Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-30
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PHlLOSOPHY.-Ihere IS no QuesloH Cohnec-
ted with the present campaign that, distracted
ly and philosophically considered, is more in
teresting to the curious and inqulsltIve mind,
than the style and manner in which the Presi-
dent of the Wing Convention will convey, as
he was instructed to do by the Convention, to
Gen. lack Taylor, the interesting fact that ne
has been nominated the candidate OF the Wing
party by that august body, and the manner
and style in which the aforesaid Gen'l lack
Taylor will compose and indte his reply to
this extremely interesting communication
Now the old gentleman has over and again
declared that he cannot, under any circnmstan-
ces, consent to be considered "the candidate
of any party" nor yield himself to 'party
schemes What we are curious to know, is,
what Governor Morehead will call the Phila-
deIphia Convention. Will he call it a meet
ing of citizens, without distinction of party !?
We think he can scarcely do this. On the
other hand, if he tells Gen. Taylor that he has
been nominated by the great Wing party of
the Union as their candidate for the Presiden-
cy, then the old gentleman must reply that he
cannot accept such nomination-that on this
point his position is immutabIe." Really
we have more curiosity TO see the correspon-
dence than little; so have the Wings of
New York, who have refused to hold ratif-
cation meeting, until they know whether Gen
Taylor accepts, & in what manner. Sir Prac-
ticaL Vgor" is quite an ingenious man, but if
he amt put TO it now, then we don't know any
thing about hog and hommony, that's ALL We
suppose, in the course of short time, we will
have our curiosity gratifed.
P. S-Since this was written, the Wing
, General Committee of New York have knock
ed under and-called a ratification meeting.
upon the subject of the Tariff. the currency,
The improvement of our great highways, rivers,
lakes and hartors, the will of the people. ex-
pressed through their Representatives IN Congress.
ought to he respected and carried out by the Exc
cutive. "--Gen. Tuylor's Letter to Capt. Allison.
r 1t is well, inleel, that Gen. Taylor has en-
: tered up for himself the saving proviso that
he is not versed in the business which appro,
priateiy belongs TO the statesman, else the dec
: laraton quoted above would stand out as a
perpetual monument of the profigate loose
ness Of his notions of the duty Of the EXecu-
tive. Gen. Taylor, according to the above,
would be the plant tool in the hands of a
mere numerical majority in the halls Of Con-
gress If High Protective Tariff bill, Uni
ted States Bank bill, River and HarEor bill,
were to pass Congress, Gen. Taylor would
never ask himself the question whether they
were constitutional or not Suffice it for him
that ma ority in Congress had passed them
This, indeed, is strange doctrine for man
calling himself a Jeffersonian Republican to
hold We presume, as matter of course, il
the Wilmot Proviso should be adopted by a
: majority of Congress, Gen. Taylor would
: not think of nterpoSing his veto power then
: either We did think that it was one of the
! highest duties of the President of the United
States to interpose his veto power, whenever
: upon mature deliberation, he thought any
measure passed by Congress was unconstitu,
: tional or highly inexpedent. This used to be
t States right doctrine Wing stomachs, how.
THE FINANCEs-Some time since, the Com.
q mttee on Public Expenditures tWhg, Of
course, in its composition,) undertook to al
. tack the annual report OF the Secretary of the
4 Treasury, 10 shew that it was falacious, in.
9 correct, and designed to deceive the country
4 with regard TO the true state of the national
finances. Mr.. Strohm, of PENNSYLVANIA, is
the Chairman of this Committee, and on the
T. strength of his figuring, the Wings, both in
e and out of Congress, made the most rabid at
d lacks upon the capacity and honesty of Mr.
t Walker The Committee made up their re-
J port, exhibiting, according to their shelving
q the most glaring and dishonest mastatements
J. upon the part of Mr.. Walker, without ever
J. giving that functionary the slightest intimatior
IS of what they were about, or without ever
n consulting with or informing the Democratic
minority that they were examining the mat
II ter! Wasn't this beautiful specimen O.
/ Wing conduct! The minority of the Com
e mittee have presented a counter-report, II
o which they shew not only that Mr.. Walkers
report is COrTeCt IN all lis essential statements
e but that the reported expose of the majority i:
II the most lame and impotent attempt at figuring
q which has ever been given to the country
The minority report shews, from the docu
6 ments. that this Committee that undertook tc
n review and criticise Mr. Walkers annual re
: port, has committed itself over sixty five blum
: ders, amounting in all to the tune of upwards
"a of THIRTY-THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS +
"a The Baltimore Suns (neutraD Washington
u correspondent, thus touches off this business
lie You may recolect. some tune since. Mr. Strohm
Id OF the committee Of public expenditures. (the cy
q pherlnP commlttee) printed report attacking lh
financial statements of the Secretary of the Treas
Il urv which not ordered 10 be printed by tn
!; House; but which, nevertheless. was printed tn
N same day in the National Intelligencer. To-da,
the minority report was presented by Mr.. Bedin
> ger, making about one hundred and thirty page
of manuscript, and being altogether the riches
a document which ever emanated from minorit,
,, to prove the majority to ha' been either constitu
l t"nally or wilfulIy ignorant. Not only does Mr.
>" BedingPr's report vindicare The Secretary Of th
II Treasury from all errors, but demonstrates tia
|. Mr.. Strohm's report contai about sxty-four er
l, rors. amounting in the aggregate to m"re thai
thirty-three millions of dollars. These the er
ID rors that Mr.. Rockwell, of Connecticut, the imagi
re nary rival. in financial requirements, of the Hon