The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-21
The Whl0 Champion.

The wings have slight advantage over US in the time
of their convention. 1t was originally proposed BY
of our friends to postpone meeting until the 4h Of
July; but upon advsement among the members of Con-
gress they determined to recommend the old time and
place. viz: the fourth Monday in May and at Baltimore
This arrangement deprives us of any little advantage
might have derived from OVERLAPPING the wings But they
assemble on the It'll June, Philadelphia they now en-.
joy the advantage OF seeing arrangements, and know
ing our nominee. We make our nomination before they
make theirs; but to presume that they will seec,
their strongest man, and profit by movements Let
not fall into the of despisng enemy but let
conciliate party, organize it thoroughly, and
to the teeth We shall have chds play OF it, but let
prepare for fierce, and perhaps formidable encounter
We have the force to beat them. We have strength
enough TO do it without one wing of army But we
must place ourselves in such position as to bring all
available force into the field So organized, so united
we'll armed, we care not whom have to encounter
Be it the civilian, the chieftan we shall defeat him,
unless we waste our strength in idle quarrels, and lose
our time in apathy before we complete organization
Some of the wings are confident in the opinion that
Gen. Taylor is their strongest man. We will not exam
inc that question at present We will discuss in due
season, if future events call for it. But in the me
we beg leave to the wings, that if own party
discharge their duty next week at Baltimore, we dread
neither General Taylor, nor any the most redoub.
able of all their champions But agree with the Ba
more Argus in the following opinions which it expresses
of the bunders of the opposition
MISTAKES WING EDITORS. The Philadelphia Inquirer
and Baltimore American attribute the remarks Wash
ngton Union and other democratic papers about the posi-
ton of General Taylor before the wing party fears
o his strength and anxiety prevent his nomination
Never were those whg journals mistaken When
we look at the signal defeats of Taylorism in V
snia and Wisconsin, and call minds the severe
Dukes which the experimeners upon Tayorsm received
the hands of the people in half dozen other States
ire puzzled to account for those evidences OF Taylor
strength which appear presen, themselves the
Of certain whg editors Iaatu1ion ha, certainly seized
hold of them, when they construe nvarabe defeat
into proofs of strength.
Instead of fearing the nomination of General Taylor
welknown fact that every democrat who consus only
his party's success desires it, We desire it. because
large portion of the whg press have been furnishing all
the material necessary blast his hopes of election
without any labor part. They have been eX'
ceedngy in this respect, that doubt whether
we could exhaust all that material before the election
and is hardly possible that they have considered
unmndiu OF our duty take of the political
weapons which they manufactured for We assure
them that they afford greater pleasure than by
nominating General Taylor-the man who, in political
capacity, has never yet realized victory.