The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-15
MIR. BottA's Address.

no.. the political plumbers Of the late whg convention OF
Virginia It's great object is to prove that Mr. Clay is
much stronger candidate than General Taylor that he is
k civ TO be nominated by the national convention, and to
be elected by the people Mr. Bolts even contends that
Mr. Clay is stronger in Virginia than his dstin-
gushed competitors and that the convention have eyre
gousIy erred in putting aside the popular civilian for the
military chieftain;
1t occupies (says the Richmond Enquirer, which has
received copy) fourteen pretty large pages OIL
pamphlet and reviews with bodness and power the " re
uarnble proceedings of the Taylor wing convention We
regret that have not room at present of ons
from this which covers the Whole ground
and ,uust poduce sensation through the land We can
mt however refrain from very brief notice oil some oil
Ga nosons protests against the nomination OF General
Taylor euprs'ips OF the sense 81 me people Of pT
griabecause says Mr. b. out OF As, 2S2 cast for
Mr. Clay in 1874 only 1872 have expressed preference
for the nomination OF Gen. T. 1t reviews General Taylos
late letters and says, that if there is any
not the Clay men. but the Tayortes care the disorgan
izers who have Introduced into the camp who
of u.s. nor with u.s." and WHO insists, if he is nominated
Il must be independent of all party and
he will not be exponent of party doctrines" as
,es that Developments daily coming to light
hbi, his (Mr Cay increased strength and the gradual
decline of Gen Tayor's popularity whig candidate
And referring Gen IT, IS last letter, il says that "whe
il will elevate him in estimation of honor and
consistency il forever destroy him candidate for
the presidency by the ohg party, and his il is
to be apprehended, may upon the instant aaahae the
uohig party, as a party, forever"
We shall not enter into any argument with Mr.. Bolt,
about the truth of his propositions or the accuracy of
his calculations We respectfully leave it to the wings
themselves to manage their own affairs in their own
way But as they sometimes take the liberty of looking
into the movements of our camp hope they will ex-
cuse us for returning the compliment. They point out
the difficulties which experience from the number of
our candidates, and the distractions which they will pro-
duce We honestly believe that they are in greater peril
than are, and that their two prominent asprants will
give them more trouble than all our candidates We
take leave of course, to look now and then into their
ranks-to quote the productions of their own presses,
the letters OF their own friends and the movements of
their conventions And really this letter of Mr. Bolts
so racy and rich in OF it's passages that we can
not dy our readers the pleasure of seeing some of its
extracts We shall confne ourselves to the following
not doubling that the whole letter will ultimately find its
way into all the tabernacles Of their party We have
heard OF 100000 copies to be stricken off for
general circulation One of the most amusing specimens
is the following:
"THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.
"The undersigned have authority for saying that, about
S. Gallaher, well known in Virginia as among the first to
raise the flag of Gen. Taylor the head of three papers
under his CONTROL and perhaps the most uncompomsng
aresouton Of compromise by which preference was to
be expressed which would have terminated ali difficulty
between the contending parties; when most unpropi-
ous and unfortunate circumstance occurred that gave
decided and overwhelming influence the action of the
convention.
"The undersigned discaim all purpose to impute in
territorial Misrepresentation to the gentleman through
whose insrumentaty the misrepresentation was made
to the convention but the facts as they occurred are too
important to be withheld from the public They exer-
ION OF the convention TO be omitted They must occupy
the same prominence here, that they did IN the
tion for we hold that should be unfathful to our
interests and especially othe friends of Mr. Clay every
where, II by our forbearance were to permit his
claim. or his strength be preudiced by any misrepre-
sentation, Misunderstanding misstatement that was
made.
IF Mr. Preston, who made the statement in the hurry
OF debate Inexperienced the facts it is
BILE how all the friends of Gen Taylor by whom he was
not falling into il, should not have corrected it.
I'm the course of the discussion much contradictory
testimony had been introduced either side to show
States 1t was the question of araa5ay in large de-
gree upon which considerable portion of the conven-
ton were anxious to be informed, in order bring their
10 satisfactory concuson upon the proprey Of
proposed For when one of the undersigned remarked
tha ne presumed every member Of the convention pre-
Ae Gu VA Siay dUdudOe, ne paused Tor replyfOur
gentlemen only responded in the negative which he OBJ
served by saying There are four gentlemen only in this
GGav ,Shsh who 40 not prefer Henry cayam rght
was given So that il would have been with them only
question OF availability
IN the course of the discussion Kentucky and North
Sa5ona had been referred to- and of the undersigned
friends Of General Taylor to receive by telegraphc de-
spa1ch, information from the Kentucky convention that
Genera Taylor had been nominated BY that BODY: that
nad been looked for for twenty -four hours or more
ana that 1t had not yet arrived and he ventured the pre-
oicnon that woud not arive for he had reason TO be-
we've kentucky would do precisely what the friends of
M Clay were pressing that convention te do-to wit
appoint their delegates 10 the national convention without
and without an expression of preference for
elmer as she would be willing to take either that the
tonal convention might designate -
Alter this, and just before the conclusion of Mr.
frestons speech, he exutngy proclaimed: 1.-THE tele
dsspach has arrivsd Kentuy has gone out and
Shout upon shout and yell upon yell, followed the
announcements and when the uproar had subsided the
speaker continued: Both conventions hare nominated
ora Aae and now my lips unsealed, may say what
would not have said two hours ago-but what I have
long known-that only three members OF the Kentucky
legislature were opposed to him.
~ Suca a an announcement, at such time, with such
State where his popularity had known no bounds, pro-
9ucec s9ch an effect as may be better imagined than
described. When the long. continued Cheering and
shouting on the part OF General Tayor's friends had
suoslded, the speaker resumed-'Ind another teie-
graph'e dsspateh has ariped North Carolina too has
Here the friends of Gen Taylor seemed to be in.oxi.
Gated with success Nothing could stem or arrest the
torrent Tor we could doubt that the dispatches re-
Seseu usuned the declarations made and while thew