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COUNTY CONVENTION.
To the Whigs Of Carroll County

Your Central Committee have fixed upon Sat.
urday, the 9Th day of Angus. next, (l848) as
the time, andlhe Court House at Carrollton, the
place, for holding mass convention Of the Wings
of Carroll, for the purpose of nominating can.
ddates for the Legislature and county officers,
together with an appointment of one delegate
from each township to district convention, to
nominate candidate for Congress, for the 17th
Congressional district of Ohio, at the approach.
ing October election, and to dosuch other things
as may be essential to secure harmonious con.
cert in action of the Wings of Carroll, in the
coming State and Presidential elections.
We have to elect two members Of the House
of Representatives, in common with Tuscara-
was county, lone of whom will be from the
county of Caroll,) one County Commissioner
one Recorder, one Coroner, one County Sur.
veyor, and one Poor House Director, for Car
roll county.
We urge upon you that you come from each
of the several townships of the county, in mass,
(or if you choose by delegates.) The preser-
vation Of your State Government, and all that
is dear to the citizen, are at stake on the issue Of
the approaching State election. The preserva.
ton of your Banking institutions, reared up a.
midst the contentious of party strife, by the
Wing party, are openly threatened with annhi-
ation if the Locolocos get the ascendency.-
The ApporIonment law of last winter will be
repealed, and an odious, unjust and Iniquious
one passed, which will dislranchse you, if the
Locolocos get the Legislature.
The importance of having good men and true
selected for the Legislature and Congress is ap-
parent to all. The arrangements necessary to
giving TO the Wing nominees Of the National
Convention, "TAYLoR AND FILLMORE" Uigor-
Gus support atthe Presidential election will claim
The attention of the Convention. We say, give
your attendance in council, at Carrolton, at IL
o'clock, NJ, on the 9th Of August next.
The selection of officers is the business Of
THE PEOPLE. Let THE PEOPLE attend to it. Our
Government and its long settled policy require,
and the interest Of the State demands that Ohio
be saved; and that the GoIhs and Vandals be dr
ven from the capital of the Republic.
VAN BROWN,
Chairman of the Wing Central Committee.
Carrollton, July IA, l848.
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CARROLL COUNTY RAILROAD.

We ask the attention Of The farmers to q re:
port of the proceedings of a meeting, held at
the Courthouse on Wednesday Of last week, in
relation to the above road-and especially to
the very satisfactory statement of Mr.. Roberts,
an accomplished engineer who has examined
the route.
The great importance of this road TO our
farming, mercantile, and every other interest,
must be apparent to all; and the statement Of
Mr.. Roberts shews the accomplishment of The
work to be entirely within the power of our peo.
pie. Some $4,000 ofstock have already been
subscribed, and with the facts before US embrac.
ed in Mr.. Roberts statement, if the balance
cannot be taken we mistake the intelligence &
enterprise of our county.
statement was made at the meeting above
noticed, to the effect that Company will obIi-
gate themselves TO construct The road, put il in
operation early in the summer Of l849, provided
donation of $4,000 be made by the people of
this county.
The committee appointed at the meeting will
wait on our friends in the country in the course
of the ensuing ten days, 10 obtain subscription of
stock, or donations. We hope they will meet
with such encouragement as the importance of
the work demands.
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phia on the 81 of that month. and Of which YOU
we're The presiding officer, has nominated me lor
the otice Of President Of the United States.
Looking at the composition Of the Conyen-
Mon. and It's numerous and patriotic constituents,
feel duly grateful for The honor bestowed upon
me-for the distinguished confidence implied
in my nomination for the highest Office in the
gift Of The American People.
] cordially accept the nomination, but with the
sincere dislrust of my fitness to fulfil the duties
OF an office which demands for It's exercise the
most exalted abilities and patriotism; and which
has been rendered illusnious by The greatest
names in our history. But should the selection
OF the Wing Convention be confirmed by the
people, shall endeavor to discharge the new
duties then deyolving upon me, so as to meet the
expectations Of my felOw-cilizens. and preserve
undiminshed the ProsPeuy and reputation Of
our common country.
| have the honor To remain, with The highest
respect, your ObedienI servant,
z. TAYLOR.
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lie scrutiny without The revision sf friend,
when il can be Obtained, will eyince more pre-.
sumption than good sense.
"FoHy years General Taylor has been in the
military service Of the country; more than lhir-
y years Of the time in garrsons and at posts,
where IN a time Of peace he had abundant lei.
sure. His habns are admitted on oil sides TO be
exemplary, and he to be anything bul an indo-
lent man. What, then, have probably been his
occupations duiing The tedious days, weeks,
months, and years Of garrison dulyi The an.
swer 10 the question may be found in the rich,
manly and condensed thought that makes his
compositions models Of episIolury writing. And
il may be found in the significant fact slated by
The veteran Gen. Gibson 10 Mr.. Criuenden, and
by him proclaimed at Pittsburgh, that he had
been for many years associated with Gen. Tsy-
lor in military service, and frequently on courts
martial aud Of inquiry with him, and that Gen.
Taylor Gilrdys drsV up The proceedings and re-
ports Of The courts. Men accustomed 10 bust.
ness VIII see The full force of this fact"
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The Nomination.

