New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-27
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
v.,ue from Iowa-WhiS Principles NOT
Abandoned By the Masses.

Abandoned By the Masses.
Private Correspondence
BtooxSeros, Iowa. Jan. 7. 1873.
a,rr,rY, You will have heard probably
,h;. reaches VOC. that the Ohio Wing state
co,xsr,;on met at Iowa City on the 5'h INST and
...o;,,sd Delegates TO the Wing National Con-
.,,,,, and instructed them, In the hrst instance
sca sw ,h.;r votes for ZACHARY TAYLOR Tor the
,9ysss Occidental candidate. This Will De taken
800 no doubt, a. the feeling oil the wings OF
,h;s STATE. So far ne am acquainted ana 10 ie'
n. Learn from Others 10 different parts Of the
49, ,bis is very far from being true. In this
49, cen. Taylor at present has not half dozen
7, h true there was considerable feeling in his
s.vor some ak months ago but after be informed
the people Of the United States that be bad no
oUjpions upon the questions a. issue between the
ns-t< and he would not Re the candidate Of party
a. AZ. they have, Of course lsn him. mean the wing
mAssss have e' HIM. The wig >adsrs-those VINO nave
ssoped the motto The Wing party EaDa Be .neee ~
u.s." su cling TO him. and Assure the people thst ne =
Wh!g and that "Ciay will not eccept the noninstoa aho
cooit not be nominated n he would There has been
srca. deal Of humousgng abost this Taylor enthusiasm
non the beginning IN this STATE In the nrst Place ae"
politicians chiefly believe. from the City OF Washington
"a Ia, coontg-whss and 'Possums-got together a.
iowa City lat Winter. and calling themselves wing
STAT. Coavent.on nominated Gen. Taylor for the Pres-
asncy This passed FOR Wing sentiment 10 Iowa
was aotso The gentlemen composing hat meeting had
10. been by the Wings Of the state or By The
Whgs OF any part " the state can learn, and had 10
authority for calling themselves Wig Convention
They were not wing Convention oBe OF the principal
,peskers At the meeting was Gen. Mccartney, Lee
County possum and In nominating Taylor they nirere-
sented the feeling Of the Wing party.
The Wig papers, also, have been guilty OF mseaomg
our farmers 10 States Ia this respect mean that
b. placing the Of Taylor at the bead Of their counns
they give good 70 Wings az distance 10 suppose
thu, they II not their readers In favor Of him as their
he fhtg : the
al esst II not with Of them Tie Elder CT the
Herald At this place for instance Is Cay msn-an anti
War. snti-Terrtory-ia mau, and yoi O'o Jacks
mama shines copspcn01sly a. the head Of his paper
have made y ny business 20 seek Information on This - D.
ecl for the SIX months and believe what say Of ne
Editor OF the Bloomington Herald Is troe Of all the Whs
politicians IL the They ia favor OF Gay and
yet they urge the nomination OF ther second or tou
choice first Ty appreciate the worth The patriotism
and the s;stes0snsbp OF Henry Clay bit ni1k ne ma" o.
he p>ope oaHuof This believe, Is fair construction ~
the s1gusge They 20 suppose that the masses az
ignorant aud bloOihsy and that they must have nero
10 vote for. As vel might they declare the religion q
Jesus Christ should sb0shed and that Of Mars or Ol
sub.ttated Public opinion has been msed on this suDet
bv letter writer well As by GATORS correspondent OF
yours writing Gseua last Spring, after our tecon
srsupeu,snden " Pnlc Instruction, said: "Tneregu-
ally nominated wing candidate has been elected uoder
the banher Of Oh Rough and Ready quote nom men,
orr bu, believe quote correctly. row 'be isct was the
Successful candidate was Lot whlg nominee at si ara
was not eecioc sHch neither a Iay Tor man, iiayof
name was not mentioned in the csnvsss) but his eva
Superior merit and qualifications for that Office.
write this letter not fc1 publication, though yon may
publish u n you Ike. but because have an ice nan
hour and wsh inform you Of the true state Of INNS
here. anu A Wing OF twenty years standing ana Dc
greves me TO see 90 msny protesting 70 oeohe 70 eis
party willing abandon rs principles for sccs know
what ssyI have had 10 listen % those gn In the con-
nience OF wings here, declaring that II Il ue 10 quit
ure.shlpe principles and 70 for success will close by
g1ln saying that the Delegates appointed by our state
Convention 20 represent Iowa In the National Wing Con
yenon vote for Zachary Taylor undoubtedly they vi"
do they will nsreDrsseai the Wings Of this STATE. CLAY
nomination would hailed by the r0ag Wings here with
one unanimous yell Of enihusasm, from one end OF our
state 10 the other. We not The ignorant, slaughter
loving rabbo that leaders suppose and If they succeed
In getting Taylor nominated for President, tha halo6ox
Of Iowa will respond 10 the assertion. G. NJ NJ
r. s There will U. 3. Senators elected here III
winter az 1 now believe