The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-27
Decay Of Taylor enthusiasm Waning OF his pros.

Decay of Taylor enthusi asnA--Wnning OF his pros
The Taylor wings had better look to their own house
hold THey may spare themselves the trouble of point
ing out the distractions produced by Martin Van Buren,
and the barnburnng agtators in the democratic party
Is their column compact Have they not much
more to complain OF and apprehend than we have
Look at their ranks, and see the discords which
are goading them, and the troubles which they en-
counter. Look, for example, at two of their great
leacers-Clay and Webster These alone are sufficient
to annoy them. We copy from the barnburner press
at Albany, which is not at all dispeased at the pros.
Tect of defeating Taylor. well Cass because, in
that event. Martin Van Buren, is to step in:
CLAY, CRIrrENDEN, AND TAyLoR.-The Washington cor
respondent of the N. Y. Sun writes (l6th inst.):
Mr. Bots Yesterday received letter from Henry Clay,
which Mr. Clay says that Mr. Crittenden will probably
be elected governor OF Kentucky but that there will be
hard and desperate struggle for it, He says that neither
Gov Moreead any other gentleman is authorized to
say that he (Mr Clay) sanctions and approves the nomna
Aon OF Gen. Taylor. All circumstances prove that there
serious difference between the parsans of Mr. Clay in
kentucky and the advocates OF the election of Gen Taylor
and Mr.. Crluenden."
The Louisville Democrat asserts positively, and from
knowledge that Mr.. Clay is 'deeply dissatisfied" at the
nomination OF Gen Taylor, and adds
That he has been written by respectable gentlemen
Louisville to give public EXPIRE ssions Of his
,%, support Taylor and he has declined to do In
g..
trends, in Louisville and Lexington, only mnrmur
ing but are open and loud in thor denunciaron OF the
I1y by which he was defeated and of John J. Critten
den iof his agency in it,"
DANIEL WEBSTER NOT TAYLoR.--A writer in the
New York Evening Post of July says that Mr. Webster
was invited to address the late ratification Taylor meeting
81 New York city, but declined, and gave his
The Taylor committee have tried keep secret but
uey nave leaked out. They to the effect
r. mat southern statesmen have monopolized the highest
IN our government four-hfths of the time since the
men equally gifted and equally capable and he thinks
way 'ne moment has now arrived when stand should be
% ny the north for his part, he cannot support, neither
VI" he publicly oppose, the election of Gen. Taytor
The New York Mirror (Taylor) makes the following
candid acknowledgment confirming our repeated state
nenNs on the subject:
1T is no disguise the fact tla, MIR. Clay feels
very much dissatisfied and disappointed in not receiving
ne nomination. He is a man whose ambition hns moi
e" weakened by age, disheartened by defeat while
nus ceduity has only with his years Deceived
e promises OF false friends up the decisive hour in
m convention 1t is not surprising that the result came
po num- ike clap OF thunder in clear sky; and it is
Ooe that he may the shock given him
,ne Telegraph on the 10th of June. We have read seve-
tefers written by Mr. Clay within the last thirty DAVIS
raj Taylor" " 'e'e
'he e"i'or oi u'e sunday Atlas, in his last ISSUE men
IONS 'hat ne mas seen letter from Mr. Clay dated Ash
Hnu July I'd, in which the embodiment declares his in
enton TO MAINTAIN tf possible) the integrity and con.
ssency of the wing party of his own State and
ultimately, if shall become necessary presen, his views
on the presidential election, if expose of this kind shall
IN his Judgment seem necessary to the world. The ed
tor nies that Mr. Clay has desire to Gen Taylor
elected -
The Taylor wings need not chuckIe too at the deser.
ION of Mr. Van Buren, He is doing the Tavortes
much, If not more injury, than our own party In
ooo and New England and New York he is win
hlns more adherents from the wings than from the