The Wing National Convention having nom.
mated General Taylor for President of the U.
nited States, every State in the Union with one
exception) being represented, the nomination
having been conducted fairly and without fraud,
the Wings of the Union are bound in honor 10
give him their support. General Taylor was
not thrust upon the onventon-noither by the
Convention was he thrust upon the people. Be-
fore single delegate had been appointed, it was
we'll known that Gen. Taylor would be prom
inent candidate before the Convention. He had
been recommended by various assemblies Of
Wings from New Jersey, where he was first
nominated, to Louisiana, where he is best known
and most beloved. His nomination had long
been advocated by some of the most reliable
Wing papers in the Union; among these it is
sufficient to name the old United States Gazette
Of Phiadelp pha; the Baltimore Patriot; the Bal
timore American; and the Louisville Journal
four most efficient Wing Journals. Knowing
tha. he would be presented TO that Convention
every State therein represented, either taciIly
by sending delegates, or by direct pledges bounC
itself to abide the result Of that Convention.
But not only are Wings bound in honor Il
support the nomination, but they are bound b,
every principle they hold dear, by every dic'at
of judgment, by every admonition of enligh'en
ed conscience. Is there single measure of tn
Wing party that cannot be carried out, if at al
with Gen. Taylor in the Executive Chair!-
There is no measure of whatever importance
the country, that Wings would not rather sc
abandoned than adopted by any other than law
Gul, constitutional, republican means. Wha
ever measures are to be carried out through L
gislation, they would have carried out by th
body in whom the constitution vests egslatiN
power. Would they approve of ProtecIiN
tariff, with provisions even as favorable TO ever
interest as the law of lS42, if it could only /
established as was the Mexican tariff of Nj
Polk, By an Executive edictl Never. Whl
they look upon their policy as essential to I'll
we'll being Of the nation, and every interest an
, class Of the people, they would moi accept it
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General TaylOr'S NOminatIOn--Letter from
MIR. Fillmore accepting the Nomination.

The following correspondence, taken from
the National lnteligencer, shows that what ap.
pears in another part Of this paper, respecting
the miscarriage Of The letter from the President
Of the Philadelphia Convention, is true. The
delayed acceptance of Mr.. Fillmore (Which aP-
pears below is also accounted for:
GREENBoRo', IN. c. July II, l048.
On the next day unor the adjournment of the
Wing National Convention, ! addressed COM
muncalions to Gen. TAYLOR and Hon. Nit.
LARD FILLMORE. apprizing them Of the nomina-
Iions made by the Convention.
Having received no reply from either of tho
gentlemen, on the last Of Jul y addressed them
again, and enclosed 10 each a copy Of my com.
muncalion of the 10Th Of June, forwarded from
Philadelphia.
On the Sd instant received Mr.. Fillmore's 5
answer of 7lh June; and, as have been daily
expecting reply from Gen. Taylor, | have
withheld the publication of Mr.. Fillmoro's let.
ter until this time, with the hope that might
be able 10 lay the answers of both these gentle.
men before The public at the same time.
see, from a New Orleans paper, that up to
the lst instant Gen. Taylor had received no
communication from me, and having received
none from him up TO this time, | do not feel my.
self at liberty longer TO withhold the publica.
ton Of Mr.. Fillmore's letter. therefore en-
close copies of our correspondence, with the re.
quest that you will publish them in your paper
have the honor 10 be, with very high regard,
your obeden servant, J. NJ. MOREHEAD.
P.S. this day addressed three othercommu-
nicalions to Gen. Taylor, containing copies of
my letter Of The 10Th of June, from Philadel.
phia--one directed to himself and the other two
through friends. Hoping that some one may
reach him, shall avail myself of the earliest
opportunity To lay before the public any com.
municalion may receive from him.
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Gen. TayIOr'S Civil Qualifications.

