Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-06-21

character for intelligence our eastern
friends are in the habit of.very much nn-
derrating--would be willing to take Gen,
Taylor's military exploits as proofs Of his
ability to manage the complicated affairs Of
government. AS well might they assert
that to be a good wood-chopper argues tai
ents fit to grace with credit the judicial
erminc!
But the glaring inconsistency of this
Taylor movement will never do with the
American people. A ticket which, though
headed by a brave and good man, was for
ced upon the wings BY iniquity and .
shameless disregard for principle,the adop-
ton Of which was forced upon them by
cowardice and sense Of weakness, ELECTS
but weak response from the honest and
sensible portion Of the wing party. Some
Of them are not backward in declaring that
they will not aid in. the elevation Of a man
who they say may prove but another John
Tyler; while others are determinedto have
nought to DO with any man who has fought
in the foremost rank in this "God-abhor-
red war;" a. they term it, for the extern
sien of slave territory.
Nor is the action Of the wing national
convention without its fruitful foreshad-
owing Of good to the Democracy Of the
Union. In New York, where our party
has suffered their strength to be frittered
away by internal discussions, the nominal
ton Of Taylor will do more to unite them
than any, perhaps, which could have been
made by the wing party; while it j. no
less disastrous and unacceptable to by far
the larger portion Of the wing party there.
Ohio, too, even were the democratic
nominations less popular than they are,
would be sure to- go for CAss and BurIEn,
since the dissatisfaction of the whig party
with Taylor's nomination, and the refusal
Of the wing delegates from that State to
the wing national convention to pledge
themselves to the>support Of Taylor. Old
Kentucky, too, with all her State pride. is
up and doing in favor Of the nomination Of
her favorite and chivalrous Butler, while
the Indignation and GOODNESS which are
sure to be the inevitable result of the
shameless and forced abandonment of ano-
Their favorite son Of that State, by the whig
convention, cannot fail, we sincerely and
firmly believe, to turn decidedly in our
favor tide which has been gradually set
ting towards democracy and equal rights
Compromise and concession have lately
effected union Of the democracy Of that
State, by the withdrawal of Col. Johnson's
name from the Gubernatorial canvass.
The nomination of ,Cass and Butler rem
ders our success no longer matter of
doubt in Indiana, while that Of Gen. Tay-
lor-against whom her sons imagine them
selves sorely agrieved in his official report
Of the battle Of Buena Vista-is equally
unfortunate for the wings.
These are some; of the fruits of the nom
nations Of the two parties in the four
great States which we have named. Did
our space permit US, illusions, scarcely
ess encouraging to democratic hopes,
night be made to the utter dissatisfaction
IF the radical portion of the whig party in
he eastern States dissatisfaction which,
f it does not result in the nomination Of
another wing candidate, augurs well for
he prospects Of democracy in those be-
'ighted regions where whiggery, with its
high protective doctrines, has for a long
Of years held almost undispu-
ed sway.