The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-16

his pre- eminent ftaess for that great trust maxim
snopg mon A wide and confident expectation among
the maseee of the people who had nothing gain and
much 20 lore BY advere political combinations looked to
the whe party 10 conhd that would do tho Justice
to the country to itself and to Mr. Webster to put hi
The time most propitious Party animosity had
died sway before the senai merit Of service, which
chaeDPed the equal admin aioS and gratitude friends
and opponents Personal detncton saye from the ken
Dtb Of rsbid faDa'!ctm had ceased to pursue hiu
Public confidence Iesp.ct afsctonate admjra tiou and
pride appreciation OF tie vast Importance 10
the country Of his life, health and happtness broke
forth to him wherever popular feeling bad opp
nifty of expression Never hed party such oppor-
tuDiy To confer vat good upon a free country: and
never was such an opportunity more un~ortbily lost
IL wn lort We are told because msjorty Of those
Who we're tsnt TO the convention to o. candidate,
preferred some enc che and chose their pre-
trtIcts we ADMIT the fact; but. rs portion of the
otie OF this country claim and shall exercise the
right to Judge Of The reaonabenss and of
those preferences By ~hasoever constituency ea,h
thoet delegates was appointed they all Assem- bled
to execute public tr,t upon public motives A great
party organization like any other social in v
IL trus 10 III hands of those Who hoia IT, to b. exsr
cistd ana dichargpd upon motives which will bear he
t-rt of suts quspt examination and submis sion to tho
moral Judgment OF msnknd
Nr Webster was set aside IN The National Convention
ana GeHrai Scott was preferred by majority of tho
ms mt.rs --bist because The latter being military
Dsn eufpoted to have gained persona popularity
py ms Ui'ar! success was BELIEVED to be- In the Ian
Rcaef OF patty tacciaBs the avaatla candidate
We w not 90 any member OF that convention thu inus
lice to surposc tht his preference determined by
BELIEF that Ill. miitsry candidate possessed superior
ness for the thicc Al President. The ruog iye
this chtf was h, SAME which two f0 occasions
HAD 10 he selection hy tho vhig party OF military
men ss candidates. for the Presidency exclusion Of
their most experience and nj ost sntesmea
In one OF which instances the candidate without any
civil experience whatever Against this principle Of DO
ticsl aciion We dere and mend 10 enter protest.
an appeal TO the people contrary TO the truth of tho
care, TO regard military evidence OF
discharge The biebes, civil trust In the country well
in the nd
There j. no executive government in the world in
which civil WISDOM and q trained practical statesman
ship bIe 80 necessary as In the Presidency Of th great
republic. Consider Tor o moneut that government
is founded on and admni' ssss under written Consti
tuition ana that the doctrines which to into that
nigh Office apd bc practically applied in administering
that ccIstt uton il they be Of the least value
must tc The u of long civil study of uaint
sDce with pripcp"s, ana Of vast civil experience Con
slider that the whole machinery ot he government is
civil acDhisration Consider that all the Offices which
FresiOtnt holds III his hand distrbutlon-from the
highest Of the judiciary who may have to pass upon
even his sois to the tide waiter the whaves who
Is t. obey questioning the laware all to be ded
by the exercie OF di cIetion which exist in full
and Just osye0pmeni only after great experience in the
uence which the character and opinions of President
exert oyci The egh laion of the country-an Influence
which the conrttuon conten plated and witch usage
hns msoe quite as poHeTui as designed to be-
CoDsder hpaiy that the foreign relations Of this coun
Try are a, a times full OF for the right manage
mtDt # Which military life and military experience
afford scarcely any training whatever
We net in The sghest degree dcsirous to deract
flt tie jurt mciits Gen scott as hrhly distin.