All are ready to award to Gen. Taylor the
highest military talents, and for The reason that
he has ever been successful, and has brilliantly
traced his name with his sword from the Gulf
TO the towering Sierre Madre. But many DENY
that he possesses single civil qualification
thai he wrote his Despalches, which the conQue.
ror Of Napoleon pronounced models of thought
and expression, and for tho reason that they
know liule Of his general character aud varied
requirements. The better Gen. TAYLOR is
known, the higher he is spoken of. and The fol-.
lowing cXIrac Of a letter, published in the Cou.
rier and Enquirer, from the Hon. John G.. Spen.
Ger, who while Secretary of War, was necessa.
riIy lrought into frequent communication with
Gen. Taylor, gives more just idea of his civil
qualifications than perhaps anything that our
readers have before seem
"You ask me to communicate the opinion,
which you understand has been expressed by
me, in reference 10 the allainmenls of General
Taylor, derived from lHs correspondence with
the Wur Department during the time ii was in
my charge. II is very lrue, have often sta.
tsd my high opinion not only of the sound iudg.
meni and unsurpassed discretion Of Gen. Tay.
Ior, but also Of his capacity as writer; and
the admirable dispatches which came from Mex.
ico under his name, declared unequivocaIy
my thorough CONVICTION. that he was The author
of them. And stated my reasons for this con
vlciion, that his official letters and oihor commu
micalions which had fallen under my observa
,ion contained the samo condensed vgor o
thought aud expression, the same pccuiuriue
of sIyle and beauty, ,-and force of language tha
characterized his Mexican dispatches; aud that
FROM circumstances personally known 10 mo,
was certain that he could not have had the ali
in writing the letters and communications refer
red To, which some of tho newspapers ALLEGED
Ind been rendered 10 him in Mexico. This q
pinion now deliberately rcerale. You aud
know perfectly we'll that persons who nre in lh
habit Of literary composition can detect style
manner Of thought. aud lurn of expression Of
writer, after having been acquainted with som
OF his productions, with certainty at least Q
oua 10 that with which an expert in penman
ship can decide upon the signature OF one whom
he has seen write his name.
IL do not mean 10 deny that Gen Taylor, lik
Gen. Washington, and like every other modes
man, may have had The aid OF literary irlen
in looking over his dispatches, written Us the
must have been, under great excitement, an
some hasle; and that friend may have erased
redundant word or phrase, or rounded period
IL this be evidence Of incapacity, who shall es
capei II is notorious that the writings Of Wash
ington, and particularly his Farewell Address
underwent The revision Of Gen. Hamilton; an
tha. ihe messages and public communications o
every other President have always been subjec
% the critical examination Of his Cabinet. In
deed, | do not hesitate TO say that the men VIII
will submit important public papers 10 the pub
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LETTER TO Mr.. FILLMORE.
PHILADELPHIA, June 10. 1874

hlLADELih hlAj 'uhC iVj io1o'
DEAR SIR: At a Convention Of the Wings Of
the United States, assembled in this city on the
7lh inst, and continued by adjournment until
the OH, General ZACHARY TAYLOR, of Louisi.
ana, was nominated us candidate for the Pres
idency, and you were nominated as a candidate
for the Vice Presidency Of the United States, al
the next ensuing Presidential election.
BY resolution of said Convention it wa.
made my duty to communicate TO you the resul
of their deliberations, and TO request your ac
ceplance Of the nomination.
! have The honor TO be, dear sir, your mos
obedlent servant, J. NJ. MOREHEAD,
President of the Wing National Convention.
Hon. Mlard Fillmore.
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From the Cleveland Herald.
How Gen. Taylor is Supported.

