Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-09-01
Eatcs News.

It appears that the Wing Meeting in Albany
last Saturday evening, which condemned heh'
TAYLoRs acceptance of the South Carolina
nomination, was got up in consequence OF an
erroneous Tclegraphic commune alton from
New York, stating that "0en. TAYLOR had
accepted the nomination ,cih Gen. Butler and
had repudiated all political p,edges'-When
Gen. TAYLoR's letter (which is in another COL
umn) arrived, it served TO allay the excitement
that naturally arose from the supposition that
lie had Joined in rcpudiating Mr.. FILLMORE.
Mr. Pringlc's letter said not word about
Butler, but referred to the proceedings of the
meeting in an accompanying ne,cs paper, which
Gen. TAYLOR probably never looked at The
Express says:
"The proceedings of that meeting, it seems,
were transmitted in newspaper and when
we recollect that Il candidate for the Preslden-
cy receives about bushel F newspapers day,
Gen. Harrison we saw one day receive by
one mail, nearly two bushels, the fair presump-
ton j., that the official Nomination, which
never alluded to Buffers name, was the only
information that Gen. Taylor had received
the newspaper being thrown aside without
reading if it reached him at all,-and that it
was Tint Taylor nomination on,y that was ac-
cepted.'
The tone and tenor of Gen. TAYLoR's letter,
it will be seen, justifics this conclusions Of the
Express.
The albany Journal, Of Monday evening has
long article, explanatory of the premature ex-
element. The Journal says -
ave were, however, among those who sup
posed that having under the circumstances sta
ted accepted the Nomination of the Wing Ma
tional Convention. Gen. TAYLOR was not at lber-
, ty, subsequently, to accept Nominations from
other and conflicting parties. But this, it would
seem, is not his view of the question. He ac-
e copied the Wing Nomination, as he accepts all
e others, without taking upon himself any other
4 obligation than that, should he be elected, OF
administering the Government with sincere
and honest desire to promote the welfare of the
n whole American People.
I. ave come, at last therefore, to correc
f understanding of Gen. Taylor's position HI
is Wing in sentiment, but refuses to be
Party Candidate This is higher, and pcrhap
better ground than that which we occupy. HI
r. promises to avert the downward tendency q
,. things" and to bring back, in the conduct @
.r our public affairs, the principles and purt
- which distinguished the Administrations Of tn
' early Presidents"
lie Again, the Journal says:-
III "Lct the question now be viewed, for nc
|" ment, in its, to us, new aspect. Gen. Taylor c
Gov. Cass must be our next President. Fror
this conclusion there is no escape. And be
tween such candidates there can be no hesitG
OF ton, with Wings, to make a selection"
~ ~, The Journal concludes its article as follows
OF which, we think, places matters in statu gu
~, =" ante bclium!"
at is due to Mr.. Fillmore, who resides anon
v us, that vl,ii aa.- tho. .lo M--.:... ~ So
" urday evening called without his advice
nd approval. His course. in regard to the VIII
n Convention, to Gen. Taylor, and to our VIII
cit friends at the South, has been consistent an
faithful.
m. "And finally, to prevent misrepresentation,
he shotId be knorn thu, WE are alone responsib
ut for the Meeting Of Saturday Erening. 1t w,
nd called under conviction that a crisis had a
IRE rived which demanded consultation: that VIII!
st. should meet and ascertain where they stan
We and what they have to stand on.
alt is not necessary that we should max
professions of respect and regard for Gen. Ia,
Tor. But our admiration of his many and gre;
virtues, does not require us to applaud what o,
judgment does not approve. We do not lk
his Letters to Messrs. Lippard and Prindle.-
But we do, notwthstand these drawbacks, re
gard him as incomparaby more worthy Of tn
Presidency, than Gen. Cass."