The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-06-16


Wing National Convention for Candi.
date for President of the Union, we, to.
day, give to our readers.
Two hundred and eighty men. selec.
ted by the Wings in every section of the
Union for their good judgment and tried
integrity. have. after mature deliberatiou
ard with the best lights placed before
them, nominated for the Wings of the
Union, General ZACHARY TAYLOR.
He was not our first choice for that
distinguished station, We, in common
with others, thought that there were 9TH
ermen, equally available, and upon them
we placed our preference. But ma
jority ofthose, who for years have acted
with US, thought differently and we sub
NIT without a murmur.
Indeed, in our judgment, there is no
other choice left us. According to the
usages ofthe party, National Cunven-
ton is deemed necessary TO harmonize
conflicting views and unite us in a com
mon cause. Acting in accordance with
this custom, the Wings fthe country ap.
pointed delegates and were fully and
fairly represented in the Convention.
The very act of going into the Conven-
tlon binds US to support its nominee. 1t
will not do to say tina. the body of Wings
there assembled have not acted in good
faith. If we had not placed confidence
in the Convention, we should not have
allowed ourselves to be represented in it.
Allowing ourselves to be represented, we
acknowledge the right of the majority to
govern, and the majority, upon fair bal.
lot, having declared for General Taylor,
he becomes the Candidate of the United
Wing party ofthe Union. Itis not good
faith, upon the part of any individual, to
reject the nominations ofa body, in which
he was represented, of his own free will,
and by so doing he only stultifes himsel If
by refusing to be bound by his own acts.
Nominating Conventions, at the least,
are but a necessary evil-and necessary
only when, as has been the case, the
Wings are divided in their preference of
men. To do battle successfully, we must
present an unbroken front to firmly
united opposition. Of this every ind.
vidual is conscious and hence the custom
of a Convention, where the different
States and sections ofth Union are rep
resented by delegates of their own choo-
sing. Hence the custom of primary and
district meetings, to ascertain as near as
possible, the wishes of The masses, and
have delegates appointed who will rep.
resent the feelings of the majority.
We do not make these remarks in any
spirit of caPtiousness or fault-inding of
the action of the Convention. When we
consented to send delegate to take par,
in the deliberations of that body, we
were fully conscious that we would be
bound by its decision. as strongly as il
we had acted Individually. And more
than this, did we suppose, for moment,
that chicanery had been employed to de-
feat the ends zoe aimed at, we still would
have considered ourselves bound, but at
the same time would come to determi
nation not to act with them again. We
are not, however, forced into this kind of
support The deliberations have been
conducted harmoniously and in good faith
to ascertain the sentiments ofthe ajori.
ty Of the people, and with good will, we
will be one to show that they have not
Z HllotdhCH I'uoilC SCHilLHCHt'
Nor do we make these remarks by
way of an apology for entering, without
reserve, into the contest for General Tay
lor. We have but little choice among
men. We are not disappointed, when
we are defeated upon men. Our regrets
are only when what we religiously believe
to be correct principles are trampled in
the dust.
We have never placed ourselves in an
attitude Of opposition to General Taylor
We never considered his nomination be.
yond the reach of possibility, because we
believed that his principles we've, in the
main, our own. We had reason TO be.
lieve that he was obnoxious to the Ad.
ministration, which would not have been
the case, had he coincided with them in
their principles and measures. Had they
had the assurance, that his principles
were akin to theirs, they would have
been only too happy to accept ofhis SER
vices and popularity. Their desires can
be inferred from the fact that their Can.
didate for Vice President was selected
because he had been in the Mexican cam.
paign. They can be Inferred, too, from