Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-01

Gen. Taylor for the Presidency in these
glowing terms:
Gen. Taylor has not been formally nominated
10 the Presidency by any clique or body ofmen,
nor in any section Of the country. But there
has been a universal and spontaneous nomina.
ton Of him for that high Office by the popular
voice in all parts Of the nation, which will soon
take more definite and patriotic shape, and II
old Rough and Ready should be spared by
Mexican bullets and the intrigues Of The ad.
ministration, nothing can prevent his being the
successor OF James X Polk. He is military
chieGain, it is true, and for that very reason
will be more acceptable to the people, because
he has occupied position in which his character
has been barred to the public gaze. .,.,.
GEN. TAYLoR.-The New Orleans Bee
of the Gath ult., remarks: ''e r''""'' ''
There seems to be no limit 10 the claims
which ZACHARY TAYLOR is accumulating upon
the gratitude and undying affection Of the people.
The slalwart old WARRIOR put him where you
will, and with whatever force you please, he has
knack OF meeting the foe, and thrashing them
too. He appears TO have adopted, as his motto,
the language used by him Just before the battle
OF, Palo Alto: --"Should | meet the enemy,
whatever be his force, I shall fight him." A
battle and victory are with him synonymous
terms. II there was no such word as fail
in the vocabulary Of Richslieu, that OF Old
RouGH AND READY contains no such combina.
ton Of letters as "defeat" 1t seems, likewise.
to be his peculiar and delicious fortune always
to have the hard fighting thrown on his shout.
ders. When sent back from Victoria to Mon.
terey, it was thought that old lack had played
his part long and gloriously enough on The thea.
tire Of war, and that, cooped up in an mpregna.
BILE stronghold, he would have little more active
service TO encounter. But, no sooner is public
attention diverted from the brave old man. and
turned towards Vera Cruz, than Santa Anna,
bya bold coup de main, crosses dreary desert,
and appears with embattIed legons near Saltlo,
as if for the very purpose Of making Taylor
once more the observed OF all observers. If
such was his intention he has fully succeeded.
Let others combat as they may-let Vera Cruz
suecumb, and San Juan de Ulloa fall; let the
proud capitol OF Mexico itself be captured, Gen.
Zachary Taylor will yet be looked upon as the
hero of the war: Pslo Alto, Resaca de Ia Palma,
Monterey and Buena Vista will still be conse.
Grated in the remembrance Of the Republic as
the fields of his glory; while his name and fame
become as familiar as household words upon the
lips of millions who cherish the honor and vaIor
Of the warrior as the priceless heritage Of our
country. .
GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLoR.--Never
did man do more for himself; never were
the Vaccinations Of enemies more contour.
ded, more promptly turned to favor the OBJ
jects they were intended to defeat, than in
the case Of this distinguished citizen. and
his Mustrious opponents. ,s e
We read in the good book, that Joseph was
sold into Egypt, in order that his growing pop.
ularity at home might not interfere with the views
Of others; and even in Egypt he was assailed by
most formidable means. His own merits, how
ever. brought him out Of difficulties, enabled him
TO triumph over home and foreign enemies. and
made him their ruling man--the man whose pow.
er was exercised to govern and feed those who
would have destro yed him.
The public voice, the enthusiastic admiration
Of the people, seems TO lead to the expectation
that the civil satesmanlike qualities OF Gen. Tay.
lor are to be tried as openly, es have been his
military talents; and those who would have dis
appointed the public voice, and have crushed the
hero Of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and
Monterey, will have, it is now likely, to make
room for the hero Of Buena Vista. A beautiful
prospect good prospect indeed Of the Presiden.
cy, from the plains consecrated by his skill and
valor, and the blood and life OF the officers and
men under his command.
1t appears now as If ZACHARY TAYLOR would
be the candidate Of the great Anti Polk party for
the Presidency; if he enters upon the campaign.
he must he successful. for TAYLOR NEVER
SURRENDERS!--Phila. U. S. Gazette.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, of the I'd inst.
GEN. TAYLOR FOR THE PREsIDENcY.-It will
be seen that we have placed the name Of Gen.
ZACHARY TAYLOR at the head Of our columns
this morning. as candidate for the Presidency,
subject TO the decision OF the Wing National
Convention. The step may be- regarded by some
: as rather bold under the circumstances, but we
think nevertheless that we do but respond to the
wishes OF the great mass Of the Wing party. and
to the generous impulses Of the nation at large.
Il Gen. Taylor has earned, fairly, honestly and
CALAMITY earned. the highest distinction that can
be conferred upon him by the American People;
and, in this matter, we venture to predict that the
Republic will not prove ungrateful. The Hero
Of the Rio Grande, the Victor OF Palo Alto,
Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista,
has not only covered himself with glory during
f every struggle in which he has been engaged 10
the campaign against Me1ico-has not only
proved himself great general and brave man
but his conduct throughout has been mellowed
by the godk quality of chivalric humanity,
and has been adorned and beau6ed by that in.
variable accompaniment OF merit-modesty!-
). He is not only hero but mana man, in the
: most elevated sense OF the phrase, whose heart
and whose mind are ennobled by the lofiest quail.
tiles of our nature. and who, in the flush and
shout OF victory, with the dead and wounded
al.