New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-16
The state of the Case.

The Courier and Enquirer thus bears down
upon those Wings who have not yet begun to huz-
"a for Taylor;
Tho nomination msdo-,he selection OF d
Whc standard bearer once having been determined
upon by the dulyeuthorzcd representatives OF the
Wing party of the whole Union-it becomes the imper
alive duty Of al 10 submit ~ seHcc 90 the determine
ton of the National Convention and unite 10 the sup
port OF its nominee OF this there can be no doubt
among honest and honorable men and we call upon
ell such 10 nculcsie upon all with whom they have in
fucnce the duty which they owe TO Wing principles IN
this regard"
Whether the ultimate support Of Gen. Taylor
is or is not the best course now left to the Wings
who resisted thi, nomination, We have not yet
said aud do not propose now to say-let every
one be his own judge on this point-but We do
say that such paragraphs from such quarter as the
above are not calculated to produce the unanimity
nor even the silence demanded Men OF this day
are not sheep to be driven hther and thther by an
imperious gesture or naughty word. They Will
think and act as their reason and conscienccs shall
dictate.
The Courier has not always been such a stickler
for the concaslveness aud essential virtue OF reeu-
lar nominations. We well remember its deSer-
ton of the regular whig candidate for Mayor.
can, who was elected-but for which and its con-
sequences, we have no manner OF doubt, Mr.. Clay
would have been trumphantly chosen. Again la
lsa6, it refused TO support It's present co-worker
John Young when candidate for Governor, and
did its best TO defeat him-very much to his al
vantage. Again, in the Spring of A. Invent dead
AGAINST part OF the fairly and regularly .nomi-
mated Wing candidates for Appea. and Circuit
Judges, and helped to defeat the whole ticket Is
not this beautiful bird to be lecturing Old
fashioned Wings. who are not sufficiently nimbl,
in their prostrations at the ioo,siool, on the re-
qairements OF honesty and honor that they should
submit ia silence to any unpalatable If regular
nomination
The Courier proceeds to say OF the Wings o.
our City who confidently expected Mr.. Clay
nomination.
True they were inlsicd by Tee Tribans and there
l. bat little consolation Tor them IN being now told that
Notwithstanding al Il has written upon the subject To-
Editor has confidently expected M Claws defeat iol
than two months past All we have O. say or
the subject Is, that with such knowledge and c0nyic
the pSti OF Tao frbsEs Editor IL l. 90 be-
GREETED that hs scnse of duty permitted him 10 on
from dsy 10 day misleading those who confident
trusted in als statements.
The above passage IS alike false in us assertions
and base IN It's lnsinuations We have Rot " con-
Rdeni.y expected Nj Clsy's defeat for two month.
past Our first serious apprehension Of that de-
feat was forced on US at Washington, some siS
weeks since. upon the reception there Of Gen
Tav!or's Allison letter From that time forth, al
though we fought the Battle oat 10 the last, W
barely hoped that Mr. Clay would be nominated
and we did not, either Ia our paper or oiherw Use
encourage sanguine expectations that he woul1
be the man True, We did not feel 10 incumbent
on as 20 proclaim thai all was lost even Il We ha'
feared il was but II as constant ground %
complaint by our friends that the tone OF Tie
Tribune was Respondent and discouraging Again
we say, j, is utterly, bssey false tha, The Tribune
was daily ~msleadiag those who so confidently
trusted in It's statements
The Courier speaks Of the support OF Gen IsS
lor as duty We owe to Wing principles, anc
goes on 10 srguo from the Allison letter that Gen
TAYLOR is as SQUAD and orthodox Wing as Mr.
Clay is. We hope this is SO but II II be, why
should the Wing Convention which nominated
him refuse to declare us owa devotion 10 those
great cardinal measures for which our party has
hitherto struggled And why DO We find the
outsiders Of all stonT lerites Nulliiers, Le-