Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-06-08
From The Philadelphia Enquirer.
OPINIONS OF WING STATESMEN
GENERAL TAYLOR.

GENERAL TAYLOR,
Ii may be well at the present moment, to
give extracts from letters written bv proni-
nent Wbig Statesmen. in relation TO the mer-
its and services Of General Taylor, and The
propriety Of nominating him as the Whis
candidate for the Presidency. The Hon. An
drew Stewart, Of Pennsylvania, one OF the
best aud purest Wings of the land thus for
chilly urges the nomination OF the old Hero.
"The conviction is becoming general that
| our Il stl;utIOns cannot survive another Wing
defeat; that Eve years more OF present mis-
rule will involve the country in iremediable
ruin. In such crisis SUCCESS is every thing
-mca nothing Give us the man who can
lead to a certain pict0ry, aud save the Con-
isutuion, Is now the demand OF every true
| Wing"
The remedy is with the people--the pow
erls IN their own hands-and they must ex-
ert II for their own deliyeranCe, by the eeva
ton OF that plain repuolicsn, pure patriot, il
iustrous hero, and honest nun General Tay-
lOr, to the Presidency, wien under the au-
spices CT the second Washington, our Govern
ment will be brought to the purer principles
aud better policy OF the first
Hon. J. S Peudleton. Of Virginia, alludes
to General Taylor as decidedly The mostayaii
able OF all the Wing candidates. We ask at
lentlon to these Presidential marks
81 am verg far from entertaining an opin-
lon shat the Wing party is now, or will be
next tall, SO strong as to be able 10 disregard
the suggestion OF sound policy in the selec
iion oil d candidate who can be elected. The
idea that we can elect any body is in MY
opinion not at all less visionary than the
same idea has proved to be in ether cases, in
which we have been signally defeated. We
can elect our candidate il we make proper
selection"
Hon. George g. Dunn, of Indiana, ex-
presses himself with strong feelings, in recit-
lug the blessings that would result TO the IA
ton from the administration OF General 1ay-
lor He writes in this earnest language:
There Is scarcely temporal wish which
entertain more earnestly than that the same
opportunity to serve his country in her Civil
Department may be awarded 10 General Tay-
Tor that was enjoyed by the venerated Wash
ington as Chief Magistrate. For | am PERSIA
ded tina i'll the latter we found wise and
faithful guardian OF our once happy institu-
lions, IN their weak and nerveless infancy. SO
in the former we should have an able and de-
voted public servant, and sure restorer OF those,
now diseased ond sinking Institutions TO their
purity, healthiulness and strength, as they
were in the best days OF the Repu lie.
Hon. Thos. s. Tourney. of Va, expresses
the following as his settled conviction:
Il doubt not that Gen. Taylor is at this
time the choice OF a large ma GRITTY of the A :
merlcan people for the high office to which
you propose, with the concurrence and aid OF
| The wings of the Union, to elevate him
Under this banner victory is certain; and
when elected though decided Wing, he will
not be the President of a Party, but of the
Nation. The manifestations OF preference
Tor Gen. Taylor as the Wing candidate for The
Presidency are too plain 10 be mistaken, and
too strong 10 DC counteracted by party ma
ch!nery."
Who ID. has not dashed from him every
hope which hang upon Cur experiment of
civil liberty, can look with Indifference at the
impending crisis. observes the Hon. A. 5.
Fulton OF Va.
Aud what man 10 the nation, in whose
lirmness. judgement, patriotism, ana virtue,
can we rely, To check the mad curren which
Is sweeping us on te destruction. | answer,
that the people point to Gen. Taylor. He is
now be lore the country, without any agency
OF his own or that Of the trading politicians.
doubt whether nomination by "a National
Convention will give Gen Taylor any addi-
tiona prominence, or add 70 his chance of
success but many of his friends think other
wise, and am content to defer TO their better
judgments, for cannot entertain a doubt
under existing circumstances as to his nomi-
nation by that Convention.
You have not, gentlemen, (says the Hon.
J. w, CrisfieId, OF Md. } in my opinion, over
estimated the admirable traits of character
and great public services OF the distinguished
Individual referred. The wisdom, prudence,
aud irmness which he has exhibited in 50 re-
markable degree under the most irving cir
cumslances and his political princi pie, which
accord with the doctrine and policy OF the
Wigs emiaently qualify tor the high trust
you would confer on him, and afford the most
satisfactory assurance, that under his admin
istratlon. the Constitution, honor, and all the
great interests OF the country would be safe
while his ardent patriotism and brilliant "a
Achievements, have so won the affections OF
the American people, that success under his
banner, il not absolutely certain, is far more
probable than under the lead OF any other"