Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-01-28
The AHprOaching Contest.

quishfd the relo4talI pa wbig cham
pioh ! b the last &C nteBt for Governor
Of Tel messed, it Sc ems that the whig
purity has not altogether despaired Of
clecting a Wing GoEernor for our
State once more. in advance Of
their contemplated State Convention,
to select candidate Ifof that Office,
they ATE noH busiI! y v { iggaigged putting
on 'faelers,1l 10 ascertain where the
gfeateSt amount of qsafEa5,7ity IS to
be found in i heir ranks; what man
among Them has the fewest political
sins to answer for, or one destitute
fof political n9t pri4ty. II would ap-
pear as if they were anxious to find
a standard-beprer who has his hands
washed Of all the old issues, and
could come Into The cpntsst stripped
of all such q gs. As an4vidence Of
this, in speaking Of d suitable indi-
vfdual for that sta ioii, they are
pleased to allpde tohiB personal pop
ularity, his great mental worth, and
unimpeachabla charlcter, Father than
his political IaehieEemedts.. They
seem to shudler at he very idea of
bringing on the tontest for. Governor
upon principals alone Their past
history shows that their success has
always hinged Ina inly upon suacass-
fdl effort At avoiding a legitimate up
GA priaciblf. Isl pee th4 days Of John
Quincy Adam land every school
boy knows the Hoa4s oprraia1 by
which he shcc4eded to the Presiden-
tial chair Tho whig party has ha5 b to
resort to other appliances than al 2 to
be fpundih the qlRastions which divide
the Two great Political parties Of the
country. 70 divide the democratic
party, and myftitF Maif ola true po-
liticl i faitli, has dharaeterized every
successful poiitiehl movement Of the
wing party in Sthte or National con
tests, Harrison and Taylor, it iswellI
known, meyer fould have succeeded I
upon any other grounds Had they
been plac3d upon a platform erected
by the ConFenti9ns nominating them;
as is the iavqlriable practic4 Of the
democratic party, the country would I
not now hive I'd Teproach itself with +
having bedn hum ugged ana degra-
ded by misrule. Hence il is, that /
Henry Clay has al Nays been defeated /
Ibis manliness Ind patriotism re- !
whiting at the The ught of apolitical
contest before an intelligent people
upon any other than the legitimhte
issues dividing the national parties
Of his country, he planted himself !
u ion his avowed and long-cherished
principles, though defeat was. the in
eYftable cdnseqqeRce. Since the d.
vision of parties In Tennessee, the
first Governor has yet to be elected
up on wing principles alone. Their
early efforts were characterized by
mi represeshting THO democratic party
and disguise Of their own political !
whereabouts. Their last successful t
effort THE election of Neil 81 Brown a
is to be accounted for in no other i
way, than that he rode in upon Gen. I
Taylor's no-party popularity, without 1
which he never could have succeeded L
to that honorable station: Governor. Q
IF Tennessee, When stripped of the
Taylor influence ard forced to a :
combat with Gen. TRousDALE upon :
me isolated question--the disposal of ].
he VA mot Proviso by Congress- :
lefeat crowned his effort. Viewing
he grounds upon which they have /
ucceeded heretofore, We find the :,
-hig party cautious in their selection !,
E a standard-bearer, and even more ),
0 as to the. position TO be taken in
he approaching canvass in Tennes-
e. Hence it isl that we find their u
aiding journals = aiming over num- m
or of individuals to he put in nom w
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