The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-19
From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tho Next Presidency.

Many OF our Wing contemporaries are shak-
ing out their old Presidential banners, with the
names of their favorite candidates newly emilia
zoned on them, and declare their readiness to do
or die for them. DANIEL WEBSTER, MILLARD
FILLMORE, and WINFIELD ScorT, in full-faced
capitals crown many a column---all honorable
men-and yet they cannot all be President. It
is for this reason, and for securing to the party
that harmony and unanimity ofsaction which
can only be secured through the action and by
the decision Of National Wing Convention,
that we withhold the mention of our own first
choice. Any man examining the list Of names
from which the next Wing candidate for the Pres
idency will undoubtedly be chosen, will see a rare
sight in the eminent claims offered by all, and his
choice among them would almost inevitably be
dictated by personal considerations and friendly
partiality. sts
Az general thing, it ia undoubtedly bad policy
for the candidates to give them early individual
nominations; and it il not only bad policy for
them, but it il unfair treatment Of them. We have
no right to identify ourselves with candidate and
put him forward a. an exponent Of our principles
and sentiments and the special object Of our poIit
ical affections, for it subjects him to the enmity Of
our personal enemies. the jealousy of sectional op-
ponents. and the suspicious Of all who are person.
many man who otherwise would have served his
country nobly, and won grateful fame, may be
written the epitaph-"dicd of the indiscretions of
friendship
The policy Of this course of individual nomna-
tions we deem moro dangerous to the party, and
the cause which the party represents, than to the
success of the individuals themselves. The Wing
party claims to be national party to BIO based on
broad political principles and broad patriotism.
Al party we have nothing TO do with favoritism,
and - party We can only act through recog-
missed organization. We must yield to the voice of
those whom We select to represent US in the Ma
tional Convention, or the very act of sending dele
gates 10 farce. and the existence of such an or
ganisaton az National Wing party 10 practically
denied. The active advocacy of the claims of a
dozen candidates to the Presidency is naturally
calculated to unfit the mind of the people to be
satisfied with the choice which will ultimately be
made, and actually prepares tho majority of a
party for disappointment, and consequent lack
of heartiness Of action in behalf Of the candidate
selected.
lies, of course, at the option of every press af
ter tho regular nomination has been made, to sup
port the nomination, or 60 on in any other way
which it's judgment and conscience may dictate
There il law Of morals and no civil statute that
binds man to party nomination, or binds him
to party at all, if he chooses TO leave it; but il
must be an extraordinary case--a case not at all
likely to occur in brace Of centuries-when a
convention Of intelligent Wings from all parts of
the country does not fasten it, choice upon the
candidate who has most strength in all the mat
tiers Of personal representation Of the principles
of tho party. true patriotism, personal popularity,
fitness for administrative Office, and availability
Perhaps no nomination was ever made by Wing
National Convention that gave rise to more mis-
gsvings-misgivings in which we acknowledge to
have pavticipated-than that of General Taylor !;
yet how nobly was that choice vindicated in Gen
eral Taylor's triumphant election and in his brief
administration. In this case the aggregate opin-
ion of the convention was better than all individual
opinions at variance with its decision, and we have
little doubt that II will be 20 in the future It is for
this reason that present the following candidate
for President for 1852;
{ TIE CASDIpArs or THE NATIONAL VINO Con-
yEHTIoN,