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WHO |S TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT?— |
WHEN ARE WE TO TiUVKL ON A STREAK
OF LIGHTNING?
These are highly imjjortant questions;
They are as important to the man of
science as to the politician; to Le Verier,
ihe young astronomer of France, as to
Prince John, the young politician of Kin
derhook.
As an impartial and independent com- j
mediator on the unchanging phase of the j
moon and of the political events, we pro
pose to take a look at the various elements
of success which seem now to inspire the
two great parties in the country in reference j
to the fast approaching Presidential con
te>t of ’4B. and leave the reader to draw
his own inferences.
The whig party possesses many ele
ments of great strength. Itisclear that
they have the national sympathy with
them, in as far as it is their avowed policy j
to encourage the mechanic arts and all
r>
forms of home industry, in preference to
foreign. The tariff question will, there
fore, he a tower of strength for the wings
in the coming contest. They will also pay
successful court to the great interests of
the West, by the favor they have ever
shown to all schemes for the improvements
of rivers, lake, harbors, &c. That gen
eral feature of whig policy which profess- !
es to respect and to sustain all existing
interests in contradistinction to the ignis
futnus policy of following after the doubt
ful light of new theories and impractica
ble reforms, will also appeal with great
force to popular favor. But with alijthese
advantages, the whig parly is essentially
Weak in many respects. It is weak in a
ridiculous assumption of socal superiority
—it is weak in the egotism of superior
wealth*—it is weak in its anti national
traditions—it is weak in its avowed want
nf Confidence in the sovereign efficacy of
popular intelligence and viiluc. As a
flirty, the whigs place no reliance on that
public reason which is alike the instru
ment of power and the judge of its exer
cise.
The democratic jrarty has also its ele
ments of peculiar slronglh and especial i
weakness. It is strong in its confidence ;
in the fortitude of the final judgment of
fVouplar opinion. It is strong in its I rad i- j
tioriAl patriotism* It is strong in its uni- j
Versal hostility I'd aristocratic rule and I
the undue influence of money over mind |
add opinion. It is strong in the general
intelligence and explicability of its theo
t ies of pdpular gdverhmeht. But it is weak j
in the divisions which reign throughout j
the party, in reference to the currency j
itild tiie tariff. In nlany Slates there are j
utlfdrtunate local causes of dissention
\Vhich llave led Id recent dr feat; and un
less a Common sentiment of danger should
eradicate them, will effect their final
overthrow. If the democratic party cbuld
once come to a permanent understanding j
in accordance with public sentimfent, on
the subject of the currency and the tariff, !
there would be no chance for the whigs. |
We have thus sketched the peculiar out- j
lines of each party, per se } as John Tyler
would say.
But bdth parties have other, and per
haps greater, difficulties to overcome in
the rival pretensions of their respective
* leaders.
Beginning with the whig leaders althe
North, and we have Mr. Webster, whose
splendid intellect has few equals, either
in the general compass of mental attain- !
meutsorin their especial applicability to i
the science of government. But Mr.
Webster, notwithstanding his great ca
pacities of usefulness, is borne down,
probably beyond the reach of redemption,
by the hereditary and long-cherished sin
of federalism, strongly tinctured, as it
ever has been, with a reported sympathy
and partiality for every thing English—
English laws, English principles of gov- j
ernment, English nobility, English policy,
and English ascendancy over all oilier
nations. Such were the features and pre
ferences of ancient federalism, in which
Mr. Webster was, most unfortunately
both for himself and his country, schooled
and nurtured, till the whole frame of his
mind became, perhaps involuntarily, but j
thoroughly, anti-Americanized. Still the
partisans of Mr. Webster are sufficiently
numerous and attached to render his
claims an effective obstacle to the success
of any other candidate to the honors of
the chief magistracy.
