The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-21

ueee Oh tnoee conventions, no enc can say at
present. Matters are shaping themselves in ia.
vor OF Mr.. Clay as the wing candidate, and in
case he be regularly nominated, the principles
set forth In the speech delivered by that distin-
guished statesmen at Lexington, few weeks
since, will be the chart by which they will steer
their course. If our relations with Mexico re-
main unaltered up to the time of the election,
the probability is that the opposite party Will
make the annexation of the whole OF Mexico
the issue.
This is the first time in The history of the
world, that the fate and nationality of one coun-
try depended on peaceable and quiet election
by the citizens of another; and it is very evident
that the question whether Mexico shall be num-
bered, hereafter, as a constituent member of the
family of nations, or become an integral portion
of these United States, is now in the balance,
and will be decided at the ballot-box, before the
year 1913 shall have run its course.
TAYLOR DEMoNsTATIoN.-To- evening
is the time selected sfor the grand mass meeting
and popular demonstration IN favor of General
Taylor as a candidate for the next Presidency,
and the place selected is Niblo's Garden. 1t is to
be hoped that more order and decorum will pre-
vail than what were exhibited at the meeting at
Military Hall; and it is to be hoped, too, that
those who address the meeting will not tire out
the audience with their reasons for abandoning
this candidate or that candidate, or refer, for an
hour at stretch, to'the old issues which once
divided parties in this country. Let them, on
the contrary, keep their egotism to themselves,
whom it most concerns, and let them display the
brilliancy and glory of General Taylor's heroic
deeds, and the simplicity and purity Of his cha
racter. Now, Col. Baker wearied and tired the
audience at the meeting at Military Hall, by his
hum.drum illusions to old issues. Since the
battle of Buena Vista was fought and won, the
United States have jumped a full half century
further towards the end of time than they were
before it; and the twaddling OF twaddling lawyers
about facts, and measures, and issues, which are
buried in the past, are entirely out of place at
meetings called for supporting Gen. Taylor for
the Presidency. Who cares what induced Pres
colt Hall to leave the Clay Standard
No, there should be no lawyers twaddle at
these meetings; but reasons and arguments should
be adduced, to show that Gen. Taylor would
make capital President. What do the Bowery
boys care about the reasons that induced this
man, or that man, TO rally in support of Gen.
Taylor! His having done so, Is sufficient. Let
those "talk up" the hero of Buena Vista. Again,
the Clay cause will be seriously injured if that
portion of the wing party allow their orators to
assail Gen. Taylor. If ever there was man
against whom nought can be said, that man is
General Taylor, and any attempt 20 injure him
in the estimation of the people, will surely recoil
on the heads of those who make it. At the meet
ing at Castle Garden, the other night, such an
attempt was made by one of the speakers, and
we rather think that the cause which he upheld
will be more damaged than benefited by what
he said on that occasion in disparagement of &C.
neral Taylor.