The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-22

The nomination OF Gen. Taylor by the wings was ii
clear confession that they could not hope TO triumph be
fore the people the strength OF wing opinions 1t was
odpitaton of the wing party to the necessities OF the
Nobody petends that they could have been brought
to nominate Taylor if they could have hoped to elect
Clay or Webster, Corwin or Clayton, Mclean, or
Scott And why not elect one of these Simply be-
cause they were all known sound and staunch
lchigs-unqueson representatives OF the condemn
ed and odous wing doctrines. Even SCOTS military
reputation could not bear up this heavy load 30
Taylor taken, not for what he was, but Tor what ne
was not-not for his principles, but Tor the imagined
strength of his no-princpes We have published abund
ant proof OF this from members OF the Wing Convention
itself The attempt to cheat the people-o smuggle In
some sort of whig under the guse OF no-parylsm, and
in hubbub OF military enthusiasn-is confessed Gen.
TAYLOR saw that 10 pledge himself to wing doctrines
would ruin him he has only pledged himself IN gen
eral terms not to veto wing Securing him for
President the wings hope to secure by his strength
whg majority in Congress- and thus the people will be
cheated into surrender to all the evils of wing msgov-
eminent
canvass upon such principles is an insult put upon
the people by ambitious and schemng politicians.
marty so organized is an unalloyed evil. 1t is mere
sbam-a most papable cheat 1t lacks wholly the only
justification upon which party organization can stand.
To suppose that it can succeed is to libel the capacity of
the people for self-government 1t is to suppose that
they will vote without knowing or caring what they vote
for 1t is to suppose that they will adopt with Taylor
public policy which they have shown that they loathed
without him is to suppose that they will look with more
favor upon the wing party just because In addition 10 M
other evils and vices, it has shown itself cowardly
Il Jl,y rh 10, mt.
mask upon its principles treacherous enough to betra
its ablest and most trusted leaders, hypocrca enough
to enlist under party banner, for the sake OF lighting
wing battle and winning the spols OF wing triumph
II the people will lend their sanction to such party man
agement, then the very of party must become a
curse.
There are schisms and discussions at this moment in
the ranks of both the great parties of the countrywhig
boilers and democratic boilers The avowed and ad
mitted reasons OF the boiling in the two cases present
the rival parties in an instructive contrast The "Barn-
burner" leaders and the alabama platform men both
bolt because they will not accept any longer in view OF
the present state of things, the ancient wedefned plat
form of federal non interference with slavery which
the national democratic party has long stood, and on
which it stands They bolt, that is, just because
there is no mistake doubt whateUer as to the position OF
the party ,chch they desert Such boiling is signal ties
tmony to the frankness and honesty and manlness OF
the democratic party.
The best of the wings, on the other hand are boiling
everywhere solely because the wing party has not tn
nanness to take any position. This is the universe
complaint of all the wings who not Taylor wings
They object to becoming partakers in organized cheat
and so they are organizing bolt AS conservative
wings, they object to Join motley and heterogeneous
camp following, made up of the hangers-on of every
political organization in the country-lndependents Ma
ves. No party men, Wings, and Democras-whose EN-.
bodiment is lin Mr.. Golfers phrase) Old Whitley" just
as much as "Od Zack"-whose political platform Is Sc a
little more grape Captain Bragg, and whose profession
of faith is military hurrah for-Major Bliss and %
Boiling from party which has thus stutfed itself
and degraded ITSELF and nullied itself in its nationa
convention is sign of political integrity, and intei
yence, and virtue in the wings properwe do not speal
of the abotonists with whom too many OF the whig
are in too close sympathy. History will hereafter set
Town in praise of the whg party that, after the nomna
lions of ls4s there left enough honest men in it
ranks to proclaim and to effect its "disSoon" The people
noo will see to that they do not lend their sanction to
party which, having been long odous in their eyes BY
reason of its principles has at last made itself confessed
y contemplate in its eyes, by cowardly and each
erous abandonment of them, in order to clutch the spo
Of Office!
The wisconsin" (of Milwaukie) says that "Genera