The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-09

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Frsr~e: md - has suddenly rsised ges.leuan o.
Ess HsNpshiI~. Of whom potbiDg wa~ knos % 10
EmcIs iii yss'sdsy And Oh" ~as s"iy Ancwo -
ADeiies a respected member oil the L-Bss'ssSfs,
to the exslted pesiioD Of candidate OF see demo-
sTais pss,y for The Presidency Of she United States
The Iossibil'y OF suceess 10 tnis l"rm VI election
by universal suffrage. neeesSsrly depends on two
trials. The candidate must hr-t be CHOSEN ana
accepted rs the sole candidate OF his party
III, ougbcus the country; and seonndly, The party
VII ch has Thus adopted him must obtain the
majority over its antagonist ut the regular aud
decisive eleriion required by the constitution
Blu, The preliminary election, conduated under
private arrangement. and binding nnly BY she
obig atoms Of party honor. is Indispensable to
slrma'e success. for if ei her party were divided
in the choice Of i,s representative, the victory
would remain with tho other side; and in point
Of fact, although the sucs' qneDt and for nal election
besides the contest Of parties, the previous cooven-
sion settles The stiD delicate aud important
question Of persons At this s'age Of the electoral
proceedings it might. therefore. be conceived thai
peronal merit wonid have The utmost weight,
AS all The candidates submitted 10 tbis trial are
suIIo,ed to represent the same POLITICAL opinions
Yet tbe recent determination OF the Democratic
convention 1T Baltimore has again proved ~ vi
been previously shown upon the election OF Mr. Polk
IN 1874, that II is easier for aDtred To attain
The HuHIpt Of political power by sach a process,
than for Of I'd. hishest standing in the conn
ny 10 eyercoIoe the jealousy Of his rivals Num-
'esquisu has said that the principle Of absolute
monarchy is fear AID that OF aIistocraces is honor.
To speak in the same general terms, the principle OF
democracies II envy. Envy - the true name vi that
,assioD Tor equality which they sometimes indulge,
even by The sacrtee Of freedom and the proscrip
ton Of g'eot ess; for, by the operation OF universal
suffrage and the mocha, isn Of popular elections, IT
easier 10 Insure sba defeat OF rival than 10
@ /. he =. tr OF n friend.
Srch is the result ii these caucus elections in
he United STATES frequently exhibit. BY the form
and rule of their proceedings tho candidate who
The votes Of birds of the delegates is to
he ,oclaim.d the candidate of the whole party. and
accepted by The rest. We win suppose that two or
dCa,cs OF eDniD, nee spth rs Mr.. Bncha
aud General Ca-s. The faVorites. as the Moor
competitors drop off alter the FIRST ballot. a. long
AZ ib re il ,biy0 parry the list there may be
hope ha, his votes viii be transferred to the oher
nrlncil I'll candidates 80 as TO give OF them the
quisiie humber OF votes. Bat supposo that when
opIy ,~o remain. one has 60 ana tho other 40
| vo'ss onsoi lG0-C7 beng the number required TO
make majority. The contest RACES with violence
| and pssbiunci'y. but with no result Whatever is
| "a hapTer, neither side viii pas over 10 it's imne-
date rival and the passion for excluding him out
| weighs and mitigases the Of its own failare
Ip this way 40 60 ballots take place. Parties be-
come weary and irritaed, end fii into the state of
| men ready To adopt sry compromise which WI, save
! them from positive defeat At thar moment o com
| parAtiyely small body Of voters, who have kept
their own counsel, and purposely thrown away their
| votes on other candidates in earlier b soss, may by
| good management turn the whole election IN favor
| OF THAR ovid secret candidate. in The present ia
stance tbT has been shiiully perlurmedb by
The eli pioneering dexterty OF the men Ut Virginia
| and IS they started General Frank Pierce at the
critical moment, he became very short time the
term of compromise between the rival factions aud
was chosen with degree of unanimity that bodies
well for bis ultimate success rs President of tho
| United States
As far as we are able to collect information re-
| speciiDg gentleman who IL thus raised to a more
prominent position than he has before occupied, the
| lot has in this instance fallen wen and if the
chances OF success are--as we suppose them to DO
| in hyenr of the democratic candidate, We greatly
prefer General Pierce either GeDeral CnSs. MIR,
| Douglas, Mr.. Misunderstanding, of course,
princI ally with reference 10 the opinions and
loljcy tbts gentlemen believed 10 entertain as
to the relations of the Union with this country AMI
with foreign powers General Pierce is said to pos
sess the first and greatest quality OF statesman
high character. He has the good fortune not to
have been mixed up with the fev.rsh agitation and
the peuile pledges by which the candidates ofthe de-
moeia,ic parry are wont TO court popularity. He has
| not made speeches for NJ koseuth, promised the
anD,xa tiOn Of Cuba He has had experience OF public
affairs in the highest assembly of that countrythe
| Senate of the United States; and, to descend to
minor particulars in bis political creed, he is at
Once man of New England and yet d decided
champion of free trade
Mr. Rufus King, the democratic candidate For
| II ice Presidency. il better known to us from
| having filed the Office of American Minister in
Pans, where, however, he left very high impress
| OF bis qualifications, though he was justly more
| eT6emed than his predecessor, General Cass The
| ultimate Of these gentlemen depends, how
ever on the result of the Presidential contest, which
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| have named their candiiato The choice Of the
| ahig convention is still unknown and doubuGl.
| The march Of events in each succeeding year
| conSinces more and more that tbore is
| renee hey ord the limits Of the British empire and
GU: OF control, which exercises great 3rd ina
yortapt an influence our own welfare, aud On the
general progress Of the world as the character and
policy of tho American government. IL is not,
thel efore, without The deepest interest and soli-
| udc that watch he soues bat capTicioas ope
| Iations by which the composition Of that govern
ment is to be determined for the next four yeGrs
The relations Of the British empire and the Anlori-
| can Union have gradually twined themselves into
| connection, strengthened by common interests
and common freedom, which Is alike distinct from
the close and sometimes cnerous ties of q mother
| country to her colonies, aud from the frigid or
| polite alliance Of two foreign States Between
| ourselves and the United States there is no de-
| peLd ncy, and, htricly speaking no alliance;
but there is identity in the first interests Of indus
try, Of peace. and Of mutual respect Ihore is dcn
iiy in ties saered than those Of diplomatic in
cTc0urse. We told that favorito staple Of the
inferior press Of America is abuse Of this country.
II may be 80; for whether what they say of us be
good bad, it eeldom falls under notice. but il
such be the practice there, it is not are dis
posed to initiate. 1t becomes rather 10 set the
| example Of expressing Our bnsitual respect for
| country whose greatness desire to see increase
| next TO TINT Of England hersolf and although
may crticse the institutions Of the United States
| as freely do own, we arc not the less
soious that these institutions but the trapsat
! laDtie growth Of our liberties, our laws and our
| ]anguage--spfmg from one root, and bred by ono
| people.