Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-06-19
As ever knight that belted plaivc.


He could STILL he has done, scorn and defy the
abuse aud SANDER the venerable court Editor but We
readily Imagine, stout hearted as he is that he would
sink in humiliation under praise from sacI sour,e.
The Wings. have sad, preferred exercise
their nndoubed privilege Of selecting the who should
bear their standard They did 10 harmon ze contentnq
factions fish up obscure man, and siae the parry ard
tie nation by presenting him iher candidate. They
named nhtsr deeds familiar t, his country.
men and y hose praise was on every tongue Unlike Mr..
Polk Gen Taylor spontaneously minated by the
body Of he people, long before the meeting Of the Gun
yentIun. That body merely gave expression TO the p
ular wish. He the irs choice Of larger number
lhan any other and the second choice OF nearly all tie
DELEGATES. The wishes OF the have been on.
ragged, aud the nomination, OF course, took one by
prze. MI Clay hlulself could have expected nothing
Else.
But, it is gravey alleged by way Of complaint, that
Gen. Taylor has 10 distinctive political principles
Ills too IN The face Of his repeated dec!atallus HAT
he IS Wing 1t MAS not an idle declaration. his saylhs
that he was Wing. He Intended beyond all coniiose'-
sy, to say that he symparfzes generally with the Wig
Pany In all his specific exhibitions a his prlnci.
pl $, is he rot Wig Take Ihe veto for ms ance-
In the face OF his derlaat'nns iaf the power should net
be exercised except in Of papabr violation le
constitution, ha>iy legislation, "ho can doubt That his
views differ wiJeIy from lhose Of Mr.. Polk rs any
one believe that Gen. Taylor would have vetoed the
French claimant bill? II must be obvious every MUD
that ii Gen. Taylor had Dh ben Wing, he would neV
er have received the nomination Ola Wing Convention
But the Ilalinm --'where is your plati1rm?' we arc
sneeflngly asked The Nhi.S, in body. condemned
the Baltimore Convention for ting legislative tu0c
tons and prescribing Mr.. Polk what he to do, no
malfer what might be his opinion. Mr.. pix went
INTO Office bound hand and foot by his letter of attorney
To do him justice, must say he oheyed. his nsinc
lions very impcllly and unscrupnously, in eYefyhm,
but The Oregon business In his very first public docl'
men, he reiterated n the language Of the Baltimore con
claye, ''cra and unlnesonabe right" to the " hs
of Oregon, aud stuck by this assertion for monlhs
until war seemed Inevitable. Few supposed Mr. Polk
would have the discretion 10 back ou-bu back ont he
did. In an lgnornloas manner and thereby ncurfeJUe
scorn and contempt OF the present nominee Of the pafY'
much as he affects To admire and approve the admin
lslration Of Mr. Polk. Thus condemnng the imPslien
of pledges in 1874 the Wings were not likely oosis'
upon platform in l84S. The principles Of the Wing
party well enough known. They may he hated ana
condemned by Locoocolsn. but is sheer afecaion
say they unknown Issues Of expedi nry mus'
sooner later have end, and such is the ease VII"
the Bank, the Tand aud the distribution of the PUBIC
Lands The Tory party still preserves organization anu
name in Fnglan bun what would be thought otan fnes"
Wing who, the Hnstings should charge hem VII" IT.
pcly, because thy do still sustain ihe doctrine Of ne
indetasabe right 10 the OF james 2nd and deny TO
title the House Of Hanover to their allegiance lev
these the cardinal doctrines of the Tory parry
os- Gen, Casa is progressive Demucrat. lie "
ira all sulec,s-bu, his ultrasn proceeds from CAL