The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-11
Presidential Movements.
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From Tie Richmond Whig, December o.

BENNETT UPoN GENERAL scorr
we nave already alluded % the can made ny the NEW
NNRh i'fiAfp nr national i natinn, / 4,
hnd me response 20 Us can watch makes hy hf'ns
ING forward General scott. Tue nAlAip couteuls that
GENERAL scott was the peoples mtu, iii, IL. wA
party had not taken him up 1856. be wpui have walked
over she track. Ii compares ms tha chts
iaSt summer "hsn Benncus yacbt theaga lrv.
ably s~itor than any other, having taken Il near
through um Gut, Qbroueh mistake with regard L, the
sainr urdcrs ruled OIL track Il then
~ ~si be RENE mbefsd thai the great captain oi tao
aec-thc hero OF Chippewa aua Liuiy's I.,nc, aai OF
.er'o Gordo, Contrerss, Chapuitepec aud the City Of
Mrxicotle whose iaureia have been kept cser
Eftth these MY ycars-Was nom naei IN 1885, ~ IN
pressure of popular opinion. me oo @bg party IN
~ de'aaeice i " LEADERS hoped 70 sse themselves ~
they dd by the nomination Of ,,ebers Taylor ISIS,
and therefore pretended 10 initiate ment which
really BEGAN wh the masses Of the people throughout tho
county. TINS the canpagn comn,eaced. General Scott
wus pun soldier, unused 10 political Intrigue ani the
details Of thu operations etr the hands OF the
wing committees how they oundcred and stumbled
about AID threw a.ay all their chances, deprsing She
Oh hero OF victory which almost fovcgone coocu
son. wen known Thus vas IN The ocean yacht race
AZ y now acknowledged, the yacht which sailed winning
race throughout deprived Of the prize through the
laundering Of tue sailing commee who ruled the boat
out for not complying with IL cctions which the pilot had
never received poor Pierce won his race against
Scott by an accident caused by the stupidity OF SCOTS
managers so was the ii,e Mimic declared ars in tho
race in which she had TIE lead. Well poor Pierce
has come and gone The regatta as been sncoced
ed by another, in which there laundering, and the
prize has been awarded u the real winner OF the
around the island. The trieaas OF General Scott-aad
that expression seems absurd because he has souchng
over H4Hon OF lfjcnuS VI the united StateS-We
the whole nation then, should try him again Faint heart
never won any race whether for the Presidency the
Yacht Club plato yet General Scott great enough aud
strong enough with the people u bear te prestige of
defeat worse than tina. of 1854 defeat which caused
by an over confidence in victory and deficient sailing d.
rcctons Let have General Scott entered for tho
OF 1890 the candidate OF the people whom he has served
for SO many years. Let him SAIL straight the course
unhampered by the mysterious direction OF any broken
down politicians, who hungry TO- the spo's To-
sap at them when they far out ef resch Then
VIII give him fair opportunity az the winning yacht had
~ the Owls Head regatta AMI let us il any Of The
little political mnncs can catch him 10 Plum Gut second
tnleu
The Louisville Journal contends that neither Mr. Seward
an, other republican unite the opposition foeces
for the contest 81 1850 The only mode Of success says
u for the republicans to raiy under tue leadership
statesman of undoubted national views and feelings. The
North contains than such; though invcterate
local conpicat ons would opinion, render tho
iecon OF Northern leader not altogether wise. In tho
South wc have cft,,nden ami Bel and lves ana kenne
dy, and host OF other kntne names while IN tao Union
at large We still, thank Heaven, have that splendid old
chtefian, who though once ropr'scd the Presidential
tc'c nay yet plant the Tag Of his country the White
House ~ as glorious triumph as he planted on the Halls
the b.onte2umas.r