Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-18
THE PRESIDENCY.

In endeayoring, some weeks ago, in view of the
number of citizens proposed for the Presidential
office, to show the necessity of resorting to Wing
National Convention TO designate candidate upon
whom, relinquishing mere personal preferences the
Wings might bestow their votes with some proba-
biity of success, we took occasion to say that we
did not aspire to the vocation of Presdent-makers,
but should faithfully support the candidate, who.
ever he might be, who should be presented to us
by the Convention which is about to gather toge-
Their for that purpose. Our anxiety is much greater
for the success of Wing principles than for that OF
any one of the individuals who have been spoken
Of as candidates. We truly respect and honor each
and every one of them we should have entire
confidence, as far as confidence can precede per-
Torrance, in the administration of the Executive
office by either of them: but if we had direction
OF the matter, no personal preference should be al
lowed to sway our minds against such selection
as should appear most favorable TO the Wing cause,
nseparably connected as we believe its triumph to
be with the highest National interests.
We repeat all this just now, in consequence of
having received Communications, intended for pub
lcalion from gentlemen entitled TO our highest es-
TEEN, pressing the claims qualifications, and avail
ability of every of the several leading candi-
dates, and of one or two others, who, if proposed
have not been brought SO prominently forward as
others. These Communications we have been
obliged to decline publishing, because it was GER
tainty too plain for us to doubt that TO throw open
our columns to all that might be written for or
against our eminent Wing friends, would be not to
reconcile, but to exasperate, existing differences Of
opinion, if it did not produce irreconcilable en-
mites in the Wing party. The communications
Of this character which it has been our duty alrea-
dy to return to their writers would alone have been
sufficient to blow into raging flame the embers of
a controversy which, as we have seen in the de-
bates in Congress, is ready upon all occasions to
break out.
Among the articles Of the kind above described
was series proposed by highly respected friend
in the State of New York, whose object was to bring
prominently to the notice of the Wing party the
high claims of DANIEL WEBSTER (already nomi-
mated by the States of New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts as their preferred candidae) to the Wing
vote for the office of President.
For this purpose, upon showing to him how
we had committed ourselves by repeatedly declin-
ing TO make similar publications in regard to other
distinguished men standing in nearly the same re-
ation, our friend has resorted to thecoumns Of the
New York Commercial Advertiser His first
number, under the signature Of" A WING FROM THE
START" appears in that paper of Saturday last.
This article consists of condensed exposition of
the principles of the Wing party better understood
and practsed by no man than by the writer of it !;
and statement of facts and considerations from
which the inference is drawn that . any man who
may be nominated by the Wing Convention in May
next, if he be known Wing, will be likely to re-
ceive the vote Of the Wing party generally" Ia
his next number he proposes to show " the pecu-
liar claims of Mr.. WEBSTER to this vote, and then
inquire to what extent he would be likely to re-
ceive votes from those who are not professed
Whigs.''
We have felt ourselves under an implied obliga-
ton to the author of these Essays having flor the
sole reason above stately declined publishing them
ourselves, to make known to our readers their APP
pearance elsewhere.