General Taylor's Nomination

W hilo the (iispositiun to fator tiicelectioti of (ien. Taylor without repect tb party dislinCííons, seê'rris to be on iho inciense at lliB South, his letter 10 thfl Cincin.iati Signal, ana others of a similar ríaHire, have somewhat discouraged many of bis warmest Whig friends at the North, Whose fflinds ere bent on electing him asllie Whig candidato, to be Ju]y r.omina'cil bv a Natioral CotiVentïon. The North Américat) and United States Gazelte, havingbeen lately united at Philadelphia, have let down his name from the liead of iheir columns, on the ground that the Whig organization must be kopt up. The National Whig, at Washington City, which is a zealous Taylor pnpc-r, and Bspired to be ut the head of the movement, on the nppéarance of the Signal le'ter, denoünCed t as forgeiy, snying, - " The Signal letter is the offcpring of some miserable mean, 1 ving fellöw, w ho woulil sten! )"U pursc or stab .you in the linck, i fan opportunity only offered of duing either, without deteetion." Whatasad blunder this ! Unless it can be in some way atoned for, the Whig must bid n long farewell to all bopes of becoraing the Government organ under " Old Zadi's" administration. The New York Mirror, which wa-i the iirst to put up the name of Gen. Tav !or for President, referring lo Gen. T's last letter, saya : ' If Gen. Taylor wrote it, we can only say, with regret, that he has vvritten bimself out - wh'-nh we do not believe - or that his friemls have dnn what his enemies Ivive nut been able to do - vanquished hiih." The BosUni Cnurier,! n-omitu ut Whig pnpnr, m s : " If Geil. Taylnr wisles lo Iiï Presidrni, he Ind bi st say whicl' par) y be be:■). without any lurthcr luMiscitaical g:ibhle about beiog the candiiiate of lio jiarly.'' Tiie C!f'V.-lnnd True Pnvifira. Whig, in.ikes a sti'ong opposition to Taylor, and dcies nt s;aie him. Ilere is u hit at the old General. " To conquer the boards of guerrillas that infest the country, is no boy's play. Perhaps Gen. Taylor will inake the blood hounds available in hunting them dow.i, that he recommended in Florida, wbile prosecoting that war in behalf' of slaveliolders." In reply to the Troy Whig, that paper says : " The Editor s.iys thnt our course is c.ilculnied in eecure the eleotionof Silas W'iighf, and chnrges us with " treachery nud hypocrisy" bec-ause we do not come out and advocate liis election. Nnw we do not see liow our opposilioD to Taylor is g'.ingto secure the election of W pighl Op the conlrary, if Silas VViight be electf-d, it wül be on account of those W higs who tue endenvoring to thrust Tavlor upon the Wliig parly. Iflhey succeed, it witl drive liosts of Whigs lo vote lor VVright. And why should il not? Taylor is no more of a Whig tli.ni Wiight. Herefuses to run ns the Wliig c;i:ididate. He never has been idenlilied with ihe W'hig party. He never lias cast a Wliig vole. The last vote he pver gave was fur Gen. Jackson. - Why thcii should Whigs support him in p refere n re to VVright? Bilt we do not expect to vote foreitiier. "Sink orswim. live or dir," we mean to vote for no one who does not oprnly and fearlessly mainlain our sentiments, nnd is willing to take lus all upon their success, let the result be w hut ii uiay." fTorace Greely, since his journey to Chicago, has como out, atinouncing tlmt Gen. Taylör is no'. his cboice, but reconimending moderation and conciliation, os the votésoflhose w!io prefer (_!en. Taylor will be noeded. to electa Whig President. A very se.isonnble thought. In .Mainp, we lenrn fcom the Liberty Standard tlmt the feeling aiiiong the Whigs ín favor of Tnylor is verysirong; nnd lliat there is a disposiiion among the pr.jinineiit Whigs to tnake.him lheirYantlidate L-v acclamation. Thai paper also snys:" A lurge Taylo) convention ot' Whigs a ni dernocrats was held at Augiv-ta, wbich. went on very c!l lili ïlie committee, prelty strongly wliijr, bmught in tlieir resoluiions, wlii.-h reflected so stronglyon the present admiimtratiofi that the Demo' erais coiilil nol slftrid it - some disturbance followed, nnd tlie meeting deeotnposéd. - They hnii been tjained so long inio mulunj hoslility tnnt lliey wóuld nut work logether wi 11 the flrsUimf, alihough Ihere was no disagroemprit on tho main quest ion - that nf iupporting (íen. Taylor. - We spj no reason why tho-e parlies shouU nl 11 1 1 i 1 1 ■ in his favor except th;.t tbere wijl not bc offices epough," Tho Kenneheo Journal sccms to Ie opposed lo ihe movemcnt : bnt tlie Bangtir Whig nppenreto be lor Tin lor wliether he be a W'lrg ur not. That paper says : " Tliri-n u-jis nn eiTurt made ol AogusI lo :o ('uso all part:es, on3 E" br'.ng ihem into a i,i:iï and special organi.aiion in fayer of Ge. Tajrlur, but ibw.woa noi permitted Ibere, woud it have been ! proper. ASsubsequent events have shoWn, sifleè Ilin prnofs of Í3n. Taylor boing a suhstantial Wtig, are daily niultiplying. At Augusia tliere is an excellent feeüng mnung il:o Wl.igs generally." In Marvlnnd, the Democrats of Hortford County passed strung resolutions n fuvor of tl. e General for the Presidcncy The lialtimore VVhig Convention nom nnted Gen. Taylor as the " People's can dklato' In Nortli Carolina, at one of the larg est political meetings ever held ia th Sla'.e, Gen. Tnylor was unanimousl nominateu'. The principal feature of th meeling was ihe union of the Wln'gsanc Democrats. As for Gen. Taylor l'.inisol f, h!s sppec ! at the Monterey ceiebrntion, as well a ■ his lettors,scem toshew thal he is as reac I to serve in ihe field of politics as ofwfl i and thst he WpectS to be a candidato I all events. Under all lh se circumslances, we cou I rn;t be ii.duced to believe that lbo Whig i of the Nortli would sujort a man o whose capacity for cilice they know litll who conceals lus sentiments on politica in .