The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-04
po1xr,cAL ECONOMY.

The Herald Of the 22d inst. copied an article
from the New York !" Day Book favoring the
holding of g National Union Convention, for
the nomination of Daniel Webster, and made
the following comments upon it.
"Should Webster be brought out, the act,
with the assistance of hrs friends, will have the
effect to throw the election into the House of
Representatives, where no doubt the Democra.
tic candidate would receive the election. Now,
if the movement in favor Of Webster is Of the
Whigs alone, pulley would suggest that they
take no such step, as it wonld be disorganizing
their purity, and essentially abandoning the
principle upon which they party rest On
the other hand, if this new party is Union
party composed Of the friends Of Mr.. Webster,
OF both parties, with an eye only to the interests
of the whole country, good my come of it !;
not If confined to the man aud his acts, but
based upon those measures Of political economy
necessary for the promotion Of the welfare of
the country"
The political &c ,nomy Of the editor Of the
Herald, we hive never had very high opinion
Of; for the reason we suppose, that We have
taken hls and NJ, his fAiso"e self i~"d-
tons, as criterion from which to base our
opinion. We are willing TO admit that he has
rs much to say upon the subject OF politics. as
any man we know of; but his ideas are gene
rally So my.tifed with words, eqnivocat'ons,
and collateral and unimportant issues, that II
very difficult to determine his precise meaning
We find this result, stirring Us in the lace IN the
above paragraph, where we are hrst I'D to con
cludc. that in the event that Webster should be
the nominee of the $. Union Convention, the
election would be carried TO the House of Re-
representatives., and the policy Of v"ting f"r
Webster exclusively az a wing would be bad,
but q . Union man, might result in good to the
eosstry; or, in other words, if voted for by
wings alone, our opponents are admoaished,
that It might create Reorganization in their
ranks, while, if voted for by both wings and
democrats, 10Th an eye only to the Interests Of
the ,cho'e country" the world is admonished
that, good may eoms Of IT," This is so nice
a distinction, that wr hardly know which Of the
two parties il was intend. d, should be the gain
er by the emunciation, or how we are 10 canstrue
thc position Of parties, should Mr.. Webster be
a candidate whether We are TO look at him az
q denaerzt, in the event Of his receiving the
vntcs of Both sch;gs and democrats, or are to
ionk sson dtM~crats who vote for him as wings.
IL the former, then all is right; if the latter,
then al i wong !; If neither, then, as usual, we
csve, and must throw ourselves upon the mercy
Of cur contemporary economist, with a desire
cha, he may explain. but a fear that there will
he Injected aat 10 US eonfusion ,corss con.
fAsHaed.
Our neighbm's democracy is by no means
rery reiisbls, and ~c imagine IT will require
more channels for he enunciation Of his politi-
cal opinions land he already has two, with the
announcement of third than he now has, To
cnnvince the intelligent portion Of the democra-
Tia party. that he possesses, either the ability,
tasessjty. frmncss, or consistency, TO deserve
their e,46deBee. HIS efforts at political disor.
gapizatina jas the last year, and his advocacy of
- psnnrttss Land Distribution Bill, have
Substantial portion of the democracy
60 apd vicinity. ample and over