The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-09-12
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early enough in manliest:ng their confluence
~ this nominaiion-a little 100 early u may
ne, IN utiering notes ofexnl.aIion in our an
ncipaIed triumph. II would have been bei>
ter il they had waited.
Now the truth is, conference.-the truth is,
and no man can avoid seeing II. unless, as
sometimes happens, the object is 100 near our
eyes TO be distinctly discerDed-lhe truth is.
that IN these Nominations, and also in The
nomination al Phiiadel phia-in these Con-
venlioms. and also n the Convention at Phil
ade p.Iia, Gen. Taylor WAS nominated exact
ly for this reason: Thai, believing him 10 be
a Wing, they thought he could be chosen
more easily Than any other Wing. This is
the whole Of il. That sAGAcfous, wIsE.FAR-
sEEtSo DOCTRINE OF AVAILABILITY
LrE-Ar BnTroM OF THE WHOLE NATTER.
tTtemsndOus enthusiasm and applause.
So far. lien. from imphliuy any motive 10
ihese Conventions over The country, or 10 The
Convention in Philadelphia. as operating on
am aloGty Of The members 10 promote slavery
by the nomination Of Gen. Taylor. do mol
believe 4 word OF ii,-noi one word. see
that one part Of uhat is called The platform
Of tue Buffalo Convention, says that the cam
didzies before The public we're Nominated un-
der The diclaiion Of !he slave power. do
not believe n word tit. lAPpiause
In the first place, the Convention al Phil
adei,hia was composed, in a very great ma
joriry. by members from the Free STATES.
BY very great majority hey might have
nominated any body :hey chose. And i'll
the next place, il is true that there were
persons from New England, most jealous
nnd active, and who were most earnest IN
procuring the nomination of Gen. Taylor.
and men who would cul of their right hands
before they would do anything 10 promote
slavery in the United States. do moi ad>
mire their policy ,-undeTstand that; but |
ncquit them of bad motives know The
lea ling men in that ConvenliJn. think
uu1ers'and The motives that govern Them.
Their rea. oning is This: Geo. Taylor 10 n
Wing; moi eminent in civil life-noi known
10 ci.iI liic-bul still man of sound Wing
principles Circumstances lave given him
a reputation and erlat in the Country. II he
10 the Wing candidate he will he chosen;
and with him. there will come into tho :wo
Hou.rs oi Congress an augmentation Of
Whig strength. The Wing majority in the
House Of Representative will be increased.
The L"cn Foco majority in the SENATE will
be d niinishcd." That was The view, aud
that was The mofive-huwever wise or how
evar unwise--ihar governed a very large ma
jorifr oil those who composed the Convention
nj Philadelphia.
NV, gentlemen, in nv opinion this WAS
wholly unwise policy; it was short-sighted and
tGmporising on questions of great principles.
But ncqut them of any such motives which
have been ascFibed to them in Il part Of this
Buffalo Plato u.
81 b, gentlemen, arc The circumstance con-
nected with the nomination Of Gen. Taylor.
only repeat. that those who had the most a.
gencv originally in bringing him before the
people were Wing Conventions and meetings
in the several States Free States and that
grea. majority offha Convention which noni-
mate him in Philadelphia were from the Free
State, and might have rejected HIM ifthey bad
chosen, and selected any body else on whom
thcr could have united.
This is the cr,c. gentle men, IS far As can
disco = it, and exercising upon IT as impartial
n Judgment as can form--tlis is the case pre-
sentsl 10 the Wings, so FAR as respects the per-
sonal fitness and personal character Of Gen. /
Tayior. and the circumstances which have
caused his nomination.
EIw feow-citZens, # we were weighing
the p-o2riety of nominating such person 10
the Presidency, it would be one thing: If we
are considering the expedicnev, or ! may say
the necessity, (Which 10 some minds may seem !
to b. tn casc,) by wel!-rheaning and patriotic =,
Whiga TO support him after he is nominated.
that If quite another thing. And that leads TO
the consideration of what the Wings Of MRssa-
chmr,ts are TO do. or such Of them as do rot
geo Ct 10 support Gen. Taylor. Of course
they must vote for Gen. Cass; or they must
vote for Mr. Van Buren,; or they must omit to
vote al all.
agree that there arc cascS in which, il We
do not know in what direction to move, we
ought to stand still till we DO. | admit there
nre cases in which, if we DO not know what TO
do. w. had better not do we know not what
But N a question so important TO ourselves
nnI the country, on question Of a popular O.
lection under Constitutional forms in which it
IS impossible that every mans private judg-
ment can prevail, or every mans private
chpice succeed. it becomes, then, question Of
Conscientious duty and patriotism, whs. it is
hest to do upon the whois. And tina; leads TO
tha considerations which should influence
Wigs, in my opinion, upon the question now
befn = us.
Cal.r the practical administration Of the
Goa .iiuiion Of the Uritcd States, there can
no. be 4 great range of personal choice in re-
CARL TO the candidate for the Presidency. In
orlsr that their votes may be effective. men
must give them for some one of those who are
prom nently before tho public. This is the
necessary result of ou- forms of government,
and from the provisions Of the Constitution
And it does, therefore, bring men sometimes
10 the necessity of choosing between candi-
date, neither of whom would be their original
personal choice.
Now, what is the contingency what is
the alternative presented to the Wings of
Massachusetts In my judgment, fellow-citi-
zens, il is merely one the question is between
Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cass. And that is the
whoe Of it, Great sensation.
am no more skilled to forcsee political &C.
currences than others. Judge only for my
self. But, in my opinion, there is not the
least probability ofany other result than the
choice of Gen. Taylor or Gen. Cass.
know that the enthusiasm OF a newborn
ed name, without communicating any new
formed idea, may lead men to think that
- sky is to fall and tho larks are sud
nen.y 10 be taken. entertain no such expec-
tations. lspeak, without disrcspect. of the
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