Mr. Clay, the standing aspirant of the
last twenty years, possesses great and uni
versally acknowledged abilities, and has
rendered his country eminent service by
the brilliancy and the power of his elo
quence, as well as by the practical and
useful character of the leading schemes
of policy which he has advocated through
a long public life. No one contests the
elevation and the purity of his patriotism.
Old as he is, could he once reach the
Presidency, there can be no doubt that
the iron character of his will, and the en
lightenment of his mind on all subjects
touching the material interests of the
country, would give us an administration
that would leave a deep and lasting im
pression, for good or for evil, on the fu
ture’: fortunes of the republic. But Mr.
Clay has been so long before the public,
without ever having reached the aim of
his ambition, that a very general senti
ment pervades the public mind that the
! fates have declared against him, and that \
! all future efforts to place him in power
Will be as vain as those which have al
ready so often failed. He therefore can
| not probably be made a candidate of the
| whig parly, with any unanimity or chance
I ce of success.
Judge McLean, of Ohio, is perhaps, the
only oilier candidate of the whigs who
will seriously contend for the succession.
His claims to popular favor rest mainly
on the universally acknowledged enligh
tenment of his mind, purity of character,
and superiority and well balanced ahili
ties. Endowed widi extraordinary vigor
of mind, a commanding dignity of char
acter and rectitude Os perception and
Judgment, With the embellishments of suc
cessful study, and a long practical obser
vation—of the working and defects of our
institutions—he is perhaps better fitted
than any other man of his party to give
! the country a wise and just administra
tion of its affairs. Disconnected from all
cliques, unlike Mr. Clay or Mr. Web
sler in this respect, the character, known
and well settled opinion, of this distin
guish man, offer the best rallying ground
for the whigs. But whether the friends
of the other candidates will agree to
unite on him, is the question which time
only can solve. He seems the only w hig
candidate against whom there are no an
tipathies, and who unites the confidence
of the popular masses and the more intel
lectual portion of society.
There are o her aspirants of a secon
dary class, but none whose claims or abi
lities are likely to attract the serious at
tention of the President-making public
fur the present.
We come now to the candidates of the
democratic party.
At the North w'e have Judge Woodbury
who, of all others, would be more accepl
ble to the South than any man out of the
i slaveholding States. But he is on the su
preme bench, and there he will be suffer
ed to remain, at least for the present; still
; bis friends will exercise a political influ
ence over the choice that may be fixed
on.
Then comes Silas Wright, the defeated
candidate for Governor of this Stale.—
Mr. Wright is undoubtedly a man of very
good pa its and considerable experience
in party lagislation and party manage
ment in this Stale. On the wider field of
national legislation he never rose above
tiie level of a dozen other Senators, who
have never been thought of for the Presi
dency. But Mr. W right had the advan
lage of being a Senator of the largest
State in the Union, and the intimate
friend of Mr. Van Buren—a friendship
which lias cost him dear. Unfortunate
ly for Mr. Wright, lie has been too close
| ly identified with the barn-burning por
tion of the democratic party in New' York
and is considered such a perfect residuary
embodiments of Van Burenism, that he
has brought upon himself the enmity of
that great portion of the democracy of the
| whole country opposed to the restoration of
Mr. Van Buren of power, as well as the
i unmitigated hostility of the old hunkers.
Perhaps ihe future may open a new and
j more brilliant career to Mr. Wright. But
while lie suffers himself to be so justly
considered as the avenger of the wrongs
and misfortunes of Mr. Van Buren, he
has nothing to hope, either in this State,
or for the democracy of the country. If
j there are other leaders, who hope to rise
, Phcenix-like from the asher of Van Bu
renism, they will do well to be warned in
j time by tiie fate of Mr. Wright.
