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mn NEW York CORRESPONDENTS.
NEw Yesk. june IS, lsss.
ssals. EDrroK The Wing National cenyension 5 IN
scssoa but the result q its dcberations no man can
vctorscc tits idle to speculate probabilities, We
all have our personal preferences and our reasons or
the hut be the nominee either webster. or Scott %
Fillnosc the clscsiOnscf either would b sufficient
guarantee 70 the eoantrf asic, and patriotic Admin
is.ratioa II isshle the difficulty q fareseeing who
the candidate win be has increased rather than inn
ishcd.
All Americans ieel pride N the name q Wess'es,
that great statesman, If whom il has not inaPsy
said .he has the largest head upcA any mans sheaaes.
ana tse aosf II ~ lie, has friends IN tbs convention
Who viii adhere 70 him while hope remains lnsisSd
there Is "a man who has inspired warmer pcrsonal az n
.eIn,ents IA unexpected sindsratioa cf CscM Seots
strength L thu discovery portions Of the Loana
ana Kentucky delegations ready and willing q Pro
mote Is noGa:Astion and he eAs@sSs = Ai flinaors
have beca uaS apparen,y more fasesbis es shc ehOc
4 Of Mr. Chapina Of Maryland, enc q his particular
friends. Is preside oxsr The cGseation. tSegraPhe
dispatch viii have doGbsss informed yon q the result
before this letter reaches yOa Il any rats before y
( printed.
The Democrats iia,l that il is not altogether such
sailing under NIr Pierce asthey had ondiy Inn
sacf fr i,tsscsses few elements ofpopuarity. Goa
,,, Min thar kinaess which he always maaiiests
NJ interior officers did commend Pierce, in common
;,h others for calamity hat the fac; Is. the New
HAMPSHIRE brisaer earned no military reputation Ms
career was much like that Of the ridiculous Pillow and
The vain eoxeonib Cushing, Al Chapucpec Il Is sand.
re- fatr and was withdrawn 10 aplaecof safety, afeer
which he resigned his commission, aud rrturned home
h,garc the war had Sydcd. The Conservative DSmc~
cr,,s have moi Sargoca The aid and cem;enaRcc which
Mr. Pierce asa his friends in New lIsralhrS sxs II
the Illegal aud lo-..9as oassreas q Gov. Dosr in Rhode
Island I.,iced tic two heroes rnaryclcusy alike;
DORIS courage having oozcd out a, tis fingers cRds
ehapache not less striking thaa Perces did, in Mexico
Patriotic mi Of all political parties delighted at
the favor with which the petition Of f. X. Collins for
an additional appropriation has been received by Con-
rrcss Not The slightest opposition has ever. 10 MY
know bccn hrea,hed against sustaining Mr. GolA
except that which has had origin il British inucacs
ii New York. The merchant, and the mechanic. thu
Clergyman AMI the srosspaps the millionaire and hi.
day~1aA0fer have but oncopiaon aud tLatis, that Col
las ralst5e sSsailefl. refer Of course Ametcans
hy birth OF in Eeca. Whenever ahipdisduai Is heard
rash enough 10 provoke The angsr aud contempt f
circle By speaking against 'he appropriation ne bctray
the Source al hls Misrepresentation BY relark that Col.
Z Inns hought'nt TO ave appropriation.
But, even Ernipdcd Englishpica coifsss thai NJ.
c lliEs is The creates; raa in Liz lie now living and
tley say d,ai. had h been born Ia England, no aa,f
F4.4 ao !+t o thoE5it ny tile government ct that
c9Uay to BE- TOO much for hin honers too great no
tides or rank t2o high Ii We rsilec for an instant, d,
Mr. Coliass achievements, We win haye an splroxi-
Eaat, concgPtlp 4 uly bsh position which poscri,y
w.ll award i;af&
England Ls l,sa, fas years, tl.c acknowledged ois-
gess Of Sas. aliiS ilc pcopl of,no country i,
Eerope ling 70 9ckno~ lcds tlIc Hillary sapc.
rerity, of the British, they would LOT hesitate 10 c
fss that They the bcst SKIP buIsrs and sailors
Nation after aai;oa hAd tri,en bat sitt in yai 10
dispute rhc asercenY e the scgs With the proud nea,
stE4i sat ualrr the ." taeaJaske' Rich aud powerful
i9yernenls hafsf, their ad and influence 10 those ot
hcir sptjeots a,o were bent On nik a themselves and
sther coGatries fau,oi4, by boating England on her
ayoFite clcueat RaHh aad vvaltl, had been ohcr,d
for eyer sprc inmate success The absolute Soycrisa
Of 4 large empire had, himself gohc 10 England, and
worked as practical shipwraht for the purpose &c
transmitting such knowledge to his sRbees as would
place them the front rank of shilsbuillers in III
world. But these atienpt, had all failed. ENGLAND
sti the FIRST maritime country in the world. and BY
the 4wer classes in tbs dfcren1 eogntrcs q Europe
she=vas even regarded as holding charmed position
from which it was iiupos-ae dslq;e her, and AZ
tgl4pt which would b a,eseiy s1Frsg ouss S,,.-.
H I'm a. osl s, Ill. .tt.es ~ t -of
gsarpHng the 4sritfsh Los, singiy haacd The idea
wqlld others, he thought, prepo>lyt., that
he did racntou ii but lss continued labor,
tally aud physically, ncYrr ior nlone losing sget 81
the eua great ccet 81 lis lcthst Of giving % his
csu6ty The uadsppcd positira t the fist 'aaritne
power afaeng the ;iatons e he world.
But ind that ny intqase Amer and ny adai-
ration Of The gdHps ohe great man who has sgnallv
added our c41n:ry's glory have made etgot that
am writing letter frbm New York VII ahruptg
drop the subject after saying that the eyilizcd world
snow Acknowledges die Collins Line 81 Atlantic
ships b the .acst. fastest, and strongest Ia
the world. Eaelaad. herself acuelcgs Il, AID adds
that Iii Mr.. Collins is Only -rpportcdby hl govern
meat, AteFca viii be spou IL affair way ton51nopolzfl
the occaarcarying trade Ct tl,cworlds ItWil be %
mcmbercd that Mr. cilHs feiisht unailed AGAINST his
Goyerament-baekcdEn English opponents and that. aet
until tc victory has been voh ait legCd, does
he ask + far remuneration for his mail scryces
Yours Truly. JEFFERSON.