The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-05-22
Gen. scott-cen. TayIor--and the Lo.
cofoco marty.

Gen. seott-Gen. TayIor--and the Lo-
cofoco party.
4 One oft the most amusing things in these
days of party profigacy and corruption, is to
witness the wrthings, twistings, and contor.
tons Of countenance exhibited by the Pokites
at the bare mention Of Gen. Taylor's name in
connection with the presidency. They first
make the discovery that it is inconsistent for
the wings to nominate military man; but
they5a are met by both parties in the case of
4 Generals Jackson and Harrison. They then
declare that the wings are opposing the war
and cannot claim any share Of the glory
This the wings shew, by al their acts, to be
untrue; and that il was The manner Of getting
into the war, without the consent of the Rep-
q resentatives of the people, that they denouna
iced, but that since we are in it, the wings have
nobly stepped foremost to get their country
out of the difficulty; and that in spite of Mr..
Folks efforts TO make ii his party war, by ap-
pointing none but locofocos engaged in i, TO
office, that the wing party could point TO her
gallant sons, who are not only barring their
breasts, but are reaping all the glory of it,
oyerthe locofoco appointments. They point
to Generals Taylor, Wool and Worth, to Colo
nels Campbell, Baker, Hardin, Mckee, Clay,
Marshall, McClung, and a host of others,
known as prominent wings, they point to the
thousands of gallant wing volunteers who
poured out their blood on the battle field they
point to the fact,that Polk and Marcy could
not manage the war, but had to send General
/ Scott another wing, to do So after they had re-
fused to let him go in the first place. All
these facts the wings bring forward to shew
that the charges are false. Then our alarmed
opponents, after being thus foiled, turn with
halt grin, whilst all can see that they ale laugh
ing out Of the wrong side Of the mouth, and
gravely tell the wings that Gen. Taylor is no
whig--that we may get caught in old Rough
and Ready. They endeavor TO excite the fears
Of the whig party by assuring them that the
politics Of Gen. Taylor are not known and they
had better stick to Henry Clay--that General
Taylor never voted but once and then for Gen.
Jackson; whilst others declare he never voted
at all; others again that he will not suffer his
name to be run as wbig, &c, &c. I've Sim
ply have to ask them why their anxiety? If
Gen. T. be a locofoco, as they insinuate, but
dare not say, why do they not let the wings
elect him and then they will not have the
| troub e to elect democratic President, as the
wings will have elected one to their hands9--
But then we shew incontestible proof that he
is whig-a real Kentucky Clay wing, of the
right stamp. We have it from Gen. Taylor
himself, that he had constitutional doubts OF
the annexation of Texas; that he would have
voted for Henry Clay but he was on the from
tier. We have it from his own brother who is a
glorious Clay whig; we have it from immedi-
ate friends and relatives More than this, we
have incontesble proof in the little and un-
sparing course of locofoco partizans to detract
from his well earned fame-from the speeches
of Judge Wick, of Indiana, Thompson. of
Mississippi, and others, who declared he was a
wing and that democrat should be put at the
head of Folks army so that he could hold con-
| hdential intercourse. All these proofs are so
overwhelming that he is whig, they quit that
point; and the Washington Union, having
given the cue to the pack, they are now in full
Gen. Taylor, by prasing Gen. Scott and glori-
| tying his victories. We have no wish to
see Gen. Scott lose a single laurel which he
has entwined around his brow; nay, we glory
in seeing his puny revilers compelled, no mat
ter how reluctantly or with whatever impro-
per motive they may be prompted, to retract
the vile ISLANDERS they have been heaping on
the gallant Scott. We are happy also to see our
predictions of Scott's success realized and trust
he may have still greater success, SO as to
close the war.
But to see demagogues who have been un-
sparing in their abuse of both Generals Scott
and Taylor, who have taken great pleasure in
incorporating both, who took particular pains
to ridicule Gen. Scott, by calling ham Mar
shall Tureen, &C., to see such fellows now be-
smearing Scott at the expense of Taylor, is
too contemplate to merit notice, were it not
that others might be misled by the venom
which they spit forth.-Gicksb~g Whig.