The national whig., 1847-06-11

Subject to the decision OF the Wing National
Convention.
OUR COURSE
sssi The National Wing, paper published at Wash
iugtOn, for the exprsss purpose OF advocating me
claims OF General Taylor. and which bears his name
- tn head Of it, columns, has underneath Il Sub.
jsct 70 the decision Of Wing NstionsI Convention
and ~ might 90 on and enumsrsie many others. we
msnlon this as strong case. because The paper was
conmsncsd for the sols object apparently, Of having
III General made The Wing candidate.
We clip the above paragraph from that able
I Whig paper. the Boston Atlas Of the 9th inst
for The purpose Of correcting an error into
which il has fallen.
The National Wing was not established for the
sspress purpose Of advocating the claims Of
General Taylor 10 the Presidency, or Of having
him made the Wing candidate. Il was esiab-
lished for the express purpose Of speaking the
majority voice Of the Wing party upon al
great questions Of public policy and Of expos
ing without fear or favor the corruptions Of the
party in power. When we hoisted the Taylor
dag, il was, because, from the best lights be-
fore Us, we believed he was the choice oi a
large majority Of the Whig parry for the next
Presidency, bu. in coming 10 this conclusion,
W. were bound as ! good Whig TO submit our
Judgment 10 the decision Of the Wing party in
Convention assembled, and we accordingly
announced our responsibility TO that body. Blu.
il, when we raised the Old Thunderer's BAN
nsr, We were convinced he was the choice OF
majority Of shs Wings Of the Union. even,s
in The last six weeks have more than sustained
us in our opinion and we sincerely believe lha,
when the time comes for the Wing party 70
take party ground, il will end itself with one
accord for Taylor. Wasiit not so with Clay
in ls442 General Taylor, in our humble OPT
nion, has no claims on the Presidency. No
man ID The United States has any. But the Pre-
sidency has claims upon Taylor, and Clay,
and Webster, and Mclean, and hundreds Of
other eminent Wings. The PEoPLE are the
makers Of their President. not the politicians.
When We began our career. we believed the
h Whig PEoPLE had decided in their hearts that
Taylor should be the next President, and as
We determined in the outset 10 endeavor 10 fol-
low the Wing People. we raised the Taylor
Gag, subject 10 the decision Of that people. The
Atlas cannon point to single passage in the
National Whig since It's commencement advo-
eating the choice Of General Taylor BY the
people for the next Presidency on the
ground Of his superiority 70 other Wings upon
whom the Presidency has claims. We have
always treated the question a. One al the dis
pOsition of the people. and we have only co
deasorsd 10 show that they have made good
and proper and noble choice. We have
consnnsiy sought 10 develope BY oil the means
within ouFEspch, the character and principles
.of General Taylor, and we are now engaged
u publishing biz Memoirs, being satisfied. that
shs more intimately The country will come to
know him, the more intensely will il love him
q man and = lis Chief Magistrate.
From this central point we are enabled 10 see
many things in the working Of the public
mind, and especially of the Wing public mind,
which our contemporaries are excluded from
seeing. and we can assure the Atlas, and all
0ur brethren every where, that the Wing party
are moving - . unit 70 rally under the flag Of
the Hero Of the Mexican battle fields. II is like
one vast army moving forward to the scene Of
operations, and one voice controls il and dispo-
- il In our opinion the feelings Of men are
ever the consequences Of the operations Of their
judgments---a theory, we know, in opposition
- the common one on this point--and hence,
We regard the public feeling in favor Of Gen.
Taylor as the mere echo Of the popular judg
ment, that he is eminently fitted to preside over
ihis free people. And we are persuaded too,
,shat the materials upon which the public mind
has made up ,ha, judgment in his favor are
ample, are even more than sufficient Gen.
Taylor has presented himself before the world
in some of the grandest characters Of man..
Il does not require an age for the exhibition Of
these characteristics. A day may suffice TO
show them.
They are the power TO command, 10 lead mas.
ses Of human beings 10 victory, to inspire con-
6dence in those he commands, 10 plan and ex-
ecute, TO be merciful in war and to hate war,
70 write the history Of his actions with the sim-
plicity and purity Of truth. What more is
needed2 All other things ia this life follow
the possession of these rare qualities. But, as
We have already said, the People, the Wing
people are 70 decide for us. We obey
their voice. We believe that voice is for
Taylor. We await the action Of the