The North-Carolina standard., 1848-02-02
,rurG NATIONAL CONVENTION.


a. oee it stated in several of the Whig papers.
| y. meeting of the Wing members of Congress,
If Wings from various sections of the Union,
ns held in Washington City on Saturday night, the
",5 of January, and that they unanimously determine
N that Wing National Convention for the nomina-
% Of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presi-
1sncv should be held future day. This state
I.nt is no doubt correct. What, then, will become
~ tbe "no-party" Taylor party9 The Democrats
n m for the nominee Of their National Convention
NJ ~ the Wings will go for their nominee; but will
+ h.t nominee be Gen. Taylor? We think not. The
,napnetic influences" in in'operation at Washington
80. too powerful for the friends of Old Rough and
poady; and the fact that National Convention has
boeu resolved upon, in which Ohio, Massachusetts,,
I and New York, and such men as Greely, Webster,
Brooks, Corwin, and Winthrop will hold the power,
and use it, furnishes the strongest evidence that
+ Ubggery has already cast Gen. Taylor overheard.
The Richmond Enquirer says:
..That the wings will stand by the choice of Ma
tional Convention may be considered as ssfx-
I ed fact'-and that Henry Clay, who it is now uni
rersaly believed has given his consent to be candi-
dae will be the choice of that Convention we firm
believe. His influence with his party is too mighty
and overpowering, to allow of any doubt that
point. The Southern wings, who, for. the sake OF
party triumph, have come out for Gen. Taylor, Will
f be whipped back into the Clay traces. The game
We pointed to, some time ago, is being rapidly de-
yeloped. The venerated name of Taylor has been
used by the whig old party hacks to swell the for
tunes of Henry Clay. But the trick Will fall and
Mr, Clay will be the whg candidate, Me deem it to
he our duty to declare convictions, and to appeal
N the democracy to stand by their principles,
their party and their country, and all aofH be Tigh
The Correspondent of the New York Mirror,
writing from Washington, January Is, says:
at is as predicted. The cliques of the Tribune
nd the Intellgencer have surrounded Mr.. Clay, and
the result probably will be that he will consent to go
into the convention for the fourth time candidate
for the presidency. The old COON is to be skinned
once more and those who persist in this course de-
serve to be indicted for cruelty to animals Fhe
nlan of the battle is beginning to assume definite
shape while the cd issues of party being thrown
aside and new ones formed.
s.The indications now are, that Mr.. Clay will suf
r his to be used; that his friends will carry
him into convention and then drop him. There will
be large majority of the whigs who will, at the
last moment, go for Gen. Taylor, and general sue
cess and the result will be- that the convention will
90 through with the ceremony of giving the old hero
a nomination.
So much for the Mirror, decided Taylor Wing
paper; but what says Greedy himself? Writing from
Washington to his paper, the Tribune, he says:
"Let the friends of Henry Clay everywhere un-
wavering that they believe him not only the ttest
man for President, but the proper to be support
ed in the ensuing canvass and that he will be elect
ed if any frank, manly out-spoken whig can be. If
the people don't want President OF this Sort let
them take locofoco, as becomes them; if they
choose shutting, trimming, unworthy man, to rule
orer them, trust he will not be a whig. Now, let
have fair play, and dodging. Let the whg Peo-
pie be fairly represented in whig national conven
on and its decision all defer to; but don't be-
hain of oth than the eacEn
edged leader and head of the party. Unless Mr..
Clay shall peremptorily insist Withdrawing from
the canvass, who doubt that he will be can
didate! Let those who affect to believe that the ad-
vocates of Mr. Clays nomination don't mean it, look
on and see. 1t won't take long to convince them y
Pretty good for Greely; but letus now turn to the
New York Express. That paper of the 25th Janua-
ry says:
'sWhile we deprecate any premature movement in
favor of any Wing candidate for the Presidency, we
must say we trust that Mr.. Clay will continue to
hold himself in reserve, it were, or at least place
himself in the hands of those who are his true friends
The CIV of 'Justice to Henry Clay so rife in
i844-is again swelling the breeze; it is coming
in upon us from every quarter of the Unlon and we
feel that we are but expressing the true sentiments
of the great mass of the Whigs-of the North and
West, at least-when we urge Mr.. Clay not to dis
regard call urgently and sosardently made
We commend the above extracts to the Raleigh
Taylor Wings. What do you say now, gentlemen? !?
Do you think ssthe North and West will not use
their powerl Are you quite that you will have
the pleasure of voting in North Carolina for of the
heroes of this unconstitutional and damnable :"
Wara Your Representatives in Congress-Banin-
ger Donnell, Shepherd, Outlaw, Clingman, and Boy
den-have already truckled to Northern power and
influence are you frmer or stronger than they
F" Justice to Henry Clay ''-says the Express but
the ery meets no response from the Raleigh Wings
You will have to come to it, gentlemen; and the
sooner you dof Taylorism and put on the livery of
" that same old Coon - the better.