guisb' ai successful soldier to refuse him
PIRATE hono7s and rewards fer his very brilliant military
services to the country But do not thai the
Presidency the appropriate honor that 1t IL that
II should 10 h.d md bestowed a reward for military
distinction If we have taken correct view OF the duties
which II involves We are comueCd frankly to cay that
~c 90 uot lpow What evidence the slirguishcd nominee
OF TIT BnmUt Convention bas given If that degree Of
r"ss 81 y vLlch ~hig crndiaae ought to possess
~. W ~ u hdiuhicior pared Ia ad
u Tut The wte rlty j. morally ut liberty tc regard
ui! 'ho clements OF popular success in the and
TO treat most eminent leaders. its wet statesmen
and its long tiieo and faithful champions with neglect
nld Injustice because they DO not possess the of
,py,aliIs TO Iolulur love OF military glory The whig
rhty j. aIzutit pref ssng distinctive poiit
p,n IL las heBtfitted the couutry through tho
iSb' 81 s great stntesincn, who have established
tended and nomKtorod The principles which characte
IT, ard by which alone Il continue useful
II & Is 10 cast suob DeD aside and bestow the highest
boDors o the republic upon those whose sphere of
la not identified them ~h he nam illustra
,op o. The great principles which constitute it party it
couni ~ or achieve ts own destruction
, care not prepared to see the whg party go down In
ne eei iuson sha intihciency whch must visne from
siossn.p fitm thir true positions its leaders its
coun tiors md guides We cannot thus surrender its
glorious civil his;ory which has been marked from its
'aiiy oI aicn party III all its and all it's
roVertes with urautstionabe usofun, S., We cannot
fgct that il uhg Of the very highest
odr which naintsipoda long contest with serful
aoye,e executive and thereby prevented the coustitu
ton from beine wholly wrcsttd out of its legitimate
-phe'e. We csBuot forget whose voice and whose in.
fr nee 1t that 10 the aid OF that executive in
an loni WHEN pstriohm demanded the oblivion of all
capu"t 'uP't that Is has been whg policy yndica'ed
ard sustained ty whig leaders that given to the
irously Of The country all the protection it has
ever enjoyed and to internal Improvements all tho
vitality ibey bave o.er felt We caDnot forget that 1t
wa wbje civilian who rescued tpe country from a
foreign war, whose Of warning wisdom truth
and courage. disptled the gsh red clouds of domestic
tIne That wee about TO Durst IN fury over the Land
A that the vbig yars has ever plished for the
country all the principles that 10 has made efficient In
the administration OF tie 5cral constitution aud all
the positive blessing which 1t has achieved for the
HMM .tra
NE intelligence ana patriotism cf The people OF
our sha have oDcy de troy ibeinuencc nd
nit the use'uDee of that Ut public OF whom
tie greatest hyne example now presents in his own per
ION Tie irogeet proof that party neglect may become
public injuiy There is another ground upon it Is
inpostibie for us 10 support the pominatitO mace
ut BiltiMore which Va shau briefly lsy before you.
During The administration. which is to natc.
this country Ias through The dangerous crisis
which has occurred sce the fonnds"n of the govern
mint The bm and willing maintenance and admin
isiatiop the measures de, med necessary To meet that
ce's are beyond all doubt essential 10 the continued
tranquility aLo peace Of the Upon The whg party hiss
'fImtd this position "a capital srclc of ts creed
aud II Is cncuDstsnce OF small signiiit that
the cemooatc party has done the thing Yet it is
isot, ircapsble We think Of DENIAL that the di-tin
eubeo head Of he army was selected ard brought foe.
ward ss candidate by that portion of the whg party
VINO d,ny Tie propreiy OF armiBg the fDality of tho
omIr hhe measures and Who mean TO hold themselves
~ hptty To renew the sectional agitation of those ques
ti'ns Whfn.vor they see fit. The fact that "a ma
luity OF bis original supporters Ia tho convention
sixty Elk In number--votcd against the platform
pIirciIlcs vbich the convention adopted can
leave no ooutt to their sentiments and their
purposes Nhether il under their influence
or some other that the convention was kept in
Ignorance OF tho personal sentiments Of The candidate
and ths' private information only given per.
son whoe seDfc Of public duty supposed likely to lie
sdtsht0 with private iDfomatiOnw. DO not think it
mattrelto inquire. Nor i The fact of decii IMPORT
hncc that tie capddate personally approved favored
the original onacment .f the measure in question
that he has subsequently, in accepting the candidacy
matter q nesessiy accepted the platform Of the party
Which oh'red 10 him the nomination. Tue position Of
IaTiy itsli H. hnEeyer Of great consequence lt has
inay declared ibe Guty of mainta aiming aud executing
str,r OF measures OF great public Importance. AT the
sro me- ~ las rejected two candidates identified with
N, enactment aro execution o those measures, and per
oraly tle for their existence and has adopted
candidate Who is not identified with them and whose
principal suppoIt.rs 10 entire section Of the
r'p.e 70 sctho~.dee the duty VI preserving aud
forcing thin.
tDotr these circumstances. il Ia Impossible for to
shut our eyes to ibe danger that the whg partywbs
ever msy be The perstnal wihos of it's Eead-may be
wnfdra~p as parry Iomone section Of the Union apd
be ohed TO find it, principal most efficient support