We have looked in vain to the Taylor papers
and Taylor men, to find the statement of some
principle for which they are contending.-T True
Democrat.
We much fear our neighbor has of late given
wing papers but cursory reading. We in.
yte his attention to the following TAYLOR
Wing PLATFORM. which, since last April, has
appeared in most If not all Of the Wig papers
OGIhe Union, and ask him to state his objections
TO any "prlnclple" contained therein.
"The power given by the Constitution to the
Executive, TO inlerpose his veto, is high con.
servative power, which should never be exer.
cised except in cases of clear violation of the
Constitution, or manifest haste and want Of con.
sideralion by Congress-"
The personal opinions Of the individual who
may happen to occupy the Executive chair
ought not to control the action Of Congress up.
on questions of Domestic policy, nor ought his
objections to be interposed where questions of
constitutional power have been settled by the
various departments of Government, and ac.
quesced in by the people,"
"Upon the subjects Of the tariff, the currency,
the Improvement of our great highways, rivers,
lakes, and harbors, the will Of the people, as
expressed through their Representatives in Con.
gress, ought 10 be respected and carried out by
the Executive"
"War at all times, and under all circumstan.
ces is national calamity, to be avoided, if CON-
palible with national honor" 1.-THE principles
of our government, as we'll as its true policy, are
opposed to The subjugaon of other countries by
for, in the language of,he great Wash.
ington, 'why should we quite our own to stand
on foreign ground"
z. TAYLOR,
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MR.. FILLMORE'S REPLY.
ALBANY, IN. W June II, 184e.

ALBANY, IN. ~ June II, 1848.
Sir; have the honor to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your leueror the 10Th instant, by which
am notified that al the late Wing Convention
held at Philadelphia General ZACHARY TAYLOR
was nominated for President aud myself for
Vice President, aud requesting my acceptance
Of the nomination.
The honor of being thus presented by the dis
Iingushed representatives. of the Wing party of
the Union, for the second office in the gli of the
people-an honor us unexpected as it was unso-
liciIed-could not fail to awaken in grateful
heart, emotions which, while they cannot be
suppressed, find no appropriate language for ut
terHnce.
Fully persuaded that tho cause in which we
are enlisted is the cause of our county; that our
chief object is to secure its peace, preserve its
honor, and advance its prosperity; and feeling,
m moreover, confident assurance that, in General
Taylor, (whose name is presented for the first
Office shall always find firm and consistent
Wing, Il safe guide, and an honest man, can
moi hesitate to assume any position which my
friends may assign me.
Distressing, as we'll may, my ability to dis.
charge satisfactorily, the duties of that high Of.
flee. but feeling that, in case of my election,
may with safety repose upon the friendly aid OF
my fellow Wings, aud that efforts guided by
honest intentions will always be charilably jud.
ged, accept the nomination so generously ten.
dercd; aud do this the moro cheerful, as am
willing for such cause aud with such n man,
to take my chances of success or defeat as the
electors, the final Rrbiters Of our fate, shall, in
their wisdom, Judge best for The interests Of our
common country.
Please accept the assurance Of my high re-
gard aud esteem, and permit me 10 subscribe
myself your friend and fellow. citizen,
MlLLARD FILLMORE.
Hon. J. NJ. Morehead.
The following, from the New Orleans Bee
Of the l7h instant, shows tha, the letter o
Gov. Morehead has finally been recSived.-
The Bee says:
We learn by letter from Baton Rouge, thO
on Friday last, the long expected official Ieue
of Governor Morehoad, announcing TO Genera
Taylor his nomination by the Philadelphia Con
vention, was received by tho old General at hi
headquarters.
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CAPTAIN BRAGG.-This distinguished officer,
(now ranking as Lieutenant Colonel,) who met
charge Of the Mexican forces at Buena Vista
with his light artillery, wholly unsupported bv
infantry, and whose skill and rapid and efTec-
live firing under these circumstances General
Taylor attributed the saving ofthe day, was pre-.
sented with sword by the citizens of Mobile
on his arrival there. In his modest reply he
thus refers to old "Rough and Ready"
"The humble services | have been able to
render in the cause Of our common country, du.
ring the contest so recently and so glorously
terminated, and for which am now so highly
honored, constitute but an inadequate return for
benefits previously received from that country
at Military Academy. In zealously devotins
my humble abilities to the discharge of such
duties as devolved upon me, | have only done
what my friends and my country had right tc
expect; TO have done less would have evinced
criminal indifference to what have always con
celved TO be the most sacred Of all obligati ons
For all the success which has attended me il
performing those duties, have been indebted Il
the confidence and kindness of my commander
and TO the gallantry and devotion Of those VIII
served under me.
"Passing by the incidents of Fort Brown an
Monterey, to which you have so eloquen,ly al
uded, may be pardoned for saying in referenc
to the more memorable field of Buena Vista
that the credit which has been awarded me io
the part performed by my command on that oc
casion has had its origin in the disnterestedne;
and generosity of our noble chief, who is eve
inclined to bestow on others honors Justly du
10 himself To General Taylor, and to him 1
lone, belongs all the glory of that achievement
And but express the universal opinion of shos
who served under him in saying that no olhe
living man could have obtained that victory.
great was The confidence rePosed in him BY h
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Father Richie gives Il up,
z. TAYLOR.

