Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
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GEN. TAYLOR AND HIS NEW FRIENDS
The mind of the country is pretty well
made up as to the pitiable preaicament into
which some of the more unscfupuious anti
war federal politicians have thrust themselves
in their hot haste to take up Gen. Taylor Tor
the Presidency, with view OF riding INTO pow
er upon what they suppose to be his lrresistl-
bic popularity. it is much to be regretted that
greedy partisanship should place gallant sol
der. without his consent, IN SO questionable
and false a position. A military chlettaln
coming direct from the fields of foreign war
into the political arena at home, has, IN the
calm Judgment of our people, obstacles enough
to encounter, and worghty considerations
enough to overcome, without being forced to
confront the suspicion and the odlum OF being
thrust forward as The tool of an INSCRIPTIONS
party, which turns its back upon all its cher
ished party principles in selecting him for its
candidate. But this is not all. Those men,
bers of the federal party who are not willing
at moments warning to turn their coats to
suit the new political fashion, are already as
sailing Gen. Taylor with virulence very un-
usual in party warfare. GAS capital illus
tration of this spirit on the part OF these fed
eralists towards Gen. Taylor, theswar and the
country, we quote (says the Pensylyanian) an
article from the Xenia (Ohio) Torch Light, one
of the trusted organs of Corwin, and that set
of politcians-the same Thomas Corwin, whom
some papers place on the ticket for Vice Pre-
sident beneath the name of Taylor for Presi-
dent Read the article from the Torch Light
OF the 18th of May
"No Polit1cians-The most farcical part OF
the Presidential Taylor movement is the serio-
comico manner in which the ringleaders asse-
verate that the movement is made by the peo-
Pile, and not by politicians. Nothing is wider
of the truth; and we never see the assertion
? made without seeing with the minds eye a
broken-down, ten -twenty-years ago politl-
clan, hiding his wrinkled, crafty, and wo-worn
but hope-reviving visage behind his sieve, and
chuckling over the specious and cunning lie
, he has set afoat. A movement of the PEG.
: pie, quotha! Very far from it. We have
: seen accounts of Taylor meetings held in q
few of the cities of the country-where trough
and ready'' material is usually in abundance
but the people were not there taking par
in the proceedings. These meetings have usu
: ally been puny, -sickly, and 'izzling" affairs
whose getters-up and prime movers were br'-
, ken down office hunters, whose leaseholds dP-
D on the good opinion of their fellow-c ilzens
have run out, but whose restless spit urge
them to huzza for Taylor, in the hspe that' IN
the clatter, they may have litte LIE blown
; into their own partially defunc' carcasses' and
their unappeased and unapp'Asaole nankerlng
n after office. receive at leasta momentary graf
e ifcation. These men u.dally have about as
q much respect for the Intelligence and prudence
It of the people as they have for the intelligence
o and prudence of pack of bloodhounds, and
Il mot whit mon. What is there about Gen.
i tTaylor that mould induce the peaceable, quiet,
and order loving people of the United States to
prefer BIN 10 any and every other man in the
country? Within tWelvemonth he was an
utter stranger to them, and he is only known
to them now as the successful leader In most
unholy and infamous invasion of the territory
Of week and slckly sister republic. They
kno1C him to be most adrolt skull breaker,
throat cutter, house burner, and 1Uonlan and
child-sla uer-or rather that, under his direc-
ton and supervision these things are done
up most scientifically and according to the
book-but beyond this they know nothing OF
him whatever We have more confidence in
the mass of the American people than to be-
lieve they are willing to receive these as man.
ifestations Of the ability necessary foc Chief
Magistrate There are, perhaps, many very
honest men in the country who may think
that if man can fight well, he is therefore
, qualified for any station in life; but the
schoolmaster has been abroad in the land il
: vain, if these kind of men constitute anything
like majority CT the people. These Taylor
patriots c:tn blow away now as hard as they
choose, and swear as Justify as did the army
: in flanders, about Gen. Taylor's popularity
but they will find that when the sober and re-
fleeing portion of the people come to canvass
, the claims of the respective candidates for the
l Presidency, they will have few other ques
tons to ask than those which pertain to {
mans military character. They must and vii
understand distinctly the political complexion
the integrity, and the capacity of him who as
pires to the highest Office in the nation, anC
this understanding they will not receive at thu
hands of the interested and Jealous friends O
, of the aspirant. He must have made his fit
{ ness for the place manifest by a long life de
; voted to the service of his country, and thu
promotion of those sub jects which alone can
render a nation great, prosperous, and happy
The Ohio Statesman has the following scath
v ing remarks upon this unpatriotic and sedi
. tious ebullition "Here Gen. Taylor is bran
f ded by the organ of Greene county federalism
as ''THE MOST ADRoIT SKULL BREAKER, THROAT
CUTTER, HoUsE-BURNER, AND WOMAN AM
+ CHILD SLAYER" of the age. This is the treat
+ ment Gen. Taylor receives at the hands of tn
- federalist of the Massachusetts, and Ohio school
+ The 'smindss eye" sight of the Torch Light is
= no doubt, correct; all the old, brokendown
twenty years-ago politicians of the federal par
r ty are busy hiding their &c wrinked, crafty, s
s wo-won, but hope-reyiving visages behind
o the glory General Taylor mas gained in tn
. war with Mexico, that they may slip into pow
o er and Office to- enact and fasten upon tn
v country their oft-rej ected and worn-out theo
4 ries, and are now ''chuckling over the speciou
cunning" lies they have set afoat to bring a
? bout their desires. That the getters-up c
9, these meetings of the federalists in favor c
o Gen. Taylor, "are old, broken down Office hun
y tiers, whose leaseholds upon the good opinio
:, OF their felloW-citizens have run OUT" Their
J. can be no doubt. They are the often profel
Il ed, and as often rejected, services of those VIII
at could never be trusted for any length of tim
is by the people, and who wish now, throug
Gen. Taylors war glory, " to have little If
!. blown into their defunct carcasses," thu
''thelr unappeased and unappeasable banker
f. ing after office may secure a momentary gra
;. lhcatlon" But, because the lazaroni of tn
federal party have seen fit TO attach their de:
perate fortunes to the fame of Gen. Tavlo
is while he is in a foreign land fighting for tn
ID honor of his country, is it not detestable fc
IN the federal whig organs to denounce him as
n "skoAtbreaker, throat cutter, house burner an
l. aoonaan and child slayer % Such epithets al
n well worthy the organs of the party that tr;
n. duced JACKSON q JEFFERSON and q Man