Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-07-15
PRESIDENTIAL.


The items which have come TO notice the past
week are significant, but before giving them we
wish to remark, for the satisfaction of such Of
our readers as are curious upon the point, that
we now prefer john MCLEAN of Ohio, to all
others who have been named as candidates for the
support of the Wings at the next election, taking
into account all the circumstances which bear
upon the question and it is hardly necessary to
add, that we do not deem it wise to pledge an
unconditional support to any man, SO far in adj
vance of the usual time for selecting the candi-
date. We are prepared to sustain any worthy
man, who comes fairly up to the standard Of
Wing principles and can command the conf
dence and support of the Wing party-it being
fully understood that the most prominent and pres
sing point in the Wing creed at this iuncture is
incorporating hostility to the extension Of
Slavery. When the Wings of the nation have
united upon such man, be he from the North
or the South, the East or the West, a civilian or
a hero, we are prepared to take liberal course
in yielding preferences on minor points of poll
cy for the common good and such we cannot
mong the Wings of Vermont
The letter OF Gen. Taylor to the editor of the
Cincinnati Signal is the object of comment all
round the board. 1t is possible the letter is n
forgery; still it is difficult to any sufficient
motive for piece of folly like that, We are in
clined to think the letter genuine; and when
Gen. Taylor says that he shall not be the candi-
date of any party, or yield himself to party
schemes, we think it is to be regarded simply as
a repetition of the declaration expressed in this
and previous letters, that he does not desire the
office, and will accept it only when called to do
so by a command Of the people, uttered in an I'M
questionable form. He doubtless sees that men
in either party are willing TO use HIM for their
own purposes-to make his reputation capital for
their pro6t--or, to play him off as foil to pres
idential aspirants; and we can we'll conceive
him UNIV iiling TO have mis- name used for any
such purposes, and to have chosen the expedient
Of signal letter as check upon such designs
1t by no means follows from this declaration that
he is not Q Wing, or will not adopt, at least es-
sentally, the Wing policy if elected: rather, it
is for the present waiver of all specific decla-
rations upon this point such as will prevent him
from becoming the candidate of either party to
the exclusion of the other But Gen. Taylor
doubtless has principles of his own, and the frank
ness to express them fully before he receives
vote for the next Presidency: indeed, his appro-
val of the article in the Signal is pledge to de-
clare himself at the proper time. When he makes
such an expression, we think it will be fair for
freemen TO decide whether he deserves opposition
or support, and not until then. In this connec-
ton, and for better understanding of General
Taylors letter. we quote the article of the Sig.
nal, which the General says he "highly approves"
1t will he observed that in The policy of an "In-
dependent President" the Signal embraces an ad-
vance in the Tariff sufficient TO satisfy New
England and Pennsylvania, leaving the Nation
al Debt to absorb all the funds from the public
lands-a modification of the Sub Treasury TO
obvate objections "a REIMBURSEMENT of Execu-
tive uetoes and patronage-and the extension of
the ordinance of 1887 over all territory acquired
from Mexico, Excluding Slavery all of which
far better accords with Wing notions than any
thing else, and is a pretty liberal advance for
locofoco newspaper; let us see whether Gen.
Taylor can't improve upon it. The article of
the Signal is as follows: