The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-11
The chickering's OF the wings.

customs for the district of Baltimore, Mary land.
The Chickering's OF tiie Wings
1t is becoming and more certain, that there is ere
long 10 be desperate and deadly quarrel between those
wings who took up General Taylor early, and by choice,
and those wings who, with very wry faces forced to
take him up at the eleventh hour after having done all
they could do to defeat him The first question between
the leaders of these two sections of the wings will, OF
course be the question of 'he pols" In this the Tay-
or men proper have in the present aspect of things, very
decidedly the advantage. The single cabinet appoint
ment which is now regarded by in this city prob
ably fixed is that of Mr. Critenden. He is a Taylor
man proper. Nextto MIR. Crenden's in the gene,
raj cabinet calculations here, stands Mr. Claytens Je,
too is understood TO have been one of General Taylors
earliest most efficient and saunchest friendsa Taylor
man proper He has confirmed this view of his position,
by openly laying down the doctrine that the party which
comes into power in the next administration is not old
party but new one-made up of men never united IN
party action before-with policy demanded by
the state OF the country till now-with platform and
name of its own as the ".Taylor republican party"
Yet has this party designation not yet assumed the shape
and attributes OF party organization In spite OF
the energy and ingenuity OF ITS author 1t seems
to have fallen stborn almost before it reached the
vohve offering of the baptsmal urn. Yet the wand oil
the author has not yet lost its influence WIN
these two gentlemen in the cabinet, the prospects OF
the old Clay cques of the wing party are not prom
isng Add 10 this, that the old wing creed is the motto
of the time honored banner OF defeat that 1t ld not APP
per the last canvass and that both the creed and It's
embodiment" were duly if not decently, slaughtered
and buried at Philadelphia. Things their purpose
and have their day This Caywhg reed has not served
its purpose but it may have had its day. Matters now
look as if Mr. Clay would find this out, whether he
comes the Senate stays at home 1t IS undoubtedly
true however, that Mr.. Clay is making every possible
effort and preparing every possible arrangement TO take
such position in the Senate will enable him to con-
troll the new administration 1t IS impossible now to say
how far his great talents and his commanding position
among his friends may enable him to succeed His visit
to Baton Rouge is well timed. He is man of too much
ingenuity, boldness and address, not to be felt in some
degree that quarter We should not be astonshed at
any which may attend his efforts AT all events,
the bare possibility OF his calls upon every demo-
crat to stand 10 his arms.
The Clay wings, moreover, not men to give up
without hard fight. They disciplined phalanx of
political veterans Like the old guard, they die hat
has been very with them) but they
do surrender They stand entrenched with the
svc ruins of the old whg organization for their battle
ments They may be General Taylors cordial and
seadfast friends if they could their friendship would
scarcely him in carrying into effect the policy OF his
administration for they would up to the work OF the
Present with the gives and manaces of the Past hanging
heavily on their hands AS active aes-and, above all as
lealers-of the new administration, they would cost
than they would to- But their enmy would be for
mlable perhaps FATAL General Taylor. Divided as they
were among themselves-some for Clay, for Web
ser some for Scotland distracted, dauned and bewl
dered as they Philadelphia the Rough and Ready
.spressure from without" their enmiy still strong
enough nearly to cost Gen Taylor his nomination With
Clay and Webster lead them in the Senate, these
are certainly condition to demand good term, OF the
incoming administration. The trouble is they are not
used TO accepting any terms whatever. They have al
ways demanded of their opponents in the wing ranks
surrender at discretion. Witness their course in the
27h Congress towards Mr.. Tyler This surrender Gene
raj Taylor may not be the man to make He feels that 1t
lis his name which has principally contributed to bring
the wings into power. If there ever was Presi-
dent in this country every way entitled, by the cir
cumstance of his election 10 lead his party instead Of
obeyng it, General Taylor is that President. The most
that he does owe to his supporters, he owes TO that
section of them who broke ground for him early, pushed
him vigorously through the columns of some two hun
bred neutral nopary presses, and finally forced him
upon the Philadelphia Convention, without word OF
commitment upon any one wing measure. :
But there is another of dscord in the wing ranks,
which appears absolutely uncomfortable Supposng the
leaders of the two cques able to adjust the Spoils
question: what are they do with the slavery question
This is now both at the South and the North in the
hands not OF the leaders, but Of the people The old
Clay wings the North to resolved to force
the Provso on the South. Hardly wing at the South
dares openly to consent to its enactment Many of the
leading wing Taylor than suspected by the
old wings of the North, of desiring to do all they can to
stand by the South in adherng TO the spirit of the com
promises of the constitution. Nor is this ALL A large
number-perhaps majority-of the old Clay wings OF
the North, willing to raise at the issue of the
slave trade in this District, and perhaps also of slavery
here and OF the sale of slaves from State State Mil
lard Fillmore has been for fourteen years on record in
favor OF prompt legislation by Congress against all these
things He has changed that record now II is nearly
political death any southern wing TO stand up to his Vice
Presidents recorded position these points Yet we may
be sure that Mr.. Fillmore would not have continued to
stand to bis old positions these questions if he had
not been that the public sentiment OF the old Clay
section OF the wing party of the North whom his nom
ination was rendered peace Offering fully and i'm
peravely demanded that he should so stand firm On
these points, the other hand the leading Taylor