Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-04-20

the position Of Gen. TAYLOR before the
country, or the stand which the Wing
! Convention of Virginia has taken rela-
tive 10 Gen. TAyEuR, is nore ritlice
laus or paradoxieal. For Gen. +. has
declared hat he. is a Wing that he is
no politician; that ne will not be run
as party candidate :; that he is in ia
| cor OF he war, and goes for indemnify;
and at the same time, by the fairest
construction OF his language, expresses
his admiration and preference for Mr..
CLAY.
In the address put forth by the Con-
sention, the position of Mr.. CLAY, that
the war is not only unjust in itself, but
that i, was unconsiiluiionaIly begun
BY the President, is maintained; and
~ cap The climax Of inconsistency,
they recommend d man aUho supports
the ,uar! And they go further, and
declare, that, compared with the war
question, all the old issues between the
parties disappear.
In replying to the alIusion Of Mr..
Boris TO the conversation between The
committee and Gen. L. above referred
TO- The Richmond Wing says that it
has ",he best reasons to believe that
these reported conversations do not &c
press Gen. 1oyLor's real sentiments"
Now, one OF three things must be true.
Either Mr.. Boris has fabrica ,ed the
conversations he refers TO; or General
L. has no opinions at all; or he has two
sets of opinions, -one for the ''publlc
eye,' the other known only to himself
and few confidential friends. If the
conversations are genuine, land they
certainly are, and Gen. TAYLOR has
s'aeas Sentiments" he is either placed
in a false position by the Wing, or is
guilty Of wilful attempt to deceive
the people. He declares that he is il
favor Of the war; his friends declare
that hs is opposed TO the war, out and
out. He says that he has formed no
opinions upon the great measures that
have SO long divided parties in this
county; his friends say that he is in
favor CT National Bank, d Protective
Tariff, and so on.
Thus it was in 1910; no one could
tell precisely what their candidates
sentiments We're; a. differen: places he
was represented in different positions.
Il was charged that he had commit
tee to speak for him. Has General T.
a committees By what authority does
the Wing more than insinuate, that
when Gen. 7. says he is in favor Of
the war, and goes for territorial indem-
nifty, he does not utter his "real senti-
ments :"
But we must leave the Wings to Set
tie this lit,le "family quarre'" among
themselves. 1t is hard to tell how it
will terminate. Mr.. Boris is "a whole
team and big dog under the wagon"
at 'heading.' He headed the Wing
Convention; he headed the Wings Of
Virginia; he has headed Gen. TAY-
LoR; he has made tilt at 'the whole
Wing party Of the United States. -
Is he not most remarkable man.
G- Hon. Messrs. CAss, Of Mich,
FoorE, of Miss, and INGE, of Ga.
will accept our thanks for copies of
their speeches on the war question.
Hon. JAS. Mcdowell will also &C.
cept our thanks for copy ofthe Gre
port of Lieut.. Neil M. Howison, U. S.
Navy, to the commander Of the Pacific
Squadron" sc.
-aSe-
Horses Killed by Lightning.-W
regre: TO learn, that during the thunder
storm, on Tuesday evening last, about
eight o'clock, two horses and cot.
the .proper,y of Mr.. HENRY LAMBERT,
of This county, were killed by lightning
While in the stable. Fortunately, the
barn was not set on FIRE by the fluid.
( -eNe-
Wheat Crops.--We have never seen
the crops Of grain look more promising
at this season of the year, than they
now do, in this neighbo'hood, and
from all'accounts, throughout the soun'
Ity. Every description Of grass, also