Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-06-17
TO The Uhigs Of The Sirfh Congressional District
of Massachusetts,.

WAsHIseTos, JUNE H. ls4S.
In conformity with your wishes | attended the
Wing National Convention at Philadelphia during
the last week. You have already learned that It's
proceedings resulted in the nomination of ZACHARY
TAYLOR, OF Louisiana, for the Presidency. This
nomination is | feel assured not such as would
have been preferred by YOU 1t made by the aid Of
my vote Throughout The contest exerted my influence and
continued to cast my vote for the distinguished and avorte
Of Massachusetts, but single Wing free State
came aid. New Hampshire, three delegates from
Maine, with one from New York, all that could be
brought vote with Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Is
land New York. and every other free State except two went
earnestly for Southern candidate from the Ohio and
Indiana, instead Of bringing forward Judge MCLEAN Mr.
CoRwIs, or offering to support who particularly
identified with the free States voted the first ballot for
Gen. ScorT.
On the first ballot the free States hundred and
venty-one of these, hundred and one for
Southern candidates, Mr. Car and Gen TAYLOR.
is plain, therefore, that the North made earnest or
united claim for free State candidate On the contrary,
have that during the year past the has been
the people and press Of the free States among their
delegates at the Convention sohich Of tao Southern gen.
temen should be selected The claims Of CLAY and TArLoR
have almost exclusively occupied public attention in those
candidate, and her claim responded by other free
States How, under such circumstances could it be
ably expected that should succeed The majority Of the
free States declared preference for either CLAY TAYLOR
and they Southern The South divided be-
tween TABOR and CLAY, and was left for the North to
settle the difficulty; and enough votes from Maine, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island Connecticut, and New York were
finally through conviction Of his superior availability thrown
into Gen. TArLoR's scale to his triumph.
What, them have the free States complain Of
swer, THEMSELVES, and of THEMSELVES alone
The South, instincts end interests, proposed
and urged Southern men, while the North conened itself
with deciding which Southern should be preferred
What ground there, them for rail at the South for
this nomination, and charge the South with having tram
pied upon US in making it If the free States during the
year past had manifested any general desire for Northern
candidate, and had urged their claims with moderate degree
rmness their demands would have been respected and the
result might have been different.
As it is, have Southern candidate fairly nominated in
general Convention of the Wing Party and see
why the Wing Party should refuse sustain him. You
me that Convention to strive in spirit of honorable emula-
ton for free State candidate. have done all that in
my power and have failed of for of support
our sister free States There unfairness in the
mode of balong every delegate announced his vote rra
uoce, that the whole people might hear and it. The
majority declared for Gen. TAYLOR and against Had l.
them the reserved rights after taking chance for
and denounce the action Of the Convention
because desires accomplished and prefer
ences not satisfied
know my constituents well suppose that they Sent
there with any such reserved and yelled purpose When
they selected their delegate they knew well they
know it that Gen TAYLOR be powerful cand-
date before the Convention and would be urged BY large
portion of the Wing party They knew that he had declared
himself Wing, and reposing confidence in the patriotic
intentions of the Convention they unhesatngy agreed
take their LOT in it. there, in good faith, obtain
concentration of opinion which would be efectua the
ing down of the stronghods Of that pencous party which
now occupies the high places Of Government. know
other by which that great work be accomplished
than by the union of the Wing party. Gen. TArroR
not my preference but believe him be true Whig an
honest and capable man. opposed the acquisition Of Texas
with sound and conservative principles opposed TO further
enagng the boundaries OF the Union and although he lives
in the latitude where slavery tolerated, yet do not believe
that be desires approves its extension His declared sen
ments guaranty that he will in the slightest
interfere with the action of Congress when shall forbid
the existence Of slavery in newyacqured territories Let
the representatives Of the people and Of the States be left
to act upon that question, uncontrolled by Executive influence
and Executive veto, and safe. need not,
den give you any that whenever the ques
on in any FORM shall be presented during my official TERM
the rights of humanity shall find in an unyieldng advo-
cate. The will come; it be met in the halls
of Congress and there il is be decided all probability
during the continuance of Mr. Folks administrations Let the
people of the free States look to their Representatives.
In the ime let labor to bring back Govern
ment to the paths Of peace Of prosperity and the pursuit
happiness, by placing its high trusts in Wing hands, For
ls-s A. -r.l
longs the world while his great heart belongs his
try whose whole life has been Of continued self sacc-
ing unrequej labor fol the American Peop-n the words
Of DANIEL WEBSTER, standing in Fsneul Hall
SIN THE DARK AND TROUBLED NIGHT THAT IS
UPON us SEE NO STAR ABOVE THE HORIZON, PRoMIs-
ING LIGHT TO GUIDE US, BUT THE INTELLIGENT, PA
TRIoTIc, UNITED VINO PARTY OF THE UNITED
STATES" GEO ASHMIN.
salute Of one hundred guns fred Boston Common
on Monday in honor Of the Wing nominations for President