Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-06-17
OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YORK. June 2, 1852.


SIT down. composedly, TO write a letter. In
deed, don't think that many New Yorkers
VIII act like rational beings, until after the
two nominations; and many of them will
doubtless Z" keep it up, until after the cleo
tlons, next autumn. | am afraid TO venture
down on the sidewalk, to learn the latest
news from Baltimore, for fear of being in
weighed into betting hats, suits Of clothes, din
ners, &c, on the nomination to be made by
the National Convention now in session In
the Monumental CITY. At any rate, | should
and might forget TO write you at all; so Twill
remain up here in my room, and 60 on with
my letter.
Well, just as I have made up my mind to
be composed, and to write along Familiarity,
on such general topics as occur to me, find
myself once more putting the question to my
self: Who is to be the nominee of the Dem
ocratic National Convention AS cannot
answer it, put it to you. But, again, it is
useless for me to do so for before this letter
Is printed, perhaps even before II reaches you,
anxiety viii be at an end; the lucky man
viii have received the congratulations of his
friends; ratification meetings will have been
announced, and some of them even held; I'M
lucky candidates will have seen the necessi-
ty of submitting with a good grace to the
. regular Nomination. the telegraph will
have conveyed the news to the four quarters
of the Union; the newspapers of both par
ties, and of no party, will have been consid-
ering how to frame their "leaders - and the
people at large Will have commenced 10 specu-
late on the Whig nomination to be made in
Baltimore, the week after next.
The = democracy do not feel as sanguine
of success in the approaching campaign, as
they did a few weeks back The letters
written by the prominent candidates of the
party TO Capt. Scott, of Virginia, have con-
siderably lesSOned their chances of success
at the North, if nominated /; and | feel conf
DEM that any Of the four or FIVE prominent
candidates for the Wing nomination would
be triumphantly elected. If the Democrats
nominate an entirely new man, and the Wings
do the same, my remarks may not apply .
but there is no doubt In my mind, that Gen.
Scott, Fillmore, Webster, Jones Of Tennes-
see, or Criuenden, would run far ahead of
any of The respondents to the circular Of Capt.
Il. @. Scott. The mass of the people of the
North will not refuse to vote for man, simp-
ly because he is a Compromise man; but
they hate TO be irritated, by having it contin-
uaI!y diHned into their ears, that they must
cheeyuhy support and approve what they re-
ally do not like.
The very adoption of ''compromise'' on
any matter, by individuals or nations, from
the nature of the act, as palpably expressed
IN the word, niCdgs the result of a real or
imaginary necessity for the sacrifice, on both
sides, of valuable interests, or cherished priu-
ciples, or both and 1t is simply stupid for
either party TO a compromise, to at empt to
exact from the other more than a rigid COM
pliauce with its terms. CheeTuLHesS should
not be required. 4 Sheriff is not expected
to hang a murderer cHeerfuLy; but he never
theless hangs him. A Northern man cannot
be expected TO give up negro TO his master
chee1uly F.; but we do give them mp, and that
is all the South ought to ask. These demo-
cratic respondents are not blamed here for
being willing 10 execute the provisions Of the
Fugitive Slave Law; but they are thought
to be deuced sight too cheerful in their re-
plies, for their success in the approaching
campaign, among the voters Of the orth.
They are known also, many of them, TO be
just as much opposed to Slavery as North
erners generally are, and to have pledged
themselves to Ueto any bin passed by Con
gress repeating the Fugitive Slave Law, or
making u less stringent, for the sole purpose
of catching Southern votes.
| trust that the Wings will refrain from
dragging their candidate into the writing of
letter that must necessarily inluTe him IN the
North. There has not been a prominent
Wing spoken Of, in connection with the Pres
idency, who would hesitate to execute any
lar IF the land. This is especially the case
with General Scott, whose profession has
even extremely developed in him the dIsPo-
sition TO obey the laws of his country, lgaat-
eUer they mag be but he knows, and every
sensible Wing ought to know, that there is
growing tendency among the people, to look
with jealousy upon the exercise Of the - one
man power and that 1t will be safer for him
not to be too " fast in saying that he ap-
proves Of the use Of it, under any circumslan-
ceS.
The best man, morally and socially consid-
cred, will not, | am sure, receive the demo-
cratic nominaton-this time There can be
no harm, therefore, in my saying that that
man is Commodore r. F. Stockton. as fine
fellow as ever broke bread, and as true an A
meTicau as our institutions have ever devel-
oped. | am glad he IS not going to be nom
mated, as | should dislike, exceedingly, to
work against him. The Commodore's true
fort is in his up-and-dOwn, straightforward
honesty of purpose, and generosity of soul !;
and ! have been watching his course at
Washington, with some anxiety, to see what
effect the rascalIy atmosphere Of that city
would have on him. If he only keeps politI-
clans at a respectful distance, and employs
his time IN working out his humane and pat
riotic projects, instead of devoting it to the
corrupt wire-pulIers Of his party, he Will ''be
somebody" He has the stuff In him. You
would like him well, if you knew him.
The advocates of the restoration Of the bar
barous custom OF fogging in the navy are
diligently circulating statements that Com
modore Perry's expedition to Japan IS delay
ed in consequence of the unwilliagness of
good sailors to ship in vessels where confine-
ment is substituted as a punishment in place
cF tho Good - saws ha M
ttonal InteIigencer, 3" don't fear flogging, and
never get it; but they fear double duty, and
will not enlist. Our receiving ships are filled
with foreigners, and good officers are unwil-
ling to 90 to sea-" These complaints are so
absurd, that the publication of them would
appear to be their own Tefutation. The
idea that American Sailors won't ship
unless they can have the privilege of being
fogged, occasionally, is so Pickinckian, as
Commodore Stockton Justly remarks, that
/ am compelled TO laugh as | record II. Ev-
eryboGy knows that the majority Of enlist
ments in the army and navy, IN time Of peace,
bayr ALWAYS heeu FOREIGNERS Genuine Van