Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-04-16

regiment " fled ingloriousIy," as Gen. Taylor |
says in his general order. and also that the
gallant Col. YELL. who led the remainder on
so gallantly, was killed.
GEN. TAYLOR AND THE PRESIDENCY.
Weperceive that our neighbor of the Chron-
ice has hoisted at the head of his last paper
the name of &c Zachary Taylor, for President"
Well, Gen Taylor is not the first man who has
had to exclaim-" In mercy, save me from my
friends" Wefeel confident that if old GO Rough
and Ready only could get chance at those
wing editors who, without any regard to the
fitness of things are thus imprudently (even
for the objects they have in view,) endeavor-
ing to press his military reputation into the
turbulent arena of politics, he would give them
lesson in the way of "drilling,' which
would make as lively and lasting an impress
sion upon them as does the field of Buena
Vista upon the redoubtable Santa Anna. Two
or three suggestions rise almost unbidden to
our minds whilst reading the Chronicles and
other editorial paragraphs of the same kind.
Before we give utterance to these suggestions,
we would state that we do not wish to be I'M
derstood as intending to detract one iota from
the great and we'll deserved reputation which
Gen. Taylor has acquired during the present
war. Our readers are aware that we have al
ways spoken of him, since he has been in
Mexico, in terms of unqualified praise; and
we have spoken as we felt In the first place,
then, we would like to know of our wing
friends at what time they have ceased to feel
all that holy horror for military chieftains,
which was wont in times gone past, to fill
their bosoms, and fall SO glibly from their
tongues We would like to know at what
particular moment in the history of that mon
grel party, the scales have fallen from their
eyes? 1t has also suggested itself to our mind
that the individual who aspires to the Chief
Magistracy of this great Republic, might pos
sibly require some other qualifications than
those which are acquired in the camp or on
the battlefield, Again, we would suppose
that the great and magnanimous" whig party,
who are SO constantly harping about princi-
Piles, would ascertain what the political
principles of the man are, whom they would
set up as a candidate for the first civil Of
fee in the world. And here we would make
an enquiry of our neighbor of the Chron-
icle, (Which we have frequently before made
of cur friends privately, but without a sat-
isfactory answer,) viz: What political princi-
pies does Genl Taylor profess? Is he war
man, or an anti-war man Is he Tariff, or
an anti-Tarff man &c. &c. In word, is
he Wing? What evidence has the Chroni-
Gle, that he Processes the principles of the
party who seem DESTROYS of making him Pre-
sident of the United States And if, in the
general, he claims to be a Wing, we would
like to know whether he goes the whole fed
eral OK, horns and all2 Perhaps he may be a
TYLER man. If so we would like to know it.
We presume the federal party will not enquire
very infinitely into these matters. The only
questions with them are, will he consent to
run as Wing candidate? and will his militia
~ achievements secure for us party triumph
If they think these questions can be answer
ed in the affirmative, we presume they will
not enquire very minutely into what particular
tenets the old General holds AS matter OF
curiosity, however, we should like to know.
The Chronicle intimates in his article, that
the administration has been, and is hostile to
Gen. Taylor; that it has endeavored to in
jure him. How, when, and where, we would
like to know For our own part, we are en-
tirely ignorant that the slightest attempt has
been made to injure Gen. Taylor, in any way
by the administration. We kno,C that the fed
eral press has endeavored to create such ar
impression, with a view of inyuring the od
miniStrdtion.
Another matter which we have thought o.
IS, what position General Scott now holds a
mongst his wing friends. Has the hasty
plate of soup" killed him off, or is his politi
cal principles k1soaUn ? and does that unfit hin
for candidate of the Great Wing Party ?
Alas! for the {" hero OF Lundy's Lane" We
fear his "cake is all dough- We suppose
we will get the hang" of all these things at