New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-26

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be, then We will promptly though sadly surrender
our cherished predictions and unite in calling for
and approving the selection Of that stronger can
didste Until that time, however, we insist that
Mr. Clay ought not 70 withdraw his name from
among those whence the Wings are 70 select Their
standard bearer for the approaching contest we
know his advanced years and eminent, unrequiEed
services give BIN a fair claim to immunity IRON
farther exposure 10 caumny and deiractlon; bot
We know, too that the times are peroos, and that
personal wishes must defer to National safety. We,
too, impatiently await the day when, none having
any longer M interest in defaming and decrying
him the American People shall unanimously accord
to Mr. Clay the homage due TO his unequaled SER
vices and exalted worth; but if q Wing National
Convention shall decide that he Of all men is fittsst
to lead in the coming contest We think be ought
not 10 decline the ordeal
Ard ohy should an other be preferred Who is
there whom the Wings universally regard with
equal confidence and admiration Who is there
for whom they ere prepared to make equal exsr'
TONS and sacrifices Does any one know any
Wing votes which Mr.. Clay cannot obtain And
1.-The would be defeated only because there are not
Wing votes enough 70 elect him, ought We 10 seek
to carry anybody else
But admit for Arguments sake, that there are
inveterate preiudices against Mr.. Clay TO which
some other Wing would not be obnoxious-ihat 6
considerable number OF voters will not vote for him
who could yet be induced to vote for some other
Wing and thus insure success instead OF defeat
we are yet TO see the evidence that Gen Taylor 10
the man to supplant him. Here is a very important
point nimby slid over by the spectators m Tsy-
lorism Say that We must give up Mr. Clay, and
does IL follow that we must turn backs on all
StatesmaDship whatever Shall we pass by the
giant intellect and ripe experience Of cbster the
rare Executive talent aud lofty purity Of MLean'
the moral herosm and stirring eloquence oil Cor
win, the lucid analysis and vigorous rhetoric OF
CLAYTON, to choose our leader from the camp which
has from youth been bis home, and accept his I'M
doubted ability TO set squadron in the held or
breast charge Of bayones as proof positive OF his
fitness TO preside over Cabinets and guide the des
TIMES Of Nations Let US have the proofs OF Gen
Taylors capacity to bring victory to the standards
not of an embattled Army, but OF an enlightened
and rejecting party. Certainly it has not been al
f,rded bv the late Elections in those States where
bis name has been made most prominent IN cohnec'
ton with the Presidency-Pennsy lvsnia, Georgia,
Louisiana Illinois and Iowa. Tennessee we nd
nit as an exception; Florida was gained before
Gen r was talked off, Let MS know how and why
we are to win votes to correct principles and noble
ends by nominating Gen. Taylor. That Loeo-Focos
will eagerly parade and gloriiy Old Rough and
Ready to answertheir o,rn ends is natural enough
as is evinced in the following extract from the Her
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the 22d Of February:
All the free ind ndent. and nonofec seeking peo-
Pile OF NewYork, who admire the simple and subl"-e
character Of General Taylor Who feel grateful for hs great
grodna ption and ration all Nj REQ account
Of great advantages TO the Northern states
lion of the two old rotten parties Wbigs and Demo
crsisa who anxious TO prevent England SPAN OF
any other nation Of Europe from taking possession Of MEX
leo her gold and silver nlBes-sre invited pNuculT
ly seuo support these views aud principles BY
Long live the North American Republic, from the
Canadian Lakes to he sihmus Of Tehosnieree and from
the Atlantic 10 tho Pacific with all the aPpurlen'nees
theruuntO belonging God, Land and Liberty =!
BY coming upon some such platform MS this the |
Wings may doubtless get Loco. Foco votes for !
Gen. Tay or--or rather they can become Loco-Fo !
cos and perhaps carry an election. But Giles |
Scroggins, on coming soberly to himself, will iipd
that he has only lost bis oxen, instead OF gaining
cart. By merging the Wing party into Taylor
party we shall simply break down the only relia-
bic barrier against the career OF aggression aud
conquest on which the more reckless half Of the
Nation seem already intent, and stimulate her to
rush on unobstructedy to the grave Of her insitu
tons and her freedom.
"Ohl" says Wing Taylorite. 1--WE don't mean
anything Of that sort we mean to be Wings and
nothing else Well, Sir, without insisting now
that YOU have chosen poor way OF showing 1t, We
ask rhdt y0u errect 10 gan by going for Taylor II
you stand firmly on the Wing platioml Do you
not see that all these natural Loco Focos who now
pretend to be for Tay Tor will drop him the instant
he plants himself on unequyocal Wing ground
with regard to the War and to the great abiding
questions Of public policy They pretend to sup
port him now IN order to influence and dIfiuse the
passion for war and adventure they will fall off
whenever supporting him will longer answer
their ends. Not one Of those who count on advanc
ing their personal interests or finding some wsy to
get rich without labor through the Annexation OF
Mexico will iorego this project for the sake OF sup
porting Gen Taylor. In the last resort we shall
find that devils are not TO be cast out by Belzebub,
aud that Gen. Taylor, the svowed advocate OF
Peace without robbery, wllget no more votes than
would be cast for many other champions OF the cause
We hear it urged on ell sides that the triumph
of the Wings in the approaching Election is OF vi
tai consequence to the Nation, and so we undoubt-
ingly regard it. But 1t is important, not because
one set OF men will replace another, but because
wrong principles will be oyerborne by right ones.
L Mess these are fairly commended and deliber-
ately affirmed the triumph will at best be nominal,
and may prove real disaster. Desirable as the
ascendency of the Wing party in tho present cri-
sis is its integrity is even more essential Defeat
Cd IN the Presidential contest We may still have
strength to stay our country even on the brink oil
that fatal abyss OF Conquest and Foreign Domino
ton in which lie engufed the wrecks Of the
cient Repubhcs-as We see DOW House numeri-
csly Wing on the heel of the discontinue Of lsii.
Bat let the Wing party be corrupted by the evil
humor of the times, and embark in race with its
adversary to see which shall out demsgogue the
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