The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-26

We spread before our host OF readers TO day, the
official report Of the proceedings Of the late Wing
State Convention at Macon, Georgia. which resulted
in the independent nomination Of Daniel Webster
for the Presidency. We ore indebted for an early
copy Of this official publication to Mr.. J. W. Patter-
son, will appear by the following letter from that
gentleman. The Forsyth from which it is dated, is,
we presume, the town of that name in Monroe
county There being no restriction imposed upon
us by the writer, and regarding the true Southern
man rs always prepared to stand by his assertions,
we prefer to give his letter entire, to witt
FoRsYTH, August 20, 1852
Within you find extra from the Office of the Journal
Webster Convention in Macon The great mas OF the
wing party in this State will give the Webster ticket its
Scott men in it. all told From this fact You can form
notion Of Scotts strength in this State. have
been Wing yet can never get my osn consent 20
vote the Scott and Graham alias Seward and Greeley
ticket Thinking that you would b. pleased TO have the
earliest reliable have taken the liberty to for
'A'' . : '''' '''''' JAS W. PATTERSON
'rThe Seward and Greeley ticket No wonder
the wings of Georgia repudiate it, and the national
convention which nominated it, notwithstanding
General Sect was strapped down to pretty sound
platform They bear in mind the wholesome facts
that the leading Seward journals execrate and spit
upon that platform-that they disavow their CON
sttutional obligations to the South-that they de-
clare the agitation of slavery an open question, and
that ut all hazards, they intend to agtate it, discuss
it, and abolish it, dissolution no dissolution,
peace or war; and that the election of General
Scott is but branch of the programme of the arch
sgitator for sapping and destroying the institu
tions Of the South so that he may ride into power
upon their ruins and the ruins of the Union. The
wings of Georgia, impressed with these solemn
vctions, have therefore repudiated General SOFT,
because Of the dangerous anti slavery influences by
which he was nominated, ard because they have no
faith in his pledges while Seward is the prompter
behind the scenes.
Gen Scott has said he would abide byl the wing
platform but still the want of confidence Of the
South in his eleventh hour acquiescence is not
prising, when we consider the strange ard unac-
countable influence which Seward and his instru-
ments exercised over the unfortunate administration
of Gen. Taylor. Does not every man remember
that the policy of Seward. adopted by Gen. Taylor,
in reference to Texas and New Mexico was driving
the country headlong to civil war, when, by a sud
den dispensation Of Providence, the good old man
was taken away from the dirty free soil clique that
surrounded him, and carried up, straight up, to
Abraham's bosom! And with this late alarming
example fresh in their recollection, does it not
become all good Union loving wings, in Georgia
and out of Georgia, to guard against the possibility
of the same dark and malgn influences in the
kitchen cabinet of the coming administration! In
this view, the bold and manly patriotism of this
Georgia movement stands out in beautiful relief.
TN A..
the Webster movement of Georgia with all the
force of regular, extensive, and systematic party
organization. From the note of our correspondent,
and from various other sources Of information, and,
considering, too the detection Of the Cobb detach
ment Of the democratic party, we should not be
surprised if Mr.. Webster, in November, were to
carry the State Of Georgia. His Independent no.
minaton, at all events, by large, harmonious, and
highly respectable State convention, in the very
teeth of the comparatively Insignificant Scott Con-
vont;e- .:..:-. 49, riuVv, an1 OF the $780,
time, proof positive that the Georgia wings old
birds not to be caught by chaff. It is also tell
ing rebuke upon the trading politicians who, at
Baltimore, sacrificed the most popular statesmen Of
their party for the fuss and feathers of mere gum
powder popularity, and for the vote Of the abolition
wing of the whg party of the North This inde-
pendent movement is also proper testimonial in
behalf of Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Webster, both o.
whom were unavailable at Baltimore because Of
their fidelity to the plain constitutional rights of the
South.
Now, then, what is to be done! The Georgia
wings have fairly and squarely put Mr.. Webster
into the field The Massachusetts, wings are daily
giving strer 9Th and momentum to the Webster
So Tn ID
expect them to promulgate independent electoral
ticket for the ustrous civilian. In North Carolina,
invited by the late State election the conservative
wings have already declared for Daniel Webster
In Louisiana, similar movement has been made.
All, therefore, that is now required to give Mr..
Webster fair start all over the Union, is grand
central metropolitan Webster demonstration in the
city Of New York-such demonstration as will
sartle the abolition toadies of Gen. Scott out Of
their old boots and breeches, and cause grand
rally to be made in every State in behalf Of Web
ster and real national wing party, standing fast
upon the broad platform of the compromise, the
Union, Webster, and the Constitution.
Why is it that the Webster men Of Wall street
are nibbling their fingers and holding back when
there is such chance for mmortalizing themselves!
The Castle Garden Union Safety movement was an
advertising humbug, d la Barnum-it was q izzle-
it was trick-it was fleeing operation-a cotton
speculation-a miserable farce, from beginning to
end. And SO with the grand Wall street move
ment for grand Webster meeting at Metropolitan
Hall. 1t was all for cotton; but it also woolly
horse-a grand failure-a fash in the pan-another
attempt to pull wool the eyes of the South. But
if only the other day thirteen thousand men could
be mustered to sign call for a meeting in
favor of Webster's nomination over all other
men, and if there was any meaning in the "wrath
and cabbage" of the old fogies Of Wall street at
Scotts nomination, why is it that now, when Geor-
gia is moving, and Massachusetts, is moving, and
North Carolina is moving, and Louisiana is moving
why it that the bulls and bears ofWa street are all
changed into lame ducks7 Just as "easy as falling
of log" Webster mass meeting in the Park, Of
twenty-five or thirty thousand men, might be called
together. And let series Of resolutions, and an