New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-12

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and ready if needed, 20 vote with tie Taylor
mel. is o point not easily c.lc.dated bat which
had powerful influence on the result. w mere
one party % a contest is united determined IN
hesitltinr while half the other is doubling halt
inc, pcrplczed watering and part Oh i constant
iv ,a communication with the adversary, and prom
ising 70 come over 81 necessary aud when neces-
sarv. OF course there are 10 two ways about the
result.
Nyw We know that most % those who went 'or
Ta.ior were Fl, because they honestly believed
t.at e was best for the COUNTRY, that they should
be-. They believed the election Of Taylor if nom
mated, morally certain, while the chance of sue
cess with any other candidate was az best doubtful
and they said. " Why 10, take the haliloa! rather
than run the risk Of 40 bread Taylor Is not all
we could wish. but DE is al honest man Of fair
abilities aud sound principles and be vii give us
"a substantially WLr Administration and leave
the question d slavery Es tension to the uuietter
led action Of Congress as be ought. And is it not
better &, take him than hazard tie election OF
CAST" We do not deny the pisusiDihty OF tins
train o. reasoning though we insist that the op-
posing considerations are stronger noOier' ana
more enduring. But what we complain Of is a
want OF frsukuess on the part Of those who were
elected ms against Taylor yet finally voted openly
after workin, secretly for him. They ought 10
have frankly. fairly and thoroughly notified the
friends OF CLAW in advance OF the course they ln-
tended 20 pursue and taken care that such course
was straight forward To vote for Clay at AL when
they had determined that no one but Cen Taylor
should be nominated was needless and unworthy
hypocrisy.
The fact that the Delegates from Massachusetts
OHIO. end majority from Kentucky THE last tine
uukipdest cut Of anJ were ufexibly and openly
adverse to Mr. Clays nomination told OF course
very strongly AGAINST us Kentucky and Massa
chusets only mattercd so many votes, since II was
practically certain that they would vote for Mr..
Clav # nominated but the fact that majority OF
the Ohio DELEGATES had decided that Mr. Clay
could not receive the vote Of their State properly
exerted a great influence upon the minds OF the
dubious and watering. We do not question the
perfect honesty Of that decision, and yet we are
confident that il was erroneous. Pardon the pre-
sumpt.on of this opinion, and consider It's iounda
tons: In the first place, we do know, and AZ!
one who will take the trouble to inquire may sat-
isfy himself that Lewis Cass is weak candidate
i1 Omo-cuite popular with portion OF the Loco
Foco leaders but implacably hated by large por
ton of the party ITSELF Ifthere arc not thousands
Of votes cast against him by the more Radical Lo-
co-Foccs who W cit strongly for Polk, then we are
grossly deceived. Then Mr. Clay has ever been
personally strong in Ohio, received her popular
and Electoral vote ia 1924 and again by 6,oOO ma
ioritv In 1914. when the tide was setting strongly
AGAINST him. Now we admit that he would have
lost all this, perhaps more, in Anti Slavery votes
which were given him in "a, but we insist that ne
would have gained far more from Adopted Citizens
whom Natvism and now dspelled prejudice drove
pcr-men against him then. Had Gov. Seward
been placed ON the ticket with him for Vice Presi-
don't there need not have been doubt OF OHIO
aud we should have felt pretty sure OF 1t with Cen
scott for Vice President The Delegation was
unbappiy well aware of all the influences operat
inc against Mr. Clay, but not well OF those work
inc changes in his favor. Their attitude, though
deadly hostile TO Gen. Tay or did very much to Sc
cure his nomination. Cool calculators argued thus
III Ohio is lost with Clay, her Delegates aiese'
she can be no worse with Taylor while the latter
secures us Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, + lori
.da. and gives us a look for Mississippi South Car
.cina. and even Alabama and Texas. We must
make sure thing of Tive congratulate our
Abolition friends ia Ohio on the success OF their
determined efforts, and trust they are proud of 1t.
There were seventeen Members OF Congre SIS
among the Delegates to the Convention, to say
nothing OF the outsiders. All OF them were hostile
to Mr. Clay, and all bat one in favor OF Taylor
though two others threw a little dust at the eyes OF
their constituents by voting twice Tor Clay. Tins
counterpart TO our States immortal seventeen
did about half the speaking and more than halthe
moving In the Convention, especially IN the way
OF moving to lay ON the table every proposition OF
the rreenhorns in favor Of boldly asserting Wing
principles. insisting on an unequvoca Wing can
didate declaring in favor OF Freedom aud Free
SrI Sc. &c. Those raw. laundering fellows from
the country were taught to know their places IN
short order.
The struggle for this nomination throughout
was of a novel and peculiar character On the
one side the great mass OF the Wing party, its
steadv-roinr. solid innumerable middle-class; on
the other its highest and lowest strata, the cacu'
/ latng, and the unthinking-thc Bank Presidents
/ and 'the bhoys. Strategy proved too powerful
/ Tor mere numbers devoid of mobility. 1t was as II
some great army should find itself suddenly divid-
ed and arayed against itself in fierce encounter
on one side the solid squares of infantry on the
other, the staff, artillery, cavalry, scouts. spies
contractors suffers and camp-ioowers Of all sorts.
Ia such fight, the infantry can at best but stand
% attempt to maneuver or even advance over any
but parade ground insures its discontinue.
The wiudialls always light on tie winning
side. Gen. Taylor would have been nominated any
how there was no chance at Philadelphia to pre-
vent il; but Gen. Cass and his body guard contnved
TO make the job a good deal easier than it would
Otherwise have been. Knowing well that the
Wits Convention was to assemble there on We'd
nssdsy. and that Philadelphia would inevitably be
c-owded with ardent Wings on Tuesday evening,
I Gen. Cass LET'S Washington TO arrive in Phil
aiephia exactly az that time and he and his
clan were not content to come into the City quietly
bv the Railroad as usual, but must stop at WI
minston, take Steamboat, AM, landing. parade
from the Delaware up through the principal thor
oacLfares including Chestnut-strest, when it was