The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-06-05

country who may think that if a man
can fight well, he is therefore qualified
for any station in life; but the school
master has been abroad in the land in
vain, if these kind of men constitute
anything like a majority Of the people.
These Taylor patriots a 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
rejecting portion OF the people come
to canvass the claims of the respective
candidates for the Presidency, they will
have a few other questions to ask than
those which pertain to a mans military
character. They must and will under
stand distinctly the political complexion,
the integrity, and the capacity of him
who asplres to the highest office in the
nation, and this understanding they
will not receive at the hands of the
interested and Jealous friends of the
a%spirant. He must have made his fit
ness tor the place manifested by a long
Lille devoted to the service Of his coun-
try, and the promotion of those objects
which alone can render a nation great,
prosperous and happy"
The Ohio Statesman has the follow
ing scathing remarks upon this unpa-
triotic and seditious ebullltion: "Here
Gen. Taylor is branded by the organ
Of Green county federalism as "THE
MOST ADRolT sKULL-BREAKER, THROAT
CUTTER, HoUsE-BURNER, AND WOMAN AND
cHILD-sLAYER," Of the age. This is the
treatment Gen. Taylor receives at the
hands of the Massachusetts and Ohio
school. The 'mind's eye" sight of the
Torch Light is, no doubt, correct; all
the old, broken-down, twenty-years-ago
politicians Of the federal party are thus
busy hiding their "wrinkled, crafty,
and wo-worn, but hope-reviving visages
behind" the glory Gen. Taylor has
gained in the war with Mexico, that
they may slip into power and office to
re.enact and fasten upon the country
their pit-rejected and worn-out theories,
and are. now ~"chuckling over the sps-
cious and cunning lies they have sci
afoat to bring about their Desires
That the getters-up of these meetings
Of the federalists IN favor of Gen. Tay-
Tor, care old, broken-down office hunt
ers, whose leaseholds upon the good
of their fellow citizens have run
there can be no doubt. They
Ire the often proaered, and as often re-
ected services of those who could ne
YER be trusted for any length Of time
by the people, and who wish now,
through Gen. Taylor's war glory, ito
rave a little life blown into their defunct
:arcasses,' that "their unappeased and
lnappeasable hankering after office may
secure a %momentary gratIfication."-
But, because the lazaroni of the federal
party have seen fit to attach their des-
fortunes to the fame of General
Taylor, while he is in a foreign land
lighting for the honor of his country, is
t not detestable for the federal wing
organs to denounce him as a "skuN-
'reaker, MrOat-cutter, Se.burner, and
CONAN and child-slayer" Such ephi-
bets are well worthy the organs of
he party that traduced a JACKSON, a
EMERSON, and a MADISON. They de-
bounced Jefferson as the infdel who
would destroy the churches and burn
Up the Bibles. They denounced Mad.
They denounced Jackson as a
murderer, as a traducer, as a tyrant,
&c. And what better can be expected
han such denunciatlons from such
nen?"
From the Bufalu Courier.