Pennsylvania presents the names of
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dallas, the first
of whom only has any considerable
number of partizans. Mr. Buchanan has
an active body of political friends in his
» native Slate, and the prudent and suc
: cessful manner in which he has conduct
i ed our foreign relations, is gradually giv
ing him great strength, as a public man,
iin every part of the country. But what
with the distraction in the party caused
by the tariff question, together with in
ternal dissensions in Pennsylvania, it is
not probable that his friends will urge
him on the country for forty-eight, al
though all must confess that lie has the
abilities and experience to make a splen.
did President. Mr. Calhoun, like Mr.
i Clay, has been before the country as an
j aspirant to the Chief Magistracy for some
i thirty years, and, like his great rival, he
has been thwarted at every turn by cliques
of politicians of the small potatoe or sau
sage order. His personal character is
unexceptionable, his manners engaging,
and bis powers of reasoning on admitted
premises, altogether supeiior. But in the
estimation of many, Mr. Calhoun is a
man of extreme fixed ideas, which have
at all times led his mind to conclusions
that have been beyond the reach of the
mass. He has had the undaunted bold
ness to advance ideas that no other man
would or perhaps could advance. We
have witnessed him laboring for the an
nexation of Texas and refusing to sustain
a war with Mexico, which came upon us
as the consequence of this annexation;
and yet he has, probably, reasons for his
policy. His constitutional scruples will
not permit him to construct harbors to
protect the commerce of the Lakes, but
he has discovered that the great rivers
that empty into the Gulfof Mexicoare in
land seas, and within the scope of consti
tutional improvement. Great as is the
respect entertained for the genius and
character of Mr. Calhoun as a man, his
mind is probably too great and elevated
to ever place him in the presidential chair.
We believe, however, that his friends are
determined to run him in 1848, at all ha
zards.
Mr. Benton has somehow worked him
self out of favor with his own party. He
is still “Old Bullion,’’ but the huge paws
have not that love for him that they
once had. It has been his great error to
■«%.* -~.r. rr—
-1 yield nothing tothe understanding of other
men, and to make his friends feel the lash
of his authority. Scarcely a shadow of
f his once great name can now be discern
ed on the political horizon.
1 An interested few will not succeed in (
any attempt to bring forward Mr. Polk j
for re-election. It is a remarkable sea- j
ture in the history of Mr. Polk’s political :
1 life, that he has always been ambitious
of consistency, integrity, truth, and puri
!ty of motive. We wonder if he has sue
| ceeded m all these ! Add to these the
settlement ot the Oregon question, the ex
tension of our territory by the annexation
of Texas, New Mexico, and California,
and the measure of his ambition, however
great, will be full; and for all these, he is
more indebted to Messrs. Calhoun, Tyler,
Upshur, and Buchanan* than to himself.
Without really believing that such would
be the case, Mr. Polk’s administration
‘ will, by adventitious circumstances, he
one of the most glorious in the past or fu
ture history of the country. And Mr.
I Polk knows too well the value of the great
r*
reputation he is destined to leave to his
tory, to sacrifice it in a vain effort to ac
i complish impossibilities. Still he may
prove his weakness by attempting to run
for another term.
General Cass, of Michigan, has had
the peculiar good fortune to have been
i long conspiciously connected with the po
; lilical history ot the country, without hav
ing been drawn into the angry wrangles
“_o j o
| of party conflicts, and has therefore not
to encounter the dangers of those person
al hostilities and friendships which are in
| cident to them. He enters the lists with
acknowledged superior abilities, and a
long train of military and civil services.
