The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-09
Our New York Correspondence.
New York June 9. 1851.

Will doubtless Keep 1t up" until after
the elections, next Autumn. | am afraid |
to venture down on the sidewalk. to learn
the latest news from Baltimore, for fear
of being inveiglcd into betting hats. suits
of clothes, dinners, &c. on the nomina
ton to be made by the National Convon-
ton now in session in the Monumental
City. At any rate, should be carried
away by .the general excitement, and
might forget to we to you at all SO
will remain up here in my room, and go
on with my letter.
Well, just as have made up my mind
to be composed, and to write along ia
miliarly on such general topics as occur
to me, find myself once more putting
the question to myself: Who is to be
the nominee of the Democratic National
Convention As | cannot answer it. |
put it to yow. But, again, it is useless
for me to do so for before this letter
is printed, perhaps even before it reach
cs you, anxiety will be at an end the
lucky man will have received the CON
CALCULATIONS of his friends ratification
meetings will have been announced, and
some of them even held unlucky candi-
dates will have seen the necessity of sub
uniting with good grace to the regu-
lar nomination." the telegraph will have
conveyed the news to the four quarters of
the Union; the newspapers of both par
ties, and of no party, will have been CON
sidering how to frame their next lead
ers; !" and the people at large will have
commenced to speculate on the Wing
nomination to be made in Baltimore, the
week after next
The " democracy" do not feel as san
guine of success in the approaching cam
paign, as they did few weeks back.
The letters written by the prominent can
didatcs of the party to Capt Scott of
Virginia, have considerably lessened
their chances of success at the North. if
nominated and | feel confident that any
of the four or five prominent candidates
for the Wing nomination would be tri-
umphantly elected If the Democrats
nominate an entirely new man, and the
Wings do the same, my remarks may not
apply but there is no doubt in my mind
that Gen. Scott Fillmore, Webster. Jones
of Tennessee, or Crittenden, would run
far ahead of any of the respondents to
the circular of Capt r. G.. Scott The
mass of the people of the North will not
refuse to vote for man, simply because
he is compromise man but they hate
to be irritatcd, by having it continually
dinned into their ears, that they must
chccJH((y support and approve what they
really do not like
The very adoption of a " compromise ~
on any matter, by individuals or nations.
is, from the nature of the act, as palpably
expressed in the word, al,cayS the result
Of real or imaginary necessity for the
sacrifice, on both sides, of valuable inter-
ests, or cherished principals, or both
it is simply stupid for either party to a
compromise, to attempt to exact from the
other more than a rigid compliance with
its terms Chec,1ui,,csS should not be
required. a sheriff is not expected to
hang a murderer chcerfNUy; but he new
ertheless hangs him a Northern man
cannot be expected to give up negro to
his master cheerf"lly; but we do give
them up, and that is all the South ought
to ask. These democratic respondents
are not blamed here for being willing to
execute the provisions of tn Fugitiv We
Slave Law but they are thought to be
good deal too cheerful in their re
plies, for their success in the approach
ing compaign, among the voters of tho
North.
They are known also, many of them
to be Just as much opposed to Slavery as
Northerners generally are, and to hay,
pledged themselves to rcto any bill pas
scd by Congress repeating the Fugitiv,
, Slave Law, or making it less stringen
for the sole purpose of catching South
ern votes,
/ trust that the Wings will refrain
from dragging their candidate into tn
? writing of letter that must nccessaril,
injure him in the North There has no
been a prominent Wing spoken of il
connection with the Presidency, VIII
would hesitate to execute any hdto 0
7 tie htnd. This is especially the cas-
with General Scott, whose professior
has even extremely developed in hin
t the disposition to obey the laws of hi
=, country, ic/tatcrer they may be- but h
knows, and every sensible Wing ough
: to know, that there is growing tender
: cy among the people, to look with jea
h ousy upon the exercise of the one ma
! power and that it will be safer for hin
not to be too = fast " in saying that h
even approves of the use of it, under an
: circumstances
y The best man, morally and social
considered, will not, | am sure, receiy
the democratic nomination-this TIM
There can be no harm, therefore, in m
saying that that man is Commodore !
l. f. Stockton, as fine fellow as eve
& broke bread, and as true an American ;
l. our institutions have ever developed
l. am glad he is not going to be nominated
, as | should dislike, exceedingly, to wor
" against him. The Commodores tn
forte is in his up-and-down, straight-fo
ward honesty of purpose, and generosli
W of soul, and l have been watching h
course at Washington, with some anxiet
to see what effect the rascally atmos
t. phere of that city would have on hin
G. If he only keeps politicians at respec
of full distance, and employs his time
d working out his humane and patriot
projects, instead of devoting it to Il
r. corrupt wire-pullers of his party,
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