Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-09
THE JOURN A L.
From the Louisville Morning Courier.
THE TAYLOR FESTIVAL AT PHILA
DELPHIA.

day and the battle of Buena Vista, held in the
Chinese Saloon. al Philadelphia, on Tuesday
evening, the 22d inst, is said TO have been
very handsome affair. josiah RANDALL, Esq.
presided on the occasion.
After all present had partaken of the good
thiags of a richly laden table, the President
Eose sana addressed the assemblage in very
Apprspriate terms. 10 the course of which he
remarked-''We present General TAYLOR as a
Wing candidate. That he is a Wing, let his
1e<.er to Mr.. Ingersoa, now in the possession
Of Mr. Barrow. attest. He is a Wing Of thu
school Of Henry CLAY" This portion of Mr..
RS speech was received with enthusiastic and
ong-conhnued cheering.
a number of regular toasts were then read
by E. j. Morris, Esq. Among them were the
following:
Major General Zachary Taylor-Bold and
decided in the field, wise and dIgnified Ill coun-
cil-he has unconsciously and with character
istic modesty, illustrated his military career
with his sword and his pen. The civic annals
of the rel ubIic will commemorate his states
manship, patriotism and v1rtue-lhe Man OF
the People, and the Man of the Times; with
him as candidate, success cannot be doubtful
his name and fame will BE- lower otstrengih.
May he find favor with our Wing brethren o.
the Union. Hail to he Chief.
Henry Clay-Oficial station could add no
lustre 10 his iame-tiIne will not diminish II
lit is interviewer with the history of the Re-
public, and is indelibly inscribed on its records.
Aud Lang Syne
Tyaskingto1 and Fdylor-men of the same
mould--each one sufficient to mark century.
Hail Columbia.
Mr. Morris then read the following address
to the Wings of the Union. Portions of il
were most enthusiastically cheered, aud at the
close the cheering was renewed:
To the Wings IF the United States.
Fellow WHIes:-We address you as politi-
cal brethren, engaged in the same cause AMI de-
voted to a common oblect--the SALVATION OF
THE CONSTITUTION, and the rescue of the Nation
and Union from The perils that now surround
lhem. A crisis has arrived i'll the history of
the Republic. The Constitution is perverted
from lis original spirit, aud an attempts made
10 change the purposes and character of our ill.,
siitutions. We are in the midst of ID war, Gre
ated by the act of the Executive, in drrogation
of the Constitutional functions of Congress-
An immense debt is accommodating, day by day,
and DIRECT TAXATION Is imminent. The in
dustry of the people is sacrificed to the theoret-
ment are inadequate TO lis support-the i'm
proyenent of our Harbor and river navigation
is arrested by Executive caprice, and the pow
er of the Fede raj Government 10 promote the
general prosperity is paralyzed BY the arbitrary
will of one man. The present is full ofevil.
and the future lowers upon US with clouds OF
foreboding gloom.
Patriotic Whigsl in the presence of impand-
ing ruin, what is your duty? Shall your coun-
try appeal 10 you in vain? Will you not rally
to its succor III this hour of extremity? Will
you permit personal preferences to distract aud
divide you in the face of a conflict, which may
perhaps. be the last struggle in defence oil Coa-
stitutional liberty? You have il III your pow
er 10 SqUe the country. Will you embrace the
opportunity? Ii would be all In peachm mt o.
your patriotism, TO question your willingness
10 obey call, which, strong as the voice OF ma
ture, is addressed to your sympathies and judge
TneAt.
You cannot hesitate. The nation resound
with his name-his virtue and achievements
are on every tongue, the universal eye turns II
one man, as the man of the times-the ga.lan
soldier who saved the honor of his country
when in extreme peril; whose military deed
have raised our national fame to the highes
pitch of glory, and whose intellect and chdrac
ter have proved him worthy OF place, design
ed for the highest merit and the most exalle
WORTHLESS. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
we this day reiterate our desire to presen
him to the Wings of the Union, as a candidat
for the Presidency, subject to the decision
the Whig National Convention. On his ow
authority, and in his own language, we drcIar
him to be ''Whig in Principle If elected
he will administer the government, in his ow
words, according to the Washington AMI Ma
ison policy,"-the fountain heads of Viii
doctrine We are thus assured of his ATTACH
mpnt to the Wing faith. He is pledged BY h
own voluntaryactto the principles of the Win
party. He is known TO b. a man of stern il
tegrity, firm purpose, and the loftiest honor.-
His illustrious character is suth lent guaral
tee of the truth and fallflment of his drclar
tions As an aUoped Waig, then, we ask b
nomination By the National Convention TO ID
sembIe in the consecrated Hall of independence
in this city, on the 7th ofJune next
Of the election of Gen. Taylor, if nomina
ed by that august BODY, no one enttr,ains
doubt that Gen. Taylor will carry this State
a large and decisive majority. We speak f
ourselves, of what we know, and what cal
not be gaiasayed. The hearts of the people
P, nnsyLvania are with him: they love him. al
they are eager 10 honor him. The good, Il
pure, and the impartial of all other p)itic
divisions will join with US in his S Ipport, al
he will be raiss d to the Presidency b. the lar
est vote any candidate has received since Il
daysof Washington. His capacity is esta
lish-d By his desp patches, his conduct, the u
erring sagacity and wisdom that has mark'
his career from the war of 1872 10 the Car
paign on the Rio Grsnds His virtue, his i
fegIity, and his purify of motive, have sto'
the test of the most sey-re ordeal, and he stan
before the world without spot or blemish. !
an American citizen, we are proud OF him al
as Wing we rejoice that there was one amor
us who commands the love and admiration
ALL our countrymen.
Wings of the Union! In the name of o
common country, in behalf other outraged col
stitution, and By your regard for the succe
and establishment of the great principles
our organization, We invoke you to join wi
us in an effort to secure the nomination of &c
!eral TAYLOR BY the Wing National Convrniip
With him, glorious AMI salutarv VICTORY
cERrArx-an honorab Bile peace will BE- secur,
and maintained, and the tide of misrule vi
be turned back. and the batter days OF the 4
public be restored. in all their primitive lust
md olory a fsarf1l reSnOnsibility rests uDC