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

which 1t has put out in the manner o,
an insinuation?
From the Washing ton Union.
Gen. Taylor 8 his new Friends
The mind of the country is pretty
well made up as 10 the pitiable predic
ament into which some of the more un.
scrupulous anti-war federal politicians
have thrust themselves in their hot
haste to take up Gen. Taylor for the
Presidency, with a view of riding into
power upon what they suppose to be
his irresistible popularity. 1t is much
to be regretted that greedy p%artisanship
should place a gallant soldier, without
his consent, in SO questionable and false
a position. A military chieftain COM
ing direct from the fields of a foreign
wal into the political arena at home,
has. in the calm judgment of our people,
obstacles enough TO overcome, without
being forced TO confront all the sus-
picions and the odium Of being thrust
forward as the tool Of an INSCRIPTIONS
party, which turns its back upon all its
candidates. But4his is not all. Those
members Of the federal party who are
not willing at a moments warning to
turn their coats to suit the new politi-
cal fashion, are already assailing Cen.
Taylor with a virulence very unusual
in party warfare. "As a capital illus
tration Of this spirit on the part of these
federalists towards Gen. Taylor, the
war, and the country, we quote (says
the Pennsylvanian) an article from the
Xenia (Ohio) Torch Light, n of the
trusted organs of Corwin, and that set
OF politicians--the same Thomas Cor
win, whom some papers place on the
for Vice President beneath the
name of Taylor for President! Read
the article from the Torch Light of the
18th Of May"
"No PoLlTIoIANs.-The most farcl-
cal part Of the Presidential Taylor
movement is the serio-comic manner in
which the ringleaders eve hal
movement is made by the people,
not by politicians. Nothing is
wider from the truth; and we never see
the assertion made without seeing with
the minds eye a broken down, tenor
twenty-years-ago politician, hiding his
wrinkled, crafty, wo-worn, but hope
revivlng visage behind his sleeve, and
chuckling over the specious and cum
ming lie he has set ahoat. Amovement
Of the people, quotha! Very far from
t. We have seen accounts of Taylor
meetings held in a few of the cities Of
The country-where "rough and ready"
material is usually found in abundance;
out the people were not there taking
part in the proceedings. These meet
ngs have usually been puny, sickly,
md "%fzzling' affairs, whose getters up
md prime movers were broken down
fice-hunters, whose lease-holds upon
he good opinion OF their fellow citizens
u out, but whose restless spirits
lrge them to huzza for Taylor in the
lope that in the %clatter, they may have
ONE life blown into their own partial
y defunct carcasses, and their unap-
ceased and un~appeasable %hankerlng
lfter office, receive at least a mo-
nentary qualification. These men
sually have about as much respect for
intelligence and prudence Of the
eople as they have for the intelligence
nd prudence off pack OF bloodhounds,
nd not a whit more. What is there
bout Gen. Taylor that should induce
10 ~peaceable, quiet, orderloving peo-
lie of the United States to prefer him
} any and every other mar in the
Within a twelvemonth he
,as an utter stranger 30 them, and he
only known to them now as the sue
cssful leader in a most unholy and in
lmous invasion of weak and sickly
ster republic. They know him to be
most adroit skull-breaker ,thrOat-cutter,
ouse-burner, and a woman and child
'auer-or rather that, under his direc-
on and supervision, these things are
one up most scientifically and accord
lg to the book-but beyond this they
now nothing of him whatever. We
ave more confidence in the mass Of
lie American people than to believe
lat they are willing to receive these
lanifestations Of the ability necessary