The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-01

Prostrating 30 sianaily. does not admit of doubt.
Let any Wing tell us, provided this light ia TO be
oxunguished, IN what quarter We are 10 look Tor
another provided this standard bearer be struck
down, not by the shot of those who opposed him
openly in the ranks of war, but by his friends,
who Is to bear the great Wing banner in the ap-
preaching contest? Whose arm is strong enough
10 uphold II, in the midst of the battle when the
legions OF Democracy shall rally as man TO tear
II from his grasp! II it cannot be safely trusted to
him who has 30 often sustained the glory of his
country's flag, against overwhelming odds Of his
country's foes In what part of this vast republic
shall we lind man equal TO the task? There is no
such man in existence; we say it openly. and we
say 1t boldly, the man does not breathe. It is pro-
per for Wings To understand this fact at once
that when they turn their arms against Zachary
Taylor, they reject their only chance of success in
the contest of 1852. They yield up victory which,
they may readily gain, to their most inveterae adj
versaries; to those against whom the majority OF
them have been warning for at least half their
lives; they gain nothing but the qualification OF
punching him for differing with them upon n siu-
gle point; they lose all the fruits Of their dear
bought victory, and they lose them without the
slightest hope of ever retrieving them.
Let them not hope that, by sacrificing General
Taylor they approach any nearer to the accom-
Mr.. Clay. Let them look to the past if they would
be wise. We mean not to deny either the number
of services which Mr.. Clay has rendered to his
country--their Importance, or their variety. But
if there is any point sufficiently established, il
seems to Us to be, that the Wing party can never
succeed in cevating him to the Presidency. Our
| enemies arc perfectly aware of this; they know
perfectly well that, with the Kentucky statesman
for leader, we must be beaten; they know, that
their own acts, vile they must ever be esteemed
by honorable men, have but too well succeeded in
closing the hearts of the American people against
him. There can be no stronger proof OF this fact
than the intense anxiety manifested to have him
for the competitor of General Cass in the campaign
of IS4S. The event of the previous Presidential
canvass had convinced them OF a fact, which they
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make its due impression upon the Wings.
There can be no ingratitude in the act of drop
ping Mr.. Clay. II ever man was served long and
faithfully by party, Mr. Clay was thus served by
times has he been before the people, and three
eral times has he been defeated. Wings have been
found by thousands to devote their whole political
life to his service; hundreds of men IN y be found,
in all the States of this Union, who, coming into
life with the highest prospects,, have grown gray in
his support, submitting for his sake and for that
OF the principles with which his name has been
identified, to prescription which nipped their
honorable ambition in the bud, and consigned
them to the shades of undisturbed domestic life.
TO dream of electing Mr.. Clay were, in opin-
sufficiently tried, and if he could not succeed
against such man as James K. Polk, under such
circumstances us attended the canvass of 1874, he
can succeed under any.
We repeat, there is but road to safety left
open for the Wings, and that leads directly to the
support OF the Administration.
There it is An argument-and very
f,rcible one, we think-why Wings should not
allow themselves to be seduced into opposition,
because on single point they did not happen
to agree with the Administration, while upon all
others, some OF them OF the last Importance, the
PREsIDENT's policy is Identical with that which
the Wing party has supported with unfinching
zeal for the last twenty years--an argument,
too, be ii remembered, addressed by Wings
of lage, experience, and character, To their
readers, in counteraction, it may be safely
presumed, of the open efforts of Mr.. Bolts
MIR. CLAWS particular friend and devoted fol
lower-and others, perhaps, who may be at
work with him, to seduce into opposition to
Gen. TAYLOR and his Administration as many
Wings as they can exercise any influence over
The Onion was prompt to publish an account
Of MIR. Botts's late dinner speech, in which he
is reported TO have assailed the PRESIDENT and
his administration in no measured terms; but il
cannot view without DISBURSEMENT and indig-
nation" our republication of an article from the
leading Wing paper in Virginia, intended to
show to its Wing readers the folly Of being Sc
duced into opposition to the Administration on
the grounds therein referred TO- The hypo-
critic! We present the article again, and beg
him to do his utmost either upon it, OF our re-
publication Of it.