The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-08-26
the force Of circumstances, TO live eth
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sho ioIce oI circumstances, 10 live elm
er in this place or lhatl
), hope, gentlemen, that we all fee
too deeply the necessity for union, har.
mony and concert o. action in the de.
mocratic party, to let any little personal
prejudices or sectional differences in
fluence our political action. The pre-
sent crisis is one Of too great impor'
lance to be passed in wrangling among
ourselves. We are now in the midst
Of the Presidential campaign for / 848.
and the great questions to be decided
by the election OF Gen. Cass or Gen.
Taylor TO the Chair OF State, are OF too
much magnitude to be lightly looked
upon. In the person Of Gen. Cass we
recognize the avowed advocate OF the
known principles Of the democratic
party. And if we believe those prin.
ciples are better calculated to promote
the welfare of the great bDdy Of the
people, than are those of the whig par.
ty, we should lay our shoulders to the
wheel, and give long pull, a strong
pull, and a pull altogether for Cass,
Butler, Weller and Democracy.
On the other hand, the whig party
hare nominated, as their champion and
leader, Gen. Taylor. They nominated
him not because of his great abilities
as a statesman, but because they be-
lieved he was their most available can.
didate. Neither they nor their candi.
date nave made any declaration Of
opinion for the "publio eye." And has
it come to this, iellow-ciiizens, that any
portion Of the people Of this great re.
public will blindly give their support TO
a man without principles, without any
known abilities as statesman, and
without any personal qualities to re.
commend him to the people Of this
country other than that he may have
gained in war, which the wings have
decounced as unholy, unjust and damna.
BILE? lfso, am much mistaken. Gen.
Taylor is not believed by them to be
one Of their great statesmen. Avail
biity was all that was required. Ifl
they have in him what they sought, |
am again mistaken. Henry Clay once
prayed that war, pestilence and famine
might visit this fair land, rather than a
military chieftain should be elevated to
the chief executive post Of this nation,
without anything else to recommend
him. Gen. Taylor has no other recon-
mendation. Perhaps he may have one
other, and that is this: Gov. Jones, Of
Tennessee, says that no man Oh Gods
footstool can say tina: General Taylor
ever told lie. Now if it is any graft
fication to the wings, will admit that
he is truth-telling and truth.oving
man; for he says, in one of his letters,
that for the past forty years he has
been in the camp or the field, and has
NOT, therefore, had time 10 form any
opinion upon any Of the grea, political
questions of the day. He thereby ad.
mts, in so many words, that he is not
fit to be President; and l believe him,
for Coz. Jones says he ,oont lie.
The whig candidate for Vice Pesi.
dent is man ofknown intellectual abil. ,
tiles, but one whom the democracy can
not support for his known advocacy,
while in Congress, of the late odious ,
and unjust Bankrupt law, and other in. i
equitable measures of that celebrated I
Congress. But Mr.. Fillmore had 10
give way to Gen. Availability Taylor,
ind take the nomination for Vice Presi.
lent, otherwise called the "hind-legs" a
If the ticket. A western editor, and i
yhig at that, when he first heard of the $
nomination of Taylor and Fillmore, !.
"Such an event was as lit :
le expected as would be visit from 0
he man in the moon. Lisa perfect b
angaroo ticket-the strongest in the y
nd 2
But, gentlemen, will detain you but h
moment longer. ! have been a resi- q
ent of this county for the last twenty
ears. have grown 10 among you =