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

1 are q the bottom Of it, caa,ing othrr feel u
pubiiopulse. and who win aos II shey end sentimsu
prevailing strong enough 70 keep them in couatsu
Having sS, s thus .s %ssh % no +
Baltimore nominations, are sverse TO tho formation
| Of q Webster ticket, which, under other oiroum
stances they would probably DO the earliest to pro
pose Every intelligent whig In Massaohusett
ruin his party in the State. The Webster strength
happened to Lie in the very counties, towns
and congressional districts which tho wings
havel been enabled to retain, even against the
coalition. Take the counties, for example Mr..
Webster's friends are strongest in Suffolk county,
which last year gave $50 majority for the wings,
and cast !eV votes for Mr.. Winthrop. Suppose =
webster ucket nominated. to be voted for on tho
"a OF Ncvenber; is 1t within the bounds Of proba-
blity that on tho Sth Of November. six sysiater,
the Scott men and the Webster men will come toge-
ther in support OF tho candidates for Senators
and Representatives IL is not and what would
follow why, that the six Suffolk Senators, and
foiyfour Boston Repre- sentatives, heretofore con-
shutting tho very back bono Of wing legislative
strength, would fail Of election and the senate
rial vacancies would DO filed BY tho choice Of six
democrats orfree soileTs, while tho oty would 90 un-
rpres<L ted in the House. This consideration has,
to my certain knowledge, operated on the minds Of
wings, who, two months ago. were fairly foamiBg
at the mouth at the though of Mr.. Webster having
been set aside in behalf OF General SCOTT. Nor woui
thess losses stand alone. Representatives would be
lost to the wings through Webster movement in
Cambridge, Roxbury, New Bedford, Lawrence, aud
some other places, TO the number Of some thirty,
peibaxs moro while all chances Of regaining
Lowell would 10 lost. to say nothing Of
other places now considered doubtful 1t
is extremely doubtful whether one whig would
be elected to the Senate. In Hampshire county,
which elects two Senators, tho whg majority was
735 last year; in Barnstable also entstled to two
SenstoIs, the wing majority WAS 1876; in Nantucket
and Dukes Zone senatoi) that majority was 100 A
Webster movement would break down such slender
nsjorities as those and leave not tho ghost Of
wing to haunt that hall in which for moro THAI
twenty years the wings held sovereign sway. Tho
coalition are sure 10 elect eight senators, even
against the whiga and the lso.called) "rummies,"
and most probably they will choose nineteen. Tho
legislature, thus constituted, will have to choose
Governor, . Lieutenant Governor, nine Executive
Councillors, United States Senator and so forth.
Then look ut the effect Of boiling movement on
the Congressional elections Suppose that the wings
should keep united, and that the coalition should
Lot be extended to Congress men, there would DO
nne, perhaps ton, wings chosen to the next United
States House Of Representatives; but if the wings
should split up their party it is by no means i'm
probable that our whole delegation would be COM
posed Of democrats or free sellers. Even the two
Boston districts would in such event DO lost to the
wings, as there would be Webster whig and
Scott wing run in each, neither of whom
could obtain SO many votes as would be thrown
for democrat, supposng the latter to receive the
votes of the free sellers There is not single dis
trict upon which tho wings. would rely, in case q
Webster electoral ticket should be placed in the
field.
i mention these considerations because know
they are precisely those which have had weight
with not few Webster men, and prevented them
from acting in accordance with their feelings They
see that their action would bear comparison only
with that Of the bull in the crockery shopt would
be eminenty destructive, but not particularly USE
full. To suppose TINT such considerations have not
presented themselves to their minds, that they have
not had some weight with them, would DO to look
upon them as set of lunatics, which would not DO
complimentary to either leader or followers-to
Mr. Webster or to those who admire him. And
what is there to be gained to Offset many losses!
absurd to be thought Of That vote would be lost
to General Scott beyond all doubt, but it would
not be gained for Mr.. Webster; it would DO
given to General Pierce, who would receive
from FIVE to ten thousand more votes than
General Scott, and from twenty to thirty thou
sond more than Mr.. Webster. The latter gentleman
would stand third the list, ard would be far in
deed behind even the lowest Of his opponents, for
fpll twn.thrds of the wings would look upon him in
the light Of traitor word that has been frequent.
o. two. "'A '''S 'ian'' nes0 ~
/ know it is said that dissolution of the whig
organization on the Presidential ques tion need not
be followed or rather accompanied by breaking up
of local arrangements but such a remark can como
only from men who are ignorant of human nature as
modified and colored by political circumstances Did
the baInbuIners and democrats Of New York Goa
lesce State officers after the former had 'bOlt.
ed" to defeat Gen Cass! The disruption would be
complete as to time, and perhaps would be final.
! nay mention that some people are slow to be.
leye that any Webster movement can take place,
because Mr.. Webster stands before the world IS the
second officer Of a national whg administration and
they cannot believe that such an administration
woiHd take part in attempt to break up tho whig
party, which has taken its second candidate from
the cabinet. and whose delegates came very near
nominating Mr. Fillmore. Whatever complaint Mr..
Webster has against tho Baltimore convention, Mr..
Fillmore cannot share very largely in it.
Either men are very much deceived, or the demo-
cratic party on the eve of one Of their greatest
triuDpbs. All tho gentlemen from other States,
who passed through hero on their way to tho HILLSIDE
versed with men from New York, Connecticut. Ohio,
PenDsy vania, California. and several oftho Southern
States, and they all say the same thing-Pierce is
to carry everything. Tho wings are in lower
spirits thnn / ever before saw thom. The nomina-
ton Of Mr. Hale, and the movements Of the Web
ster men, seem to have taken the spirit all out Of
them. Some Of them say that the Webster move
ments have for their end nothing moro than hope
Wing State Convention, which will meet on the
1st Of September. This assertion may DO found
literally correct, after all.
We are likely to have amusements enough in Bos-
ton, this season and rex, in the theatrical line.
The Museum has been open for a fortnight, under
the supervision OF its excellent proprietor, Moses
kimba1l, who is as ever, universal favorite Mrs.
Barrett, who seems to have discovered the fountain
Oh youth, Will commence an epghgcmenL tneTo on
Monday. The Ravels will close at the lilo ward next
week, and will be followed, for a fortnight, by
Wizard Anderson, when the regular theatrical sea-
son will commence. Among the celebrities who will
appear there, understand, is Miss Kimberly, who,
it is said, will revive some Of the old English
dramas-a department of literature with which she
is better acquainted than any other lady in this
country The new National rises almost as fast as
did Aladdin's palace, ard will, presume, be COM
pleted by the 10th of September-the day specified
in the contract. 1t presents most magnificent APP
pearaLce, even in It's present unfinished state. 1t
win be larger than It's predecessor and an honor to
all concerned IL is generally supposed that the
company with which it will be opened will surpass
anything that has yet been seen in Boston. But
little has yet been done toward tho erection Of the
new theatre ON Mason street. which will DO the
fashionable dramatic house Of Boston; tho
Queens Theatre, it were, Of the three h!ed city.
Such an establishment has long been wanted hero.
The Atheneum Gallery IF SCULPTURE and painting
has been re opened, and has some splendid spec-
mems Of the fine arts. Let me advise all Of your
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