New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-20


knocked several places which fact accounts for
the absence of our usual dispatches. ,.r,
Presidential Matters Webster-scott.
We are modest, very modest. We never could
have brought oursef to speak upon the subject
Of Presidential candidacy, had we not had lying
upon our table, for the past week, a circular
letter, advocating the claims Of Daniel Webster,
and signed by A. G. Kingsland, L. Bradish, JAS.
Harper, Morgan Morgan, Jonathan Sturgeon,
and other distinguished citizens Of Network
The circular is o fair specimen of compositions
and very respectable eulogy of man who, as
statesman, orator and writer, overtops all eu-l
logy. But its leading idea is dd captandum, if
not false. There are political connections up
heaving and rocking to and fro the systems of
European governments. That is true But
when it is urged thai Mr.. Webster should be
elected President, because we must inevitably
be involved in them, we demur. Rather, we
would say, let him be elected because we need
not, and must not now be, in any way, drawn
into the European maelstrom. We are positive
non-interventionists, and we cannot relish the
insinuated idea--coyertly, but none the less
effectively insinuated- that Mr.. Webster would
take some extraordinary and demonstratiye
course in reference to revolutionary movements
abroad This is the leading almost the sole
idea Of the circular; and whilst we are solidly
convinced, by the conservative tone of O life Of
magnificent and active craftsmanship, that Mr.
Webster is opposed to the modern Intervention
theories, we are none the less astonished that,
in the face Of the failure Of the Kossuth pill
grimage in the South. grave, cautious and skill
full politicians should have adopted the tone of
this circular in recommending candidate for
the Presidency. tits gross political blunder.
Mr.. Webster may well exclaim, after reading
this circular, 6 Save me from my friends!', :
The signers Of the circular inform us (yery
gratuitously) that they are relieved from the
necessity of informing us who Mr.. Webster is.
They are considerable. We know-who does not i
the great star in the constellation of Northern
lights. We know the great pyramid of fame,
which, with that Of Clay and Calhoun, towers
above all comparison in the American History
9f the Nineteenth Century. We know who
walks. peer, among the giants of his day and
generation, whose very memory must be colossal
in American history and memory. We know
the self-made NewHampshire boy-the great
lawyer-the eminent Senator--the magnificent
orator-the wise statesman-the skilful diplo-
matist--the National American--the man
Greater in this than aught else) not fearful Of
inconsistency, when to be inconsistent was to
be right. We know--everyb knows--one Of
the grandest Of the historic monuments of Amer
lean history.
d - I'D .
But NO must confess we believe Willard FIJI
more, a true man, American all oyer. American
in heart, and head, and speech; man who
periled everything for the restoration Of nation
OIL harmony; who is not magnifcently brilliant,
but thoroughly strong and unwaveringly honest;
who is reviled only because he was entirely ma
tional, and therein has a claim for national vim
dication,-we believe that he is the choice of the
whig voters Of the South. At the same time,
we are convinced that in this section, as repu
lar candidate, Mr.. Webster could command n
powerful support. But a meeting of the friends
Of Mr. Webster in this vicinity Gas recommend
ted) would scarcely be practicable; or, if prac
ticable, enure to his profit
Whilst the friends of Mr.. Webster are Mt
work, those of Gen. Scott are not idle. General
Scott starts, SO far as Southern support is con
cerned, with bad omens darkening upon his
path AS things now stand, Gen Scott may no
more hope to gain one single Southern State
than man to walk out into the sea against An
incoming tide. He may find bottom. but he
cannot float upon the surface Of Southern poli-
tics fhis friends desire witnesses to this. thew
can refer to Kit Williams, of Tennessee. and
Cabell, of Florida. But Mr.. Stanly, of North
Carolina-a tried and gallant whig--has come
forward in two published letters to the support
and vndication of Gen. Scott He has failed to
meet the real issue-that the country has
right to, and claims, profession of Compromise
faith from any candidate who may be nomi
mated. 1t istrue, he quotes, as follows, a speech
OF Mr. Cabell, of Florida, delivered in the House
Of Representatives, February 8, 1852:
Seen Scott individually is entitled TO the support Of
az compromise men happen to know, during the last
the opinions he entertained these questions
Of Gen Taylor and previous to the formation of Mr.
Fimores Cabinet he excrted his personal influence to
sures.'n
And Mr.. Stanly adds his own endorsement, in
this wise:
But It d due to myself say that have never said
S. rAn not now say, that u can't and won't 20 fol
sSoss On the contrary, have always said knew he
was y earnest ardent and seaous friend Of the Com
paomss measures as there in the United States
sr" my oon knoclsdgs that he before Thea, passog.
NorISs,n 9cmgr. and afterwards heard him reprove
Aorthefn men who were opposed to them before they
% congress in such strong terms that thought
h mDa onend them know he is Southern man by
very respectable gentlemen. tried and chival.
rous wings, are Messrs stanly and Cabell. But
II 49, nevertheless, true, (as the latter said J
that the country demands that Gen Scott should
put his opinions on record Now a sectional
atmosphere gathers dimly around his nomina.
ton, and suspicious, like evening shadows are