j O •
j The public will not forget that to Gener
al Cass this country and the world is in
debted, that the right of search is not ot
this moment the law of nations. But in
I Cass we have the embodiment of the 54
40 men, and that will injure him among
the peace men of the extreme right. Cas<,
; however, seems to he the most eligible
candidate for the democratic parly, if we
take a western view of his chances, as
McLean is for the whigs. These two
men, both children of the groat West,
will dispute the paternal domain with
nearly equal chances of success. Any
I reasonable calculation will concede the
whole constellation of Western Hiates to
either ofthese candidates, unless 1 lie other
is in the field, if either of them should
be taken up, the other, perhaps, must he
brought forward, as a mailer of necessity,
by the opposing party, to preserve any
thing like an equal contest, for the great
| West is now becoming the groat conser
vative power for the politician. McLean
will probably be the second choice of the
friends of Webster, Clay, and all the mi
nor and hopeless aspirants among the
whigs, as Cass will probably be of the
friends of Woodbury, Wright, Buchanan,
&c. We observe very general and deci
sive indications of a disposition on the part
of the late friends of Governor Wright to
j fall back on General Cass, since the late I
election in this State. I
The instinct ot self preservation is no
where so strong as among politicians.—
Friendships and enmity are alike forgot
ten; and that standard is sure to he fol
lowed which is most certain to win the
i day. We, therefore, should not ba sur
prised to see Cass and McLean the op
posing candidates for 1843, and no other
1 selections will offer the interest of so much
doubt as to the result.
But other elements are to he intro
duced, nolens volens , into the contest—the
Mexican war—the acquisition of new ter
{ ritory—and slavery. Houston, Critten
den, Clayton, “Old Rough and Ready,”
are elements 100 powerful to be disre
garded. After all the calculations made
I on both sides, the “old hacks may be
thrust aside, and two new men brought
forward. Our surprise would not be too
great for utterance were Sam Houston to
be the candidate of the democratic party,
and Zach Taylor the candidate of the
whig and native party. But this we shall
I see.
1 Meanwhile, however, w.e advise the |
politicians of the land to watch the pro
gress of events at the ensuing session of
! O ‘
Congress. See what turn the slavery
question may take. The South is deter- i
mined to have its position defined on this
question, and in this the South is right.
War spirit seems aga‘n to hava
plumed its wings for another enterprise
in our sister city—New-Orleans. The
Louisiana boys are always ready when
their country calls; and give them a field,
with an enemy in reach, they will he
found quite rough enough for all practical
purposes. The New-Orleans papers
received yesterday are full of calls, under
different leaders, for volunteers, in com
pliance with the recent requisition of the
War Department, as it were in advance, j
They speak also in a confident lone of the I
celerity and willingness with which tiiese
calls will be obeyed. —Mobile Register.
Appropriate Gift. —A letter from an officer
at Monterey, published in the N. Y. Post,
states that Col. Corosco, one of Ampudia’s
staff officers, before leaving Monterey, pre
sented Col. May with a superb saddle, hol
ster and trimmings, elegantly ornamented, |
in consideration of May’s kindness and hos
pitality to Gen. Vega and other officers who
fell into his hands on the Blh and 9th of
May.
The New Compass. —Mr. St. John, the in
ventor of the improved Mariner’s Compass, i
has gone to Paris to confer with Mons. Ar
rago, and pursue his philosophical studies.
Like Franklin, he was brought up as an ap
prentice in a printing office, and afterwards,
became a prosperous and enterprising mer
chant, having very large transactions. Fail
ing in business, during the revulsion of 1837,
’3B, he devoted himself for Jack of employ
ment, to philosophical inquiries.
The Washington correspondent of the
~‘ ' ii ' i~it ■ i i■ i wmw
Charleston Courier, to whom we are indebt
ed for the above, adds: “This compass, by
the way, is a perfect barometer, ft indicales
i coming changes of weather. The barome
ter in common use, shows effects of atmos
i phene changes—Mr. St. John’s indicates
the occurrence of the causes which produce
j them.”
[ From the N. O. Della, j
I GEN. LA VEGA’S DEPARTURE.
We learn by La Palria of yesterday, that
Gen, La Vega, previous to leaving fur Ha
vana, addressed the following note to the
public. From the above paper we translate.
FAREWELL.
Finding myself at perfect I'bcrty, and at
I the moment of my return to my beloved coun
try, i deem it to be my duty to make a public
manifestation of the grateful feelings which
I entertain for the repeated demonstrations
of respect and kindness which, in connec
! lion with my companions in misfortune, I
have received from all those persons to whom
1 have been united by ties of friendship.
