The North-Carolina standard., 1847-05-19
s..9 .~sIoe FgF .lfglr IyIll I1S
The MAN Of Principles, and the Prin-
80 c5DIe OF Man.

( Two gentleman met in our streets the othe
lday; both men of liberal education, both politi
Icians and attached to the federal paslg both ex
lemplary in their department, and Christians BY
profession but one is Office holder, and the 9th
er is not, A conversation ensued ,-,,, 81
T.; O6feeholder. +. WE'LL John, the political cam
lpaign is opening with fine prospects for US. ! We
shall thrashth the Iocos awfully next election cry
John; That is capital news but how are vi
= o6ice-Aolder. why, with Gen. Taylor fol
our candidate, we can, ,oyerwhelm them, As Judge
Dayton said, we can sink their ship so deep thai
not bubble will rise % tell tho story of theil
wreck ..,....- .@-a5 I.~ogss f'. -. s.5,
John. We'll, / like the ,ygeckiug part Of your
prophecy very we'll; but, + must confess have
some apprehensions that the rock will be as dis;
astrous TO as asto our opponents What are the
pollucal opinions. of General Taylor? On zga Y
1 OgIesholder. Oh, he's an out-andout whig-;
goes al whig measures entire; voted, or meant
to vote for Clay at the last election and is every
= J0AS Who tells you so ~. E.. :. -. .s,ea
OGies-ho!lder | saw it in at least dozen whig
papers. -,,gI5 lreva -..s t.fI .alos7
;. Jok". ANY authority given for tor was it
merely the opinion of the editors? ..l5s.,.z, A.
OGeehozder The opinion of one or more OF
the editors, believe; they had copied from each
other pretty much. :; - s.tf 81, hi .a.s.,
,John That's no authority. Has any respec-
table man said or written. that Of his own knpwl-
edge, he knows Gen Taylor TO be whig ri
OGce-holder.. Not that 1 know Of .i5.. 20
John Have any of his family authorized any
one to say he is whig ss.s. .lng DIS. ~
OGee-holder: Not that | have heard b, 7,.sa
John. Z To which party dohis relations belong,
so far as you have learned2 -...-. .r
OGee-holder 1t is said that his son-in-law,
and his brother are democrats. ri: Il . .-s,iy..s +.
John Did the General support Jackson for
the Ptesidency2
O0eeholder. understand he did,
John. Which of the whig principles has Gen.
Taylor expressed himself favorable to, in any let
ter, speech, or conversation Of his that you have
ever read 1ls
0Gee.do,der. Well, I can: say that have
ever seen Gny expression OF political principles
John. Well, is that being whig .,..,
. ODiee,holder, [drolly,l 1t was, you know, in
1910, "no principles for the public eye,"' was our
motto.
Joha Yes, but I got enough in 1910, and I
thought you had, tool Is not the General large
STAKEHOLDER, and southern cotton planter; and
do you expect he will go for repeal of the odi-
Gus British tariff of 1916, and for the Wilmot
proviso, TO which we are pledged2
ORce-holder There's no use of talking tariff,
John, when the farmers getting the present
prices for their grain and as to slavery, can't
say that I care great deal about it, after ALL
You know Clay was STAKEHOLDER, but we never
stuck at that ''
John. Mo- you didn't bu. great many did !;
and Mr.. Clay was beaten. " i<'|
O&ee,kolder Not on that ground, for Mr.
Polk, who succeeded, was as much of pro.slave-
ry man as Mr.. Clay. - .-- ..'.'-.' r.
John Just so, but MIR. Polk's party did not
pretend 10 be otherwise. They expressly refused
their sympathy to the anti-slavery cause; were
honest, though blinded; they succeeded while
100 many of the whig party professed one thing
and practsed another; made promises to the ear,
and broke them to the hope; preached virtue and
practsed vice; in word, were anything tor Of:
fee, and nothing for principle. Does Taylor
hold this most vilanous war to be unjust % iac
OGce-holder. 'spose so. a1na e' aa'i 17oa.
JoAn.s Well, 'spose he don't; for believe
he general to be a man oftruth.,r His correspon-
lence with the war department, and his procla-
nation to the. .Mexicans, upon invading that coun-
ry which his military prowess has crimsoned.
made desolate, and filled with waiIing, all show
hat he justified the war in its fullest extent In
deed if he did not, should think him the veriest
murderer in existence. For while hold TO the
business of defensive war, deny that in unjust
war; any man so believing, from the general down
10 the lowest private, can voluntarily become a
human butcher and plead in defence the orders OF
his superiors in command IF that doctrine is
true, then for six thousand Mexieans killed, but
one man is respon.ible-I mean the President /
don't believe in that and therefore am glad to
culpate Gen. Taylor by supposing, as certainly
do, that he jusies the war on our part. But II he
does this he is no whig. --f ~ "a. s.. .ty ,..s .a
OGce-Aolder. John, my dear fellow, you are
over nice in these things, and you surprise me.
You Presbyterians are a fighting Sect at least
you have. not entered any special protest against
war in the general, while here are our Quaker
friends whose testimony against all resortto arms
Is as old as their Sect all going for lbe; general
with perfect rush, Look at James, and SamuT
ei, and Stacy and Ralph and William, ali Of The
purest George Fox blood, and see how they
scramble to be foremost in shouting for the general
John. Aye, ayel what you say of these indi-
vduals is true; they have Offices to hold on to,
like yourself and probably not much principle to
let go from; but when the West Jersey, 4Qnakers
vote for STAKEHOLDER, a general and the destroy
er of men in a, war believed TO be unjust, hope
hey viii erect monument at each of their meet
lighthouses to the memory of Andrew Jackson,
ind nscribe upon the pfdestals retraction Of the
loud censuresj they repeatedly pronounced upon
him - IF Justice to the living requires the course
you advocate, justice to, the dead will; everywhere
Commend my Suggestion aas5sz5ias-st.5.a. Bob
ONice-holdcr. : Well, for my part think it is
capital, thing to punish the locos, by electing
Taylor, man made by the very war they created.
. John. Good thing, ehl to take poison your
elf, if you can only thus get your enemies to
rink it, But are you sure you can, elect him
W hose votes will he get besides The whigs2 81
O6fee-holdcr : He'll get all the native vote, the
n!rent vote, the Tyler vote and the custom house
'ote-pretty- much all the ofice-holders in the |