The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-02

Jeeding wing osndloste ioH the fresiuonoy, We DO
gin to perceive very powerful counteractmg move.
ment in tho Southern States, which Is growing and
incre asipg every day, like an avalanche, and will
soon come down upon the slaughter house conycn-
tom with such force IS will astonish Clayton,
Seward. and all these men who have been engaged
in pushing for ward the hereto candidate for the last
two years. Mere military popularity has tired out
the Southern wings. They zee nothing in the his
tory, reputation statesmanlike character Of Gen
Sect that will command their confidence. They
were deceived and humbugged in the election Of
Gen. Taylor, who Was held up as Southern man
and military hero, in the same way. The Southern
portion efthe Union seems to be determined to call
back the contest for the Presidency to the princi
pies Of nationality, statesmanship, intellect and
honesty without any reference to fighting qualities,
or tina. popularity which follows the hero on
the field Of battle With such determiua alton, the
Southern wings would gladly have taken up and
tried again Henry Clay; but that venerable man Il
bound for another country, and for "Whte
House, which leads to other results than the one
seated on the Potomac. The next great man
IN the whg ranks was Daniel Webster; but his
conversion to sound national principles has been
SO late in the day-the development OF his policy
March, $780, and even then he required the mightiest
bolstofipg to keep him straight in the course he
had taken. Taking Gil these things into oonsidera-
ton, the Southern whigs-a class Of intelligent and
Intellectual mea- cannot give their confidence to
man Of Mr.. Webster's position, history, and moral
iofuence, Notwithstanding the power Of his intel.
lect; and they accordingly, are rapidly set
Ting down on the individual who at present oc-
cupies the White House, and who was merely
elected as Vice President along with the same
ticket that carried in Gen. Taylor Mr.. Fillmore
hos been nominated by State wing conventions in
Tennessee, Kentucky, and in various other public
meetings in several Of the Southern States He is,
BESIDES as we have shown the only man within the
limits Of the whig party who is at this moment
thought Of in any portion Of the Southern States
rs fit candidate to run on sound national prin.
ciples in opposition to Gen. Scott, or any other
man whom the Northern wing abolitionists may
bring up for selection at the Philadelphia c,nyen-
ton.
At FIRST it was supposed that the circumstance Of
Mr. Film ore being merely elected as Vice Presi-
dent would operate against him, in much the same
way as similar fact did in the case of Captain
Tyler, of Virginia. who elected on the ticket Of
General Harrison. But these two persons and cases
are very dissmiar in their public character and
popular associations Mr. Tyler abandoned his
party apparently, and sought the embraces of the
democracy. He was isolated, therefore, during
the best part Of his administration. Mr.. Fillmore,
on the contrary, without abandoning the general
platform Of the whig party during his possession of
power, has given character of nationality to the
policy Of his administration, embracing asupport of
H. -:
mere especial manner created for him the sympathy
and support Of the Southern States He is, be-
sides, an amiable and apparently harmless M an,
interfering with no one, and seeking for further
elevation Of his own accord. The two Stats con-
ventions that have already nominated him, aad the
others in the whig party, which will, no doubt fol-
low, have determined to take hold Of Mr.. Fillmore,
the present incumbent of the White House, for the
purpose Of bringing him, with strength and force,
into the Slaughter. house Convention" and either
tomake him the candidate, or to break up that Goa.
vention in disorder and confusion.
Such being the strength of the movements in
favor of Mr.. Fillmores nomination a. the South,
yhat is there elsewhere at the North to oppose il,
unless it DO the intrigues and operations of VIM
H. Seward and his associates, who have created all
the abolition difficulties in this region Of the coua
try 1t is true that the movement m ade by the
friends CT MIR. Webster in Boston, and the one that
is attempted in this city, may be considered at
first q serious impeachment in the way of tho pur.
Eose indicated by the Southern wings, in their
taking hold of Mr.. Fillmore o: their prn ,ipal and
only candidate, against the nomination Of General
Scott. 1t must be admitted, too, that the mo 70.
ment of the bankers, brokers, merchants, moneyel.
Een, and miHiondires of Wall street, and that
vcini.y-all estimated ut one per cent q month
to nemirate Mr.. Webster for the Presidency, is
making wonderful AID rapid progress among that
class, but nowhere else, We believe; yet the Wall
street n,ilionaires suppose that all the political
power Of this vast republican, the rate Of one per
cent months centralized in that street. which re-
guates the exchanges, and puts up or puts down the
price of cotton, corn, or salt pork. Mr.. Webster
has been received fere among the Wall street cx-
clusvcs as . sort Of demi-god, something like a
Messiah. an astounding Intellectual develops mant,
Before which, when no enters church or house, all
rise up and make their obeisence, as il he was
already the chief Of race, or tho leader Of the
miAlsndirts. The meeting Of Friday, the 5.h
inst, win undoubtedly be largo and interesting
enc. Fir. Webster will DO nominated to the Prosi.
dency, and hat will finish his prospects
for the White House from that moment henoeforsh.
Il only necessary for the popular masses Of either
party, wings or democrats, in this country, to know
how he Wall street miioaarfs 30, and they will
accordingly 60 in an exactly opposite dir csion-
ore per ceus month to tho contrary nstWith-
Standing
Ins ! mina.ion o. MIR. Webster will, therefore,
snish him, shelve him, restore him forever to pr-
ya,o lie; bat it will Leave to field open for Mr.
Fillmore, who is growing in the South like en-
avalanche, and seems GS il he would c3me oyn,
even on General Scott, With auch force az to over
whe'm lin in tho "Saugh house Convention
We should not BIO st al surprised at such con-
summation, for the Southern vhig party, accord
ing to al accounts, is determined to take hell Of
Fillmore and TO do something WITH Inn and when
t1e South, Of either rarty, make up til, il mind 20
accomplish sDy particular political purpose, they
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