-ittcrs iVoin llie public, who is sappor ed at the South niainly because he is Southern man, who refuses a nominatio as a VVhig carididale, and whoin they c nol know lo be a Whig at all, were it no for one consideraron : they want th most avaii.aiile candidaie that can b found, and had rat her be successful wit Taylor, VVhig or no VVhig, than bed feated wilh the slaunchcst and able VVhig in iheir rarrks. They know we enough, that even if he be nominally Whig he may prove another Tyler o e very political question : butif thoy ca be assured of success in electing hin they are rtady to run the risk of tliis, and go for him ' without a why or wheretbre." We speak now of the leaders and politician4 of the party. The grent inas.sof substantial farmers and working men aniong the northern VVhigs we believe to be opposed to his nomination. - But thetr reluetance can be eventiially overeóme by the infiuence of llie leaders and of the presses. The queslion has been starled among iho VVhigs whe'her a National Convention wi'l be held, and iherc is no unanimily of opinión ubout it. But we think cSrcjumstancea nmv look favorable for the holding of one. The Southern VVhigs would of course have no objection to send in a delegation to support Taylor; while the norlhern friends of Taylor could secure the eleclion of a suflicient number of meinbrrs togive him a majorily in the National Convention, leaving tho Antis'avery ftnd VVilmot Proviso portions of the party to support Taylor. or go wherever they pleased. In ihis view of the matter, we think it would de expedient lor the nofHiprn frienJs of Gen. Taylor to be earnest for a National Convention witli the expectaiion of seeuritig for him the national Whig nomination. In thisslaie of things, what is the cours of llie Democratie leoders t Their pa pers are filled with continued and ex aggerated accounts of the divisions ani driHculties among the Whigs, while the) carcfully keep out uf sighi the fact tha the same crisis is approaching with cqiui rapidiiy in their oivn party." In fact, the Northern Democrats are olrecidy dividef into hvo parlies, one inclined to holJ on to ihe old comproini.se, preelavery pla'forn on which they liavo hilherto triumphed who would prefar Gan. Cas-, or a mao of similar stamp for a caniJidate ; while the oihers areblrongly devoted to the Wil mot Proviso, and are for commiliing the party at the Norttl lo it, fully and irrevocably. These would preler Silaa Wright. The leaders of holh thest; divi.sions aic secretly at work to gain such nn assendensy as will givo ihem iho preponderance in llie National Convention. Hkrb, lliey tSink',the great hattle is to bo fouglit : for it is the first principie of Deinocracy, praclically, to support the nominee of the Convention, w hoe ver hc tny be. The indications now ruo.that llie. proslavery portion of llie party at the North suplorteil by the vvhole soulliern delega) ion, 11 succeed in nominating Cas.s, or ■ similar man, pofhapg now unthought of'. !n tilia case, accordingto all formerpre:edetit8, we shall seo ihe whole VVilmot roviso portion of the party forgotting their principies, and raiüing a general shout for the eleclioii of a man cntiielv hostile lo their most cherished views and pur poses. True, tliey will hate to do iliis: biit thcy will hale tu fee au antagonist, Wliig electeii slill more. On theother hand, slioiilcl tlie Wi! mol Proviso portion of the party obt.iin thcj nscendency in ihe Conveniion nnd nomínate Sitas Vriglii, (ir a similar 111:111, the oonsequenres wou ld he moinentous and Insting. The riiiiic DeDiocracy ol' t lio South would go in a body for Tnylor : whüe Wright wuulJ carry tle Northern Slnles generally. The candidatos would represent the two difforent sections of the Union, and it would be fur iheir interest,! and the interest of their friendo, to adapt tin inelvcs to sectionol views as mucli as posiible. The Northern Dcmocrais could never thereafter hope for Southern support, Their sin would be of a cbaracter notlo be ibrgiven ; and henee their poli-! cy and interest would be lo becume just as fas l and as much anlislavery as putlic opinión in íhc Norlh would tolérate. - And whelher successful or not in the pending elcctiun, when the división frorn thcSouihcrn wing of the party had taken , place, it would not long stop al VVilmut! Proviso', but would become more and moro, from policy, interest, and fccling, f not from principio, an aggressive antislavery party. Such we believe will be the result of the nomination of astrnight forwaid Wilinot Proviso man by the Democratie Convention. But we do not yet believe such a man will be nominated. - The South have always coaxed, threatened or fooled the Northern Democracy into whatsoevcr they pleased, and we expect they will be able to do the same thing again. We have expressed our views atsome lengih on this matter, as the movements of political pardee, under our government, have a most intímale concern with the cause of human liberty. Great events, of sigii.il benefit or disaster ti the nation, may arise from tl e nomination or election of a single man, or the passage of one resolution by a Nation.nl Convention. - While, thereforc, wc üeem it importunt to labor for the dissemination of antilavery trutliTamong the grea' rnasses, it is we'.l to keep a vigilara eye upon 1 lióse fountain-heads of political power wlience the influence comes that wields all their mightv interests with the same easc with which the helmsman directs the c.urse of the ponderousship upon the ocean.