The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-25

Our Now Hampshire Csrrsspeadenos.
CoSoosD. N Il Dec. "a, 1852.
1h Herald AtsSays WI Posted Up-Hw Presidss-
fial Candidate Destroyed EscA Othsr Las. Spring
The Disaster Which Befa Cass. Bschanan awi
DOsgtss-Simldr Danger to tie Competitors for
Gen. Pircss Cabiaet -H,s Edmund Burke
John p. Hale Still "a Crsws" in the U. s.
Sexafe-- Gen. Pi0re's Mocem,ats-Arrival of Bos-
ton dIdermsn-d Rech.rchs Dinner at the Eagle
Hotel osritalities" Erfs~d.dto Gen. Pierce
Lit Of Fwsigw Arrivals IN Penxacook- Sleigh.
ing and Coid Weather, Sc.
Happening TO come across old copy Of the
HERALD to-day, dated M.rca %, 1852, more than
$wo months previous to the mestiog Of either of tho
last Democractic or Wing Ns'ioasl Conventions. 1
found In 1t letter which sent you, dated Wash
jngtoD, March rs. Allow mo 20 reproduce one or
two predictions made therein. ~hch have since be-
como history. It specialized thus, concerning the
prospects Of the whign-
The democrats have become alarmed ct the quarrel
which ragged for few days ia .hs House. in relation to
Aha claims Of some Of their Presidential aspirsnts and
seem to be hushing up matters by mutual consent On
Abe other hand the wings appear just fairly com
nenoing rev. The controversy ~hsh 10 going be-
tween their principal ogsns Norh aud south parcu.
lary In New York, 70 the rssp-cuvo claims OF Flu
more and Scott viii oon sho~ msslf IN Con gress At
present It Ia generally ackooSsdg that 5cot chances
IRE the pest. With nnsr@ntos OF All the government
patronage In the hands OF ssw.rd Corwtn Co., Me-.
Iilmore pretty sure to bs drts0oed But his friends
viii not give him up without steugxe Slthough they
Mil probably do 90 eyestuslly. ur Webster with only
posa has gone 70 seed completely His few friends
In New England are fast deseriog him, Iuieed, there
isnd Col Webb wsiiand State streets are some "pa@p.
In their way but iissie bshn 1.-The timss for poll
tical nnanoiering
Nearlya month earlier, (Fsb ~ wrote you
ahat "Nr Webster is entirely out Of the question:
Shat "Mr Fillmore has not the most remote idea Of
running his own hook; he viii eventually surren.
der to W. II. Seward for the benefit of Gen Scott"
Mho, in spite of his being under tho guardianship Of
6sward, Greeley, and the free soil Wigs, was then,
also, the fAvorite candidate Of such Southern whig
wire pullen % Edward Stsuly and James 9. Jones
In tho same letters, I predicted that Gen. Scott
would s'write letters sussaioiog the compromise"
Finally, your correspondent, Nc HERALD, fore
shsdowed, nearly four and nalf months before the
Wing National Convention met, and full nine
months before the late Presidential election, tho
whole programme Of tnas p.rsy's operations, with
tbe single exception that Gen Scott would be sent
out West, the of the election and get caught
with his what dye call ems 4, IN, on board Of q
stsamboat.
So much for tho wings Nov what wero the pro-
diotions about the opera lions Of the democrats? The
following extract from he letter dated washing
ton, March 49," already alluded TO, told the exact
story about who wouldn't be- nominated by the d.
mocratio National Convention, two months in ad-
VANCE
It is now well understood smonE the kao wing
here, that neither Csss Bucn.usa Douglas get
the Baltimore nomination. 8a,nauAn stock, for soms
weeks past, has been oeciden, su-ai bsrwesn the
three The consequence Is ma ta- friends OF the first
And lnet have alfeaoy hAudS
rent in the Virgins Statr Consru h-a Jsstsrdsy and
stand by to WELD the balance OF Uer Ia the cows nton
Did not the whole thing turn ous j1si so! Well,
1t did. Did either Glass; Bu.nsHaa or Douglas get
the Baltimore nomiaarioaa No, thsy did not
What prevented it! Why, Csss and Bush anan got
into regular muss az early a. the commencement
Of tho last session Of Congress- and about the tins
the above was written, were I'm ths full tide Of
IuoceMfu experiment" trying to "~ind'' each
pther. Any shrewd bystauder could see that they
were too nearly matched 30 be. safely on. i; was
likely to be, as it proved TO bs, drawa anne; or,
rather, they both promised co die game Little
Douglss stood by va CHING the ISSUE and waiting
10 take possession of the arena 50 ely on his own ac
count. 10 soon ~ the two big uns had foally given
np the ghost. But, unfortunately for him, his
friends. Of your city, pushed him : little TOO
Suddenly into the ring, ana he was squeezed to
death by falling between the big bellies OF the
Two old fogies just ~ they we're coming to "closs
hugs" As one Of the kuo wing ones alluded to
BIN the above extract, and an inpsrsisl observer of
events going on in the great nsaoaal arena, your
the first 20 send the news for the
columns Of the HERALD.
Ambitious pohti ,,aus and aspirauts for office are
generally the last class of men learn wisdom from
Experience. With the history ct Mr. Folks nOmi-
nation tho manner in which Harrison and Taylor
were used to dsplace Mr. Clay. IL would seem that
either Ncssu. Cas- Buchanan could have had
but little encouragement 20 expect the last demo.
cratic nomination. Bat still they both did expect
It, and were disappointed, because their party was
determined not to be defeated tws terms IN success
ion. And In the present scramble tor places In the
sabinet, tho fifty candidates already in the field
10 all only seven stations would do well
10 study and mediate little upon tho his
tory Of Presidential ssprants The people Of
he Union who have selected Gen Pierce for their
phief magistrate will not be satisfied simply to
him inapgurated. They have chosen him a. Presi-
Dent for four years He is, doubtless, aware of the
TACT, and 10 be President tor that time, it he
ives And to this end he viii have cabinet around
him, to ADVISE and assist not to direcs and dictate
10 him; q csbinet which shall act With single eye
towards helping BIN achieve successful adminis-
ratioD, which shall be unit which shall favor aud
ountenauoe none OF che ciques and frctions OF the
Democratic party, and which shali not be composed,
ither in whole or in pBrt of working asoirauts for
he succession. Gen Pierce, wItnon, doubt, has
he ssgacity to perceive that those ends cannot DO
attained by selecting Tor cabinet stations men who,
hrrayed against others, are already In the field,
pushing their claims for preference on account Of
heir particular locality, the previous station which
hey may have occupied, So
No ore can yet tell tie probable composition Of
he new cabinet. But, for the already given,
Fs should not be surprised to dnd Gen. Pierce fol-
owing in the footsteps Of tho convention which un
xpeciedly nominated him And, since the Balti
more delegates wero not williog TO eoparizs the
hances of tLc democratic par5ys By select
pig for a leader some big aspraut, With every ele-
nent Of availability previously Knocked out Of him
y some other big asprant, 80 Gen Pierce may be
little shy about periliDg the success of hts admin
rati0n BY sele ,tisg the kind of ma5erial for
is counsellors and advisers. The fate Of Messrs.
cass, Buchanan, Douglas, and others, in the tilt
Or the Baltimore nomination. should be seriously
ogitsted upon, meditsteo upon, rendered upon, by
II who are seeking their fortunes from the next
Standardization, from now until the 4sh Of March.
/ SEQ that Hon Edmund Burke, of tns State, is
Underlined In tho revised list Of candidates for the
ev oab;net. published in tine HERALD of December