Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-06-21
From the Springfield (-Nsss.) Republic
The Next Presidency.

Many of our Wing contemporaries are sha-
king out their old Presidential Banners, with
the names of their flyorite candidates newly
embazoned on them and declare their readiness
to do or die for them. Daniel Webster, 1Iillarl
Fillmore, and Winfield Scott, in full l-faced, cap
itals crown many column ali honorable men
and they cannot all be President. It is for
this reason, and for securing to the party that
harmony and unaninlity OF action which can
only be secured through the action and by the
decision of a 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 i'll the eminent claims offered by all,
and his choice among them would almost iney-
itaby he dictated by personal considerations
and friendly rartialty.
AS u general thing, it is undoubtedly bad po-
Icy for the candidates, to give them early indi-
vidual nominations !; and it is not only bad po-
LEY for them, but it is unfair treatment OF them.
We have no right to identify ourselves with a
candidate and put him forward as an exponent
of our principles and sentiments, and the spe-
cial object of our political affections, for it SUBJ
jects him to the enmity OF our personal ene-l
mics Of the jealously Of sectional opponents,
and the suspicion of all who are personally sus-.
pcious OF us. Over the political grave of ma
ny man who otherwise would have served his
country nobly, and won grateful fame, may
be written the epitaph-"died of the indscre-
tons of friendship" @
& The policy of this course Of individual nomi-
nations, we deem mere dangerous to the party,
and to the cause which the party represents,
than to the success of the individuals them
selves. The Wing party claims to be nation
al party to be based on broad political princi-
Piles and broad patriotism As party we have
nothing to do with favoritism, and as a party
we can only act through organization. We
must yield to the voice of those whom we Sc
lect to represent US in the national convention,
or the very act Of sending delegates is farce,
the National Wing party is practically denied.
candidates to the Presidency, is naturally cal
culated to unfit the mind of the people to be
satisfied with the choice which will ultimately
be made, and actually prepares the majority of
party for disappointment, and consequent
lack of heartiness Of action in behalf Of the
candidate selected. =
It lies, Of course, at the option of every press,
after the regular nomination. has been made, to
support the nomination, or go on in any other
way which its judgment and conscience may
dictate. There is no law of morals and no
civil statue that binds man to party nomi-
nation, or binds him to party at all, If he
chooses to leave it; but it must be an extraor-
binary Casa case not all likely to occur in a
brace of centuries-when convention Of in
telligent Wings from all parts Of the country
does not fasten its choice upon the candidate
who has most strength in all the matters Of a
personal representation of the principles ofthe
party, true patriotism, personal popularity,
for administrative Office, and availability. Per-
haps no nomination was ever made by Wing
National Convention, that gave rise to more
misgivings-msgiyings in which we acknowl-
edge to have participated-than that of Gen.
Taylor; yet how nobly was that choice vindi-
Gated in Gen Taylor's triumphant election and
in his brief administration. In this case, tie ag-
gregate opinion of the convention was better
than all individual opinions at variance with its
decision, and we have little doubt that it will be
so in the future. It is for this reason that we
present the following candidate for President
for 1852: s s 4. h
| THE CANDIDATE OF THE NATIONAL. Wns
| CONTENTION.