Daily American telegraph., 1852-05-20

others, by thousands, who have ever been ad-
mirers of the character and acts of the "Hero Of
Chippewa" will give him their support-Demo-
Gratis though they may be-whatever may be-
come of the party with which they have hereto
fore acted The leaders of the Democratic party
see this tendency of things, and are very anxious
to have the Wings nominate either President
Fillmore or Secretary Webster.
Our Wings are immovably opposed to the at
tempt Of q few ambitious ofice-seekers to add to
the Wing creed whatever may suit their purposes.
For or against the Compromise measures, the
Wings of the North as party will not enter into
strife; and we hope the Wings Of the South will
act prudently and discreetly and justly in the
matter The less they agitate it the better it
will be-better for them and better for the coun-
try. The Democratic National Convention VM
adopt no resolution commendatory Of tie t1gitive
Stare lar, unless we greatly misread the signs
of the times" The South should know that she
has nothing to gain from pushing the North be-
yond q practicable point.
In 1910 General Harrison received electoral
votes enough in the free States to elect him. even
had the entire slave States gone against him
| and, i'll l848, General Cass received majority Of
the popular votes in but t,oo Of the free States,
and these two were New Hampshire and Iowa
States entitled to but ten electoral votes We
wish and desire sectional aspects; but if the
Southern Wings shall be insane as to bolt Menona-
nation Of General Scott, then union of those who
opposed General Cass in 1848 will carry every
free State, not excepting New Hampshire and
Iowa. for General Scott; and of such union, in
such an event as the secession of the South
crn Wings from the Wing party, however bitterly
l might deprecate it, have no doubt. If forced
upon as by our Southern brethren, be ii so! Tell
the Southern Wings that cancellation and fair plan
will do them better service than the present
course of some of them. The Wings of the North
are and will continue to be liberal, but do not in
tend to be frightened!
In this part of the Union both Democrats and
Wings are opposed to any President being re-
elected; and hence, of the one hundred and sew
enty three delegates who will represent fifteen
States this side of California in the Baltimore
Convention, but ten of them will vote for Presi-
dent Fillmore. This is the extent of what the
ofice-holders could do for him. Mr.. Webster
may possibly receive twenty votes from the one
hundred and seventy three, while General Scott
will receive the other hundred and forty three.
| All he will need to secure the nomination on the
| first ballot from California and the fifteen slave
States will be .fUe uotes-thrce Of which Delaware
will be good for, and California we trust will give
another three, to the end that there shall be
but one ballot second ballot will end the mat
ter, even though California and all the South GO
, against the nominee.
You doubtless remember that, in his letter to
the Tennessee legislature, in 1885, resigning
his seat in the United States Senate, after &C.
J cepting the legislative nomination of his State
for the next Presidency, General JACKSON penned
the following truthful sentence: an does no,
require the gift Of prophecy 10 Joresee that, If the
practice obtains of re- eecting a to Tie Presiden-
cy, he tcU spend tie first four years in efforts TO Sc
cure The office for the nert four years, and bribery
and corruption toW become The order cfthe day."
President Fillmore stands on the record against
the practice, and that, too, when an accidental
President, like himself, filed the Presidential
chair So, too, of General CdsS He gave his
friends assurance that, after l848, he should not
again be candidate for the Presidency. But
he then expected to be elected that time yetstill
it puts him on the record against second term.
We are all opposed to the two-terms doctrine
here in NEW ENGLAND.