The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-31

TIE WEBSTER PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION
ARMED NEUTRALITY OF THE WEBSTER PARTY.-rhe
National Union Convention for the nomination of Mr..
Webster as an independent Union candidate for the
Presidency, viii meet either to- day or on Monday,
at all, in the city of Philadelphia, to determine what
course they shall pursue. 1t is quite likely they
will not make any formal nomination of Mr.. Web
ster at this late stage Of the canvass, but content
themselves with the position of 40 armed neutrality
in reference to the Baltimore nomination of Gen.
Scott
Armed neutrality is the position of Mr.. Webster.
In his speech at Marshdeld, he said that the time
had not yet come for the disclosure Of his views on
the Presidential question. II is S lfevident from
this, that he stands aloor from Gen. Scott, cannot
support him, aud viii not now descend to the humi-
latpg position Of skulking back under the shelter
Of the Baltimore Convention, after The abUe, the
Misrepresentation, and the brow-beating which he
has suffered from the leading organs of Seward,
which are also the leading organs Of Gen Scott.
The defeat of Gen. Cass, in 1913, was effected by
Martin Van Buren, running third candidate
upon his Buffalo platform. The disaiiecton of Mr..
Webster and his friends promises to be equally de-
cisive in 1852 against Gen. Scott-not, perhaps,
from separate nomination, but from their suen and
chilling position of armed neutrality. The sorrowful
fact that they do occupy this position, aided and
Allotted by Mr. Webster himself has already utterly
paralyzed all the efforts of the Scott wings to get
up military hurrah. Even on the very spot of the
grandest, most glorious, and most sublime and at
tractve natural wonder upon the lace uf this GLOBE
and in view ofthe most terrible battle fields of the
last war, and with all the stimulants of a military
encampment to aid them in raising breeze, the
lN;s LAM Iaod f.iJr Mo-
should we be at all surprised if the armed neutrality
of Mr. Webster were to result more disastrousy to
General Scott than did the open hostility of Van
Buren, in the defeat of General Cass.
The wing party will richly deserve the worst that
may happen; for if ever a man has been shamefullv
and insuferably used a stalking horse-an in
strument-a mere tool-for the promotion of other
men--if ever man has been cheated by false pro-
misses, that is Mr.. Webster. Now, he recoils;
nor does he stand alone. The Boston Courier sus-
tains him in his armed neutrahty and the Courier,
Of this city, holds the following significant language
on the same question
We have said, and we repeat, and speak not only
for Ourselves bu for Thousands and tens Of Thousands OF
the best wings in the eouniry-that while we are " ling
and ready 10 do all il our power TO sustain Gen Scott
the platform upon which the convention placed him
" VIII not he party to eectng him. aside from that
platform If either is to be repudiaed by us it will DO
tht NOMINEE not 50 rays con
seivatve wbig in the United states.
lie certainly be elected the Presidency by whig
unless the presses OF that portion of the wing party
which nominated him. very materially change their
coure And the sooner that this fact becomes clearly
understood and acted upon, the greater will be his
chance Of success.
OF course there can be no compromise upon these
oveItures: and between the platform party and the
controlling Scott faction, who 'exeorate and spit
upon the platform" there will be no reconciliation.
We shall soon know the result Of the Philadelphia
movement.