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

for elevatng to the White House, and to the place
once occupied by Washington and Jackson. men who
have intelligence and sense, and courage and pa.
tliotism, and common honesty and discretion, and
all those qualities requisite for high and digned
administration Of the public AFFAIR." in this country
The contest, therefore, now commencing, from this
day forward, between General Pierce OF New Hamp-
shire, and General Scott of New jersey is a contest
between the great principles promulgated by the two
parties who make those distinguished men their
representatives. 1t is contest between those prin-
cpes which, on one hand, will lead this country
cure and undisturbed to the highest pinnacle that
ever nation attained, or will, ON the other hand,
ALLEVIATE the two sections OF the country from each
other dissolve the constituent parts Of this glorious
republic, and produce hereafter series OF CONFUSION
following cOnvusion caused by the antisavery agi-
tation OF such men as Seward and his compeers The
platform of principles and measures put forward by
the Convention at Baltimore, Is the platform Of
General Pierce, and that on which they will
support and intend to elect him. The platform
and principles Of General Scott and Of his party,
are those which he has himself promulgated In
advance, through his four famous political letters,
which we have recently placed before the world.
those are Of sss On sas
party. General Scott avows himself in favor of
United States Bank-a measure which has been
decided against by the people Of this country, as
fsught wsth danger and injury to their Independence
and to the purity OF the government and its nstitu
lions. Gen. Scott has also avowed himself in favor
Of modifying or abOlishng the naturalization laws;
and therefore, he means to be in favor OF restoring
the old alien laws of John Adams, which created
the rt great breach between the two great classes
Of the population Of this country, and originated
those differences which have agitated its councils
ever since. Gen. Scott has avowed himself against
any exercise Of the veto power-thus declaring
that he will be entirely in the hands of any clique
that may choose to regulate and manage Congress,
without reference to general principles, the provi-
stems Of the constitution or the duties imposed on
him by his Office. Gen. Scott among other prnci-
hnv NA 49,
has, above ALL declared his unaterable hostility to
the continuance Of slavery at the South; and al
though he points out no practicable mode, within
the mts OF the constitution, for abolishing the in
solution of the question at some future day, and
leaves the inference that that sOlution-for 1t can
be nothing esewill be either insurrection civil
war, produced by the alienation of the North and
South on these delicate relations The principles
and measures, therefore Of the wing party, as pro
mulgated by the leading and only candidate they
have any chance of eecting, such principles and
such measures az, II carried into practice by
his success, will ALLEVIATE still more the South from
the Norh-wil produce chickering's Of the most dan.
gerous character and ultimately lead to insuection,
cav! wos, and entire and final separation.
On the contrary what are the principles associated
with the name OF Gen. Pierce, in the contest now
approaching! They have been enunciated by the
Baltimore Convention, and they are OF exactly an
have been put forward by Gen. Scott, under his
own signature, and which, no doubt, will be
adopted by the Convention that will nominate him
next week-Oppofition to any construction OF fnan-
'cial power in the government, BY the creation
in the naturalization laws, or any hostility
to the increase Of the population of this country by
emigration from Europe or elsewhere-a due regard
for the recent compromise acts, and particularly
for the Fugitive Slave law. All these measures
with many others which have been already publish
ed In orr columns IRE identified with the success
and name Of General Pierce. They are principles
and measures which will now-as they have here
t0f0re d0ne-bind the States in closer union, and
lead this country into more harmony, more con-
centrated action, more power, and more glory as .
republican nation than was ever yet seen In all past
times.
from the New York Herald, June %, 1881
GENERAL scoTT's NOMINATION. AT LAsr-rHE
GREAT CONTEST BEGUN.
Yesterday, at one O'Clock, the Wing National
Convention at Baltimore, after the nftythrd ballot
reached o majority, declared Scott to be the whig
candidate OF the coming election. This consumma-
ton We predicted aud believed from the moment he
was started by Mr.. Clayton Of Delaware, adopted by
Governor Johnston, Of Pennsylvania, and backed up
by all the energy of w. H. Seward and his associates
OF New York. 1t ID . triumph Of Seward over Fill
more and Webster, with all the favor influence and
patronage of the government TO back them but it is
not a triumph OF which w. H. Seward and the whig
aboltionists can boast. The wing party, by q 70
lemn act Of their National Convention, and by an
immense majority, stand pledged In favor Of the
law, and against American Intervention in the AZ
fairs of Europe. The wings, in fact, occupy the
same ground that the democrats assumed in their
convention.
The two parties have thus committed themselves
to the same principles, and appealed to the same
great interests throughout the country. The con-
teet, therefore, between these two candidates and
parties will not be 30 much contest between con.
ictng principles "a between individuals, and on the
ground Of personal character-perhaps still more be
tween the influence of cques in both the parties
1t will be an interesting and clamorous fight
The old distinguished men of the wing party, from
Webster down, are now thrown back on private life
az unsuitable to the present age, and Seward and
the antslavery faction step into their place. are now
in the ascendancy, and, under the shadow Of Gen.
Scott, take the field.
The contest for the Presidential election now be-
gins to assume some tangible proportions, from
which some rational calculations can be made as to
the final issue. There are now canddates-one on
each side-one democrat and the other whig-both
repudiating the antislaveIy elements Of the North,
as well AZ the secession clements OF the South As
between the two parties there is probably balance
Of strength, the result will therefore, be deter
mined by the sections repudiated by both. With
regard 10 the Southern section, who had been 80
clamorous for disruption Of the Union, we find that
they have fallen into the wake of the Democratic
National Convention, and that they regard the
nomination Of Pierce ms satisfactory and re lst nabe.
The reputation, therefore, by these two Conven-
TONS Of the abolition sentiment, has produced the
most happy effect upon the temper of the secession
ists Of the South.
Unfortunately, however, there seems not to have
been the same disposition among the sections in the
North, whether they are called the liberty
men," the free sellers, or the anti-slavery clique.
We have already published the calls Of national
conventions Of different branches of this party-an
antifavery convention at Cleveland the fourth Of
August and Tree soil convention on the first of
September at Buffalo. We now learn that there is
to he a national convention OF the liberty men, on
the eleventh Of August, at Pittsbnrg. There is TO
be also State Convention ut Worcester the sixth
OF July, of the same stripe, and which will merge
into the Nation al Convention ut Cleveland In fact
the whole of these conventions are kindred, aud
they will ultimately unite into one party. The
convention called to meet at Pittsburg IL the ema-
nation Of the free soilers OF both houses of Con-
grees, and may I've regarded rs conclusive TO the
designs Of that party
In illustration of the principles by which this