The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-05

'whers 6ho have Gent q memorial to Congress
'gahs further aid from government to steamships,
10 not inczdc Collinss line in their protest. They
'onsS der that line semi Irrational one. They are
'pp Jsed 10 the Ebony and the dozen other lines
40 seeking enormous appropriations, but are
v arnly in favor Of additional aid to Collins.
Several interesting items from Texas, M exioo,
SO, VIII be found on the lrJt page.
The Webster Meeting To-night-OpiniOns
OF the Whig Press--Rise In Cotton.
We publish to-day, tho call for the Webster
meeting to night, and certain commentaries by the
Wig journals of this city, upon the movement, as
the proper accompanying documents.
Wall street ia in the field Read the call, and
the immense catalogue Of names, rolling up in solid
phalspx the mighty forces Of the money market
bulls, bears, and lame ducks, and al-snd the i'm
portSace Of this majestic movement will DO seen at
gonoe. Where the whole "materal, financial,
and political aid" Of Wall street is brought to bear
upcn the Presidential question, there will be hot
work for the wings who resist it. The lis. Of
slgners to this Webster call commands an active
capital Of Fifty millions Of dollars, capable of sup
plying all the republicans Of Europe with ships,
steamers, artillery, ammunition, and ss,ondh hand
Wuskets at two dollars piece, and all the gold
dust, cotton bre adftufs oil, salt pork, dried cod
fsh, and leather necessary to carry their opera
tions. The magnitude of this Webster movement,
therefore, in financial view, is we'll calculated TO
stsrtle the friends of Fillmore and Scott It ecpses
in single coup d'Gtat, all the State conventions,
county meetings, and nominations by the country
newspapers. of both SCOTT and Fillmore And yet we
have evidence going to show that this gnceut and
overshsdowing demonstration, like the great Union
meeting at Castle Garden, viii probably fzzle out
in gas and smoke, and leave Mr.. Webster the
lamest of the lame ducks on Change.
Mr.. Webb, Of the Coarir-.he exclusive Wall
street organ Of Mr.. Webster-is decidedly of the
opinion that this metropolitan meeting will settle
the question-thst all the subsequent proceedings
Of the wings will be matters Of form, endorsing
the final action Of tho general board Of brokers.
Mr.. Webster is the man. There never was such
man He knows everything for, upon all ques.
tions and al subjects whether they relate to diplo-
macy, the finances, literature history, religion, or
law, or to she mechanic arts, or to the science Of
farming, and the art Of making clam cho wder, he
is equally at home. If he is akilled in expounding
the constit ton, he is equally fat to the nios
points Of . Durham heifer or . Berkshire pig He
knows everything, and is great in everything; and
DO other man, since the nomination Of General Tsy-
lcr, could expect tho support Of Mr.. Webb. To
him your ordinary men, like Scott and Fillmore,
are out Of the question. Even Clay fell short Of
the mark. There IL only one man that can fill the
exalted standard Of the late Charge to Vienna,
and that man is Webster. There Is q positive
grandeur about Webster, especially charming to
the lofty aspirations Of Mr.. Webb. Even in his
fiscal operations, Mr.. Webster comes up to the
greatness Of Wall street. An Office which other
men have squabbled for, he only accepts with doa-
cfuy Of fifty thousand dollars, cash down. The
Cox,ir, therefore, is quite positive that Mr.. Web
ster is the only man for the whig party-the only
man for New York-and that as for Fillmore, he
would be certainly swamped, if nominated, by .
majority dead against him Of from seventy to one
hundred Thousand votes in his own States aad that,
under any contingency which may arise, the South
will GO for Webster Thus much for the Wall
street organ.
But there is discord in this whig music. The
Tribune hes another axe to grind As the organ Of
Fourrierism, socialism, animal magnetism, anti
rentism, red republcanism, abo!itionism, blooner.
ism, bran bread and turnips psychology, the Maine
liquor law, and the higher Law, the piebald philo-
sopher Of the Iribu~e cannot support Webster
He is on the wrong side Of Mason & Dixon's line
too much slavery-too much ootton-too much Of
the constitution. for progressive phesophy. Groe-
ley gives him the cold shoulder; and by way Of
side blow, publishes the proceedings Of the Young
Mems Democratic (nsrk the word -Demo:ratis
Wing Committee, which are certainly very funny
and amusing. In thoe proceedings Mr.. W. d.
Greene said that the friends Of Henry Clay would
remember that Mr.. Webeter's friends defeated
him in 1914 All ha So We suspected. "Call
you that backing your friendsl ~ He further
said, that Webster would lose twenty-five
thousand votes in New York What a beautiful
specimen Of whig harmony! And Mr. Charles Rid
die, another young democratic whig said that Scott
was the choice Of the majority Of the wings Of New
York city; and this in the teeth Of tho combined
forces Of Wall street But, best OF all, tho Demo-
cratic WhiG Young Mems Committee finally re-
solve that anything they may do is net to be con-
sidered an act Of dictstion to the Wing National
Convention. They don't appear to have much
faith in Webster and Wall street; and probably
the Custom House and the Post Office had some
little influence in this policy Of nonintervention
against Mr.. Fillmore Greeley, with the tau Of
his old white coat flying ia the wind, hurries down
to the Tribune Office, and publishes the proaecd-
ings Of the young democratic wings, a. tho beat
exposition Of tho real weakness of this Webster
move ment And, perhaps, he is right.
Next comes the little Times, sort Of tender to
the I'1brM, but irsidiously and stealthlly doing
the same dirty work Of their abolition masters
against the institutions Of the South Little Ray
mond demurs to the nomination Of Mr. Webster on
tho compromise platform. The meeting must take
in his whole political career-his past advocacy Of
the Wilmot proviso, and his earnest and decided
hostility to the annexation Of Texas, and every
thing else that may damage him in the South. OF
course this advice ia gratutous, and intended to De
vastly sarcastic; but We presume tho meeting will
be satisfied with the present attitude Of Mr.. Web
tier, especially upon the Fugitive Slave law, which
Is the gist Of tie slavery adjustment and the cream
Of the cotton trade.