Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-04-29
VERMONT PHOENIX.



leib Tie moral certainty Of bis eleflion, should he be
candidate, and e equally well grounded presumption that
Ne would dsyenss vita hs uHhsf services Of the profit
gaze end timsffsing horde q isagts Office holders who
hok disgrace he hAIon have iaistd fearful commoton
smonR the recipients Of the "iosves and fishes They
earnestly protest sFans The appropriation Of Gen. Taylor
by the Wings asserting ihs, he is mo federas and in
feet 'myafti4ts the Loeofocos entirely IN,
Necessary and foreign purpose prove that the
Nero Of BueHh Vista u really Wing, that be is the
rer. sns friend Of Henry Clay, and Of the school
Of politics facts will deveoPe themselves in due sea-
but object merely 70 exhibit few Of the phases
which Loenocosm has sssued within the four eve last
months,
Before the hard fought bslle Of Buena VISTA no ono
thought OF claiming Gen. Taylor Locofoeo II was
universally conceded ths bis political preferences sym.
pathies viih The Wings and Ibis The very fact
made Of by de Administration 10 sfi1 stigma upon
bis military Isme and place him command Of The
army mere civilian whose only qualification for The Office
consisted in his being posseed Of undoubied Locoioco
,ncts Their affected sympathy for the old veteran and
provsed soeudr lest hs political prospects should be in.
jored BY becoming identified with the Wing Party, nov
Cd has acquired 700 strong hold upon The hearts Of
his eountrymsn to be crushed BY the whole power Of he
Ada nsa,on u, seeords with the gross abuse hesped
upon him at wsshingon during The las, Of Con.
rres The Of eensue passed by the House Of Rep.
rsentaves, by strictly Locofoco vote will soon be
forgotten. n any revefses b<iel military operations
then, because Hhig Gsnsras we're in command If
the army delayed in its march into the enemy
Try Tor lack q necepssry supplies and means Of unpoa
ton was because the commanding officers, btag HLig,
were striving to ihwsr the plans Of the Administration and
throw every possible obstacle in the way Of the successful
uon Of The war. Gen. Taylor made the sespe
goal Of the Cabinet and nhumefsble blunders ill
charged to his nceounL 9fit tifai, COZ
Bot nov the ease altered complete irunslOsms,ion
has takea place No, only the Loeofoeos changed
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perTorm-bu Gen Taylor himself quite different sort
Of person from what he few months ago. The Wash
insson Union has spoken Of him .eyernI times Of in
quite supplementary terms, and IL MT Polk write
another message now he would doubtless eondesosnd 10
mention his He no longer Wig, eharEeabe with
III the blundeTng folly Of the Administration bus very
respectable old gvanHy perhsPs) who does not wish
TO be candidate for the Presidency but desrops Of
turning to his farm sier bringing the honorable
Close aud there spending the remainder Of bis days
femenL These consultations politicians have also sdVsne
ed another argument Why Gen Taylor should not be select
ed the Wing candidate Tor the Presidency, viz he
Stare holder II ihs argumsni Of elf % entitled to any
weight with peeularly bad grace from the party
to which indebted io The Of Texas and
the present war with Me1ico-boh undertaken and
sunmslrd exclusively M the n.ion and pepetuy Of
slavery. Il III beeomes hose who live in glass houses 10
the FIRST stone.
That the signs Of the times clearly point Gen Taylor
Pes'sen, Of The United States most CERTAIN,
and n he cones before the people candidate for that
Office he will surely be eiessrd though be iwo grea, poll
ieai parties should both combine sgains, him He has OBJ
hold upon the Affections Of the people stronger than
The OF party The great West and South will give him
almost unanimous support The secret Of his strength
and popularity hes much in the fac, that he has gam
ed brilliant victories against frsrai Odds that The sym
pslhes of the people aroused in his behalf BY the
generous he has received the hands Of the
Administration They will stand quietly by and
brave and ai,hfu public serssnsone who has peril
led his life and again in fighting the battles Of his
eounry-basely sacrificed 10 subserve the selfish ends Of
party when Sir Pok and the carpet heroes Of his Csbi
attempted overshsdOw the rising fame Of Gen. Tsy
lor and suPersede him the command Of the army they
eviqeed shorsghtedness IN perfect keeping with the
whole Of their Administration. They have to
the wind and are destined TO reap the whirIwind-
We know less Of Gen Tsylors qualifications for the Pre-
sdeney than could wish but evident all that be
Is ordinary That be Is able and skfol gene.
raj, no one will deny That he is possessed of humane
heart esced BY the reluctance with which he eommene-
ed hOstles, and the terms Of eapulsOn at Monterey
eagerly perverted BY the hirengs Of the Admnistra
lion into grave Of .eensure" His beautiful kiisr
10 Henry Clay speaks volumes upon the point His
official correspondence, which has excited the admiration
Of the civilized world Affords abundant evidence Of his ab
iv writer Bat IL Sor.hrng ard sarekaldy.--
We disagree entirely with those who think that this fact,
Of ITSELF constitutes valid objection 10 him candidate
for the Presidency There 10 wide difference between
shareholders There is class, headed by such
Calhoun, Butler, and Coen. bent npon extending the
slave stem, regardless Of all constitutional restraints
Slavery l. their God For such Norihesner could
consistently give his vote. But there another class rep
resented BY Clay, Crtsendsn Beren sngum. johnson.
&c. who manfaly opposed the annexaton Of Texas from
the OUTSET and have denounced in the the
present Executive with Mexico They willing 10
eonfps slavery within its present limits In eOniemPang
the honor and being Of the ois county they forget
the sectional feelings snd preudees which sway the mnds
Of SMALLER They do not look upon South Carolina
being the whole Union, or slavery the only institution
worthy Of being and handed down future gem
eraons To this class is 10 be hoped, and with
we think, that Gen. TsyOr belongs lf he is Ksntreky
Whg, and wiate the ground which other leading Wings
al the South have iaken, viz Sase territory, we
valid why he should not be made President,
Without taking this ground believe that neither he
any other msn, obtain the support Of the NORTH and
particularly Of New England.
We make these remarks not because il 10 by any
certain, yet, that Gen. Taylor will be the Wing cand-
date for President in iStswe hope be will nobut have
been led oilby Witnessing The perfect aulier Of excite
mepi which the mention Of bis name in connection
with that Office has caused in the LoeOoco camp, There
many good and true Wings Me eounuy, and at The
son,b too whom should prefer TO placed in the Pre-
sdensal chair rather than Cen Taylor but any Thing, or
any body, rather than Iocooeo md especially LOcoiOeo
OF The Polk stamp. gtst WEISS tAt
| TnE LATE RAIN Asn FRrsHEr unusually severe IN
this section Of the country We favored viA very
respectable imitation OF dOgdsy" weather on Thursday,
the mercury standing ss ia the shade At o'clock in tue
afternoon II raining about 8 with good de-
gree Of eArnes.ness aud continued with little abatement