The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-16
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 10. Is47.
The Federal Nomination Of GEN. Taylor.

OF the Federal leaders to make Gen Taylor the tool OF
their party purposes The Mexican party of the country
seeks 10 come into power on the glory OF the man who
has bravely contributed TO fight down the Mexican
mics The whose traiterous tongues have withou,
ceasng, denounced the soldiers battles murder and ra
pine" now seize upon the soldiers their pass
port to power Denouncers of their countrys while
is yet to be foughtraors TO the of their country
and advocates of the of lis foreign foe while the bat
tie is yet ragihghis herd of office beggars would make
the hour OF hard victory their jubilee and for
themselves crown OF parV triumph out OF the laurels
which adorn the Vctors brow We have already said
what deem it necessary to say of this master
stroke OF elronery, by which federalism would claim
its peculiar representative and the selected agent of It's
ptiful party prescription, the victorious leader in a
which federalism party has not only refused to sup
port, but has constantly DETAINED in its deeds na
tonai Disgrace" and in its fruits national calamity"
But, well as we knew the utter shameessness of the
greedy and raitorous partisans who have sought thus
to degrade to their ''base uses" the name of General
Taylor, there height OF outrage against him
to which we thought even their impudence would not
dare to climb. There in the country compan-
ionship which we thought even Federalism itself would
hesitate to force upon the soldier ofhe Mexican But
we were mistaken The s.Natonal Whg," Federal
paper established in this city with special view,
understand to the next Presidential canvass, has actu
ally placed upon the same presidential ticket the Of
Zaehary Taylor of Louisiana, for President, and the
name of Thomas Coruin, of Ohio for Vice President!
The heart of the country will scken with oathng at an
insult like this to its veteran soldier The tupude of the
proceeding is unspeakable Corwin the abouonst, by
the side of Taylor, the southern planter Corwn,
whose tawdry and factious rhetoric grew drunk
in the fury of its denunciations OF our battles
in Mexico as murders, side by side with Taylor,
whose high renown is, that he won those battles
for his country! Corwn the senator, patriotic that he
would not vote some dollar to sustain the war, and
would at once recall gallant army from beyond the
Rio Grande in ignomnious failure and disgrace, now
placed side by side the ticket with Taylor, who,
at the head of his volunteers, rushed forward from Sal
tlo to grapple with Santa Anna against ourold odds,
in the blood stained defIes of Buena Vista All that is
NOBLE all that is manly, all that is proud, all that is pa
trotc all that is soler-e the character of General
TAYLOR must trample with utter upon the base at
tempt of sordd and unpncpled oicemongers to force
upon him. for the meanes ends of partsanshp such
association and such allance And yet the attempt,
odous as it is, will not be without its uses. 1t must
show General Taylor how federal faction regards him,
and what use it seeks to make of his glory.
We lay before our readers, with great pleasure the
following extract from letter. which we have received
this morning from eminent and influential democrat,
who thus gives expression to the sentiments which must
naturally arise in every patriotic mind at the spectacle
presented by this last desperate effort OF federalism to
seize, in the excitement of triumph, in which they as
party have no participation, the reins OF power
"Can anything exceed the impudence of the Mexican
wing ederasts, who have been constant in their denun-
Citations OF the war; and in their efforts defeat all prepa-
ration and all efforts BY the government to carry it on
say anything exceed the mpudence of these Federal
traitors the of their country exhibited their
attempt seize hold OF the hero OF the war; for the mex
pressby and base purpose of stealing into power
and office, under the of the old veterans popular-
tyr | ought not, however, to express my surprise at
such sedegradaton for the history of the Federal par
ty this country shows il TO be capable of any of
disgrace and debasement 1t remains to be seen whether
the old veteran Taylor will prove himself as polite
degraded the selfish and unprincipled party who
threaten to infct upon him the stigma of making him
their partisan leader. For one, cannot believe it. He
may consent TO be supported by the patriotic of all parties
(of course pledged to the support of Democratic
y but think, he will allow himself to be the
candidate of the raitorous and selfish faction, who have
done all in their power to deprive him of the opportunity
of winning his victories and his glory, and compelling
the means OF waging the war, and who have constantly
denounced that war unjust and Infamous
hope you will not cease to denounce the baseness
of those Federal leaders who have exhibited to the coun
try the revolving spectacle of attempting to sneak into
power and place under the of the popularity of the
hero of the war they have denounced"
But while the federal press is thus for party purposes
ralying in hot haste upon the name of General TAYLOR
for the next presidency, while that ustrous general is
yet engaged in fighting the foreign foe the following ex
tracts which collect mostly from papers received by
single mail, show the utmost diversity of opinion in
the federal ranks upon the very nature and purposes of
the movement ITSELF and upon the course which, in the
event OF his election to the presidency Gen Taylor may
be expected pursue We commend these extracts one
and all, to the attention of our readers
Here is the n Y Courier and Enqurers opinion to the
effect that Gen Taylor will not suffer himself to be made
the President Of party:
'.Gen 7, is not popular with the political dcmagogues
and oice-scekers, who make politics
the elevation TO the presidency OF honest who is
untanmelled and at full liberty to pursue Just such a
as his convictions of duty, his devotion the
tuition, and his patriotic impulses will naturally prompt
1.-The politicians of both parties who seek office and de-
sire power and influence with the Chief Magistrate and
the party hacks and party tools who think
themselves Will, OF dislike the elevation of such
10 the presidency but the great the people
the honest and patriotic farmers and mechanicswi
joce in their ability throw OF all party shackes and
noby served his counyand by doing give permanent
cy to our institutions and prosperity whole country
Every reecung man oil both parties, only freely admits
that one OF the greatest curses of the daya which
is rapidly sinking country into the lowest depths of
political debasements the practice of indiscrimnate
removal from office whenever n new President comes into
Tn of all