New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-02
Wink Feeling in Kentucky.

AMONG ile multtui. o. Synonymous aui there
fore reckless letters lately written aud rtished
for the purpose Of operating ou tie Wing "a.
tionai Convention OF Jun. next. nave noticed
nons more rsD.e.s with errors than one sign
ed RI addressed - the Mex York Coar,sr and
/ Enquirer, and lately published IN that paper on
/ the Wing COM. nton 90 Kentucky and rs Dele
gates 70 the National Convention. The writer Is
/ believed 20 be the same person who had previous
/ Is signaizsd MS ia,hbuity n kentucky over tie
usurped Signature oi d and as 20 whom " STAT
| DQgns nDHlth.s llQ6i0 cannot a. Of Jumus, be
/ Justly predicatcd he is, az least l-eH ka0rn.
But a. neither biz position his motives. nor h.-
allegations can be as well understood elsewhere
as In his own state, some direct answer 70 hls
last elaborate etfuson Inay not be altogether use
less. 4 cursory notice on a. Is the purpose % tins
commune cation bv one was-not, as K was
jealous actor H. tie seJ-Huiff LayI0f "oT4"y
ConreetioA but yiglaht and tlspa5sionate
member O.. the uualOyed "Hhig Convention as
semblcd az Frankfort, ~. last February
The " Nopary Convention was comparatively
quite small, although it had in lt several persons
as Delegates who had never been appointed as such
By the COlnte- for which they assumed 20 act MOst
I OF the members hsd committed themsciFc7 1g1tHst
National Convention and had ay0wed their deter
nlinaton to adhere 10 the nomination on Gen Iayior III
defiance Of the nomination by the Wing party o. au
I
opposition the " rs EObtd h0'e Nat onll onFt hio
they thought proper 10 become members also Of the
Wing Convention 70 Frankfort whereby al OF them
/ imphedlv a. some Of them expressly. agreed & To-
cno purpose OF the separate Taylor Convention
+. and unless many pcrsOns are mistaken. X was app
pointed % the Wing Convention hy his County upon
I such pledge publicly made by him
{ Thus gentlemen who were members OF antagomsue
Conventions and committed 20 the avoved purpose Of
/ each were in a dilemma from uiich tlW coAd ttT'
b,U6d only d. nomination o. Oe4. ray" gg -, pug
/ Convention Consequently. sitter they reached Frank
fort thcy announced a s'4c 4ff h0n thHi ~ ln't ION
voItIou woud not formally nominate Gen ! u should
lca express prefer Tor HIM ANA Of courso g.
ncmocr- oI tlat Convention they made cfrtme efforts
10 effect that Object EI try f7l'ti, and became moro
than willing that the Convention should keep silence o.
/ 20 preference and T. cannot but know mai an o.
cortaned want Of votes wa- the cause Of nai re- lt
!s true that 10 meeting 10 the taptol INC h4li ut
l fore the Wing Convention (and which meeting many
/ OF those VINO preferred Mr. Clay Gd not attend, be
cause 10 called Oy those vino expressed prefer
cnce for Gen 1ay0rJ two letters were read cNpfc---
inghs oDia,0a hat Mr. Clay would not suffer tle IA
touql Convention 20 consider as name u should ne
known also that Judge Calhoun announced hs purpose
TO olcr iu the Nns Convention nest day resolution
nominating Gen Taylor for Presidcut-that the Gu
thority of these letters was not adntted'nd tha DR.
Andrews. who replied % judge Calhoun dtncd hl- Zee
outi0n und announced his determination, II any such
resolution should be offered 20 move 10 strike out IAY
LOR and insert CLAY and which, said he, gan fHDN
re can c0rfV And 10 is TACT that such Tremendous
paudts followed that announcement by Androws. h- Do
Tor Henry (lay first motion was then made, ana
prevailed for clearing the House OF al except those
whose first choice Gen. Taylor and not more than
about FITS sixty persons remained out OF crowd OF
many hundreds 1fer !hfs dfJo0DmfHt no motion Was
urged or even m'natcd 10 the mig Convention as 90
Il nom nation. even preference, OF Gen. IT, tvenm
their oWnC convention those who preferred Gen T-ony
az they all HyOwCd. because WeB considered MIN more
araiablf H OfiD Stftes- elected with great uuanmff
motion made by Mr. Shcrr0d Williams 20 Fomtnaff
him and could concur M nothing more direct Than
I. Nf.- G. tho D
ration" of the National Convention And IN the w hil
Convention the indications in favor Of Nj Clay, though
incidental merely were sufficiently sl'nlh ant When
Mr. McClung was nominated as state Delegate, Gahuel
J. Johnson of. Louisville inquired whether bis fret
choice was HENRY Gay and stated emphahca'lv that
units II should be. neither he nor mgorty oi tiH
Convention would vote lor him. The n0minaior d'f
rot respond explicitly TO the inquiry but .nP'or'd the
Convention not 10 prescribe Taylor men because thcy
were in minority. Mirage. also of iouisvlle then I'D
qured whether any friend Of Nr'ay would say whti',i
hi. name would b. presented 20 the National Conr.r
tonic which Gen CDmbs cmphaticaLy answered
mar Bat M Ciqy himst has aug otig,iiy 90 Span
~ net s5ject" Mr. Carrot Davis. presumiss that Me
Clungs first choice was Con Taylor, ren inierpose'
bv suggestion That 'hc Delegates should be expect
"a faithfully q repro cnt the wishes and Interests o.
