Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-06-24
CencraI Taylor and his New Friends.

General Taylor and his New EFlcnoS'
The mind Of the country is pretty well made up as
to the pitiable predicament into when sote o, VIC
more nnscrupulUus anti-war federal politicians have
thrust themselves in their hot haste take up Gene
raj Taylor for the Presidency, with view OF noing
into power upon what they suppose TO be his lrress
ible popularity. II is much to be regretted that
greedy partizanship should place gallant sooier'
without his consent, IN questionable and Iaise
position. A military ch. Aain coming direct rom
the fields Of foreign warlno The political arena al
home has, in the calm judgment OF our people, OBJ
siacles enough encounter, and weighy considere-
lions enough TO overcome, without being forced 10
confront the suspicion and odum of being thrust Tor
ward as the tool of an Inscriptions party, winch
turns its back upon all its cherished party principles
in selecting him for its candidate. But this is not
all Those members of the federal party who are not
willing at a moments warning to turn their coats to
suit the political fashion, are already assaiIng
Gen. TAYLOR with a viruence very unusual IN party
warfare As 4 capital illustration of this spirit on
the part of these federasts towards Gen. Taylor the
war, and the country, we quote (SayS the Pennsyl-
vanian) article from the Xenia (Ohio) Torchlght
one of the trusted organs Of Corwn and that set of
politicians-ihe same Thomas Corwin, whom some
papers place on the ticket for Vice President beneath
the name Of Taylor for President! Read the article
from the Torch Light of the 18th of May"
! No PoIITICIANs.-Tbe most farcical part of the
Presidential Taylor movement is the serIo-comico
manner in which the ringleaders asseverate that the
movement is made by the people, and by Pcliti-
clans. Nothing is wider Of tbetfalS and we never
see the assertion made without seeing with the minds
eye broken-down, ten-or-twenty-yea ago polii-
clan, hiding his wrinkled, crafty, and worn, but
hope-revivng visage behind his sleeve chuck
ling over the specous and cunning lac has set
afoat movement of the people, guotha Very
| far from it. We have seen the accounts Of Taylor
meetings held in few of the cities of the country
where trough and ready" material Is usually found
in abundance; but the people were not there taking
inf ha hava
ally been puny, slckly, and izzling" affairs, whose
getters-up and prime movers were broken-dOwn down
ofice-huners whose leaseholds upon the good opIn-
ion of their fellowcitzens have out, but whose
restless spirits urge them TO huZZa for Taylor in the
hope that, In the catter, they may have little life
blown into their own partially defunct carcasses, and
their unappeased and unappeasable hankering after
Office, receive at least momenary qualification.
These men usually have about as much respect for
the intelligence and prudence of the people as they
have for the intelligence and prudence Of pack Of
bloodhounds, and not a whit more. What is there
about General Taylor that should induce the peace
able, quiet, and order-Oving people of the United
States to prefer him TO any and every other man in
the country Within twelvemonth he was an ut
ter stranger TO them, and he Is only known 10 them
now the successful leader in most unfoly and in
famous invasion of the territory of weak and sckly
sister republic. They knov him TO be a most adroit
SkubreGker, nroat-cuter hOUSe-bUrner, and lcOnan
and chid-Slayer-or rather that under his direction
tfcally and according TO the boOk-but beyond this
they know nothing of him whatever We have more
confidence in the of the American people than
to believe they are willing to receive these mani
estatlons of the ability necessary for Chief Magis-
trate. There are, perhaps many very honest men in
the country who may think that if man can fight
WELL he is therefore qualified for any station In life
but the schoolmaster has been abroad in the land in
vain, if these kind of men constitute any think like
~ majority of the people, These Taylor patriots can
hloxt narI 81,
Justify as did the army in Flanders, about Gen. Tay-
lors popularity, but they will find that when the So
Der and rejecting portion of the people come to can
vass 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 understand distinctly
the political complexion, the integrity, and the capa-
city Of him who aspires TO the highest office in the
nation and this understanding they will not receive
the hands of the interested and Jealous friends of
the aspIrant He must have made his fitness for the
place manifest by long life devoted to the service of
his country aud the promotion of those objects which
alone can render nation great, prosperous, and
happy.
The Ohio Statesman has the following scathing re-
marks upon this unDatrUtic and sedtious e5ulltion
tHere General Taylor is branded by the ORGAN of
Greene county federalism as THE MOST ApRorr
sKULL-BREALER THRoAT-cUTTER, HoUsE-BURNER AND
, WOMAN AND cHILD-sLAYER," of the age This is the
treatment Gen. Taylor receives at the hands Of the
The 'mlnd's eye" sight of the Torch Lirbt is no
! doubt. correct; all the old, broken-down twenty
years-ago politicians of the federal party are busv
hiding their " wrinkled crafty, and wo-worn hn,
hoPe-reviving visages behind the glory Gen Tavlor
has gained in the war with Mexico that they NAV
slip into power and Office TO and fsten upon
the country their oftreected and WORKOUT theories
and are now ''chuckling the specous and cum
ming" lies they have aoat to bring about their
desires. That the getters-up of these meetings of
the federasts in favor of Gen. Taylor ''are old. bro
ken-down Office hunters, whose leaseholds upon the
good opinion of their fellow-ctzens have run out'
there can be doubt. They are the often proered.
and often rejected services of those who could
never be trusted for any length of time by the people,
and who wish now, through Gen. Taylors war glory.
to have little life blown into their defunct
es, that their unappeased and unappeasable hank
erlDg after Office may secure momentary grati6ca-
ton" But because the lazaron of the federal marty
have seen fit to attach their desperate fortunes 10 the
fame OF Gen. Taylor, while he is in foreign land
fighting for the honor of his country is it not detest
able for the federal wing organs denounce him as
" SkuI-bredker throat cutter, hOrSe-burner and no
man and chidSlayer ~ Such epithets are well wor-
thy the organs of the party that traduced JAcKsoN
a JEFFERSON, and MADISON They denounced Jeff:
erson as the inhdel who would destroy the churches
and burn up the Bibles. They denounced Madison.
They denounced Jackson a murderer as a SCI
Queer, as tyrant, &c. And what better can be ex-
pected than such denuncIations from such men !''
No man who seeks protection from State orpani-
cation, by means of penal law, PRISONS and the GAL
lows, has right to oppose the government when IL
a and gallows, by training the people intelligence
and virtue