The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-02
The Presidential Nominations.

Before another issue of our paper, we
shall be able to announce the result of
the Democratic National Convention.
which met at Baltimore yesterday The
friends of Buchanan are making strong
effort, and it is intimated that CAss will
be clearly distanced on the first heat
This may be mere Drag, for effect, yet
it is not unlikely that Mr.. BrcnANAN's
chances are, on the whole quite good as
CAss's. Whether one of these old fog
les F" will win, or whether some younger
aspirant is to sweep the stakes, will not
probably be decided for two or three
days.
There are evidently seeds Of dscord
in the Democratic party, such as were
never there before If the convention
do not break down on their platform,
they are quite likely to sunder on candi-
dates, and unless they find another Polk
we hardly see how they can cordially
unite on the nominee The New York
Barnburncrs cannot and will not 20 for
CAss. The Cass mon of PENNSYLVANIA
cannot be brought to the united support
of BrcHANAN Should DorGLAs be NOM
mated, the Free Democracy-Rantoul.
Cleveland, Bartlett Preston King. Hale.
Chase and the rest cannot endorse his
strong position in favor of all the COM
promise measures-And yet, we ought
to give our opponents great credit fof
the facility with which they sustain reg
ular nominations, and for the conciliatd
~ spirit with which they sometimes adj
just the most bitter family quarrcls-
until after election.
On the Wing side, the threatened d.
vision, from the Southern seceders, who
left the congressional caucus, has ceased
to haveGf it ever had)a formidable appear
ance. Marshall and the rest are unsus-
tanned at home The Wings of all Sec
tons, it is now pretty certain, will unite
theoretically in support CT the Presidcn-
tial nominee, whichever of the three most
prominently named it may be.
1t is now almost certain that Scott
cannot be nominated, if the friends of
Webster and Fillmore can be united
The figuring recently put forth by the
friends Of Scott is palpably erroneous If
they rest upon no better assurances of sue
cess than this, their confidence is vain
The delegation from this State is set
down in that calculation, for Scott,
for Fillmore. The reserve of this would
be more nearly correct Illinois is set
down as wholly for Scott; yet one of the
Delegates has written the Tribune let
ter (Which that paper docS not pu5hSh),
stating that such is not the fact. New
Hampshire is for Webster. Rhode Island
and Connecticut, it is confidently believ-
ed, will be found on the same side These
States are claimed to be nearly unani-
nous for Scott In New York. so votes
are claimed for him. whereas 81 is the
highest number he can possibly get, and
more than he probably will
And yet, with all these erroneous cal
culations-and many more, no doubt
might be pointed out-only $50 votes
are claimed for Scott on the first ballot
just two more than the number neccssa
ry to a choice The calculation allows
Fillmore 90 votes, and Webster 81 Now
the states Of Alabama, Georgia, and
South Carolina-not reckoned at all il
this statement-are choosing delegates
who will vote for Fillmore making e
additional votes, if those states are fully
represented. With only the corrections
above made, We have thus an aggregat,
vote for Webster and Fillmore of at leas
l56, to 1879 for Scott.