The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-19

eriptioD Of Articles exhibited at the Fair Of the
American Institute; Letter from Kossush to the
Congress o. the American Reyolutionsburd for Eu-
rope; Letter from Martin Van Buren, UPON tho poll.
tics cf the day; Letters from our Washington and
Ohio Core penients together WITH several columns
Of miscellaneous Intelligence.
Mr.. Websserss Lamentsbse stsuntion-The
sins of the Whsg Party.
The Great statesman Of Nj .rshfsid has of late
been quite ill., but pleased 70 iearn that he IL
row mach ostter The labo-s Of q long life, the en-
oroachmenss Of disease, the infrmites Of age and,
last. though not sast the dupeity and trsache-y of
ynousing politicians, have almost brought the cd
giant to the ground he is passing away, another
brilliant but melancholy example OF the folly,
decapsiens and ngrasitude Of the whig party. When
he shall have disappeared from among the walks of
men--whep mis- name, his services, aud his reputa-
tion shau have besome the common property Of the
American people-.hen viii stand out, in their true
relic the repeated mocksries and humil;atons
which no has received from bis peruret and faith
lees party then will appear in their true light the
low and scurvy tricks Of the paltry political buck
stsIs by whom he has been destroyed.
In tie meantime, as VIC notified our readers yes
terlay or has been exorted from the sick man.
by committee Of our New York political ppdlers,
either by threats or persuasions-by fair by
foulsuegesting -humbly suggesting-from his bed
Of pain ana agony, that his friends in New York
should drop his name in the canvass. Bat nothing
more. Neither physical anguish nor the natural
desire to be rid Of his unwelcome tormsntors, nor
the thickenipg convictions Of the vanity Of all
earthly things, could wiring from the victim Of whig
deception recommendation to go over to the sup
port ofGeh Scott. He simply asks the CON nittee
to leave him. and he will sign the letter which they
have written-frst oDjoining that it shall contain
no recommendation TO his friends to surrender to
Seward and his ticket for the Presidency. The let
ter is thus prepared; and the secret committee like
chuch!ng assassins from the body of an enemy
finally disposed of, steal in triumph away. This is
the extent Of inform alton upon the subject for
the pzesent In day or two We presume this cx-
tiaoIdinary letter Of Mr.. Webster win bo duly
paraded b61sre the public in his Wall greet organ
the oudest in his praises. and, usual the rat to
betrsy him. National banks and bankrupt laws
have made sad work Of che Wall street standard Of
consistency, homer, and fidelity. Yet, shall ex-
poet our contemporary, with tears in his eyes, to
glosn over the amentable condition of Mr.. Webster
and 20 denounce, in good set terms,
The deep dsp,pation OF his tak,g of
The most remarkable point in this letter from Mr.
Webster is the perfect blank which he leaves II re.
gard to General Scott. He gives hs friends carte
blanche Ii they choose to go over to the Seward
ticket, so be il; or If they preieter mined to
vote for General Pierce, well and good Mr. Web
ster is sch, exhausted and dsgusted Age, dis
ease, Gccay, deception, and trea .hery, have done
their work. What TO him now il the Presidency or
all The feeting donors Of this world Nothing
Yet be s.erlly refuses to give in his edhesion to
General Scott Neither intimidatons Tor entreasies
can shake his resolution here Nor y It at all
matter OF surprise. On no political question-on no
question ofnational or party cxpodicncyhas Danie.
Webster been more, consistent, or steadfast to his
position, than in his hostility to mere military
chiefains for the Presidency he, like Henry
Clay, was opposed to the nomination of General
Jackson, az bad precedent, likely to DO followed
by ether guupowder nominations, until tic passion
for gunpowder might terminate in driving the
country into the arms of a military despotism. Ard
Henry Clay and Mr.. Webster, we dou6s not, were
equally or even more, hostile to the nomination Of
General Harrison because it openly violated all
the previous professions Of tho whig party Of hos
rility to mere military chicftains. We have, upop
record the declared opinion of Mr.. Webster, sus.
tanned by the written opinion Of Mr. Clay that the
nomination Of Gen Taylor was "a nomination not
fit to be made" Nov, thcn,- could either Mr..
Clay or Mr.. Webster be expected 10 give their
countenance To the nomination Of Gen. SSott--the
most exclusively military cAieitain Of them ALA
for forty years trained to nothing else, and
aceustoroed to nothing else, than the dctstorial au
thorigy Of the camp They could not be expected
to subscribe 20 such folly and inconsistency; and
they have not done il.
There have boon personal considerations, no
doubt, strengthening, TO some extent, the opposi-
old soldier nominations. 10 1870 when Mr.. Clay
lowing to the financial Revision brought ab 1ut by
Martin Van Buren), might have been triumphootly
elected, be ives superseded By al incompetent
ole colder. Ia 1915 when Mr.. Clay might have
been again elected from the split in the deuocrai,
party Of New York, he was again compelled to yield
The wall to good but On incompeten. oil soldier.
All this time Mr. Webster had patiently waited for
Mr. Clay while The latter had been ma ie mere ION.
vsnienee for the old soldiers Bat il the experience
which followed Cen Harrisons election, oonirnod
Mr.. Clay in bis judgment Of guopowdsr Presidents,
surely the administration OF General TAYLOR was
enough to exhaust the forbearan,e Of both Clay
and Webster With the convention Of ISiS the
chances Of Mr. Clay had expired, and though he
submitted be still protested But IL Mr Webster
fnasly acquiesced il was doubtless with the resor
walton that it should be the lass time lie had
fcrborns long enough, and waited lorg enough
Tor the old soldierS; SO that, when, in 1852, the
mos. out and out unnitigated old soldsr OF thom
oIt ,xar and urd.r tho u,oat