In bidding adieu to my friends and the citi
zens generally, 1 have the pleasure of doing
so, overwhelmed with gratitude for the many
indications of respect which have been shown
to me, and of assuring them all, that al
though I may be far from this country, 1 will
never forget the kind treatment with which
I I have been honored, nor the gratitude 1 owe
to all persons who have contributed to lessen
the bitterness of the situation in which j
was placed.
A sacred duty demands my immediate re-
I turn to my native land, where J will ardently
cherish the hope of meeting with an oppor
tunity of responding to the many manifesta
tions of esteem which have been extended
to me by my numerous friends. Confining
I myself for the present to the purpose of ex
pressing, through the medium of this paper,
the eternal gratitude of my brother otlicers
and myself, and of tendering our sincere
thanks for the many disinterested acts of
kindness which have been shown us.
ROMULO DIAZ DE LA VEGA.
New Orleans, Nov. 25, 184 G.
[ From the N. O. Drlta ]
COL. J. C. FREMONT.
There is a charm in the very name of ibis
intrepid young officer. We never bear or
read of him without feeling our hearts throb
with a nobler and bolder pride and patriot
ism. We h eve yet to meet the American
whose spirit does not glow and kindle within
him* as he reads of the daring exploits of
this hero of the Rocky Mountains—of the
Great Desert—of the Sierra Nevada—the
Pioneer of the Empire, who<e foundation is
flow laid on the while shores of the great
Pacific, and is destined soon to rise to the
highest power and glory among the nations
of i he earth.
He may well be called the hero of outage
. and country. And when we say this we de
tract nothing from the hard-earned and brave
ly-worn laurels of others. There are not a
lew bright names studding the niche in the
Temple of Fame devoted to our age. With
in a few months past, events have favored
the genius and gallantry of many of our
j brave officers witii fields, whereon they have
i gloriously won bright names and undying
fame. Their deeds will be consecrated by
history, and will live in the memory, in the
hearts, and in Ihe triumphal hymns of the
people. But still we claim the brightest
page, the most thrilling stanza, for the fear
less, the unconquerable Fremont, who by his
I valor, science, fortitude, and patriotism, has
: leaped the barriers of nature—traversed lbe
J unexplored wilderness—surmounted moun
tains of craggy rock and eternal snow—con
quered and beat into submission numerous
tribes of warlike savages; who has, in every
dime and through every suffering and diffi
i cully, pushed forward the American name,
and opened a passage to the progress of Ame
rican arms ami arts.
An 1 who is this bold adventurer ? A young
man scarcely thirty years of age, until a few
weeks past of the grade of Lieutenant in
1 fie Topographical Corps, a branch of service
affording a scant field for glory and enter- |
prize. With a few hardy but illiterate hun
ters and half-breeds as his companions—with
limited means and resources—with none of
the glare and excitement of adventurous
military exploit—lie has five times explored
the vast expanse of territory which stretches
from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean,
and by scientific observation, and the most
perilous undertakings, has collected and pub
lished a fund of the most useful know ledge
I in relation to this deeply interesting country.
And thus has he given a new impulse to the |
spirit of the age—to the progress of popu
lation, and opened new fields for American
enterprize.
A few years ago a dark-eyed, intelligent
| looking young officer of small, but agile and
sinewy figure, might have been seen in tbe
i Library at the Capitol, and in other public
I resorts in Washington City. His countc- j
nance .wore an expression of ennui —of a
; want of enjoyment; his mind and spirits
; seemed enchained and crippled by adverse
circumstances. A brevet second-lieutenant- ,
ship—his grade, as indicated by his uniform— 1
1 seemed to present a tedious and dreary pro
bation, a remote and contingent prospect of
glory. The drawing of plans, taking sur
veys, sketching fortifications, and oilier dry ;
details of his profession, seemed his mevita- •
ble doom for many a weary year. These
were the depressing thoughts of the young
brevet Second-Lieutenant. There appeared i
to be no hope for him. Talent, genius, sci
ence, could not advance him farther than the
methodical routine of military grade. In
the midst of iiis gloom and depression, there
' w r as one who was sharp-sighted enough to j
; see through the veil of modesty and dejection
which enveloped a bold mind and daring
heart. Wliose eye but that of woman could
thus put to shame the boasted sagacity of
man !
