Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-03-28
WING Candidate for Governor


+ The State Wing Central Committee will
meet at indianapolis on Saturday next.
the Sis, inst, for the purpose Of selecting
candidate fo' Governor i'm III, place Of
Mr.. Enbree who has declined being a
tcandidate Having been honorcd bv thu
State Convention. held at the capital las,
winter. with place in that i'm portan. com
m;i;ee. il would a.for,l US much pleasure
10 be in attendance al the meeting on Sat
urday next. but the extreme badness OF
'Ae roads may prevent our being present.
We won. /, however. SPectfu,.y. sure 81
our humble opinions as the course the
committee should pursue
Joseph \. Wright is the candidate Of
the .oco!oco party. He is popular with
his party. and VIII receive lis undivided
vote. He Is a most unscrupulous. reck-
less. dishonest politician. He will resort
70 any means. however base and dema-
gog;cal. 70 secure his election If he
should succeed. he VII! 81 administer the
affairs o! the State as to maintain the con
hIence Of his party and advance his own
interests. \ scat in the Senate OF the
United states. or some other polit;ca. elc-
vation viii be the object Of his aims. IN
stead OF the good OF the State lie viii
pursue the course of his ..illuS trious pred
eccssors" Bright and Whitcomb. sacriii
cling every interest Of the people and ofth-
State upon the unholy altar of party an d
personal Advancement.
To avert sucl, a calamity should be the
aim Of every Wing. and every friend Of
our State. To prevent such an evil. we
should be willing 10 sacrifice all personal
feeling persona! preferences. AMI II
It Were necessary all party ties. Our
country and country's interests should be
above al party We are ready To make
all necessary sacrifices to prevent the elec.
ton o. Mr.. Wright. Then. what Shall be
done. We sac bat one course 10 pursue.
Let thc Central committee nominate Jas.
II. Cravcns, the candidate of the Free
SCI. party. True he is the candidate of
40 t''t b't Ia 1iiS'I '''Ss ~ -
no less a Wing. We have served with
him in the legislature. and found him up.
on all questions of Wing policy acting
side by side with the Whiys OF the House
lie is an ultra Wing upon subjects of
protcctoa--the great western interests Of
interna! improvein ant--oppo TO the
exercise of the veto pow n unconstituton-
ally-opposal to conqsests Of foreign ter
rtorv by wu--opposed to the extension
Of slaverv--in favor of ile al o..tion Of
tn , slave trade in the District of Column
b.a. AMI il elected, Will carry out all the
measures OF rctrenchment and reform in
tie State policy FOR wh;ch the Wings have
50 long contenLed. True. he votel for
Martha Van Buren,. Ths we regret, and
while we cannot appreciate such course
as consistent with COOL policy, and sound
prime pies, yet We believe he acted from
pure and honest motives. and with the de-
sign OF advancing the principles he had
50 ably ana so zealou>ly advocated. Mr..
Cravens has been nominated by the Free
Soil party, as they term themselves, and
will receive It's vote. Nine tenths of that
party were Wings, and with such a re-
duction Of the Wig strength, can we ex-
pect to succeed We thnk it at least
doubtful We can succeed with Mr.. Cra-
vens, and We reg rI il as good policy 70
make the enbrt
These are our opinions. in brief. and
we commcnl them 70 the State Central
committee for what they are worth.