Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-07-10
pennsYlYaniA.

The Wing Convention of Pennsylvania assem-
bled at Lancaster on the 18th Of June, and nomi-
mated VIM F. JOHNSTON, the present Wing Gov
ernor as candidate for reelection; JOHN
SrRoHM was nominated for Canal Commission
er, and five persons for Judges of the Supreme
Court, WIN NJ. MEREDITH, late Secretary of the
Treasury under Gen. Taylor, being at the head
Of the list.
The Convention also adopted among others, the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the government and people of
Pennsylvania are loyal to the National Constitu-
ton, and are ready, at all hazards, to carry its
provisions into enect-to assert otherwise is IL
bel upon the fair fame of the citizens Of this Com
monweath.
Resolved, That the adjustment measures of the
last Congress shall be faithfully observed and re-
spccted BY the Wings.
Resolved, that General Winfield Scott is be-
vond question the choice Of the Wings Of Penn
svlvana as their candidate for the Presidency in
1852. and that we earnestly recommend him to
the Wings Of The North as the most deserving and
available man for that high office.
Resolutions were also adopted conGemning the
Tai IT or 1916, in favor of the administration OF
Gov. Johnston, and expressing unbounded conf
dence in that of President Fillmore. Gov. John
ston addressed the Convention before its dlourn-
ment in a speech which was received with tu-
multuous applause from its commencement to IFS
close.
The campaign in this State may now be con-
sidered fairly begun, and its result is likely tc
have an important bearing on the Presidential
contest of next year. The democrats are seek.
ing to make the contest turn on National qnes-
tons; are decrying the Wings as opponents of The
Compromise Measures, and claim themselves to
be their only defenders and supporters, and the
only friends of the Union. By such impudenI
effrontery and fasehood, they seek to throw obi
um upon the Wings, and turn the popular current
against their cand dates.
The nomination of Gen'l Scott for the Presi-
dency by the Convention, introduces another is
sue into the contest, which will cause it TO be
looked TO with increased interest by the friends
of that distinguished General throughout the Uni
on. If the Wings of Pennsylvania are defeated
his friends may well apprehend that his chances
of obtaining the nomination for the Presidency
by the Wing National Convention, are very slen-
der. IL, on the other hand. they are successful
the result may be regarded as much capital on
which Gen'l Scott goes into the National Con-
ventioa.
In the canvass now going on in Pennsylvania,
Gov. Johnston and the friends of Gen. Scott have
joined their fortunes with a seeming determine
lion TO succeed or fail together. The policy Of
the movement, in its probable effect on the pros
poets of both, may well be regarded as doubtful.
1t NAV introduce Influences into the canv ass that
nav cause the loss Of Pennsylvania to the
whics:-a loss that they can little afford to Sis
tain in the Presidential contest Of next year By
reason of the name of Gen. Scott being introduce
ed into the canvass, and his prospects of a nom-
hation for the Presidency connected with the re-
suit, it is to be feared that the frien OF other
persons named for the Presidency will not enter
into the contest with that earnest zeal necessary
to success, ami which would animate them on any
other occasion.
We horc this may no: be SO; ii may be that m
der the circumstances, the chances of success are
increased. Pennsylvania. for many reasons. oc-
cnpes commanding position among the States.
and wherever her influence is cast in the coming
contest, ii is likely to count. We would by all
means have it to count on the side of the wings,
and only so'ici'ous that no step should be tax
en- calculated TO endanger a result so anxio1sly
desired.