Our young Lieutenant found a devoted
guardian-angel in one of the noblest of her
sex, the inheritress of the proud spirit and
genius of her Roman father. In vain pru
dential considerations opposed their union.
They followed the examples of resolute
lovers in every age, and joined their fates in
spite of all opposition. Like a sensible pa
rent, the father brought back to his home the
fugitive lovers. It was then he thought to
inquire of the young man what were his
prospects in life—what was lie fit for—what
did his ambition aim at. “ Sir,” was the re
ply, “I only lack your influence to secure
me the permission of my commander to dis
cover a new route across the Rocky Moun
tains. If in two years Ido not prove myself
worthy to be your son-in-law, may I perish
amid the snows.” The permission was ob
tained, and in a few days Lieut. Fremont en
tered on that distinguished career of scien
tific and geographical discovery which is now
the admiration ot the age.
■ ijiw vmm
AUGUSTA. GEO.. ;
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC 3. IH4G.
o*Tl»e following tables we copy from the
Georgia Journal of (he Ist inst. They are
condense J from an editorial of the Richmond
| Times:
[From the Georgia Journal, Dec. I.]
I AIR. CALHOUN AND THE PRESIDENCY. |
It appears to be the impression that Mr.
Calhoun, nominated or nut nominated by a
j “Baltimore Convention,” will be a candidate
for the Presidency. The correspondent of
the Charleston Evening News, writing trom
Washington, urges the friends of Mr. Cal- (
1 hoim to insist upon his occupying this posi
! tion, that is, to be a candidate, nominated or
nut, and he asks, “in the event of the elec
tion coming to the House, who stands a bet
ter chance than Mr. Calhoun?” The Rich
mond Times commenting upon this, has pre
pared the following table—showing (we use
its own language) first, the states which
may be certainly expected to vote in the
House for the Whig candidate; secondly,
those which will almost as certainly vote for
■ one or the other ol the Democratic candidates;
and lastly, those which are regarded a 6 doubt
ful. The Georgia delegation, already el.*ct
ed, being equally divided, the admission of
lowa and W isconsin will make the whole
i number of JStates 29, of which 15 are a ma
jority, each Stale giving, under the constitu
tion. oue role.
Whig. Democrat. Doubtful..
Vermont Virginia Alaiue
{ Massachusetts* S. Carolina* N. Hampshire
Rhode Island Alabama Tennessee
Connecticut Mississippi Louisiana
New York* Illinios* Indiana
New Jersey* .Missouri Wisconsin
Pennsylvania* Arkansas* N .Carolina—7
j Delaware* Alh higa.ii*
Maryland Texas
Kentucky hma*—lo
Ohio*
; Florida*—l2
[Delegations have been already elected in the
Stales marked thus (*)]
It appears from this table.that if the Whigs
I gain three of the States marked doubtful,
they will have fifteen or a majority by Slates,
and will of course elect tlieir candidate.—>
They have the best chance for New Hamp
shire, Louisiana. Indiana, and North Caroli
na, and an equal one for Wisconsin, Ten
nessee and Maine, in which last a partial
election hasalready been held, with highly j
favorable indications fur the success of the
Whig party. It will thus be seen, that the
Whig nomination is likely to determine the
j question asked in the correspondence we
have quoted; “In the event of the election
corning to the House, who stands a belter
j chance than Mr. Calhoun!''
