The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-04-29
Can the wings Elect a President.

we snOuld answer GhIS questloo az once
in the negative. But as our opisicn would
be likely to have but little weight with our
wing friends, we will let some of their own
writer's answer the question.
We make an extract from the New York
Tribune, which not only asserts that Mr..
Fillmore cannot be elected, but admits that
no wing can succeed unless he gets votes out
side of the wing party. Every democrat
knows this, but the wings will not always ad-
NIT it.
But to the article itself from the Tribune:
Nash0ine Tenn american.
'fNow we take it to be most excellent
reason why Mr.. Fillmore would stand small
chance of election, if nominated, is the fact
that nobody ever thought of him for Presi-
dent before the Angel of Death hurried Gen.
Taylor from his seat, and left Mr.. Fillmore
the Constitutional head of affairs. Mr.
Fillmore was never reckoned to have, never
did have, any claims or pretensions to the
: Presidency, His nomination, at no time,
was ever dreamed of by the whig party
The suggestion, at any time, would have
been received with derisOn. Why? Not
because Mr.. Fillmore was not an excellent
man and an unexceptionable Wing, but sim
: ply because he never had the elements of
personal popularity, SO absolutely essential
to the success of the wing candidate. For
: it is not to be denied that the whig party
proper is in a minority, and that we must have
q some votes outside of that party in order to
d elect our candidates Mr.. Fillmore never
q was in a position to get them. There was
: nothing in his history or character to inspire
II popular fervor Are things any way DIFF
/ ferept now? Is Mr.. Fillmore more popular
IS man in the country generally than he was
J before he became an accidental President
Q Can he nO,o get any votes oH side of the
6 Wing party? That is the question If
s he cannot he can't be elected. If anybody
o says he can get such votes, we should be glad
" to be told achere. Is lin the North? No
body will pretend this, at any rate. And
+ if not, how are we to come out in Pennsyl-
5, vania, Ohio Indiana and Massachusetts, on a
l. Presidential election with him for the candi-
"a date? The wings alone can carry neither of
n these States, under existing circumstances.
Where is the intelligent wing who will gain
m say this statement? What then becomes
ID of the election with Mr. Fillmore as the
le candidate? We will admit, for argument
ID sake, that he can get everywhere in the
y North the full wing strength proper. But
u where does even this, the most favorable
IN view Of the case it is possible to take, lane
ne rs? In defeat. Plain, unmistable, newt
able, overwhelming defeat. Can Mr. Fill
he more do any better in Pennsylvania thar
ne Gov. Johnston Can he do any better il
lg Ohio even than Mr.. Vinton? Can he d
d any better in Massachusetts than Mr.. Win
III throp? (for be it remembered that Massa
'e- chusetts means to make minority necessa
- ry to elect her Electoral ticket Can he
eli anything at all in Indiana VIII anybody
Is who knows pretend to say that he can? But
we on the contrary, do We not hear it said o
lat all hands, that Mr.. Fillmore cannot carr
est the whig strength of the North, and tia
Ore therefore, he will fall behind the popular Il
re- cal candidates in all these States? The
os what possible chance has he of an election
od throwing his embarrassment in New Yor
an entirely out of the question? Some of I'll
I've admissions we here make may be reckonc
re- injudicious, but they are, nevertheless, abs
Fs' lutely true, and we go for looking things fl
no in the face, and representing them as the
~ 70 are 1t is of no use attempting to blink {
lie Their ourselves or others.
le- uRrt doos onvbod, oIIoxo tbo+ Mr. n,
up more is strong in the South? We admit
Gus But who tells US that he will carry any mo
hcn than the Wing States of the South w
e IS he carry Mississippi, Alabama, MissouI
lSe' Arkansas, South Carolina, or Virginia,
, IN gainst the Baltimore nominee? Who /
the lieves it? Ingenious gentlemen may ma
ears =, ingenious suggestions that the Baltimo
the Convention may do thus and thus, and
'un, carve out an imaginary chance for Mr.. Fl
'ulu more in one or more of these States. 1t
ma true that the earth may ''leap from It's hi
1ty ges, and the stars fall to crush the meth
.her world" but that there is any probabilit
am even the slightest, that the old invetera
lght case-hardened Loco-Focoism Of these Sta
ana will leave its beaten track, and aid in t
i up election of Wing President, it is impossiI
,ries 70 odno;t Wbv tbon tall- of Mr. Film
y WIN as candidate? Is it not plain to be SC
leur that it is perfect dead set? And has
TO Webster any advantage over Mr.. Fillmol
mass Don't mention ii"
orin-
onld So much from northern organ of VIII
ca gerry. Now let us take up southern org
than The Petersburg Intelligencer is equally c
anu fdent that Gen. Scott not only cannot
, % If any votes out Of the Wing party in
envy South, but that he cannot even get the W
been vote. Read:
I'M "GEN. SCOTT IN PENNSYLVANIA
peo-- our last paper we published the fact t
and General Scott had been, by an almost un
lteen imous vote, nominated by the wing cony
dded ton of Pennsylvania, and that Ex-Gover
lngle Johnston had been appointed one of
been delegates from the State at large to the
the tional Convention. When we remember
fer course pursued by this man Johnston, W
lieve Governor of Pennsylvania, in regard to
. It fugitiYe-slave law, we, Of the South, car
hing help looking with suspicion, If not absO
the dtstrust, on any cause qcitb qghich he
has coadjutors are connected. It is ]
true that Gen. Scott is not responsible fo1
id an action of Pennsylvania with respect to
lifted delegation to the National Convention;
room IF his cause az that convention Is to Be a
ing" Gated By such champions as Johnston q
t had the effect upon the sla0eholding States ca
ought be doubted If there be ground to bel
it the that Gen. Scot Tin the event that lie
seal s be the nominee without specific pied
Eound his nomination To snnh men the 81,