Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-01-29
THE PROPOSED WING NATIONAL CONVENTION

The worthy Editors Of the Maryland Republi-
can seem 10 think that the Wings Of no other part
of the Union have right to have any say in the
selection of candidate for the Presidency because
Mey have already pronounced; and that because
number of the Wings of Annapolis and parts adj
iacent have already settled in their own minds who
shall be our President, no nomination by Nation
al Convention for that office is desirable. Ger
tanly, no State i'll the Union can boast nobler
body Of Wings than the good State OF Maryland,
which has been Wing from the Revolution, and
will continue Wing till the end of time, or until, by
yielding TO the passion for war; and its.lnevitable
consequences, the entire fabric of our Republican
Government shall crumble into dust. Certainly,
no State has more worhily earned her right to a
potential voice in the selection Of fit candidate for
the Presidency and in eecting him after he is nom-
mated, than that gallant State. She will, we hope,
be well and worhily represented in the National
Convention. But should she decline being repre-
sened in such body, trust at least that should
the nomination by the Convention fall on the can
ddate whom she prefers, she viii not withhold her
support because he is preferred also by majority
of the Wings Of her Sister States.
The candidate of the Editors of the " Republi-
can we learn from their paper OF yesterday, is
Gen. TAYLOR. We were not before apprized of
their having taken the matter much TO heart as
they seem now to do; though we knew that their
late Governor, in the Message with which he closed
his admirable administration of the State Govern
ment, had expressed his preference for the General,
and we might have presumed that the preference
being his, was pretty general among his political
friends. We published his opinion, thus express
ed, without comment; we have never isped syl-
liable in disparagement of the claims 9ualifica-
tions Of Gen. Taylor, and we confess that we do
not understand upon what grounds the gentlemen
at Ansapolis suppose that the measure Of Nation
al Convention is TO be regarded as being in oppos-
ton 10 their candidate. The friends OF Gen. TAY-
LoR are quite as earnest those OF any other can
didate in favor Of a Convention; and they so
because they have desire 10 see the Wing party
broken up by cross-nominations.
But surprise is expressed by our Annapolis friends
that we should, at this late hour" propose Ma
tional Convention. Are they not aware that Dele.
gates have already been chosen 10 such Conven-
ton in many of the States, and in some of those
more than sar months ago ? And yet they are
filled with wonder that, now the time has come for
fixing the time and place of holding Convention
we should ever have thought Of such thing
They have been dreaming, surely all this time, and
are surprised at finding that We are wide awake.
A candidate, the " Republican tells us in one
breath, I" has been already nominated by the Wings
of Maryland by accamation;" whilst in the nex
they declare that :" sound policy requires that he
(Gen. IT, should not be put in the attitude of q
mere party caadidats.", So, then, our Repub
can" friends are opposed 10 Wing National Con
venton because they opposed to Wing or
ganzation, for the purpose Of electing Wing Pre-.
sident. Now, to all this we have to reply, first
that, if they desire TO elect President Ch0 Is moi
Uhig, then they must give up Gen. TAYLOR him.
self, who is every inch Wing, and nothing else
than Whig; and secondly, that, If they desire to
elect Wing President, they must 90 into Whig
National Convention TO select a candidate.
If they will not do that however, then the res
of the Wings Of the Union must do the best they
can without them. The idea Of their under
taking TO drive the rest of the Union before them
as they would drove of oxen to the market
is hardly compatible with the common sense ant
courtesy by which the Wings OF Maryland have
always heretofore been distinguished: and we can
not but believe that the Republican misappre
hends their views in this respect