The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-20
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"Who viii be the no inee Of the Wing Conven-
ton p is the first question asked on meeting
an acquaintance This is as at presenr the all alb
sorbing topic of conversation; and when the guns
commenced firing in Jersey City last evening. in
honor of the reception of the German glee clubs,
the excitement among he politicians was raised to
the highest pitch, and they rushed our Office from
all quarters to ascertain who the successful can
didate. few of them even went 50 far as to hur-
En- for the nominee venture. 3 t, uafortu-
nately, we still unable to the man. After
\ tumultuous days session, during which forty
unsuccessful ballots were had, the members tired
and hungry, adjourned till tomorrow. They have
been in session four DAYS have had no less than
4G ballots and after sleeping easting. fasting pray
ing and consulting to-day, will probably meet to- Or
and finish their business, by either selecting
candidate, going home and leaving their party to
vote for whom they please. 1t would not be sur
prisng il the latter course adopted. There are
but four five members of the three actions
who are disposed to give way and allow their favor
ties to be sacrificed for the purpose of combining the
party. In his they are uni Ike the democrats Til.
various factions of the latter party, in convention
very wisely resolved, after the ghth ballot
to centre upon Pierce, and the result il thai they
have firmly cemented all the at that time die
traeted fragments of their power and rendered their
success in the coming contest almost beyond doubt.
The details of the by-play and manmuvres be-
tween and during the different ballots yesterday are
strikingy curious and interesting 1t will be seen
that the scottites, with John Minor Bolts AT one
end, Sim Draper at the other and little Raymond
hanging the outskirts, resorted to every imagine
able scheme that could have any bearing. BY the
way the latter gentleman yesterday insinuated in
his paper, that the Fillmore and Webster delegates
had betrayed the Scott men into support OF the
Compromise platform under the pledge that the for
mer would in the end, &c for the General. Ray
mond even went so far to confirm surmse Of
Friday, by nsinuatng that, unless General Scott
received the nom nation, his friends would withdraw.
When this came to the of the members of
the conventions the greatest excitement mani
tested. Several motions instantly made to
turn him out-Raymond tried to be heard, and
there the greatest noise and confusion imagin-
able in the midst of which the chairman announced
that as Mr. Raymond was not member of the
body he could neither be turned out allowed to
speak. The Sewardites or abolition portion of the
party, have done more to blast their hopes during
this convention, than they will be able to
in years This assemblage brought them before the
peope-placed them where they could be seen and
heard-and, fortunately for the country at large,
their miserable trickery and huckstering have been
so barefaced, that they will hereafter, if they
possess particle Of shame, be glad to hide their
diminished heads, and do their dirty work in the
dark, as in days of yore. One thing strikes us as
very singular. On the thirty-seventh ballot, one
vote cast for Douglas, of California This is,
perhaps a mistake Of the telegraph. It was most
likely Seward vote thrown for the black Douglass,
of Rochester. Fred. has been aspiring to the Presi
dental chair for some time, and he would, beyond
all doubt, suit the majority Of his white followers
much better than an honest and unfinching patriot
who would uphold and carry out the laws Of the
land
That the convention will to morrow succeed in
making a nomination, we think quite probable
After going TO church, aud listening to a sound
mon ard fervcnt prayer, the minds Of members will
be Gained and turned into the right path. Mr.
Fillmore has shown his good sense by authorizing
the withdrawal Of his name. Should Mr. Webster
act in the same courteous manner, one the other
OF these gentlemen may yet be nominated,
third mana thorough Unionist-perhaps Crtten-
den-wll get it. pA if the Webster delegates,
who hold tie pGUer still adhere to their favofte
regardless Of consequences, Scott will get the nomi
nation, or else the convention VIII break up In a
row, and the whg party will be annihilated beyond
redemption That it is the ultimate design Of the
Sewardites to drive the convention into one or the
other of the latter expedents, there cannot be any
doubt whatever They were conceived in turbulence,
have been brought up in corruption, and will create
dissension and rebellion whenever opportunity !
presents itself Nothing would please them much
as the dismemberment Of this Union; and the only
hope the wings have of party salvation is the union
Of the Webster and Fillmore wings upon some
candidate, in the same manner that they did upon
Their Platform of principles. They have trumphed
upon rnciples, and they should now follow the OK
ample OF their opponents and lay aside their favor
ties when 1t is apparent they cannot be chosen. Prin
cipes are everything, and men should be secondary
considerations with all true patriots
In the monkey case, Judge Roosevelt Yesterday
decided that the defendants, Donetti and Niblo,
were not guilty Of contempt but that the defend
ant, Gustavus V. Brooke, guilty Of mscon-
duet, and he was therefore ordered pay a fine
Of one hundred dollars and to be imprisoned un-
tl il wss taid-the imprisonment not TO exceed I
thirty days The motion for injunction against