The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-16

General Cass, and General Taylor, will be the
three Presidential candidates. Now, what are
the chances and prospects among these three
Mr.. Clay will not resign--he is determined TO
stand-his friends, who are very numerous, are
of the same disposition. They possess the con-
troll of the National Wing Convention, and no
doubt Mr.. Clay, ifhe chooses, (and accordingly
he does choose,) will be nominated. This is
one point settled
According to recent democratic movements in
the West and esewere, il is probable that Gen
Cass, of Michigan, will be the democratic candi-
date, If Mr.. Buchanan should not defeat him
The former has been nominated by the demo-
crazy of Ohio, and will be by that of Michigan,
and other parts of the West, and believe is the
candidate of large portion OF the democracy
of this city and State, principally the ad-
ministraton party, or that part OF the democracy
not infected by the haf-blooded abolition prin-
cples of John Van Buren, & Co. This is ano-
Their point settled, for the day, at least.
General Tay Tor has been nominated by seve-
raj conventions, as a separate and independent
candidate, TO run on his own great character and
public services, without reference to the old d.
visions of party. 1t would seem that nothing
can prevent General Taylor from running, and
from combining under his mantle an immense
force. This is third point settled.
Now, amidst these candidates, conventions
and nominations, what is the prospect2
We must say in looking over the whole field,
that we are puzzled to tell who has the best
chance. If the wings were to abandon Mr.. Clay
and take up Gen. Taylor, it would be easy to make
a calculation, with small portion of arithmetic
in that case General Taylor would be triumph
autiy elected. But there is no probability that Mr..
Clay his friends will give up until they give up
the ghost. On the other hand, if General Taylor,
who cannot give up, is run as a separate and in
dependent candidate, against the regular WING
and democratic candidates-Mr. Clay and Gene
raj Cass-itis not so easy in nine months to over.
come party organization, and carry him into the
Presidency. No doubt it could be done in a
campaign of three or four years, as it was in the
case of General Jackson but the political or
gsnizatlons OF twenty years. building up, are
very strong at this time of day.
On the other hand, if these organizations
should prevent the people from electing General
Taylor, what chance is there for Mr.. Clay or
General Cass?
Ia that event, Mr. Clay would stand a very good
chance to get the vote of New York, and be
elected to the Presidency. The Van Buren,
men in this State, in every quarter, are very hos
tile to General Cass, the democratic candidate.
Cass defeated Van Buren, four years ago in the
convention hence they would join the Clay
party on the proviso question, in this State,
merely to defeat General Cass. The same spirit
prevails in other States; and it is probable, in
this point ofvlew, that Clay would have chance
of being elected And, yet again, if General
Taylor should happen to take away great many
of Mr.. Clay's votes, there would be good
chance for the democratic candidate, General
Cas-.
On the whole: therefore, as parties now stand
and these three distinguished names are before
the country, in the present position of affairs,
should say the victory will be to the men
who will work the best and withthe most dis
Greatness during the next nine months; but 1t is
certainly doubtful which side will succeed The
hard workers will carry the day.
GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE PREsIpENCY.-WHo
FIRST NOMINATED HIM ?-The different state Le-
islatures and State conventions throughout the
country, and the great mass of the people, having
in some cases expressly nominated General Tay-
lor for the Presidency, and in other cases an
nounced their preferences for him, some of our
contemporaries are dsputing which ofthem was
the first to predict that he would be candidate,
now that they perceive strong probability of
his being elected
Our amiable contemporary of the Courier and
Enquirer, the same paper which has been alter
nately advocating the claims of Henry Clay and
General Scott, during the past year, and trim
ming its sails to catch every breeze, and more re-
Gently has annexed itself to the skirts of tina,
old brown att of the old war-horse, General
Taylor, claims that on "Me first day of April
last Gall FOOLS day)-that so far back as that
day, it proclaimed its conviction that General
Taylor would be elected TO the Presidency in
lS45, by the spontaneous action of the people.
Now, our contemporary wishes, no doubt, to
make little capital out of this movement; but
we beg leave to say, that in this respect, the
New York Herald, as it is in every other respect,
was ahead of him by nearly one year. The gal
liant conduct, sound judgment, clear headedness
and mastery manGuvring of General Taylor in
the battles of Resaca de Ia Palma and PalJ Alto,
convinced us that he was no ordinary man,
and we saw clearly at the time that he
was destined to figure conspicuousy at
future day. We discovered in him great
qualities, as far back as 1912, when we lived I'M
der the same roof with him, for nearly three
weeks, at the Cataract Hotel, Niagara Falls
qualities which have since come to light; and
on the 25h of May, 1916, we used the
following language in relation to him " Gene
raj Taylor will yet be rewarded by the Ameri-
people, for the genius, bravery, GOODNESS, and
patriotism, with which he has opened the war
Nothing can preUent him from being our Chief
Magistrate by the popular sufrages of the country,
at a future day" In connection with the same
subject, we used the following language, on the
seventh of June following "The Mexican war
will burst the political shackles that have long
kept great and little minds bound together. A
new party will spring up &c. sc.