The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-14
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 81, 1913.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 81 1S4S
Hon. r. Cor,oin, the Fret Choice ofthe Leaders of
the Whig Party Of Ohio-Ihs Progress Of the
Revolution in Ohio-Its Serious Aspect, and its
Inevitable Results.
have, at different times, advanced the opin-
ion, in my letters to the Herald, that the wing
leaders of Ohio, with very few exceptions,
aimed and designed to make presidential can
dldate out of what has heretofore been Thomas
Corwin; that the few exceptions Were truly
Clay men |; but that all demonstrations made by
wings in favor of Mclean, and of Taylor, were
feints by which to banboozle, for the time
being, the Clay men. Although the Oaio State
Journal merely kept the defensive position in
regard to the pretensions of Mr.. Corwin, as the
wing candidate, and In giving the cold shoulder
te Clay, Taylor and Mclean, yet its editor,
Judge Thrall, aided by the members of the whg
8 cate central Commute, succeeded well in
disseminating Corwlnism (Which, by the
ings and friendship of nearly every wing mem
Der of the late General Assembly. In tue last
caucus held by them ere they left Columbus, TO
render an account of their good deeds, and to
mutually taken, and recorded in the shape If
circular, that each member exert his influence
towards getting Corwin declared the first choice
OF the wings in his county.
Accordingly, tue St0R journal is now enabled
to take more open stand In behalf OF Mr..
Corwin, In having the opportunity to refer
editorialy to these unerring demonstrations
OF the first choice of the Ohio whg party, Tor
President" BY well managed arrangement,
the editor has been enabled to throw into The
weekly edition OF the Journal, Tor the 18th inst
the proceedings OF no less than eighteen county
and district meetings OF wings, by winch
Mr. COrwin Is highly euloglsed for mis- Senatorial
labors, and recommended to the national whig
convention for the candidate of tae wing party
for the Presidency. Truly, this Is formidable
array And well does the Ohio Eagle, (demo.
crat,) tantallse its distinguished townsmln, the
Hen. L. Ewing, ind leader of toe friends OF
Clay In Ohio, as well as the wings among the
people whose patriotism inclined them to favor
Gen. Taylor, by SAYING Clay has a small
chance, Mclean no chance, and Taylor is no
wharf"
Once more, let the asprants for the Pres-
dency, and the asprants to the next Presidents
iavors, take heed what Is here told TO them
through the Neo York Herald, that the OHIO
whlgdom will send delegates into the national
whig convention favorable TO the nomination
of Thomas Corwin for President
The threatened revolution in this State, though
tar Ia the rear In It's speed, OF contamination,
when compared with Mexican or French revo.
lutions, is yet making steady, and verify be-
lieve certain progress. A final collision at arms
seems almost inevitable between the two great
parties of the State, looking at the position the
lee ding men on each side have firmly taken.
see that the Globe and Tribune, Of your city,
are each justlfying and sustaining the action OF
their respective partizan friends this subject
Right or wrong action In their view seems wnol-
ly 10 depend whether the actor is a wing or de-
mocrat as voter. The one sees all night In the
action OF the democratic members, and all wrong
in the doiDgs OF the wing members and the
other sees precisely the reverse.
Now, the truth Is, In this lamentable affair,
there has been some right action, and much
wrong action, by the members OF both parties
and II requires the Independence from the party
yoke, of Nsw York Heraid's correspondent TO
speak IL out.
The democratic senators-and | say it with
sorrow-for with most of them stand on terms
OF personal intimacy-acted In violation Of the