New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-12
Mates ON the Convention.

Notes on the Convention
While the Whie National Convention was IN ses-
,;on. we found no time for writing more than an oc
casonal Telegraphic dispatch, and our three re-
,o-tsrs in attendance were all TOO much engrossed
or o,cited Z, write much, and what they did send
f,nsrt from FREQUENT communications byTelegaphl
Generally failed to reach the Office in season TO be
Of much use Letters by the Evening Line from
Philadelphia are not delivered here unless pee"
6arly directed. till next morning, when they are
rarely Of value TO q daily newspeper) Yet there
were many features and aspects OF the Convention
deserving Of regard which noae Of the reports have
exhibited. and which mere reporting cannot eX-
bibit Some Of these we shall now glance at, pre-
,o,siog that the absorbing interest Of The occasion
was nn(avorable TO calm scrutiny aud searching
,,a,vsis. even on the part Of those who sadly knew
from the outset precisely which thimble the little
iohor' was under
ON the FIRST ballot for President, Mr.. Clay re-
.s;yea ". Gen. TAYLOR III votes-Gen. Taylor 8
shasd But the Clay votes were nearly all cast
by representatives OF Wing states or DISTRICTS
while the Taylor votes came mainly from states
and Districts which have generally been Loco.
Foco. most OF them hopelessly 50. Maine Nlr'
cinia. Alabama. Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri
Iowa, Arkansas aud Texas supplied - OF them
Loco Foco Districts ian Pennsy WANNA North Caro-
lima. Kentucky, Sc. with the only Loco-Foco DIS
triet in Vermont furnished fall hall OF the remain
der We doubt whether all the Districts which
voted on that ballot for Taylor would have elected
thirty Wig Members of Congress three months
ngo, we don't say they may not elect sixty on the
l.,a a. lp "a "a
that vote from the northeast corner OF Vermont
ior Taylor must be an astonisher to the Wings oil
that District We had heard that one Dele
gate from Vermont was unreliable for Clay, but
had no dream OF his voting for Taylor.
On the other hand the % votes for Mr. Clay
were nearly all cast by the representatives OF
Whig States or Wing Districts. New-York, Yer
mont Rhode Island, Connecticut Maryland, with
the representatives OF the most decidedly Wing
portions OF North Carolina t5l Kentucky - In
diana, le) Alabama, l,) Virginia, .2,l ami OF all
the famous Wing strongholds OF Pennsylvania
Phua lelpha City, Lancaster, Chester Alegony,
Beaver, Union, &c. were there. But WhHe the
City, Lancaster and Anegany, which, gave some
10000 Wing majority in Al, had bat one Delegate
each to vote for Clay, land one OF these, though
unanimously instructed Tor Clay was Of heart ior
TAYLOR aud went over 70 him, per contract, On the
third ballot Berks, with her 5000 Loco.Foco ma
io.ity, had tao Delegates present 10 vote io'
Taylor, both elected one by the state the other by
the District BY the votes Of Clay men, and under
stood bv them 10 be for Clay. The vote Tor Clay
from Virginia came from the only District IN that
State which sent a Whie 10 the last Congress. anC
never did otherwise. True some OF The Delegates
who so voted meant to vote ultimately for Taylor
ii that should be necessary 70 his nomination; bu
with this intent their first vote for Clay was onl!
more uumistakable proof that what they did moi
mean their constituents did We believe Oh,
votes cast for Mr.. Clay represented twice as man,
whies IS the votes cas-, for Gen. Taylor. Anon.
the People themselves we think the disparity was
s,l greater
Arkansas had but one Delegate present, wh'
cast three votes throughout for Taylor. Texas ha'
none, yet she cast four votes on every ballot FOL
Taylor. We do not say this was unfair, but there
was no Clay Delegate who had more than one vote
aad no vote for Clay from State which sent No
Delegates.
Louisiana had ten Delegates presen; out OF eigh
teen appointed, OF WHOM fifteen were supposed tC
be Cor Clay when appointed. Eight Of them " err,
thoroughly for Taylor in Philadelphia, one Other
was for Clay on the first ballot but determined I,
20 for TAYLOR thenceiorsh, that his vote was Ger
tain to 20 Clay more harm than good while th'
tenth was thoroughly for Clay The Delegation
had ten votes 10 cast, SIX fer their own State. an
four for Texas which we suspect is about one q
every E!ty Wings in the Statc-we mean such a
woaa have owned themselves Wings tins im
last yeGr.l Il did seem 10 Us nothing more tina
fair thar the real Clay man present should hav
hal one vote in the Convention But The malort
of the Delegation hsd taste for sharper practice
They made Dr. Brashear Nice-presdent, bu
gave him no vote assigning SIX Of theig own mum
Der To vote Cor Louisiana aud four TO vote for Tex
as. 40 that while Dr.. Brashear did not vote az al
for Clay, Mr. Bulliit voted trice on every ballot 70
TAYLOR. Was not this rather running the thin
into the ground
From Tennessee, the lst certainly aud we ar
confident the IIId District, M. Croziers ntendc
aad expected that their votes should be cast to
Cisy, to say nothing OF the IXth Mr. g. a Henry
wherein no Instructions were gwen. We know
that Mr.. Crozier was Cor Clay when first chose
and Mr Roadman 'ofthe Istl was stil for him whe
In New-York. only three days before the Conven
ton met. Gov. Jones was chosen delegate from
his district, bu, two Taylor men were his assoc
stes so that he was not allowed to vote, and tn,