The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-15

lohig-when these men urging the nomination OF
Gen Taylor they told u.s. one and all, the most
Der of them, that his candidate would be
hailed with tempest of enthusiasm which would
bear principles party organization, and the re-
of wetried and long trusted party leaders, and fill
the whole land with accamatons, long and loud, in ia
OF the military hero turned politician We were to
have popular hurricane. in contrast with which the
Harrison excitement would prove merely gentle zephyr.
By this time, according to the prediction ought to
be in the very fury OF the gale And beyond all perad
venture, if there be any such thing in the wing amos
phee, they do thus far manage to keep ii wonderfully
quiet With the possible exception of the ratification
meeting in Independence Square, got up by the Taylor
outsiders who had congegaed at the convention to lobby
their candidate, we cannot yet put our finger upon
solitary enthusiastic popular demonstration an any State
ttroughoutMe Union in favor fhs wtig nominee
We did not expect this We thought there would be
more military hurating. We knew that the bulk of
the wing party at the north-where alone its bulk is
would be anything but pleased at General Tayors nom
nation. We knew that he was not the first choice, nor
the second choice the third choice OF most of the
wing States. But when he nominated we thought
they would try at least to hail him with cordality
and enthusiasm. But they make no such attempt
They give up bad job In the desperate game to
which the Taylor leaders esorted, their trump card is
already lost. The whose name they have substi-
tued for party prnc pies and party ties, and who was
to be borne at into the presidential chair in great
popular feryor and sudden swell OF popular excite
ment is now felt to be all out of place in his po-
sition as candidate for high civil office, to be
put into the canvass by his friends through a high
hon al chaat he m IT.
y which presents him; and. instead of shouts and &C
CARNATIONS in his avor, we hear everywhere from the
very heart of the wing strength in the country
of discomfort and threats both cloud and deep of
beon The main rallyings of the whigs ,ohlch we haze
thus far heard Of, rayngs against the nominee Of
the Philadelphia contention
In Massachusetts and in Ohio great masses OF wings
are already open revolt and have called their separate
conventions of oppositon while in those States, the
great mass of the party like the New York Tribune
pausing and rejecting" what is to be done. This is
ominous. Gen. Tayior's cause acM not gain Nth the
people by reflection! What strength he has, needs no
rehec ton bring out The people will not shout the
louder for him as their future President when they
to reflect what they shouting for One fact will
show how General Taylor stands in Massachusetts,. The
Boston Atias has at last and with admitted reluctance,
consented to support him. The Atlasthat wing paper
of all others most to be counted by its whole
and onduct, TO go with blind fury in favor of any
nominee OF the party be he who he may. And yet this
lis cold assent is absolutely paraded in the Taylor jour-
nails as godsend and gain
On the contrary, the feeling of the wing party in
Massachusetts. in New England, and indeed hroug bout
almost the entire north, is thus set forth under his
signature by one of the most respected and influential
men of the Massachusetts, delegation-he Hon. Charles
Allen of that State. We copy his letter of explanation
and correction. find it in the New York Tribune:
New YORK, June 10, 1913.
MEssRs. GREELEY IL MoELRATH: In your paper OF this
day. your reporter of the proceedings of the Wing Conven
represents having taken the floor several times
the last day of the session of that body moving the
pension of the rules and being much ercted From the dis
tant and very nconvenent position OF the reporters, can
readily account for the mstake yet act of justice,
respectfully ask you correct the had the
floor but Then calmly aud briefly stated my obec-
tions to the nomination. That Knight say Exactly tchat
meant to say and that any misrepresentation might be
readily corrected put paper at the reporters table,
after had voted for the last time for the presidential
ddate, the views about present. read from that
paper copy (which send herewith and request you
publ sh it, with this report of what said
1t was all said, except few words thrown in to enable
get the of the convention. Immediately after
wards left the hall, and did it, any such
your reporter represents exhibited, of which
wholly ignorant, the have been other
than your obedient servant, CHARLES ALLEN.
Mr. PRESIDENT: The discipline of the south has again
prevailed. The small minority of the citizens of the
Union who have controlled the general government
at brief intervals, from its foundation, demands the
possession OF executive and patronage for another
term OF four years.
The rights of the free Sates which even our oppo-
nents pay some respect trampled upon in the Wing
National Convention by every southern foot OF the many
distinguished from the free Sates of south
origin, who have upheld the wing
IN disaster not one has been found worthy Give
gle vote south of Mason and Dixons line is, therefore,
evident that the of union between the wings
north and of the south the perpetual surrender by
former of the high offices and powers of the government
their southern conederaes. TO these terms think, sir,
convention belief that The chg party of the country
here and this day. dissolved We have preserve
it so long it could be done with honor Yet under the
good providence o(iod result well for the country,
world that the elements should separate The appliances
by the use OF which it is supposed that sufficient
OF the voters of the free States will be
70 the south its ascendency, will lose their wonea efficacy
northern endurance. You have presumed that the
State which led the first revolution for liberty will now
desert that for the miserable boon of the pres
dency. Sir MASSACHUSETTS WILL sPURN BRIBE. .1
This is the language and tone of man who ha. made
up his mind and who knows we'll where he stands wha,
he is saying and how he will be sustained. Nor in SO
speaking, did Mr. Allen reckon without his host He
had not reached his home Worcester before the wings
of Boston al the receipt OF the nomination. had
published call for a convention at Worcester in oppo
son to Taylor, reiterang in their CALL in still stronger
terms, all the positions that Mr.. Allen had taken The
same step has been taken among the wings of Maine
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