal and Messenger Aug %

Another Georgia Paper for Webster.
From the Macon ia journal and Messenger Aug %
WEBSTER AND JENKINS.
The nominations Of she Third Candidate Convention
which recently assembled in this city are now before
the people q Georgia with the bread and national plat
fern Of principles upon which its nominees have been
placed In these nominations. and in this PLATFORM no
bio has been mace for votes calculation of the
chances OF success has influenced the convention in the
expression Of its opinions the selection of its candi
dates There is nothing ad capand in Its platform
nominations and the who sustans them must be
nfiutSccd by principle alone desire maintain their
ronsuoi CO psistency and ut the time to with
due Iegaro for the hunor south nj
to give expression to tue will Of the wing masses Of
Georgia which has been d,sresarded by the National
Wing Convention are the motives which influenced the
Third Candidate Conv nt,on. and the only motives
which we ofer to The voters Of Georgia, to induce
sustain the ions of that convention The
mt 10y which Daniel Webster aud Charles j Jen
kins have been placed before the people OF Georgia
csndd stes for The two highest offices of the republic or
ginated with the people aud has been carried out by
them II is bold and INDEPENDENT effort TO resist the
tyranny of party and the dictation Of party con
veDtcps ana 70 make tbe elective franchise something
moie besides part OF the theory OF our repubca 60
verDment.
II has been urged that the nomination Of o third can
dioac th,y and mpracticate because third candi
date cannot be This argument
tic OF The politician which will have little influence with
the INDEPENDENT u Georgia party allegiance
"a not oetemined by Interest dependant upon party
success IL will be urged that the independent nomiRa
lion OF Webster and jenkins by the people Of Georgia
sectionsl movement The reply to this is that the
principles OF party and its nominations determine its
nationally aDo that nothing which is not national can
be found In the platform the candidates Of the third
party sectional support cannot make party sectional
but the support Of for the Presidency will
not be coDhbed TO secion The people of other states
will hail with the OF the people of Geor-
ga By which Daniel Webster has been placed In nominn
ton for the Presidency and look cooperation from
Massachusetts North Carolina and other States Wheth-
ei We thsil receive IL matter Of sma importance to
any voter IN Getrgia who supports Webster
That support Will be gwen To them from necessity
cause he cannot conit,nty vote for Scott aud
this Stae-denntonalized and demoralzed it Is &C.
cordiDg 10 the showing Of prominent influential de-
mccrais THIS Is tie position OF large BODY of the
wings and Union mocrdts of Georgia. and the nomiua
aons u the Tbnd Candidate Convention present them
relief from the oscomforts Of inactivity and give
then candidates whom they can and will support with
out refer, nee to results 5"
The Wing and democratic parties have constructed
platforms and pointing TO the indications expressions
OF opinion contained In them. have presened them TO
the people guDrati.s Of the policy which they viii pur
rue Their National Conventions have constructed their
platforms and the factions Norh, South East and
Wet into which they divided have construed these
platforms to the opinions and wishes of each
upon the platform IL has constructed. Neither the
wing democratic party car carry the policy ndi
Gated in single resolution Of its platform They bind
nobody TO anything except the support Of the nominee
They guarantee nothing except participation in the
power a. sdspation to INFINITE variety Of political
fiths by which the harmony Of the whig aud Of
demanded by pending Presidential election has passed
nway They the cloaks in whose ample folds nliscel
laneous Of political heresy Is mperectly concealed
They Pandora boxes in which crammed and
hmobered locked up for while, all the elements of
olecOfo WHICH Wouu kuccesh Ol tue party,
with the faint futteDR hope Of the spells at the
bottom There Is some significance in platform when
il the harmonious expression OF the opinions of party
harmoniousy gcquesced in. There Is significance,
meaning in them when the Of the parties
which adopt them their organs their leaders and their
representatives in Congress openly repudate them and
when the positions of the candidates who placed
them matters Of speculation and doubt
The Third Candidate Convention has adopted plat
form broao and national and In many respects better
than the excellent adopted by the National Con-
ventioD Of the whig party and thss in addition nomna
AR tbpmae lyeei m
epinions and views Of the who will sustain them
We point TO our platform and TO candidates. for the
principles and policy of party We point TO their
sofa and not TO letters Of acceptance guarantees that
Our nominees are on our platform We claim for them
nme merit and more Intellect than Pierce and Scott to-
gether possess We claim for them besides what Is
important complete Identification feeling and action
with the party OF the compromise Of 1850 We claim for
them the TACT that no opposed In these
easurce entertaining the political berees OF ultra
Nerthxn or ultra Southern politics will be found among
their supporters. We claim sound platform sound
candidates, and o. sound party.