The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-22
WASHINGTON, May 7, lS4s.
The Presidency.


The TAYLOR stock is rising. II is beginning to
assume bold conventional plausibility. 1t begins
to develope itself into a tangible subtance. The
attenuated and almost invisible lines OF party pre-
ferences indicated in the Taylor letters for the six
lunar months last past, were not sufficiently dein-
ed for a party candidate; and hence a letter that
would g satisfy every body was imperatively de-
manded.
Now, sir, the {" Signal letter." the " Delong
letter. the Peter Sken Smith letter." the j. X.
Ingerso letter. the Alabama letter." and all
the other letters are neutralized, nullified inter-
preted in the Allison letter and in the Richmond
Republican letter. Following the whole chain of
the Taylor letters, there will appear to be thread
OF consistency respecting pledges, satisfactorily
sustained, from the first brief letter after the
victory of Resaca, down to the methodcal, politi-
cal, well sifted, well digested and elegantly in
genous letter to Major Allison; and yet this last
one will bear an Interpretation involving the most
satisfactory pledges to the doctrines OF the wing
party.
The indifference of the strong minded old sol
der to the gOrles of station and power, has gra-
dually melted away before the persevering blan-
dishments of the politicians, into desire for the
White House, paramount, II not superior, to all
other aspirations. What was at first regarded by
the old soldier mere ebullitlon OF enthusiastic
an absolute reality, manifest in its destinations
as to elicit even from the old hero, who knew no
thing heretofore but the blunt frankness of the
man of war, diplomatic exactltude, Kane let
ter nicely of adaptation to all attitudes, which
shows that
"a mans man for a that
which shows that however lofty his natural smpli-
city of independence, and unapproachable self
with persevering invitations to the chief position
of an empire, he will eventually beat to the wind
ward, and surrender.
There are now strong hopes among the Taylor
wings OF his Nominations strange letting down
of the Clay men-and serious misgivings on the
part OF the oracular exponent of the admlnistra-
ton. If the friends of Mr.. Clay insist that the
issue shall rest between him and Gen. Taylor, the
men were confidently calculating upon Scott in
the convention, if driven to desert Mr.. Clay; but
this Allison letter, and the Richmond letter, in
presenting the impeachment OF another Richmond
In the field" If another than Gen. Taylor should
be selected, presents serious obstacle to the
cess OF the whlg party, to wit, Its division upon
two or more candidates.
We conclude, now, that in any event, the wings
| one candidate. Can Massachusetts set aside Mr.
Webster for General Taylor? Can South Caro-
lima give up Mr.. Calhoun for him? We think not.
Can General Taylor carry the State of New York I!
Ohio, or Kentucky, with many of the friends of
Mr.. Clay inappeasable, from the declaration of
General Taylor that he would not regard the no.
mnation Of Mr. Clay-will that declaration drive
the Clay men to the support of General Taylor in
| the convention! Not likely.
Nominate General Taylor, and the abolition vote
will leave him in a minority in the North, as far
westward as Ohio. The democratic States in the
| South are not certain of a revolution.
| But If the wings nominate any other man than
General Taylor, he will be still in the field, on his
own footing; and between him and Mr.. Hale, the
abolition candidate, votes enough will be sub
tracted from the Whip aprrepate either TO secure
the election of the democrat to throw the cleo
ton into the House of Representatives..
The democratic nomination will not be without
its military capital sufficient to retain the aggre
gate strength of the party on that ground, so that
the issue for the wings is most likely be defeat,
from their divisions, the casting the election into
the House of Representatives.; and nothing can
stop 1t except OLD HAsrY.