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not be commanded in any such cause. u We
we ore To have him as a Wing President. lel MS
also have him as a Wing canddais, or else We
may .ook for a disorganizalion Of the Wig
party.
was not born a Wh.g-as some gentlemen
claim, but have lived u Wing, and Wing ]
expect 10 DE-.
II Gen. Taylor, whose military services !
hold in high appreciation, shall 50 deycIopc his
principles as 10 secure TO himself the nOmina-
lion Of National Convention, (Which, 10 his
present position, regard as impossibIe,) be
shall not only have my vote, but my active ser
vice. be il worth uIe or much. But as matters
stand al present. with all the lights now before
me- especially from the great Wing region Of
the country, (Which think your correspondent
has not consu,ted,) and without whose aid IL is
impossible for MS 10 succeed, am no, only sll-
isfed that Mr.. Clay is the most available candi-
date, but the only one with whom success Is
certain.
| ! nave reason 10 believe that Mr. Clay has
lost no strength in those States that be carried
/ in IA, and that he is greatly strengthened
( in many that be then losl--especiu,ly in NV
/ York, which our friends assure us is beyond the
possibility ola doubt, 10 say nothing Of New
/ Hampshire. (or which many of our friends are
conflcnt.) Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana. to-
gethcr with Pennsylvania. which may be car
ricI By selecting a suitable man 10 place on his
licket-5ay either Scott or Clayton. Wlh
these views, | shall do as believe my c0nslilu.
cnts would do, not give him up for any man of
doubtful principles, and oil more doubtful sue
cess.
When say | feel confident that Mr. Clay
can be elected, know shall BE- answered.
so you thought in 4l.' True did-so did we
all-but that is no reason we should be deceiy-
ed agan-it is, on the conlray, the best reason
why we should not be. am only rendered the
more cautious in my calculations by that uacy.
pectcd and disastrous defeat.
The Wings Of my own district will recolleci
the predictions Of the faint hearted, year ago.
as 10 my own success. They spoke then as
Inow-of the want Of availability. The result
speaks for lseli-and So il will in this case
The same causes that operated 10 swell my ma
jorily so far beyond all former calculation, will
operate in the next Presidential election ID
swell the ma joritv Of MIR. Clay. He will moi
only NOT have the Catholic excitement, the for.
eign influence. the Native American parry, ol
annexation Of Texas, &C., &C., &C., TO operate
against him, but they will all work in his favor
and most of all, this wicked and horrible W r
and the rujnou5 condition of The country, which
will be plainly spread before every mans eyes
before the election comes, will swell his til
umph, in my belief, beyond all calculation tina
his most s0uguine friends have yet made-NnC
ifthe whig party are sincere in their expression
u
to hold on TO him, as their only sheet anchor
Tor the conservative principles Of Whggary.
AtaIl events, let US await the action OF "A Ma
i,ional Convention. twill be time enough 70
Us who pryi,r him, to give up Mr.. Clay, who'
the Waigs of tn5 nation, in grand council as
semblod. Shall recomni End Gen. Taylor to US
as a proper and mos' available candidate. Tn
I'll then, | shall stick fast, and rema,a uuo :.
the old National Republican faith.
Respectfully, JOHN NJ. BOTTS.