The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-15

WARRINGTON, June a. lsS7.
~. Gen Taylor, the Wigs, and the merit Presidency.
Az IN ths church Prssbytsrisn, SO 1t Is In the. whig
church there are two divisions-ths old hard headed
HIN. lars and liberals radicals or progrsssves
bs former musters old orthodox wirs-puilers, and
ali that sort OF politicians who look back instead Of
leokingsforward Your school wings muster pretty
much the entire rank and file of the partythe active
and enterprisng spirited fellows whose eyes open
what is going in the world, aud who manage by
slant vigilance and activity to keep up with the
tum Of the age.
Well sir your old school wings the old hunkers, the
look back clique s lingering around the of that
national bank, and internal improvements and STILL if
you please vainly dreaming Of the restoration Of Henry
Clay and the American system to the undivided
control OF the party-these old fellows are consi-
derably put out ut the spontaneous efervescence
.. over the country In favor OF lack Taylor lnhexibe
In their old notions nntaught by the avalanche of
l4o they believe or affect to believe, that this "spoa
combustion kindled from the military gories
General Taylor will die out in advance OF the regular
convention, and that then your old cordwainers will
Beerseba from Mount Libanos to the Dead Sea- which
ia tho great Salt Lake in the desert basin Of California
wray upon him IN enthusiastic obedience to the ukass
of the Baltimore conclave
These old bslringers expect as Senator Archer says
they expect WHAT! That the jealousy of the north
against southern candidate viii be death to the clamor
for General Taylor; that the Wmot provso though de-
featad in Congress is still the paramount tantamount
aud catamount question in the north-that Calhouns
Are brand resolutions coupled with the adhesion of
Calhoun the fortunes OF TAYLOR eouiya-
lent direct issue between the North and the South
which the north will be enthusiastic aud unanimous
resist.
They pleased, the old wing hunkers at Ben
tons letter It's an ingenious thing The appeal that
the North have had only democratic President
sixty years aud he only for term, must peradven
ture be fatal TO the Southern slavery coalition between
the wings and the Calhoun men upon Gen Taylor
suppose now that the wings nominate John Lean i'm
convention and that the democrats select Cen Cas-
and the South stand OF and noLens polsns General
Tayor-what is the calculation, 1t is this That Casss
gpsRiO In fha Sam ta
will kill him In the North; that the Calhoun men and
old Zack will snub him In the SOUTH and that Mclean
will at least, in any event, 90 into the House with
majority Of the electoral votes sufficient to command
his election therethat is, with the disastrous
the repetition OF that game
But the old hunkers the wings expect better things
than even this They want concessions with the Cal
houu men, no compounding on the tariff question; no
restriction of internal improvements to the inland
and they expect got they are afraid to try tho
Tyler game over again. That's sort OF seasoning that
Taylor flare up'' will die out like burning brush heap
before the campaign that the glory of the Mex
lean victories will become stale before the assembling Of
the nominating convention, and that then the public
mind sl be ready and ripe for John Mclean and WI
there Is a fundamental mistake.
To the extent OF observation, tho public opinion
Nominated or whatever his principles he must run in
and that by reclamation. And opinion Is, that
really sagacious Of both parties opposed Gen
Taylor for the Presidency casting about them for
probable accidents contingencies which may prevent
his running ut all rather than for expedients by which
he may be resisted should he take the feldfor if he
does run, Messrs. Gales and Richie see and |
virtually acknowledge that resistance to his election
would be perfectly absurd
You will see therefore, that involved in this war with
Mexico have not only all the perploxities to i'm
mediate peace but that in the of speedy peace
shall inevitably have revolution at home, which in
the running of Gen. Taylor upon mixed schedule, will
break the present organization of both parties the
end Of which is mixed up with the darkness, aud the
fearful shadows that half obscured fit about in the
darkness that overhangs the future
nd lOud in
with the slave question the dividing question
line drawn along the Potomac and the Ohio; held in
military occupation on both sides, and hear the
morning reveie and the evening drum all along that
hue and mere the darkness thickens and all sights and
sounds lost in the dense gloom tfu flashes
confused voices, and clatter of arms.
But there Is brighter phase to the picture 1t is in
that spirit of sectional compromises which the resolu
tons Of Dir. Calhoun the personal assaults Of Mr. Ben
ton, aud the r1utual cry Of the shareholders of South
Carolina, and the abotonists Of Massachusetts,, for
that, TO run General Taylor with safety, he
must neither be the candidate the
very nor for the extinction Of slavery no must neither
go for establishing slavery in Oregonnor the
ton OF Mexico slave territory the hand,
Tor the abolition OF slavery in the district Of Columbia
the other He must neither adopt the ultra resolu-
tions OF Mr. Calhoun the ultra absurdties of Thos
Corwin lie must stand for the compromises OF the
constitution rs they are not as they interpreted
either by Massachusetts South Carolina
That Gen Taylor could by possibility adopt the dan
gereis doctrines Of Mr. Corvn, is not to be believed
even for the sake OF arguments but if he should adopt
tho extreIAities Of South Carolina utrasrn. and
upon them, and be elected in spite Of them then
may just US weIl calculate upon division Of parties
North and south distinctly marked by Mason Dixons
line the result OF which may be easily foretold
But we are wandering aside from the main question
u Cen Taylor lives suspect he will have run and
with hurrah His being a candidate however depends
upon the contingencies OF the war In the result OF
!. the heginuins OF the end" we know net whether
hopes approximations predomate vast are the
consequences involved in the issue. w,