The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-07
The PredIcament OF the Wing Party.


whether it goes far enough II they shall say dy the
question will up what g being whig' in pres
Dental candidate amounts to- and what it is good for
Plainly, II does not amount TO the declaration OF pur
pose to carry any single wing measure, or oppose
any single democratic measure which majority OF Con-
gress may enact Plainly, it does amount to the
cognon Of any sort of obligation to stand aside from
the in the wing convention shall select
other nominee Plainly. does not amount to the giving
of any pledge whatever 10 the wing party TO the ad
minsaton of the government, as to the disr-
button of its patronage. On the contrary, il amounts to
express assertion of an entire independence" OF all
partisan obligation whatever. Now, il such whigism
this be satisfactory to the wing party to what end is
that the wings organize or act as party at all When
Mr. Tyler was President, they found him mpraccable,
and SAID that they betrayed If they shall find Gen
Taylor impracticabe-and surely all the signs are that
way--they cannot have the miserable consolation
of plausible pretext for complaint To them, as par
y General Taylor has promised absolutely nothing at
all The sweeping declarations of his letter, lntmang
that he will be wholly governed by the decision OF ma
ority of Congress- whether wing democratic remind
us strongly of the pledges which poor Power used 10
der so udcrous in the character of an Irish Landlord
81 will reduce all your rents five hs and the other fifth
ri give to the poor and ea you kno1 me better youU
fnda much haze promised to you, fA perform st'H
less" Let General Taylor go into office on such pledges
as these and we opine that the six months succeeding
the next 4th OF March will produce some little wing
grmbling But it will be of use. The General can
answer trumphanty that he gave the Philadelphia con-
venton fair warning.
In truth. it cannot be denied that if General Taylor
shall be taken up by the wings upon his letter. Mr.
Claws prediction of the virtual dissolution of the wing
party will be entirely realized It is virtual dissolution
of any party to any candidate the grounds laid
down in that letter It is idle to suppose that the whole
wing party will consent to it. Such consent is utter
self qualification to the wings who have heretofore raj
lied around Clay and Webster, and Scott, and Mclean,
and their other distinguished party leaders Between them
and this letter of Gen. Taylor there absolutely nothing
in common What pretence of a the wings of
the north render for an attempt to rally in support of
General Taylor They adopt the principle OF the Will
mot Proviso General Taylor is large Shareholder.
They oppose the Mexican General Taylor has
won all his distinction in it. 1t has made him all that he
| is They oppose the acquisition Of new territory. Gen
era Taylor has been principal agent in making that
acqusiton and has given hint that his agency was re-
uctant or in any way opposed to his convictions OF the
public welfare. These wings have always professed to
have at heart the OF certain measures OF public
policy and to have come together party to secure
those measures General Taylor gives intmaon that
he is in favor of one of Them and is known not to be in
favor of all of them How he will administer the patron
age of the he does not say but he does
substance that he will not administer 1t party man.
What claim has he, then, to party nomination. The
party which on this platform shall make him candidate,
u.s. we say all ntents and purposes of partisan organ
izaon dssoved-broken up beforehand 1t has deserted
its standard II has abandoned IFS principles. 1t is no
longer party. 1t is faction in quest OF "spos i'll
quest of anything, and is plainly venturng or most
break neck leap to reach those spoils We doubt much
whether the Clay wings and the Webster wings and the
Scott wings and the Mclean wings will be willing to
take the trouble 60 for any such purpose into
venon called to organize but to break up their par
ty by the adoption of such course And in saying
this we do not speak without the book Here is the
language the unanswerable language of the Richmond
Wing on this point-a journal which has already given
indications enough of purpose 10 strain its conscience
in an attempt to go for General Taylor But this last
strain seems little too hard:
"We regret thereiore-and is the only thing much
regret the foregoing Ieerhat Gen. Taylor, while
expressing Willingness receive under any crcumstan
ces the nomination of the Wing National Convention,
should have deemed it say, in many words
that should he fail do 50, he WILL far depends
upon him SELF remain candidate. Such declaration is
calculated deprive him of that nomination. if there
otherwise certainty of his getting it. Heads Ipin, tails
you ose is rather game, in politics. as in less
important matters The very basis upon which conven
tons are organized is spirit of compomsche members
as well those who willing receive the vote OF such
bodies consenting, for the sake of common triumph to
submit to the chances of individual sacrifice Ii this
rule be voaedii one OF the individuals willing to re-
ceive its vote, may say, f you nominate me, will accept
he nomination but you do not, will be candidate in
opposition your nominee ); it is manifest that conven-
tons themselves solemn arces, worse 1t can
scarcely be expected that two hundred and hy gen.
tlemen will consent in Philadelphia in June next,
from the parts OF the Unon at great nconve
nience and expense if not all OF then simply Tor
the purpose OF NOMINATING GENTLEMAN WHO is ALREADY IN
the FIELD, "NOLENS VOLENS,' and intends so to re-
main, whether majority Of them shall think 1t advisable
or unadvsable. For one confess we do not axe this
part of Gen. Taylors letter and foreseeing that 1t wiz
constitute nsuperabe objection with some, who would
be otherwise in favor OF General Tayor's nomination. we
greet that he has been induced to assume an attitude so
EMBARRASSING all of his friends, except the handful who
expect support him independent candidate, and
which may the effect of defeating his own nomination
and election That the General does not to be elect
cd may readily infer from the langge OF his letter
but if he be Indifferent his success, be ought to
feel anxiety for the triumph OF sound principles and
wholesome and we do not very clearly compe
hend therefore, why he has determined 80 pertlnacousy
to cling his position candidate Tor an Office that
he does want in opposition to both the wing and demo
cratic nominees If SHALL WEAKEN AND DE-
FORMER render election oil the latter