The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-08
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
IN, yyh,g. and their Convention.

Il IN. wings and their Convention.
r., the question OF General Tay lor's nomination by
4. Wigs who are now sitting in convention at Phil.
.Isloba, be decided as it may II can hardly be DIS
rued that the whole whig movement in favor oil General
TAYLOR has plainly revealed the despair OF the wings IN
any fair trial Of their party strength against u.s. lhey
,ar popular judgment the merits between them and
tb.r opponents To avoid it, they are willing to nsk
tbs absolute dissolution of their party, IN seeking for
strength which does not belong to It,
II General TAYLOR be a strong and available candidate
for the presidency, and upon this question, every day
brings new and serious Doubt then surely he has
obtained his strength by his utter on-confoty to the
bg political standard This is from tho fact that
General Taylor as compared with almost any other wing
candidate, is very weak in the wing strongholds 1t is
even doubted by good judges, whether, in the of
hi, nomination, the vote of Massachusetts, with her
ten thousand majority, be regarded secure for him
rbiIe il is conceded all hands, that if he be nomi-
mated. both Vermont and Connecticut are doubtful
States and Ohio almost to be democratic This
moves beyond a doubt that General Tayors strength
whatever il may be, and however gained, is not wing
strength
How indeed, should il be otherwise, If the wings
are to be believed, the with Mexico, which has
alone brought General Taylor to the notice of the coun
try, is their horror; and at all events it is their shame
low then, they rally with anything like cordalit,
upon man, who, avowing himself to be no statesman
ALL in fact well known to be, in political sense,
absolutely nothing else than one OF the many dstin-
guhed heroes OF that war II is conceded now, either
that General Taylor is not In favor of any one of the
wing measures, or else that he is not frank enough
10 avow his opinions. 1t is more than suspected
that his leanings and inclinatons are against MANY
Of the distinctive articles of the wing creed The
wings of the north-and they form the bulk of the
wing party-are, TO man, In favor of the Wilmet
Proviso. General Taylor is a stakeholder, born and
bred in the midst of slavery-bound to the mante-
Of that institution by all his interests and SYM
pathles 1t is preposterous to call the strength of a
SO situated, whig strength By accepting the nomi-
nation OF the wings he indeed divorce himself from
all sympathy and connexion with the democratic partv
and with those Jeffersonian principles the avowal of
which constitutes his single explicit declaration concern
ing his political creed. But the nomination of such
man by the wing convention WILL after all, be but white
washing him with whigery, and the color of his old
character and associations be plainly perceptble
through it all Therefore, if he had agreed fully to abide
by the decision of the wing convention his claim to the
support OF true wings would be but meagre and surely
to have any substance or force at ALL when it is
Known that he has distinctly refused to submit hrs claims
10 the arbitration of that body
is by no wonderful therefore, that the wings
Of The north are protesting against his nomination. and
asserting IN many quarters that he cannot poll ANYTHING
Ike the u northern wing vote II is as we have said
pretty generally understood that if he shall be nominated
the wings give up Ohio; and in formal address, put
forth by the Young Wings of New York city, at their
great meeting three four days ago, we find the fact
stated in broad terms, ''that there are within sight of
the steeples of that city fue thousand wing voters
who will vote for Mr.. Clay, and who will not vote
for General Taylor Add to such facts as these, the
general understanding among the wings of the north
when br, Clay in 1914, that the next wing
candidate should from the northern States, and
We readily estimate the paralysis with which the
domination OF Gen. Taylor, if forced upon the whig
convention, must strike large portion of the wing party
Doubtless there was time when whig nomination of
Gen. Taylor was dreaded by the democracy. That time
we sincerely believe has passed. Enough has occurred
ance that time to concentrate against him, if so nominal
ted the entire force OF the democratic party Enough has
also occurred to show that his nomination must mme-
dlaieIy create most fearful schim in the whg ranks
and utterly demoraze, if not at once dissolve that
party. Had the democratic convention formed its
ticket with the sole design of defeating General Tay.
or could not have been better adapted to that end
In the northwest and in New England as well as in
many States of the SOUTH General Taylor can make but
snail headway against the great popularity OF General
Cass while throughout the west and southwest he will
md most formidable obstacle in the name of General
Butler On the whole, therefore, are willing to put
on record even now, upon the eve of the whg nominal
hon our full conviction that General Taylor is not the
srongsst the most auailabie candidate tcom the ,cig
cOnrention can present