Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-09-02
THE WING ANTI.TAyLOR MEETING AT
ALBANY.


of the spontaneous meeting held
al Albany by the Wings on receiving infor-
nation that General Taylor had accepted the
nomination for the Presidency Of the Demo-
Gratis of Charleston on a ticket with Gen. |
Butler for the Vice Presidency. The news
created a great commotion. The hall of the
Capitol was crowded in the evening Judge |
Parmelee was called to the chair, and he |
read Gen. Taylor's letter The reading of |
Gen. Taylor's letter brough, out Kisses from
the assembled Wings. Judge p added that
the meeting was now in possession of all the
information on this subject, and it was fol
them to say what action ought to be taken
in view of this extraordinary emergency.
'Haswell," Dawson" "sColier,' "Wheaton,''
and others were now called for with great
vehcmence, when Alderman Haswell said.
We found the Wing candidate for the
Presidency repudiatng, in effect, the Wing
candidate for the Vice Presidency We
found Gen. Taylor, after accepiinga nomina-
ton which embraced our own Fillmore as
well as himself, now formally accepting, and
with profound pleasure, the nomination of a
Democratic convention for the Presidency,
and that convention dropping his co-nominee
for the Presidency, and substituting Gen.
Butler, the Democratic candidate That
was thing he could not stand Loud
cheering. He could, under some crcum-
stances, stand quietly and allow himself TO
be CREASED all over, but he could not and
would not stand and have il rubbed in IRE
newed cheering and laughter. He did not
hesitate to avow, that under these circum-
stances, he felt under no obligations, as a
Wing, TO sustain Gen. Taylor-and that he
would not vote for him. Loud and general
cries of ''nor l." ''nor t." Perhaps it was
emergency. TCries, '1t's no, too late to start
Clay."l There were only eight shor, weeks
before the eection--and il any thing was to
be done, it must be done quickly. For one,
he should rejoice TO see a full booded, out
and out straight forward Whig brought OIL TO
the course-such man as Harry OF the West
loud and prolonged cheering, in whom the
Wings had confidence, and whom they could
support with ardor, and he believed with
success. Cries Of "Tha,'s the talk - and
cheers.
| Mr.. Benedict, one OF the secretaries, here
came forward 1t was well known that h"
| had been from the first ardent Taylor man,
and an advocate for his uomination by the
Z I.
! that he had adhered 10 him without waver-
| ing, and with Il strong desire to see him clec-
ted to the Presidency But he confessed,
| that the letter of Gen. Taylor TO the Charles
ton meeting which had been read here by
! the chairman, together with the proceedings
! of the Charleston meeting had staggered him
and that he was free TO say that il had gouc
/ far to lead him 10 the conclusion that he had
( heretofore been wrong. H. had srppu~ Il
General Taylor to b. whig. II hal b.
lirved that the General w0uli in @oud li!il
support the Wing ticket and the whole Wing
ticket The letter TO the Charleston meeting
"A meeting of Democrats-mpliedy at least
wnkin" at Il support of half the Wing tickc,
and the repudia,ion of the other half-he re-
prated, had left him no choiccs,s TO his fl'-
ture course. If that letter was genuinc--and
he WAS reluctantly compelled 10 believe it
to I've so--he should be the last man to vote
for Cen TAYLOR, But there might possibly
be some mistake about it. II nigh, be de-
vice of the enemy, ever vigilant willy, active
aud mscruruloris as 10 the means by which
they accemplised their designs. Whatever
was done, in reference to this matter he ur-
ged should be doncwth deliberations. If the
Wings desire to givn effect to what they did
they should act, not with hastc--not unde
the impulse of sudden eNci,ement--bu
with delberaion and reflection. Hasty ac'
ton, even though right in itself, would moi
carry with it half lis legitimate force and
weight, He hoped, that we should not be
! forced to act defnitively to-uight--but thai
we should take time for reflection and con-
sulation He renewed the motion, therefore
that the committee to be appointed report 10
IN adjourned meeting to be held on Monday
evening neAi,
Cries OF 'to-nighi," ''to-night," were re.
newed from all parts of the Hall
The question was put on Mr.. Benedict
motion, and declared carried.
GREAT RAILROAD SPEEp-On Tuesday last
the railroad train, with new engine witt
81 feet driving wheels and five large passen.
ger cars attached, containing upwards of 25C
passengers, ran from Springfield to Hartford
IA distance of 20 miles-in 33 minutes.
running time, or AT the rate of so miles an
hour-and from Springfield to New Haven;
a distance of 50 miles in hour and 80 min
utes This is the quickest trip ever made in
this country with heavy train overany rail-
road, and the road is now regularly run with
greater speed than any other railroad in the
United States, and with double the average
velocity of railroads out of New England,
This is owing to the road being remarkably
straight, level, and thoroughly constructed.
With engines having driving wheels seven
and eight feet in diameter, which have been