The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-04

viii be the next President Of the United States. The
democratic party, whatever may be their local dis
putes upon local tickets, and local questions, are
united upon their Presidential candidate, from Cape
Cod to San Francisco and from the great lakes to
the Gull OF Mexico they were never united before
in fact 1t is manifest that the sms OF our modern phi
fsophers, and inndei reormers and abolition dema-
gogues, have so far demorazed the wing party
that there il no longer any adhesion in its elements;
but that it is breaking up, and that its rapid disso
linton and reconstruction upon some new and sepa-
rate basis, North and South, are consequences
which are now inevitable, and may he expected to
follow close upon the heels Of the Presidential
election.
Such are the unmistakeable signs of the times
The military reputation of General Scott, the great
est living military chieftain on the American cont
nent, to most extraordinary degree, has proved q
political abortion. When gunpowder capital can
not he revived even 10y the wonders and the thun-
ders Of Niagara Falls and in full view Of the heights
Of Chippewa, Queenstown, and Lundys lane, then
indeed, as q Presidential article il satpetre at
discount. Tie whole country demands something
more. The last experiment with that good, honest
old man, General Taylor, was enough. He was O
great general quite successful General Scott;
but the Presidency not his vocation. Free soil
and abolition demagopues crept in and controlled
his cabinet through his kitchen cabinet, while Gal
phins and GARDENERS, and Chickasaws, swept out OF
the treasury thousands, hundreds Of thousands and
even millions Of the public money. Yet General
Taylor was honesJ-honest as the day was long.
He was, however, unequal to the important de
maDds of the high civil station to which he had
been elevated; and hence he died with resolution
of censure hanging over his head in Congress, for
certain rascaties Of which he was as innocent and
Islands. The result is the wonderful falling of in
mere military popularity which has been illus
in in this campaign. The people want some
thing more.
= miserable failure. The pictorial documents got
mp by Greeley, representing Scott in the midst of
smoke and fire, urging ON his troops, have turned
out worse than his specuatons in zinc quartz, and
ward. 1t was not proper that those who 30 bitterly
denounced the war and "gave aid and comfort to
the enemy" should sing hoeannahs to the cheftain
whose garments were dyed with blood in its prose-
politics, as well as in ones personal appearance The
thing was too barefaced-it had too much the ap-
pearanse OF eating ones own words
Is General Scott still DESTROYS Of reestablishing
national bank, fiscal corporation, or any other
monster Of that sort 7 And az the question Of
another bankrupt law may spring up. one Of these
fine days, is he still in favor OF that Wholesale
system Of sponging out private debts by legaliZed
Reputation What are his opinions on the an
nexation Of Canada2 What has he said applicable
to the acquisition of Cuba, or another slice of
Mexico What is the secret Of the very intimate
relations between General Scott and Seward and his
agents and allies, before the convention and after
the convention2 Issues such rs these the Issues
upon which the people wish to be informed. They
are practical things. Instead OF pressing these
been busying themselves in clearing up the silly
charges Of cowsrdism and abolitionism against
General Pierce, and in trumping up the paltry pay
ard extra allowances to General Scott for his public
nothing in respect to the good prospects Of their
national ticket to the tact or good management Of
their party Journals They have been doing sorry
work in a good cause If they succeed, they will
x1>sr <hor ctvnr 20 ho<sv
fde adherence to their platform, to the independent
press, and to the spontaneous sober second
thought Of patriotic and intelligent people.
From the New York Herald Oct 1, 1852
WHO Is TO BE TIE NEXT PRESIDENT FIGURES
NEvBR LIE.
The records Of the past are the seeds OF the fu-
ture. If we possess desire to make approximation
to the results Of the Presidential election OF next
month, the only mode Of doing SO is by means Of o
thorough and careful and deliberate analysis OF the
past elections, and their peculiar characteristics
In columns elsewhere, to-day. we have compiled
in one mass the popular and State eections winch
have taken place in this country from the year
1924 up to the present time These tables are cal
culated from tie most accurate data and have been
compiled and preserved during o series OF twenty
under the supervision Of this establishment. They
comprise the figures of every Presidential election
from that OF 1874 up to ls4s, besides including al
most every intervening State election since the yea
/
well as for the man Of business and the man of lei
sure series Of authentic and curious facts, from
which, with his own recollection, united with thu
facts Of history he may be enabled to form certain
country to the probable results of the approaching
one for the Presidency now pending
Such are the general views with which we &C
| company these important and valuable tables o.
election results for the past thirty years. According
to all rational conclusions founded on facts and on
natural differences, it would appear that General
Scott has not the slightest chance of reaching the
! Presidency and that all the military popularity at
tributed ~ him is an utter and unqualified ahsurdty
In the history Of politics in this country. Our cleo
tons have been decided by other causes and springs
than those arising from military popularity ani
even the military renown Of Jackson Harrison, anl
Taylor would never have elevated any Of them tc
the Presidency without the combination Of othe
political, social, commercial and financial causes
concuiriDg in those particular times and junctures
The free soil vote, bereft Of its Van Buren, influence
which gave II q Fictitious importance in lS4s, will
he reduced to its natural dimensions. The contes
will be similar in its general features and characte
to those which have marked the history of the coun
try for the last twelve years; but it will be the las
CONTEXT between the democratic and wing partie!
under these particular appellations. If the demo
crate party be triumphant-as every figure seems to
indicate il wi-the wing party will sink into total
extinction. Hereafter it will be ruled in conjunction
with the abolition section and VIM II. Seward, de.
feated in carrying General Scott into the Presidency
VIII iali PACK Oh MS original principles Of agitation,
aboltionism, and dcmagOguism, out of which he
sIrang, and by which he has reached his present
position.
Who is to be the next PRESIDENT The figures OF
thirty years past indicate that General Pierce, by
the pre- EFT combination and complication of par
ties will be elected President over General Scott by
probable plurality OF n'netythree Thousand potes in
the sereral States, and che hundred and eightytwo
electoral cotcs IN the Uaicn,
From the New York Herald, Oct 9, 1851
GENERAL PIERCE AND THE RELIGIOUS TEsT-THR
QUESTION SETTLED AT LAST.
We publish in another part Of this days paper
very important correspondence, that gives its qui
etus, now ard forever, TO the infamous calumny
against General Pierce in reference to the religious