Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-10

arv Is48 And is the Wing party reduced to
this mean extremity, to accept as their candl-
date man. who repudates them as party,
and refuses to be the exponent of their primer
pies Will
TIt would not be inappropriate that every wing
ratification ofGeneral Taylor's nomination should
be in the following form:
Whereas, The principles of the Wing party
have become obsolete, and no person can be
elected President, who openly avows that he will
be the candidate of that party, and if elected,
the exponent of its principles:
Therefore ResolOed, That it is expedient for
the Wings to unite with Locos and Native Anne
rcans, in forming aeac party to be called The
NO PRINCIPLE PARTY" and that Zachary Taylor
is the proper candidate for President Of said party
ReSOtUed, That the people have no right to
determine on what principles the Government
shall be administered, but should as loyal sub
lects, submit in all things to the good will and
pleasure of the aforesaid Zachary Taylor; and
the same mutatiS mutdRdiS, for Loco and Native
ratification
And what is the ine0itaJic effect of this last
act of the Wing party? 1t was predicted (and
the prediction will be veri6ed) by the Hon. Will.
liam Duer, the talented member of New York,
in debate in the House of Representatives on
the 28th February last:
Mr. Henly having stated that the Wing party was
about to abandon its principles, and nominate Gen.
Taylor for the office of President without knowing
what his opinions upon those questions upon
whchthe two great parties Of the country divd-
ed, asked that gentleman his authority for making
that statement And in putting to him this question:
and IN answer to questions from him | said substan
tally as follows: That so far as know any thing Of
the Onnion If Who's in mart of hp cOunrV thew
were opposed to the nomination Of any man who was
not known Wing. That had rather for myself be
defeated with candidate of that description than have
any thing to do with the nomination of one of whose
principles was Ignorant though success in the latter
case might be certain, After commenting on some
remarks contained in letter Of Gen. Taylor recently
f published said that | took it for granted that any
Wing Convention that might assemble for the purpose
of nominating President would declare its principles
and nominate its candidate as the exponent of those
principles, That under such circumstances, Gen. Tay
or whom none doubted to be man of honor, could
+ not accept the nomination, unless his own opinions
agreed with those thus declared by the convention
mnating him. That if ho,ceper, such convention
r. should nominate candidate otherwise than as Wing
and the exponent Of the principles of the Wings, or !
" 1t should adopt nominee who would only accept the
J., nomination toh protest against the principles Of III
party nominating HIM, should consider such action
70 equUaIen TO DISSOLUTION OF the Wing party" &c
u And such | consider to be the effect of thu
o nomination of Gen. Taylor, In my judgmen
I'd the Wing party, as a national party, was dissol
we'd, at the Chinese Museum at 6 P NJ, on thu
C 9th day of June, 1913. And from that day anc
g hour dedicate myself to the FREE SOIL PARTY
Henceforth I shall speak of the national Whi
i. party as of defunct body. And in speaking q
y it, shall change the adage de mortuis nil mis-
70 bonum speak nothing of the dead but good t
u de mortuis nil nisi Uerun speak nothing of tn
= dead but truth
To- To be cOntinued)