New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-17
The Presidency, the Boston Atlas and the
Course of The Tribune.

The Presidency, the Boston Atlas ana the
Course of The Tribune.
The Boston Atias has leader ON The New
York Tribune and the Elections" referring to our
recent article on the August Elections, Of which
the gist is as follows:
The Tribune tsunts the Wings with the result and
referring the confident sntcpauons Of the iiienas
of Gen Taylor asks If this is the entertainment
which we were invited r We think this tsunt CONES
with bad grace from The Tr,6zns The Whiss-n
Guiding OF course the friends Of Gen. Isyio' JAM
Webster Gen Scott &c-when they went lp'y -
National Convention presumed that whatever might DC
the result that whoever should be nomnato INC. "
nominee would be cordially supported oy ,ns rienos
Of the defeated candidates Uniess TINS was oone 'e
Convention would be farce, and the nomination Of
no sval When the friends Of Gen Taylor sah tney
believed him 10 be the most popular can9ioa,e anu ts
one most likely be successful tney prenlceeo the O
lief In part upon the sUppOsOn that the papers IN favor
OF Mr. Clay and the public men and voters 10 favor Oh
Mr. Clay add OF the other candidates, would support
General sylor in the OF his nomination. j never
entered into their calculation that General Taylor could
be elected over Csss II the friends OF Mr. Clay ana tue
other candidates 20 act alter the nomination was
made a. the NewYork Tribune has acted Ihey
counted upon its support as in our opinion tney hsd
right so 10 count The editor OF The Tribune win al
his zeal for Mr. Clay believed that that gentleman
could have been elected-Or 10 narrow the question
could have carried the State Of North Carolina II the
friends OF Gen. TsylOr had, after MS nomination re-
fused acknowledge the binding force OF the nonina
ton, and refused therefore 70 vote Tor him Ohess M
Webster men In the event OF his ominauon ne could
not have carried a solitary state in the Union IN
had acted in the of Mr. Clsys nomination as Inc
Tribune and OF its immediate friends have acted
in regard Gen Taylor, he could not have carried an
electoral district In the Union"
Now, the Editor Of the Atlas has read The
Tribune to very little purpose if he has not long
since understood that we strenuously opposed the
nomination OF Gen. Taylor precisely because he
could not evoke tie enthusiasm nor even secure
the votes Of the Wing party generally We en-
deavored in several carefully considered articles,
70 press this view upon the attention OF our party
leaders and managers. We said 10 them: " This
fishing for Arkansas and Texas, and batting with
'New-York and Ohio is wretch policy, since we
cannot induce you to look at the subject from any
higher platform than that of policy-you are haz-
'arding great deal more than you can reasonably
hope TO win We begged them to believe that
there were tens Of thousands OF quiet mechanics
and iarmers-who are not specially Clay men,
Webster men, nor anybody's men, but who vote
conscienciousy and intelligently, and who have
long voted with the Wing party, because they
deemed its measures more benetcent and its
prominent statesmen more capable and worthy
than their advorsares-who would vote with us il
Mr. Clay or any such man were nominated, but
who would be chilled If not wholly alicnated by
the nomination of Gen. Taylor. All this and much
more with it we urged with all the force of an in
tense conviction but we were unheard in the
decision. The result we now see.
But, says the Atlas, these dissenters and hcsita
tiers ought to support Gen. Taylor, promptly and
heartily. So they ought il they are convinced that
the difference is personal ony-that the same IS
sues are presented. the same principles involved,
and the same results are to be achieved, as would
have been If Mr.. Clay or Mr.. Webster had been
nominated. The Wing voter who firmly believes
such to be the fact will vote accordingly. But
suppose he believes otherwise-that cherished
Wing principles sacrificed in a mere scram-
BILE for places and power-that victory with Gen.
Taylor would be a second edition Of Tylersm--
how is this voter bound In honor 10 act Upon his
\ own convictions or those of the Atlas
Now we certainly deem the results of the
recent Elections wholesome rebuke TO the sor
did and fallacious calculations which made Gen.
Taylor the nominee Of the Philadelphia Conyen-
vention. IL there is one folly we more despse
than another it is that of sacrificing friends in the
hope OF conciliating enemies disgusting and alien
atng those attached to you by principle and con-
vction in order 10 win the support OF those who
cherish opposite opinions or none at all We trust
that, however this Election may terminate, the
policy we detest will be evermore repudiated
friend Just from North Carolina informs
that the choice of the Philadelph Convention
exertod most powerful influence there. Especi-
ally in the great Whig stronghold, Guiltcrd Co.
he saw the steady old Quakers who form the back
bone of our party, come up and stand around the
polls in scores, listless and utterly determined not
to vote. In vain Gov. Morehead whom they
knew and loved od-ashioned, firm Clay
Whg) expostulated with and entreated theIs-
they heard him patiently but would not wee
saying, Your Convention put aside the man we
love aud confde in, and nominated one OF whom
we only know that he is man of blood, and that
we do not like. SO they went away and the
Wing majority in their County is some 400 less
than usual--not by any Loco-Foco gam, but by
Wing falling off. Now there has not been word
OF public Wing dissent in North Csrolins-not a
single Wing journal has murmured-no dissenting
journal has any considerable circulation there.
Yet the People will think, and will act, or else
evince their convictions bys mastery inactivity.
AZ Is lut 70 lueltCi WIN We must
stady and take counsel from il. Says the Atlas:
1--WE make these suggestions in no unfrendy spirit
We have hopes that The Tribune and its sympathzers
together with Mr. Clay, viii yet into the support
of Gen. Taylor. who Is rs worthy man and good
Wing ~ either OF them
The Whigism of Mr.. Clay or of the Editor Of
The Tribune is not now in point; nor are We in-
chned to dispute that OF Gen. Taylor. The term
'Whg is tclerably comprehensive aud daily be.
coming more so. There are devotees Of Free
Trade, Texas Annexation, the Mexican War,
Our country, right or wrong and all manner OF |
things, who claim to he good deal better Wings |
than we are. We shall not handy words with
them. The Atlas does not believe that we hest /
tate as to the support Of Gen. Taylor because we |
wished Mr.. Clay nominated, nor from any such /
motive. II does not need assurances OF our at. |
tschment to the Wing party and its long cherished
principles, nor OF our anxious desire to act with
tha. party in the approaching Election Our OBJ
;ections the choice of Gen Taylor are things Of
the pass--let them perish We would like 70 see
our candidate for President openly heartily, frank
~, in favor Of Protection to Home Industry, River