their Wing cOustuent-, and 40 cOnc.liaton ana hnf
llonv were an irlrortant the Convention ought O.
select one Delegate whose hr-t individual choice wa
CLAY and another whose first choice was Taylor ana
hpWP9n McChng was appointed one OF the pelrs Hes
and Judge Campbell the other soon alior tnls wa-
done some of the TAYLOR manifested impaence 90
TO adjourn one Of them moved and another seconded
an adjournment and the Convention prcmaiurc'y and
in haste was accordingly Dis oyed after ssnctonine
merely the selection made OF District Delegates
This accurate sketch Of what actually occurred win
presume be perfectly sufficient to negative RS allega
lion that Gen 4 would have been nominated mad not MI
CLAWS friends deceived the Convention by the I'M
preston that he would withdraw his name. No such
impression authorised or intendcd-oni none
such influenced the course OF either OF the Frankfort
Conventions Mn GAYS friends generally IN the Nme
ffoufl faf.r
name and some OF them expressed the opinion tlal
hc could not consistently DO So Tncy dld not desire
nomn alton OF him by bis own Stao-aEd they knew
moreover that movement so supCrAuous' ana per
hans inlelicaio would subject to great mOfthcaton
those who had been conspicuous N concCrtne opposing
plans and mi yht thus weaken the Wing party nthe up
prouching election of Governor The course they pre-
terred was 90 resolve that the Wings OF kentucky
would abide the nomination OF the Wing National Con
veuon and would give the vote OF the state to either
Clay Taylor II 50 nominated, and 20 That cncCt re-
solutions had been prepared, printed and circulated
with the apparent concurrence Of the Wing convention
and believe hoy would have been adopted unai-
mously had not the Convention been 50 Wecpit4leiy
and Unexpectedly dissolved before they had been
offered u n 10 be regretted now. that they were moi
formally adopted Had they been neither letter d.
nor letter x would have ever been published
i also u when ne writes that only one out
of tue L. DELEGATES preferred Mr. Clay James Harlan
is the 10 whom he alluded But he knew that Judge
Campbell appointed one OF the state Delegates |
gvOWCdly the "a Ound That nc preferred MI Clay -
He knew also that the District Delegates were not ap
~ pted by the Convention and he oughtt0 have known
that serer1l Of dsR were selected because they were
distinctly understood as preieuing Ar Clay And why
should they not be expected ALL 10 vote in Conyen
ton az they knew that the Wing party of Kentucky |
would almost unanimously DO it it were to vote direct
" instead OF rcprcso ntatyely They would most Ger
,nnly misrCprescnt the great body % the Nhigs OF
kentucky by voting for any other person in preference
TO Mr. Clay Mr. Clay s known 20 be the first choice
Of ana immense majority OF the Wings OF kentucky, d.
hc ever has been.
But while r IS coustfanoito admit that, nominated
by the National Convention Mr. Clay VIII SCI the vote
% kentucky be says that bis majority VIII not he as
large d ws n lsl4 Ia this too be l. deceived by DIS
teln-s M Clay would receive many vote lac lost boo
ls4i But this is immaieral the vote 90 the state s
enough and how does " u know thai Gen 1 can tct
that vote soyn. he doe that he VIII not Iun 81 the
candidate tho Nhg parts viii not consent o. De voted
Tor a. the exponent of Wing principles AMI VII not
Withdraw even II another be nominated AS the WING
-andii,tc
II Henry CLAY had taken that anti. Nhis position and
proc aimed that he would not withdraw tts name irom
ne canvass even in the event OF anolhers NOMINATION
ly the Nhg National Convention, could that Conycn
hon with either sfrcspcct consistency or safety give
iB thc nomination Would not such declaration have
an Winged him and doomed hiiH Ia defeat sud points
cal ostacism Would the NAige Of his own kentucky
cordially ani efficiently support t's nomination pro