The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-10
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If il would not be considered an imperti-
neLt interference on the part Of non-resi-
dent Of the Commonwealth, we would COM
mune with our friends in the sixth Congress
sional District Of Virginia, and implore them
to bury their dissensions ocean deep, and
unite upon Mr.. Bolts once more as their
delegate in the House of Representatives.
The wants Of the whole Union, the interests
Of the Wing party in all the States, the honor
Of the old Sixth herself, every consideration
demand the surrender Of prejudices, the
hushing Of old resentments, the triumphant
election Of Mr.. Bolts. No man can doubt
the honesty ofthat gentleman. He is honest
to fault. He is honest even in what we
conceive to he his errors, his prejudces. He
is SO slow to surrender to expediency, that
when other men have seen the futility Of la
boring in hopeless cause, he perseveres,
goes on untiringly, and is true to his pur-
poses even when all the world is against
him. Such trait Of character ought 10 be
mantle large enough to cover all that
may be considered sins in our eyes. His
very opposition to Gen. Taylor ought to
commend him to every considerate man,
No man can say, that there was ae1nnG|6
ness in il. II was fxedness of cha
that no force could disturb or remove. But
he is plainly the choice o. three-iourths Of
the Wings Of his District. Ought not this
to be reason enough to the dissentients, that
they ought to give up all opposition and yield
to the wishes Of the majority Can any
good come out Of indulgihg feelings Of re-
sentiment to him, for his past course None,
whatever BY our discussions, we should
send an opponent Of the Administration to
Congress, endanger our chances for keeping
the majority we have in the next House, and
all for what--merely to be revenged upon
an honest and determined man for believ
ling that Mr. Clay ought 10 have been the
nominee Of the Philadelphia Convention. II
cannot be that any Taylor man in the Sixth
will be guilty Of such folly. We can feel
for Mr., Botts's position. We can sympa-
thize with him We have been in similar
category. When we threw the Taylor flag
to the breeze, from the head Of the columns
Of this journal, which we founded without
consulting with any man, we determined to
hold il aloft until we conquered or should be
conquered, We carried into the canvass for
Gen. Taylor's nomination BY the Philadel-
phia Convention, all the irrepressble resolu-
ton which characterized Mr.. Botts's labors
for Mr.. Clay. Had the Clay portion Of the
Wing party conquered, we should have
been very 10th to have had our opposition to
him visited on our head forever; and we
think the dissentients in the Sixth would have
been also very unwilling to have had admin
istered to them what they would administer
to Mr. B. Let them do as they would have
wished to have been done by, if they had
occupied the position now held by him.
This is the golden rule Of action in all things.
But, though Mr. B. is in minority in the
Wing party Of the Union upon the selection
Of candidate for the Presidency by the
Philadelphia Convention, he is not in mi
nority among the Wings Of his own District
Let ourfriends-we mean our Taylor friends
BE magnanimous. Let Mr.. Lee be mag
unanimous too. They can afford to be so.
They cannot carry their man. Will they
see the temple Of Whiggery in the old Sixth
destroyed, brought to shame, levelled with
the ground' We appeal to their sound sense
to consider this thing, to ponder It deeply,
and we know they will send forth the old
war cry-Botts and the Constitution.
ON Taylorism no man can doubt, but a
knave or fool OurTaylorism is as honest,
as disinterested as Botts' Clayism was. We
have proved it by acts. We have none Of
It 10 speak Of. Where is the man who can
say that he founded newspaper, and wrote
every original line that ever appeared in it
ediiorially, and made all the selections for
it, for twelve long months, without receiving
q single dollar, for his labor' Where is
the man who has done this, in the teeth Of
majority Of his own party and against
the wishes Of its organizations, for the pur-
pose Of bringing forward for that party to
support for president, new mana man
whose name had never been mingled with
the political strife Of the country The
Editor Of the National Wing is that man,
and il there be any other individual in the
same category, let him announce himself, and
Wen embrace him as brother in self-sac-
riice and disinterestedness. We say then,
that our Taylorism is thing, not Of yester-
day, or Of to-day, but a tried thing, and we,
therefore, have some claim, we think, il not
right, to speak to our Taylor brethren Of the
Sixth, and to implore them to do their duty
on the present occasion and vote for Bolts, to
man. They will show thereby, thathow-
aver we NAV differ about man we have M