Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-07
THE METROPOLITAN AND GEN.
TAYLOR


at Gen. Taylor's popularity, ever since the
old Hero's friends talked of making him
President. Hence il has been busy in cir.
culating every thing that was calculated
to detract from him, and check the tide
of public opinion which is so steadily set
Ting in his favor. Inuendoes and open
attacks on his private opinions or public
acts have ever found q conspicuous place
in its columns.
The number Of the 9Th ult., has col.
umn Of stuff, under flaming head, about
Gen. Taylor's Cincinnati letter. The ed
itor very adroitly makes the Louisville
Journal say that Gen. Taylor writes letters
for the public eye, and private ones ex-
planning them. This is clear distortion
of the Journals meaning. That paper, in
speaking of the Cincinnati letter, remarks
that Gen. Taylor did not mean to be un-
derstood as saying he did not desire the
support of the Wing, party, as such, be-
cause It knew him to be Wing, from
other letters. From this, the Metropolitan
draws the above conclusion, and remarks,
"the Gen. who is said to be pious and
humble Methodist, must be on the eve of
absconding from that large and popular
denomination, in order to take his stand on
the side of the Jesuits.' What sense there
is in introducing General Taylor's religious
views in this connection, we are unable TO
see. 1t certainly could not have been
done with a view to create prejudice in
the Methodist church against him, or some
other source would have been agreed upon
to promulgate it, as the members of that
denomination would hardly place much
reliance on anything emanatipg from that
paper. Pecuniary profit, may have in
duced some to "abscond" from one denom-
ination TO another, and Office may have
lured them from their second love, but the
"old man" of Buena Vista is not Of this
sort.
The statements of other papers are cop.
led, and their honesty in saying that the
Wing party cannot abandon its principles
to elect General Taylor-supposing he is
opposed to them-strikes the editor so
strangely, that he reprints it with evident
satisfaction! He we'll knows his party is
not troubled by such views, and hence his
surprise at the candor and honesty of the
Wings. Where man is available, no
further questions are asked by them, and
seeing the popularity of General Taylor,
they cannot understand why the Wings
are not for him, without "why or where.
FORE"
The Metropolitan laughs at the idea of
Gen. Taylor's being elected by acclama-
ton. The way we read the papers, things
seem to be setting that way as fast as is
desirable. Not only Wings and Natives,
but Democrats are also flocking to his
support. In Pennsylvania, the democracy
are for him. The good old democratic
county of Berkshire county of our ma.
tivity-is moving in his favor, as will be
seen by the following notice, which we
extract from late Reading (Pa.) paper
COUNTY MEETING.
Rough and Ready against the Field.
The Democratic citizens OF Berks county,
favorable to the nomination, for the Presidency
OF General Taylor, the hero of Palo Alto,
Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena
Vista, where with $500 brave volunteers, and
handful of regulars, he beat Santa Anna with
an army OF more than 20, 900 men, are requested
to attend a county meeting, to DO held at the
Court house, in the city Of Reading on Monday
the I'd Of August next, at "a o'clock in the
evening, in order to express their opinion as to
the business OF the Mexican war, and TO take
proper measures to present the name OF General
Zachary Taylor to the people of Pennsylvania,
as worthy successor OF their late leader Gen.
eral Andrew Jackson.
This call emanates from the locofoco
party, and is signed by number of citi-
zens of Berks county, many of whom we
know to be locofocos-almost as unscru-
pulous as the Senior of the Metropolitan
himself
"There is storm ahead Confusion
reigns in the Camp The clouds are dark!
Hank the thunder"-from democratic old
Berks!
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