The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-28
From the Boston Courier.
1.-THE WcbSter Ticket.

"We are very glad to find that the gentlemen
engaged in collecting the evidence of public feel
ing on the subject of Webster electoral ticket,
have decided not to call a public meeting until
they have obtained a further expression of opinion
from other parts of the State. In our Judgment,
this movement ought to be made to depend ug on
the probability of the friends of Mr.. Webster.
throughout the Union, being able to carry the cleo
ton of President into the House of Representatives
If fair prospect of this result is found to exist, we
think Mr.. Webster will have the electoral vote Of
this State, its being asked for him by his friends
Upon their best judg as to this result we are
satisfied the friends of Mr. Webster in this quarter
will act, refrain from acting. They are not
men TO be deferred or driven, by any amount of
denunciation, from any quarter. They will, we
doubt not, make their course depend upon the
prospect of their being able to place Mr. w ebsters
name before the House of Representatives, leaving
it to that body to cay, upon their responsibility to
the country, whether Daniel Webster, Winfield
Scott, or Franklin Pierce shall be the next Presi
dent Of the United States.''
The Union newspaper is cooperating with
the Boston Courier, and seeking to deceive the
friends of Mr.. WEBSTER by over stating the
disaffeclion in the WIG ranks towards Gene
raj ScoTT, and the manifestations in favor of
running Mr.. WEBSTER as an independent can
didate..
The paragraph we cite above from the
Courier. however, indicates returning sanity.
There is no probability of giving MIR. WEB
sTER, in the present state of the canvass, a
single electoral vote. OF this the Courier
must soon be convinced. The WHIGs of
Massachusetts will never repudiate nomina-
ton fairly made by Vine Convention. If
the electoral vote of Massachusetts then can
not be given to Mr.. WEBSTER, what hope can
be INDUCED of carrying the vote of any other
State?
And can the Courier imagine that any thing
is to be gained by carrying the election to the
House of Representatives? The manner in
which that House, with its overwhelming De-
mocratic majority, would stake the RESPONSE
bility" of electing PIERCE and KING, if it
had the opportunity, must be well understood
even by our friend of the Courier.
In this connexion we may as well add that
the attempt which has been made to use the
name of Mr.. /CHoArE in connexion with the
attempted WHIG Reorganization, is altogether
unauthorized. The views of Mr.. CHoATE on
this subject were expressed with distinctness and
precision in his speech before the WHIG ratfca-
ton meetingat Faneuil Hall, when he said that,
",chile he intensely desired that another name
should hare been presented TO the american,
people as candidate for the Presidency, get
he Is IN FAVOR OF SUSTAINING THE NoMINA-
TON WHICH HAS BEEN MADE BY THE VINO
6 CONVENTION"
With regard to the WEBSTER movements
in Massachusetts,, the Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican makes the following observations:
owe are, as we always have been, ar dent friends
and admirers Of the great Massachusetts, states
man. Our paper, before tho meeting of the Balti-
more Convention, acquiescing in whatever the re.
suit might be, gave a strong, decided preference
for him over all other candidates. But we can
never depart from the ground Of honor well OF
usage, to which we hold ourselves obliged by the
result of the Wing balotng at Baltimore. We
repeat it, cannot depart from the obligation of
honor which is upon
"The fact is universally conceded that the no.
mination at Baltimore was arrived at fairly and
honorably. 1t is impossible to break away from
this fact. Whist these individuals are left free to
do they please at the polls, any organized oppo.
sition to nomination obtained fairly, honorably,
and according 10 usage, is n departure from the
line of safe precedents, and tends only TO mischief
and party anarchy.
I" We are free to cay that our only feeling in re-
gard TO this movement is that which arises from
its disparaging and belitting effect u on MIR.
Webster. We conscieatiousy and fully believe
that, so far the country is concerned, the inu-
cnce Of it must be greatly to enhance the strength
of General Scott, and to increase the popular vote
in bis favor. OF this we and hear enough al
ready to be perfectly assured"