The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-11-24
The TriumPh.-.Whnt IL Brings.

we are WITHOUT words nj Tor express
ing our sensations on this glorious event.
AS members Of the great political party
to which it is our pride 10 belong, we are
naturally aud deeply grati6ed at the tri.
umph of its principles; but, if we know
ourselves. any exultation on this head is
subordinate to feeling of devout thank
fllness to the Almighty Ruler of Nations
for his havingguided the minds and hearts
of the American people to result which
we believe, is the salvation of the country.
We shuddcr when we think of tho abyss
to the brink Of which another four years
misrule might have brought it.
The fourth of March, 1S49. will revive
the heroic ago of the republic. At the
head Of the Government will be man
with character whose dimensions are
suited to the Office; and which. in its sim.
pie greatness, is a fit type of the majesty
Of the American people. Formed amid
the hardest scenes of camp life, and
resplendent with military glory, it is
graced by moral and intellectual qualities
fitting its possesSor for the high civic sta
ton TO which the voice of his country has
called him. History exhibits to us two
classes of military men. One class is
military and nothing else, and unfit for
any but a military theatre of exeItion;
and in this are to be found some Of the
most distinguished conquerors-men at
whose names "the world grew pale"
The other and higher class is that Of men
who, in their military conduct, display
like Washington, eminent civic endow'
ments. To this latter class belongs
Zachary Taylor. In the interval of a
long and eventful professional service
his active mind has been enriched by
study and disciplined by thought. Sa.
gacious, welI-informed. inAexible, self.
relying, yet modest, moderate but firm
straightforward ,magnanimous, kind heart
ed, republican in his principles and re.
publican in his habits, he is the man fol
the place and the man for the times. His
character and political creed assure his
country thathe will administer the Con
sttution in the spirit of its founders, by
and in furtherance of its declared objec I,
Unfeltered by any sectional pledges, he
will be the President of the nation; look
ing to the good and to the rights of aH it
members. and ever mindful ofthe tempe
of compromise in which the Federal Con
stitution tOas, and in which only it coult
haze been framed; and thus maxim,
the Executive policy the agent of Z"
more perfect UNION" of the States and q
the people. His proverbial integrity
guarantees The Justice" of his politica
conduct; the domestic tranquility" o
the country will be guarded by the illus
trious warrior who is devoted "peact
man." the disciple of Washington will 81
construe and act on the Constitution a
to "promote the general welfare:" and
Chief Magistrate whose loyalty to tn,
will of the people has been avowed an,
is beyond suspicion, will never stretcl
Executive power against public "libcrty'
Yes, a bright day is coming. A clear
headed and an honest. hearted Chic
Magistrate will refuse the aid of the Elk
ecutive TO that absurd system Of constru
} ing the Constitution which is at one mo
ment splitting hairs; and at another swal
: lowing camels; which treats that sacre,
instrument as thing incapable Of good
but capable Of mischief as not permit
} ting the improvement of territories al
ready possessed, but allowing new terri
tory to be acquired. on any plea, howev
CT uni just or extravagant, only to be con
signed to the same neglect; as being in
sufficient to project home industry agains
the pauper labor of Europe, but as beinl
quite sufficient to enable the President t
do what he pleases; as restricting tn
Legislature within the narrowest bounds
, but leaving tho Executive "a chartere,
libertine" to make war, to found govern
ments, &C., and, in short, to exercis
kingly powers which it denies to tn
three branches Of the Government in III
aggregate; and which subjects the Con
stitution itself to the dictation of Rum
: Conventions and partisan platforms. B
+ their votes on Tuesday last, the peopl
u have rebuked such irrational and anti re
u publican principles (if the word may b
D thus pcrvertod) of construction. And i
so doing, the people have set the seal {
U condemnation on the arbitrary exercise {
l. the one.man power, which was the prom
inent feature of the fallen dynasty. NJ
i less emphatically have they rebuked tn
congenial abuse of tho interference I
Federal office-holders in elections. Th