Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-26
MaRTiNSBURG -
THURSDAY, AUGUST ae. Is47.
WHAT WILL THE WINGS Dor

$780,
Wings do ?n-seems sorely TO puzzle the
worthy editors of the Richmond Enquirer
They have recently devoted several columns
Of that paper to the discussion Of the subject,
and il still furnishes them with food for grave,
and apparently anxious speculation. They
cannot bring themselves TO believe that the
Wings really intend 10 run General TAYLOR
as candidate for the next Presidency, and la
Dor most zealously 20 convince themselves, as
well as their readers, that the popularity Of the
hero of Buena Vista is only made use Of by
"The Federasts' as blind to conceal ga plot"
According to this shrewd prognoslication, the
name Of Gen TAYLOR is to be kept flying, at
the mast heads of the Wing papers, until a
sufficient number of the "unterrifed Democ-
racy" are seduced from their allegiance, when
by some species of political jugglery'--the mo-
dus operandi of which the editors do not stop
to explain, Rough and Ready is to be sudden
" Withdrawn, and Mr.. Clay or some other
deepdyed '.Federalisl" dexterously substituted.
In the meanwhile the honor and glory of the
country is to be furnished by the impairment
meddllng o. the Federal House of Represen-
tatiyes with the measures of the adminstra-
ton in regard to the war; and divers and sun
dry other acts Of "moral treasonv pepetrated
by those political Cloths and Vandas, who
have no respect for the displays of consum
male wisdom and craftsmanship, which have
caused the crest of the world to look on with
envy and admiration" Lest our readers
should be unnecessarily alarmed however, at
this erightul picture of the prospect before us,
we hasten to assure them upon the authority
of the Enquirer itself, that the plot is not like
ly to succeed. After all, the possibility that
the Wings may find it necessary to stick TO
Gen. TAYLOR and elect him, fastens itself SO
strongly on the bewildered mind of the writer
of the leader we refer TO, that his fears are at
length tacitiy admitted, and labored argu-
ment entered upon to prove that the benefits
OF such victory are to enure TO the ''Repub-
leans" as he is wont somewhat pompous-
ly to style the spoils party. The confident as
sertions OF Gen. TAYLoR's intimate friends
who have testified on the subject, that he is a
Wing, are rigidly scrutinlzed and the conclu
sion rather uuwarrantably arrived al, that they
amount to 'just nothing at all; !" his various
letters in reply 10 injudicious or impairment
are reviewed, and the decided con-
viction expressed by the reviewer that "Old
Rough" is genuine Jeffersonian Demo-
craft" Of the approved old bunker stripe
Whether the Wings, in despair of elecling a
man of their own principles, will continue TO
support the General. or not, is still an open
question with the writer, to be decided in some
future No; in the meanwhile we have line
upon line TO demonstrate that Gen TAYLOR
is not Wing" And here let us humbly
suggest. that the question SO fippantly put by
our opponents might be retorted with some
force. We assure our Democratic friends that
we indulge no undue longings to pry into
their secrets, or to be admitted into their coun-
sells, but il is time we had some slight indica-
tons of tchat The Democrats ,ciN do, in regard
to the nomination of Gen. TAYLOR. If the
.asseverations Of the Enquirer and the Balt-
more Sun, that the General is "Jeffersonan
Democrat" which, according 10 such high
authority makes him full booded locofoco,
are true, (and every genuine Democrat prQfes-
ses TO believe them,) why do we see no signs
of disposition to take him up? With the
solitary exception of Mr.. CALHOUN, they have
no statesman in their ranks, whose abilities or
public services are calculated to excite enthu-
siasm, and his antiquated notions upon the
suSjec: Of the public plumber" render him
anything but acceptable or available. We
can, therefore, see no obstacle in the way of
their rescuing the old hero from his false po-
sltion, and raising the war cry, of "Taylor,
Free Trade, and the extension Of the area"
in the South, and that of Rough and Ready
and the Tariff of '42," in the North, tr-
umphan,ly eecting him in lS4S. But far be
1t from us to attempt TO dip our spoon into the
locoloco dish; they certainly have the right to
make their own selection OF candidate. and
to choose their own time for the selection, al
bet it is privilege they seem most unwilling
to concede to the Wings.
With regard to the question what will the
Wings dol" make yourselves perfectly easy
gentlemenl rest assured that the honor and
integrity oflhe Union is as dear to the Wings,
and as safe in the hands of a Wing House OF
Representatives, as it could possibly be in
yours. We doubt not that measures will be
adopted, tending to put an end to the war, of
which all parties are becoming weary, with
out compromising the dignity of the nation
whilst the great interests of the country which
have been so long neglected, will receive the
attention they so imperatively demand.
As to the principles with which we go into
the next Presidential canvass, there is no
cause for apprehension the Conservative par
ty will rally upon the old watchwords OF Glib
erty, the Union, and the National prosperity, !"
and take up their old position on the "broad
platform Of the Constitution; !" and whether
the standard" be entrusted to Mr.. CLAY or
to Gen. TAYLOR, it will be followed with all
the devotion which such cause cannot fail
to inspire.