The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-02

the wings Of Massachusetts,, who have now fully or
ganized their determined opposition to General Taylor
of Wednesday, the 2sth instant, and appears
have been in all respects most imposing demonstra
ion From eight to ten thousand of the wing farmert
and mechanics of the Old Bay State quilted their abon ia
the very busiest of the year, and together in
the centre Of the largest county in the State, to devise
and carry out some plan for defeating the wing cand
date for the presdency'A correspondent from Massa
chusetts. writing to the New York Evening Post. thus
sums up their chances OF success:
"The better part of the wings in this Sate--the mos
honest and conscientious of them, generally speaking,
against the nomination of General Taylor They will moi
support IT, Think that you may down The majority
that party hostile to his election and ready adopt
other candidate OF the democratic party about
will for Cass the will give their suages
other candidate 1t is possible that General Taylor
should obtain the popular vote. There must be majority
fa the votes, know, secure election by the
pe If only plurality be obtained for the Taylor electoral
ticket the choice of presidential electors devolves upon the
legislature. The legislature w Not dare to give the cote Of
the State to Taylor Besides owld remember the men,
bers of the legislature are yet to be elected"
Ths convention (says the Evening Post, in it's edto-
rial article the subecD gave evidence of schsm in
the whig party Of that State which will be attended with
momentous consequences A body Of men-principally
the yeomanry OF the State, varously estimated at from
uOusdIu, VdStly TOO lAI8c 10 DC
sembed anywhere but in the open ar-had left their &C.
equations in the most busy of the year, concert
open revolt against their party leaders, The meeting
enthusiastic and unanimous except in the adoption
of single resolution, which implied both compliment
and reproach to Daniel Webster. The people adopted
the reproach but scrupled to sanction the compliment
"The excitement in Massachusetts, Continues the
POST is wholly spontaneous; it breaks out of itself. in
defiance of all that party leaders could do to suppress it,
and in defiance Of all personal attachments and preju-
dices. Nothing but the strongest and most intense
vctons the part of the people could have led to it.
Having found uerance, it will take shape and con-
sistency will have its regular organization its presses,
its sku and active managers, its earnest and ready de-
baters All the old politicians who have combined to
smother it will be swept aside by it, and set of
men, OF less emporzing character, for the present at
least, will rise in their places. Neither is it possible
that strong popular feeling should be confined within
the limits of single State The five other States lying
east of New York. peoped with almost identical,
and under the influence of precisely the same circum
stances, share already in the feeling and will doubtless
express it in the same manner"
There seems, indeed, little to doubt that this
boiling movement must eAectualy disorganze the wing
party in New England. In Ohio it is already dsogan
lied, and disafecion is rife enough in New York. We
have already alluded to the many signs of approaching
coalition between the wing malcontents and the barn
burners of New York. The proceedings speeches, and
resolutions put forth at this Worcester convention, all
tend strongly to that result, and point to Martin Van
Buren, as the future nominee Of all the bolters-both
wing and democratic. Judging from the tone Of the
" barnburner' journals, they look upon such oc-
as equally probable and desirable and the free
soil wing convention, called at Buffalo for the 9th OF
August. relied upon the machinery to bring about
Another correspondent of the Evening Post, who attend
ed the Worcester convention to report its proceedings for
that Journal (and the main part of whose report copy
beiow0 writing the spot and on the morning of the
day when the convention to assemble thus specu
ates to its action, and his report fully shows the
curacy of his guess 1t is worth noting, that this
writer appears. by his signature Utcenss, to have at
tended the Utica convention which nominated Mr. Van
Buren, and to have transmitted to the Post the earliest
information both Of the probability Of that event and Of
its actual occurrence. He says of the Worcester con-
venton:
60" think they will limit their action upon the subject of
candidate a simple in the recommendation
of the Ohio convention to hold mass convention at Buff
alo the 9th of August next understand that provision
will be made for the selection of delegates thar
this meeting, whether nomination Is made
not There great inclination here to Mr.. Yam
once, among the leading whos action ,c prob
ably be controlling in the melting but they to think it
dicious aud courteous to the other States rho
shall fit participate the Buffalo conpemom leave
the question of candidate open TIL that time No doubt
however be entertained that Mr. Van Buren, will
receive the nomination"
Under date OF "eight o'clock" in the morning of the
2sh inst the same writer thus describes the see ne
around him
Delegates have already assembled in large numbers and
carriages constantly arriving laden with The
hotels all overlooking, and many sent off last night
from the American, which is the leading hotel here for
the want further accommodations. 1t is estimated that
there will be 1000 persons present The weather is
exceedingly auspcous and unless the engagements of the
farmers this their attendance should
think this estimate would be excessive. Among the
pcrsonages already in attendance who
specially interested in the occasion, notice c. F. Adams,
worthy descendant of the late John O. Adams; the Hon
Nack in this State, of the WING delegates the Phil
adelphia convention Chas. Sumner esq., of Boston Hon
E. lockwood Hoar of Concord Hon. 8. G. Phillips, Of Sa
lem Hon. Charles Allen, of Worcester; Erastus Hopkins of
Northampton and D. w Aivord, of Greenfield and multi
udes besides whom have not yet seen.
The Hon. F. R. Hoar is expected to preside.
O'clock m-Processions already filing through
the Streets preceded bands of music and gorgeous ban
ners The thronged be nearly impas
sable The cheering iddngs whose presence
they have Just discovered There to be attach
ment for the nominations of Philadelphia Baltimore
The public opinion through the State, seems to be
pretty fairly indicated in paragraphs enclosed, which
find in the Worcester Telegraph, penny paper, pub
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