The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-10
h THE MAN FOR THE TIMES.
Silas Wright and zachary Taylor.


vain enough to pre TO this high office and il lad
desired II aver strongly, nm not SO blind as not
to see that the present period presents opportun-
" for candidate such as should he. tell you the
truth, however, when say, elevated a. II Is, and is
Justly considered, do not wish the Office. My ac-
quaintance with it has long since satisfied me that
no man should aspre TO it VINO has not Stronger
hold upon the feeling Of the country than have;
and that II obtained II will give TO such man mel.
ther pleasure nor honor. am not candidate Tor
the Office and have no feeling about who shall be
candidates, beyond my deep feeling for the country
and its institutions VA
The above extract is from a private letter
addressed by Silas Wright TO the editor of the
Cincinnati Signal. 1t embodes sentiments
worthy OF all remembrance. It speaks the
exact truth We have omitted the concluding
sentence in which the writer expresses his
belief that the safety Of this Union depends
upon the ascendancy Of the Democratic party.
We have omitted it because we did not wish
to mar the beauty OF these noble and catholic
sentiments by single partisan thought
We said on the occasion of Wrighps death
( that he was never Statesman. This passage
jus, quoted proves the correctness Of our re-
mark. i is an admission of the fact by Mr..
Wright himself He knew tina, he was par
tisan and be was conscious that the presen!
was not the time for partisan President
How remarkably tnls sentiment cuincides with
The views taken BY the Hero Of the battle fields
of Mexico The President for the present
day must have deep hold upon the feeling Of
~ ',,,,ntrv ~, have ,b;c hold he r,,,st ha a
Sa,esman--a man born to command The State.
Such Mr.. Wright never was. Such, a hun.
: dred Of those who are spoken Of for the Presi
deney are not, never can be, never will be-
But there is one who has this hold upon the
z hearts Of the nation, and lha, man is s,4
@ ZACHARY TAYLOR.
a4aItwould seem as though Mr.. Wright penned
these lines with Gen. Taylor in his eye. The
old Hero is so UNNECESSARILY above all whose
!, names been associated with the Presidency Tor
the last twelve years, that no eye used to look
ing over The political field could fail to be con
scious Of his presence, and least of all would
iheeya of Mira Wright pass snch an object by :.
This extract Is also a sure evidence OF the es-
innate which Mr.. WRiGHT had Of Mr.. Polk.
II is equivalent to saying, that Mr.. P. is unfit
for the discharge oi,he duties Of the Presiden-
cy. We know that Mr.. Whad no cause to
have very high opinion Ut the President On
the contrary every act OF MIR. Pork, from the
beginning Of bis reign, went to lessen Mr..
Virgins confidence in partsanship as the on.
w means of directing the energies of this vast
confederacy. Mr.. Wright saw aud felt in the
latter years Of his brilliant life, that President
must be more than bipartisan, apd hence the
wisdom breathing in every word Of this para>
graph. We always laneIted Mr.. Weights
blind attachment to parlzanshjp while he was
. in public life. He never reposed sufficiently
upon The affections Of the people. He wanted
faith in the people. He had too much faith in
party. And when the storms came, his house
fell with great noise. We venture 10 say
that within the last year or two, he realized
that this over confidence in party, was the great
error Of his career. at
We repeat, the sentiments in this extract are
worthy of all remembrance, No man should
seek the Presidential chair, who has not the
confidence Of his political opponents that he is
an honest man, a just man. No other man
: can ever execute the Office with justice to his
country and to his own fame and peace Of
mind Mr. Tyler and Mr.. Van Buren, We're
similarly situated. Mark the terrible conflict
of public opinion upon all their acts. With
Jackson il was different. However his acts
met with resistance, nobody doubted bis hon
esy Of purpose, his sincerity, his integrity, his
love of justice. So Of all the Presidents pre-
ceeding him. Theywere all esteemed by their
opponents as honest and sincere men, though
mistaken in their political views.
This is no period for such candidate as I
should be, says Mr.. Wright. What!-not for
such man as Mr.. Wright Then il is not a
period for such candidate as any one of the
politicians who have been spoken OF for the
Presidency. They are all partzans. They
are all great men in their way, but they do not
possess the confidence of their opponents for
integrity Of character, honesty of design, purify
of motive. The whole people do no, love them
as men. The President of the United States
ought to be loved, admired, respected by every
body as man. And there is no man now liv.
ing who enjoys this favor save cne. and he is
: ZACHARY TAYLOR. He has no enemies as
man. He has none as politician, because he
is not politician. He IS the man for the
times, and Mr.. Wright, in The above femarka
bic passage, clearly points 10 The Old Hero as
the man for the times. F.
The citizens Of Mobile--7o0 Of them-re
: Gently wrote to Mr.. Bache, the superintendent
Of the coast survey and asked him 10 make an