Now we feel constrained to demolish this
j daydream of the Whigs about the probable
election of a Whig in case it devolves upon
the Thirtieth Congress to make a choice
from the candidates having the three highest
votes in the electoral college.
Os the twelve States set down as certain
for the Whio-s, we would remind the reader
that Maryland which is one, has not yet
elected her Congressmen. In the present
Congress the delegation stands 4 Democrats
to 2 Whigs. What has happened before
may happen again. The Democrats may
have a majority of the delegation in the next
Congress. That leaves only eleven Stales
. r J
certain for the W bigs,
i Os the ten Stales set down for the Demo
crats, there is no doubt that they are certain
to vote for a democratic candidate. Seven
of the fen, have already held elections and
j have democratic majorities in their several
j delegations. The three Stales yet to elect,
| are Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi
Judging the future by the past, we should
say that there can be no doubt. The present
delegation from Virginia is entirely demo
cratic, with one exception. The present de-
I legation from Alabama is also entirely demo
cratic, with one exception. The delegation
from Mississippi is entirely democratic, with
. out any exception.
Now as to the seven doubtful Stales.—
First as to Maine :
Her present delegation is democratic, with {
one exception. In her recent election, the
W1 igs have but one member, the democrats
have a plurality in all the districts which fail
! ed to make an election, and have three mem- \
bers certain.
From New Hampshire, tlie present, dele
gation stands three democrats to one whig.— ,
As the districts stand, judging trom the votes
in past elections, there are two districts de
mocratic, certain , one whig certain, and one
doubtful. No Whig can, therefore, reason
ably expect to get the vote of that State.
Next comes Tennessee. The present de
legation stands, six democrats to five wit igs.
There is but one doubtful democratic district,
(that of Memphis.) The others are so de
cidedly democratic, that there are no fears
. for them in future. Os the whig districts,
one of them also, is doubtful.
Prom Louisiana, the present delegation
stands, three democrats to one whig. Those
three democratic districts are certain to elect
democrats again. They are decidedly demo
cratic.
There is from Indiana, an entire Demo
cratic delegation, with two exceptions, and
at the last election, the Democrats came
within a few votes of electing their candi
date in one of the two remaining districts.
Indiana is a certain Democratic Slate. As
to Wisconsin, there are scarcely any Whigs
in that State—not enough to create any un
easiness.
From North Carolina, the present delega
tion stands 6 Democrats to 3 Whigs. Jf the ,
districts remain unchanged, the Democrats
stand of course the best chance for a ma
jority of the delegation at the next election. 1
But as the Whigs have the majority in the |
legislature recently elected, they will doubt
less gerrymander the Slate so as to secure a
Whig majority in the next delegation. If j
they do not, they have more political honesty j
than we give them credit for.
These statements are made from informa
tion derived from reliable sources, and ex
hibit the utter fallacy of Whig calculations.
They show that even giving to the Whigs
| North Carolina, there is no chance for their
getting more than the votes of thirteen
States for their candidate, and no probability
of their getting more than twelve.
Remembering, however, the strong confi
dence exhibited by the Whigs in 1844, we
are not astonished that they show a disposi
tion to claim nearly every doubtful Stale as
j certain fur the Whigs. The Whigs are
j always amazingly strong, just before an elec
tion,in their own estimation. A tier an elec
tion they sometimes take a more sober view
I of matters.
iLi’The article from the Herald on the
subject of the next Presidency is well writ
ten, and will please many of our readers;
most of whom, however, will not subscrilie
to many of the opinions and speculations
there given.
O’We have the pleasure of acknowledg
i ing the presentation to ns of a copy of the
splendid engraving mentioned in the card of
Air. Ward, agent of ihe Anglo-American. It
is, of itself, fully worth one year’s subscrip
i tion. As an additional recommendation to
this paper we would suggest that the reader
will he enabled to have condensed, weekly,
in a convenient form, all the latest foreign
items of politics and news, and choice selec
tions of foreign literature from the most ap
proved sources.