Mr.. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, made most
happy speech few days since, in which he re.
ierred to the groaning Of the Cour organ in the
following manner:
"The misnamed Democracy had selected a
leader, and so had the Wings; the former Gen.
eral that always surrenders, the latter General
thatnever surrenders. Under such leaders could
the result be doubtedl No, il was certain; the
contest had in fact been given up. The Union,
The "organ" Of the Administration, Father Rit
chic, himself, had given il up. What did the
Union tell US? Ii headed recent article with,
"Wlll the people endure the ChGdR" lie went
on through half column telling how they were
cheated by the Wings; and in other columns it
was cheated, cheated, CHEATED! Now, we would
like TO know what man or party ever cried
"cheated" thatwas not beatenl "Cheat" meant
"beat." In 1910, when the Wings beat the Lo.
cos, they cried out "cheated;" in 1914, when
the Locos beat, that was the cry of the Wings;
and so when the Union cried "cheated" it ad-
mtled they were beaten. "Cheated" was the
language Of the loser, never of the winner.
But prudence is the better part Of valor. Mr..
Richie is not going to wait TO be shot, he starts
in time. lie knows old Zack and Capt. Bragg
are sharp shooters, and he no doubt feels little
like Crockeu's coon, who from the top of q tree
seeing we'll known marksman raising his un.
erring rifle, said: "ls that you, Capt.. Scott II
it is, don't shoot, I'll come down." So said Mr..
Richie; ais that you, old Zack! lC it is. dom
shoot, III come down." Much laughter.l
But 10 make bad worse, the nextday after this
candid confession and surrender, out comes hi;
old friend Van Buren, against Mr.. Cass. Hor
rible-"et tu Brutew This rendered the ole
gentleman quite frantic, and in his next paper We
may expect to see him address Mr.. Polk in the
language Of avery celebrated song lately ap
piled to distinguished Senator from New York
10, carry me back to old Virginny,
To old Virginny's shOre;"
And | never, never will come back to ,h
place any more! Laugh.er.l That was thc
kind of music he expected soon to hear on thC
organ, now so villainously out of tune.
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

The Convention to put in nomination Wing
ca ndidate for Congress, in the l7th district Of
Ohio, will be held at the town of SALINEvlLLE,
Columbiana county, on Tuesday the 22d of Au-
gust, inst, at which time and place the dele.
gates chosen in Carroll will meet the delegates
from the counties of Jefferson and Columbana.
VAN BROWN,
Chairman Wing Central Committee &C. o.
August 4, l848.
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General TaylOr's Acceptance.

The following letter of General Taylor accep'
Ting the nomination, of the Wing National Con.
yenton, we find in the Pittsburgh Gazette of the
Sis, ultimo. Ii needs no comment it speaks fol
ilself. 1t is cordial acceptance oithe nominO'
lion Of the wings of the Union, and that is al
we desire.
BATON RoUsE, July is, l848.
SIR-l have the honor to receive your com
muncatou of June 10Th, announcing that th'
Wing Convention, which assembled at PhladeI
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Iroops, land no other could have commanded
iI,) that his presence on any Pau Of the field was
sufficient not only to change despair into hope,
but TO give assurance Of victory, and disPel all
doubt Of ultimate triumph"