The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-22
Public sentiment

Public Sentiment
II we have disturbances in our own houseb aid so bav
the wings II we have the euds of the barnburners an,
hunkers to perplex us, the wings have the dissatisfied
friends OF Mr. Clay They have threats of disorgani
eaton In that quarter, and they have also the camor
Gus dissentiens in Ohio TO haass them-half horse half
alligator, halfaboon, half Clay Scott Mclean, SC
&c. Ohio is the volcano of the wings and New Yorl
OF the democrats We may lose the last and they will
lose the first But if have Ohio, Pennsylvania anc
Virginia, land who doubts ether our flag will fly tri
umphanty in November next
The scenes in Ohio very exciting The prelude t.
the anti Taylor excitement the following elegraphic
despatch from two delegates of Ohio, addressed to tn,
editor of the Cincinnati Atlas:
PHILADELPHIA, June g.
L. B. STEVENSON, Editor Atlas.
Do not commit yourself on nomination until you hea
from Write 10 country editors stand neu
trails Ono has been trampfed dowa.
No wonder them at the excitement which has beer
produced several quarters OF the State on account o.
the nomination. The New Lisbon PATRIOT of the 18th
produces several proofs that the Western Reserve is
fire. 1t says:
The 'Wes,ern Reserve Chronicle" published at War
ren refuses TO raise the of Taylor the head of lis
paper In announcing the result of the national conven-
tion, il says
SAT tue national convention held Philadelphia on
Wednesday last, Gen Zachary Taylor nomna,ed for
CONCUR in the nomination, for rhich they wM
ceiye The hearty thanks of their constituents Our friends
will wait calmly until circumstances shall deveope what
is the proper course to pursue.
Here, too, article from whig paper published al
Cleveland calls itself by strange name, considering
that 1t is one OF the ablest wing papers in Ohio:
.sWHIG NoMiNArloN.--SLAvERY TRIuMpHAyr-As we an
,icpaied, the wings have nominated FAC Taylor for Pesi
dent Fillmore of New York. put the ticket for Vice
Is drink. We Wewi neither touch.
or handle the unclean thing We say the back.
slidden fallen whg party, GET US, SATAN Thou
savorest not OF the things that be Of liberty but spors
Cleveland Tue Democrat
"After reading the above, wing friends will need a
breathing spell. When they have recovered their com
posture, they read the following from the whig
of Ashtabula county Let them remember the old saw
is goes AShtabutd, so goes the State.
"We have time for comments. and will merely re.
mark that the wings of Ashbula county have long
taken their position IN regard to the presidential election
they will support no man who is not WING, and who
is opposed to the extension OF slavery. Our people
will not now show themselves srptes doughfac
They will. we think, stand upon their wing doctrines in
spite of all the dctaon of Shareholders aud the minions
OF the slave power They will not be likely surrender
their honor nor hs pnse for s i Of ins r
BLOOD OF INNOCENCE, and oho is IN favoy of ertend-
ing the Of slavery upon territory free aud Of ERECT
NEW SLAVE MARKETS ON SOIL THAT is NOW CONSOLIDATED
RIGHTS OF MAs"-Ashtabuia Sentinel.
We add to these extracts the following copied from
national reform paper published In the wing town OF
Salem
"From observations hereabous, CSalem, Columbi-
county) Taylors nomination is very lily received by
for hsm-o'hsrs say they will make no promise-Iha'
is rather bitter pill &c. Ne and few have the bold
say they will support him.
.LarER.-Snce the above in type, we have received
through exchanges several of public meetings
Taylor. Meetings OF this kind have been held in Akron
w poster, Ravenna, and Jefferson The Chronicle, pub
lshed Warren, Trumbui county, declared, some time
since that NIr Taylor is vor man; he
the strength OF the wings IN this region he cannot
opinion, carry the State of Ohio What the Chron
Gle says now, General Taylor has been nominated
do not know but suppose will bow its head TO the
behess of slavery, and support the bloodhound chlea
Homestead Journal
The most singular spectacle OF the day the meeting
called by the 1900 Names on the 18th inst, at Cncn
natl The Cincinnati Enquirer gives the following gene
raj sketch of its proceedings;
FREE SOIL AND FREE LABoR.-The meeting on Wednes-
day night, called by the friends OF ree soil and free la
Dor or las the bell hired TO announce Its assembling
expressively named IT. meeting OF those opposed to
northern man with southern principles, and southern
man nth pr'ncpes at az was large and respectable IN
numbers The friends of the call formed the nucleus,
around which gathered crowd OF spectators, who
held views evidently adverse to those avowed BY the
speakers on the stand
E. Brewster as chairman E. NJ Gregory and others, vice
presidents; r. G. Mitchell and Joseph McDougai, r.
secretaries committee on resolutions was appointed
of which Henry Starr, esq Clay whig, was chairman
During the absence OF the committee the meeting was
addressed BY Hon A. H. Lewis, wing from the West
ern Reserve He denounced the nomination OF General
TAYLOR by the wing convention fraud on the party
and as an abandonment OF all the principles which had
guided them in former contests He for one would not
support the nomination He could not do so with any
degree of self-respec II Henry Clay had been nomina
ted he should have received his and Jealous sup
port He reviewed the reiterated professions OF the wings
in Ohio on the subject of free SOIL, and asked how
they could consistently support the nomination OF Gen
Taylor He pledged the Reserve IN opposition to the ticket
Mr. Starr read the resolutions, which were preiaced
meetings. of both parties the subject OF free soil
They embrace declarations in favor OF free SOIL the non
extension of slavery into any OF the Territories OF the
Union homes for all the national domains, and an APP
prevail of the assembling of the free territory meeting L
be held at Columbus on the Goth instant
After the adoption of the resolutions Mr.. J. w lay
lor of the Signal, addressed the meeting Thus gentle
siton and labored hard to explain away any IMPRESSION
of the kind that might be harbored by his hearers we
have space give report OF his speech which wa
almost entirely in sef-lustlfcahon OF his very eatC
course The meeting adjourned at late hour, amids
some confusion from the interruption OF outsiders.
Mr. Taylor is known the editor who called out thu
Signal letter. from the General in April, S47 He il
not now satisfied with the Generals position because hi
has not come out explicitly for the Wllmotprovso-anc
therefore he now abandons him. IN. B. He had once
argued that the Generals letter had acquiesced in hi
proposition surrender the po0er Congress.
should pass the Wilmot provso-and the Allison elte
certainly virtually strikes il from the constitution. Mr.
Signal Taylor, however. has now abandoned him.
This convention has curious phases about it
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