The Anglo-American has obtained, we
think deservedly, a high reputation for the
ability with which it is edited, and the taste
with which its columns of miscellany are
filled.
We refer our readers to the card of Mr.
Ward, the agent, which will he found in our
advertising columns.
O’We are pleased lo announce that the
Theatre will be opened to-night, (the first
lime this season) for a musical entertainment
to he given by Miss Leslie, and her efficient
company.
We have only to repeat that none who
will attend can fail to he pleased and coin
! pensated by these irresistably comic enter
tainments. Besides the Ethiopian drolle
ries, which we have the pleasure of staling
will hereafter he enacted by the gentlemen
only of the company, Miss Leslie will sing
in her very charming style, a number of popu
lar ballads.
CHRIST HE A LIND THE SICK.
Though we have paid one visit—a long
and deeply gratifying visit to this suhline
; painting, we feel wholly unprepared to give
a criticism upon it. Though we may feel
I authorized to speak con a more of imj rcssions
made upon us by noble specimens of an art
which has so well been called divine, we as
pire to no critical knowledge, and Jfeel due dif
fidence in attempting to particularize their
excellencies. The painting seemed to us in
• every way worthy its august theme. It can
not fail to inspire the beholder with a feeling
, of reverence and awe, faintly akin to that
i which was caused among men more than
eighteen hundred years ago, by the real pre
sence of him “who spake as never man
i spake. Ihe whole group,or series of groups,
consisting in all of sixty one persons are in
admirable keeping with the scene sought to
be depicted, and in their varied attitudes and
expressions of countenance seem faultlessly
true to nature and to sacred history. Never
before or since were grouped together such
1 variety of human passion, suffering, character
| and feeling, in the history ofthe human race.
Probably never did artist portray upon the
same space of canvass, and without coiiinsioti
in the gouping,such a life like picture, so true
to nature, and so sublime in effect.
We regretted that the light, owing lo the
structure of the room, was not fortunately
I thrown upon the painting. We saw it there
fore under unfavorable circumstances.
This painting is claimed to he an original
from the brush of the celebrated Benjamin
West, and not a copy.
Destruction of Mr. hehtna tin's lialloonl —
The N O. Courier of the 24th nil. contains
the following article relative to Mr. Leh
mann's balloon, which we regret to hear was
destroyed by fire :
i Air. Lehmann informs us that his ascent
on ►Sunday last, although the wind blew
strongly, terminated without accident to Ins
| person. He alighted on the plantation of
I Mr. Alexander Grant, at the English Turn—
having traveled twenty-two or twenty-three
I miles through the air in thirty-two tninules.
\\ e regret to learn that Mr. I/s enterprise
j has produced no profit to him. The balloon
! alighted on the embers of a fire which had
been kindled by the negroes of the planta
tion, and the gas catching the flame the
whole was burned, except a trifling piece of
the stuff.
(£/*Tlie Boston Times declares the
; correction of Mr. Webster’s speech at
Paneuil Hill to be an afler-thonght. The
editor says he was present, and that Mr.
Webster did utter the sentiment about the
“American habit” of counting the cost of
the war, before its honor and justice, as
his own friends first reported it. It dont
make much difference. Mr. Webster
practised upon that sentiment during the
late war, and there are other things in
the speech which liis friends have not
corrected nor cancelled, that are as little
lo be defended for candor or patriotism
as this one.— Mobile Register.
A Yankee Trick. —The Hartford Times
reminds us of the device of a gentleman
in a neighboring town last fall to fill his
cellar with first rale potatoes, at a very
low price. It will be reccollected that
potatoes generally were not of the host
quality, and the price was high. The
gentleman gave notice that he had a par
licular desire to gel a specimen of 1 lie best
sort of potatoes raised that season, ami
accordingly offered three dollars for the
best peck that should he emptied into his
cellar—lie being the judge. The pota
toes came pouring in peck after peck—