New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-29
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The Richmond Wig publishes without rebOSe
the following original

The Richmond Wig publishes without rebnSe
the following original
Extract Of aletier from
WASHINGTON Jan. %. is4s.
ho .hall be the candidate Of wings for the Pres
dsncy continues to he the universal snd absorbing TOPIC
~ conversation All the whigs who are Mr. Gays ad-
,srs and friends would rather him President than
an man living but most Of them are satisfied that there
are no jos grounds to believe that he can get se state
which he DID not get 10 20 WIN this CONVICTION what
ever might he their wishes they have no intenon Of urs
ipe lin 10 be candidate II would be unjust for them
IN DO So him sud TO the great cause which they
wish TO make triumphant With the exception OF ie"
devoted personal friends the persons VINO are urging DIT
Claws nomination are those who have very different
object In view from that which they profess These are
the fanatics Of the Sorth-'he Horace Greeeys. They
don't desire Mr.. Clay elec,ed-fsr from H. lheH
object il 10 kill on Gen TAYLOR with Mr.. Clay-snd then
bring on a Of their own-s Whmot Proviso man.
But they can't II. The Whig sentiment here 10 50
strong and decided that all sucn petty machnauons W"
he defeated Every Wing member from the South, except
Mr. Bots and Cliugmsn Of ~ e. and most OF those from
the West, consider Taylor the only available man, ana
viii 90 for him 10 the death.
The above suggests many comments, bat we
have room only for the following;
l.If"sll the Wings are Mr. Cay's admirers and
friends and would rather see him President than
any lotherl man living" who can pretend to be
leve that he would get State now that went
against him before Here is NEw-Y oRK-one'
eighth of the entire Union-csrried Wing at the
s.t two Elections by ma orties Of TO- 900 and 30 900
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Delegation in Congress two
thirds Wing and State Government ever 50
strongly Whig-does anybody seriously doubt that
her SO votes will be cast for Mr.. Clay II he ruDs
And these votes would have suficed 10 elect him
in "a And beside New.York, NEw-HANPsHIRE
PgsssYLvAsIA, GEORGIA. ISDIAsA, FLORIDA and
W.coSsIS have been carried by the Wings since
1874 and most Of them went Wing in the last con
test What excuse is there for the assertion that
Mr. Clay could get no votes in az that he lost in
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g. The charge Of insincerity in supporting Mr.
Clay is not only uniounded, but contradicted by
what the letter writer says Of all the Wings We
are for Henry Clay FIRST Of all men, aud believe he
would obtain more OF the Peoples Votes than any
other man living. We are for nobody else, so long
as he shall be candidate. But il the South insist
on more Southern man. and thus impel Mr. Clay
10 decline nomination we shall then advocate the
selection Of some Northern Wing Statesman. 1t is
the clear right Of the North to furnish the candidate
if new one is to be brought out. Who disputes
thisf And does it become those who are urging
ern Loco Focos as well as Whigs-to object to this
g. The letter-writer ers gravely in assuming
that every Wing Member from the South except
Messrs Bolts and CIingmsn is for Taylor. We
can give him the names Of al least hall dozen
more Southern Members who are for Clay, and
they are among the most eminent and able men In
Congress And, as to the Western Wing Mem
bers il is not true that most evenhai OF them
are for Taylor. There are not three avowedly Tay
lor men from Western Free States.
We take DO pleasure in contradcting such as
sertions as this letterwriters but this business OF
making candidate by giving out that every body
is for hisn, and convinced that nobody else can be
chosen, is not the fair thing II the wing party
prefer Gen Taylor, he will be nominated but his
resstess popularity is to be proved not taken Tor
granted