The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-23

Democratic party. The Fountain was the
only paper in Washington, that had the bold
ness to print Gen. TArLoR's letter to Gen.
Gaines. ] well remember the CONSERVATION
it produced upon the Administration, and the
eager demand Of the various departments for
copies Of the edition that contained that cell
ebrated letter. But my advocacy Of TAY-
LoR fell coldly upon the ears Of Congress and
the city, and the Fountain soon began to
feel the effects Of the hostility TO his nominal
ton. 1t lost in public estimation, from its
Taylorish tendencies, 50 rapidly, that the
proprietor was compelled to give up the en-
'terprise, but before he stopped its publica-
ton, wrote the subjoined communication
and readily received the assent Of the pro-
prietor TO its appearance in the Daily Foaa-
tain of Friday, the Goth Of January, ls47 !:
To THE Enron OF 1Hs FopsTAN.
Sin; We respectfully submit 10 the consideration
Of the Wing National Nominating Convention, and
of the American People, without respect 10 party,
the illusrious name OF
MAJos GEsER4L E
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
OF IIouisisra, the Hero Of the Rio Grsnde, as .
candidate for the next Presidency Of the United
States. MANY MEMBERS
Of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
WAsHiseTo.s. Jan. 18Th, lsaT. M s
In 4 few weeks after the appearance Of
this nomination Of General TATLoR, the
publication of the I'oansain was stopped,
But did not cease my efforts, They were
regularly continued in the firm ofprivate and
public correspondence, and in contributions
to the press out of the city
The printer Of the Fountain was the pub
Usher Of the Nanonai Whig, Mt CHARLEs
set against the paper, 50 far as to refuse to
subscribe to It or to advertise in it, but all
the avenues Of money were carefully closed
against the publisher. The difficulties en-
countered and overcome were almost her.
culean, in this particular And here, | must
do that Justice to many Of the compositors
employed BY the publisher, to which they
are richly entitled, namely, in their forbear-
ing to exact their " hole weekly dues, many
Of them, They topk what they could get,
aid agreed to wait for their balances at
such time as the publisher could discharge
them. Such OF these balances as are un-
paid, Mr., FEaToa can and will pay, in due
course Of business. But insurmountable as
the obstacles would have been to any ordi-
nary man, Mr. FENToN got over and round
them and kept his daily paper aaoat until
the sth Of January, ls4s
In the fall Of ls47, he made arrangements
to purchase an entirely new Office, through
the aid Of some friends, and removed into
the building which he now occupies--the
property Of Mr.. EDWARD SiMMs. In Mr.,
SIMMs Mr.. FENToN found TAYLOR man
in deed, not in word. Mr., SiMMs has given
literally Of his substance to the support OF
the good TAYLOR Wing cause. He has not
given to receive back, as many others Of his
feiow-citi2ens have more wisely done.
allude to this thing, with view to correct
an erroneous impression that has gone abroad
that Mr.. SIMMs has made money by his
friendship for Gen. TAYLOR. He did no,
wait until the tide began to flow, but tugged
at the oar against an ebbing current He
never calculated with that nicely which be-
longs to selishness, the gains and losses
incident to political partisanship. So far,
with him as with us, the operation has beer
an entirely a losing one
On the 9th Of January, ls4s, the daily
National IThig was forced TO suspend its
publication, under the pressure Of an infa-
ence which the political world well remem-
bers, but which il is unnecessary to name
here The appearance Of a single individual
in this city was the signal for universal
desertion Of every thing and every man tina,
bore the mark OF TAYLoRlsM. Could the
National 1Vhig have been sustained at that
period, | believe the history of Wing politics
from January to June, l64s, would have
been somewhat different from what il really
is. But be this as il may, the weekly Ma
tional IThig was ket up with all the vigol
Of which was capable Of inlusing into il
until the victory Of the 7th OF June. In thai
contest at Philadelphia, though had not q
daily journal at my back, bore my individ-
ual part in my own way.
There has been individual suffering CON
nscssd with the suspension Of the Na!iona
Wing, Of which if | could speak freely, the
reader would be inclined to doubt the state
ment The publisher Of this paper was the
victm--not he alone, but large family
dependent upon him for support. And the
on..y sin for which he was thus punished
was his being Taylor man. But what is
worse than all, his persecution came fiom
men who proclaimed themselves to be friends
Of the old Hero When Mr., FENTos pro-
posed to devote his energies and his press to
assist in electing the man whose nomination
he helped to secure amid 50 many sacrifices,
4