The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-02-03
Terms of Advertising in the Daily Tri-
bune.
The Wings and the Presidency.

We are glad to see that the Wing members
of Congress have decided to call National
Convention, and we are still more pleased by
the disposition manifested by the friends OF
the different candidates and the candidates
themselves to abide by its decisions. Clay
Corwin, Crittenden, Mclean, and Gen. Scott
all have expressed themselves in favor of a
Convention, and have thus given pledge that
the nominee of that Convention shall receive
their hearty support. There is but one other
candidate whose name has been presented to
the Wings for their support, and that is Gen.
Taylor. Some renegade politicians at the
South who hope to gain office by breaking
down party distinctions, have endeavored to
place the old General in an attitude that would
deprive him of the support OF all consistent
men, but we are glad to see that they are like
" to be disappointed. The correspondent of
the Philadelphia North American, writing
from Washington, speaking of the Conven-
ton. says:
"Much has been said of the position of Gen.
was free to speak of all that is within my
knowledge; but, this l can say, and do say
emphatically, that his immediate advisers look
to Convention for his nomination that he
does not discountenanee their views, and that
he will accede to whatever course is adopted.
On this matter, speak from the book, and can
not be mistaken by possibility, for have seen
the evidence and satisfied myself. l could
make this expression much stronger, but conf
dence restraints me-
1t is true that Gen. Taylor's friends go for
putting off the call of the Convention to Ia
ter day than that which the friends of Mr..
Clay would prefer, but we have seen nothing
that contradicts the idea thrown out in the
above extract in relation to the Generals Wing
friends, and we feel confident that the Locos
who have fattered themselves with the idea
that they should gain an easy victory through
the divisions of the Wing party, will find
themselves mistaken. "Union of the Wings
for the sake of the Unon," will still be our
motto, and who, after seeing the fearful evils
that have come on the country in consequence
of the election of James X. Polk, will not al
low that we are right in acting up to that mot
TON sacrificing mere personal preferences
for the sake of the triumph of principles and
the rescue of the country from the dire evils
into which this corrupt Administration has
plunged it. Whoever is nominated, if he is a
Wing, and that he must be, to receive the
nomination of the Convention, that he would
acknowledge himself to be, in accepting it,
should receive the party support of every one
who processes to be Wing, although he
might have wished to have seen some other
one placed at the head of the Wing party
The folly of breaking up into small factions
has been demonstrated too clearly by the re-
suits that have grown GU. of such course
since it was this that brought in Texas and
gave power to the man who made the war;
Had six thousand aboltionists in New York,
who were opposed to the annexation of Texas,
voted for Henry Clay, there would have been
no annexation and no war, and itmay lay with
six thousand Wings, perhaps, to decide wheth-
er or not they will, by giving up their person.
al preferences, save the country from a con-
tinuation of the same kind of evils which re-
suited fIom Mr.. Folks election.
vWinter is beginning to set in. We had
quite little snow storm on Tuesday some
thing like three inches of snow fell. much
LARGER amount fell to the Westward In Bos-
ton they had about eight inches.
A sailor is not sailor when he is aboard :.
a sailor is not a sailor when he is ashore !:
but he must be either ashore or aboard, there.
fore sailor is not a sailor.-Er. ....