Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-22


of how their delegate voted and for whom |
he voted, Every Congressional district,
in every free State in the Union was repre-
scented, with the exception of two in Hi
nos, while there were ten districts in the |
Slaveholding States, seven i'll South Carroll !
ma two in Alabama, and one in Missouri,
which were not repres ented, and therefore
had no vote. This simple fact shows that
the North, even in proportion to its power,
was more fully represented than the South
in the Convention, yet the choice fell on
General Taylor. There must, therefore,
have been some other causes than local
ones assigned for the choice made; and
there were, and we can give them; and
first, settle conviction that with the Wing
as National party, we must have Uictory
nor or ReUcr ; aud second, that General Tay-
lor alone of the distinguished candidates
brought forward could give us victory. 1t
was believed and it is believed, that while
he is as good Wing as any in the Union,
he combined Herewith that indefnable yet
necessary element of success, AVAILABLE
TY; that he could draw to his support the
great mass of our countrymen; and that
with candidate not possessed of this quail
ity, we could not defeat the Baltimore NOM
nation, and break up the line of success
sion of the party now in power-a party
whose insa,ate thirst of power and domin-
ion had, within the last two years, left thir-
ty thousand of our countrymcn in foreign
graves, and created national debt of at
least one hundred millions of dolars-a
party drunk, as it were, with love Of for
clgn conquest and war; and the next cleo
ton is to decide whether they have indoc-
trinatcd the nation with the same wicked
and demoralzing vice. Since the days of
Mr.. Adams, the Wing party have suffered
defeat in every Presidential election but
one. This succession of defeats did not
come upon us because our cause was not
Just, our principles not national, our candi-
dates not worthy. Not at all but they
came from another caused lack Of 0Udii-
ability. This was most clearly denonstra-
ted in the success of General Harrison in
1910. lie was no more a Wing, or no less
Il Wing, than Henry Clay or Daniel Web
ster He was, in point of natural or ac-
qured talent for craftsmanship, greatly in
ierior to either of them. Yet the Harris
burg Convention cast aside both of these
distinguished men, and nominated General
Harrison. And whyl Simply because
they believed that General Harrison could
be elected, and that neither of the others
could be. And the results showed that
they judged rightly. General Harrison was
elected most trumphantly, and with him Il
Wing Congress.
His early death and the subsequent trcach
cry of John Tyler, events both of then
sadly to be deplored, did not deprive the
country wholly Of the good resulting from
Wing supremacy. 1t settled the seriou:
difficulties between this country and Grea
Britain, growing out of the rebellion in Can
ada, and the burning of the steamer Caro-
line by band of Canadian royaists in The
Niagara river, which threatened at one tint
a war with England. 1t settled forever TIT
question of the Northwestern boundary be
ween this country and the British posses
sions, by the treaty negotiated between
Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton. Who
ever has read the correspondence of Mr.
Webster, and the speech made subsequent
in the United States Senate by him upol
the subject, will be able fully to appreciate
how important to the peace and well bein!
of this country was that work of Wing ad
ministration and craftsmanship. The sue
cess of the Wings in 1910 gave to the coun
try the tariff of 1912, which revived tn
business of the whole country, gave to labo
employment and good wages and gave t.
the nation an adequate revenue. Thes
were some of the benefits which accrued {
the whole country from the election of Gen
eral Harrison: and we fully believe that
that good old patriot had lived to serve on
; his full term, and the Wings could have b
their works proved to the people of tn
country the virtue there is in Wing prime
; pies, we should have become so strong i
the popular heart that Mr.. Webster or M
Clay would have been triumphantly electe
to succeed him, and perpetuate in the GOV
eminent the principles Of the ADMINISTERS
ton.
The action of the Wing National Cor
vention, at Philadelphia and the nomini
ton of General Taylor, show that the del,
gates believed that crisis had arisen in tn
history of the Wing party like that whic
existed in 1910 The question which pre-
scented itself on both occasions was not
= Who 'oiU we elect! but the opposite-wll
: can we electl and the decision was, W
= CAN ELECT ZACHARY TAYLOR, AND W
. tAN ELICIT NO OTHER MAN. Il MS was u
. Judgment of the Wing delegates--a body {
j men, we venture to say, second to none ft
y intelligence, patriotism, and an enlarge
= wisdom, that ever assembled on the Amer
r cad continent. Time may prove that the
: erred in Judgment, but we honestly bellev
}, that it will prove that their judgment
z correct.
n 1t is folly to say that General Taylor W.
r the choice of the Wing party of MassachI
i SETS Their affections were centered upo
r their own distinguished citizen and state
If man. They have known him long and the
i love and venerate him. But he was NJ
il nominated though fairly presented. 1t wi
c be our duty, therefore, to advocate Il
= claims of General Taylor and Willard FIJI
IS more. We shall give to them no hali-w'
y support. We shall do whatever is in o,
y power honorably to give them the vote
f this State, and we have no doubt that
st will be given them. The truth is, the ca.
of General Taylor has never been presen
y ed to the people of this State, or to the pc
At pie of New-England Not wishing to ha'
1t him nominated, the Wing press have n
q felt called upon to present his claims or