Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-11-18

Adversely, they tell US, is the tru'
test Of character, and perhaps it is worth
while to mark for moment the manner
in which the Tribune and the Time,
treat the blow which has just pulver
lied their doctrines and their candidate
These two journals were our only city
contemporaries which laborcd Tor tn,
nomination Of General Scott Both o
them took ground in his iavor AZ an ear
ly day, and, in their different character
is,ic modes, applied themselves to hi
service until he was finally made tn,
candidate at Baltimore. The one was
straightforward, out spoken, and a
times overbearing even TO downright
insolence the other was lowvoiced ant
indirect in step, and now and then prac
tised guile that amounted to absolute
duplicity but yet both worked with the
same implements and for the same end
Neither was behind the other in sIurring
the polilicel character of Daniel Web.
s,er, and in exalting the military ser.
vices and personal popularity Of Gener-
al Scott. Both. strovc with the same
zeal to hide from the people the sentl-
menis Of the. latter upon the Comp ON
ise question, and 10 prevent the Nation
al Convention from expressing any
opinion upon this great national meas
ure. Ii the Editor OF the one journal
execrated and spit upon the Whig plat
form out Of the Convention, the Editor
OF the other wormed himscl', in an I'M
heard Of way, into the Convention and
labored side by side with those who had
done their utmost to kick that platform
on, OF doors. On the opening Of the
regular canvass both disavowed, the
one boldly and the other gingerly, the
binding force OF the Compromise or of
the Baltimore resolutions affirming it.
Both assailed-the one coarsely the 9th
er classically-the military honor and
personal courage of General Pierce
Both poured out rank oiloquy upon MIR.
Webster for not lending his name and
influence to the advancement of Gener-
al SCOTS interests, the one using the
language Of contemp tuous disdain, the
other of eDvenomed hate. As might
have been expected, the spirit Of the
two did not hold out alike through the
canvass. As Gen. Scott's prospects
wsned, the Campaign Tribune redou-
blcd its exertions and shouted right lus-
lilly for the rescue. Now il chaied and
iumed, and now il coaxed and Aa,ter.
ed. Now il tickled the ear with great
promises that Mrs. Partington herself
would not have credited, and now it
swore as terrible as uncle Toby's army
in Flanders. One day II aslonished the
natives by snatching letter FROM the
hand Of General Scott, and the next It
fightered the foreigners by shaking a
circular in the face Of Consul Belmont.
There was no end to its exertions or it's
expedients. Though no, scrupulo 6 in
the use Of means, everybody said that
il was in earnesl-that il was resolved
to fight TO the last and die, if die it
must, like u true campaIgncr. The
Champaign Times" on the other hand,
fal,ered and wavered as the prospect
grew DINNER. It's fears went up. and
its blood down. II quietly got itself out
Of the :hick Of the fray, and contentcd
itself with lying in ambush and occa-
sionally making little iorays here and
there in the edge Of the fight. While
the 7ribuue campalgner, like the bulls
of Borrowdale. frequently grew mad al
the echo Of his own bcllowing; the
Times campaigner, like Francis Eute,
the bellows mender who played the
woman's part, spoke very small and
yet often turned pale at the peepiDg
sound its own lips had made. Thus
our two neIghbors entered into, and
thus bore themselves in, The can
vars.
Now that the contest is at an end,
how do lhey take the result ! The 7ri-
bune gives way to honest hearty lamen-
'ation, and sheds big tears over the
American system that lies cold in the
grave. II mourns over the fact that