The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-10
The WhiE Ticket-Taylor and Fillmore.

The Wing Ticket-TayIor and Fillmore.
Cedat toga arrais.
The telegraph of yesterday morning brings the news
that, the 4th ballot General Taylor was nominated the
wing candidate for President and Willard Fillmore of
New York, the candidate for Vice President All the de-
tails not before us but such is the general result
We leave II TO the wings to settle their differences
We leave il to them TO justify to their party the Sc
lection of chieftain civilian and their casting
aside the embodiment of their principles, their long
tried and long trusted Clay and the taking up OF mill
tary man, who has no claims upon them for party
vices for political qualifications We leave it to
Kentucky 10 explain why her wing delegates have on
the very first ballot, and for the three following ones
thrown majority of their votes upon Gen. Taylor
and abandoned her favorite We leave it to the
friends of Gen. Scott to reconcile his exclusion from
the contest--an older soldier than Gen. Taylor-one
who is at least equally, if not accomplished, and
who has distinguished himself by and brilliant
battles during this war-who captured Vera Cruz, and
the CASTLE and the capital OF Mexico-and one too who
has of the qualities of civilian, and is better
known whig We leave it to the wings to settle
these quarres among themselves; but it remains for
them to explain to their country why it is that
they have selected as their candidate military chief
tain who frankly admits that he is no politician
that he is ignorant of the subject-has had time
to study measures-who has never acted in civil
capacity, like Washington and Jacksonville is taken
with the military uniform on him, and with his sword
his side They yet to justify the act of besowng the
first civil honor in the country upon who is the least
qualified understand discharge its duties, and who
is indebted for his nomination to his military achieve
ments in which they have pronounced to be I'M
Just, outrageous, and unconstitutional The selection,
indeed shows the desperate excuses to which they
carrying their favorte system of humbuggery-resong
in 1910 to log cabins and coon-skns; in 1914 to misea
BILE specaces and doggerel music; and now taking as
their candidate man who is no politician, and can
only dazzle others by his military fclat
But they deceive themselves Let them take General
Taylor as their champion. He cannot be elected. Give
him even New York-and that the gallant
democrats of the Empire State will not surrender their for
tress without valorous ressancehe cannot get Penn
sylvania nor Virginia. nor Ohio The last State is strong
for Cass and her delegates gave but one or two
votes Gen. Taylor and without Ohio, he cannot be
elected All friends in Ohio rdicule the very idea Of
his carrying the Buckeye State. The wings have not
only forced the General upon them their President,
but they would not give her the choice of the Vice
President For one therefore, we hold our success
safe in the highest degree.
On the same ticket runs Mr.. Fillmore--thus showing
that they did not think New York safe but wishing to
her by offering the second honor in their selection
In this calculation they may find themselves wofuly
mistaken. Willard Fillmore will scarcely unite upon
himself all the wing vote, for which we may
specify hereafter. But all the whig vote cannot carry
New York. unless the of the barnbuners should de-
their legitimate colors And do the barnbuners need
any additional incentive to oppose Vice President who
against Silas Wright for governor in ls44-who
now fills the Office of comptroller, lately filled by Mr.
Flagg, and who is rabid whig of the Clay species
their chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in
the memorable extra session of ls4l and assisted 10
carry out all the obnoxious of the whig policy
Will the barnbuners stand by and quietly submit to this
imposition
Such is the wing ticket and now it becomes every
democrat to do his dutyto organizeand to act There
is doubt of being perfectly able to defeat it, if
but do our duty and republicans