Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-09-08

|tul eluverfisnS-tusr ia the Northern a4I
'AliIl. S..5.stbt, .ftF. SUtb-tp iba
a..a S, ..s Itf dominate him neeercu,erainal
aHt d.-. ta extend t.c area 0f slavery.
thma..t his administration. or bv hi- iud4-
ele- Iu. Q.1.-t .II.ui Pu4Isiuhi4. lIs
Efs SH4.ra. I.tH~yftauls. certainly nom.u-
#at,.l .Hu y..h .5- such views. we gemem-
Hh.ffu4l .a5-. convention in Che city uf
~, Ylr. c,.os4.aI of tjah.y re.lect,b.s
man. man, IN whom are p.rsoasiIv w,ll
known Id me-. Nominated hi,p.snl certainty
/ fhrv hs.l n, ~tI.l views. And the nomina-
. .iaI ,s- hailed. aot yefv extensively. bl, by
S,ine enthusiastic and MT vcrv tar.sPeiue p1-
uti0au- mere In Nssssrhus It's. an8lg>r ~.
wh1rti..d ,ba u1,~. of esuttafiap over th.ir
al.iripsfrI triumpb. certainly enough. per-
h1p-a .ittI.t 10. ,sfIv for sound i41 cement and
Iti>,r-tl1s -I they n1f5ht batter have waited a
Iiti-.
Bat. genils .osn. the trifh is AMI no one
ctl avoid ,esIng It-unIess. ~ i. sometimes
D., .hr case. thpobia,i ishrarpht too near The
eve t1 be- i-r+rIrd-thst these u hip meetings
and lHis P1iai-Ipais Convention proreeicd
exactly according TO This reason. that bsliev-
lnA General fat.ort1 be- q Niz. they thought
hs could b. ele,te5 more easily fhsn am, 9TH
ar Wink. That vs- the Whole OF II. Tint
Suyari0Us. lrtsf. ftr-sae.He d7cfriuf of araI-
lb,lfg. lies at ta- bottom Of the vuol. nat.
ter
SEQ, far. then from impatirn any motive or
design tor the promotion. orrx,en.i,n of sla,-
err. as op-rstiu. upon these conventions
t.Ilu.ho9l the country. ORION te,tat PniIs-
.,ejphia-ttlesst a. r.gsrls the majority of
their member, m The nomination and cleo
tion of General Tsylor. / don't b.lt.re one
vord %. IT,
Bar zee that one part of what ista,Iled The
B1dJly ola form. saws that tie nomination All
Pul.ade, pala was msde under The dictation of
lac slave power. / don't believe q wod of
thu either. For there wasa very srcat ma
Juuty OF members rom tas Tree States ia ihit
body VINO might have nominated any body
else tl-y chose. on whom they could agree.
And, tuea, there were great many Of his
most earnest advocates som. from New Eng
lanj, who would sooner cut off their right
hands tHan 10 submit to any such dictation IN
any such case. may nor admire their dis
erection or p0,lcy, but must acquit them Of
a5i such base motyes as have been charged
upon them. think | Understand thsir mo-
nves. Their reasoning was just this-"Gen.
tati7f IS Wig; an eminent mdn-mot in
derd 10 el@ll lite. but circumstances aavegiv-
eh him eciot with tie people; if he i elected
VIA MA we shall have an increase of the
W hi- strength IA Congress. aud there fore il
+ best 10 sustain bim. That was the object
ani mouFe-hoWever wise or unnise--o
lar9e mdJouty OF tue convention.
~ my opinion II wasa wholly unwise poll
icy. Il was not suited to the " hig character.
II was shoralghted. Bat acquj The mem
bers oil Tue convention Of any oil the motives
ascfibed To them, especially this one set forth
IL the Buffalo platform.
such gentlemen, are the circumstances con
hected win the nomination OF General Tay-
ior. Ana VIII only repeat. that those who
haI the most agency originally, in bringing
am before the people were Wing coventions
aud meeting. ia several States-hee STATES
aud d areat majority Of the pbit,daI,,bi.
Convention from the Tree States Tbay.n,;',hf
have rejected BIN If they had 81 cbns.a al
wanted any BODY else.
This. lhen, Is the case Dra.antal ,o Tho
Wings, 80 far as respects the oer,onal filne.s
aa4 character OF General rsylar
Now, fellow citizens. if we were ,veighinc
die propriety OF nominatine sncb . ner.'' 90
d candidate for the chief rnaci.tr,c,l IA, =
one thing. II. CONSIDERING Inc evnsdien,,.
or, may saw the necessity. To soroa minds
OF su porting him NOW he !. nn,,i,a,,I
that is quite another thing. And This leads
20 lie consideration Of what he Wi e
ought 10 do Sncb # thea,
are not willing 10 snoport General T.,Ior
must. it is clear. vote Inr Mr. Go 49, IA.
Van Buycn, or omit TO vote al ali agrse
HAT there are cases io which il we do not
know in what direction ia move ,ra s6o,,li
stand still until we da. cases in ,,b;cb -
10 not know what to do. il X b4ffer tod,
nothing lhan TO do. we know not What M
IN question like This. 50 imnor,aoi IN IN.
country a. "a uonul.r e{acti.', ~ ~, ga: =