The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-11
The Presidential Election-GeneralT aylOr's
Friends.

The Preside ntial Election-Cenerl TayLOr's
Friends.
The independent pol.ticlans, and people OF all
classes throughout the country, have an important
role 10 play within the next four weeks. AT the |
er Of that time the great and absorbing question,
who Will be the next President of the United
States. will be decided; and if they wish to see
the man Of their choice chosen for thathgh Office,
and be the occupant of the White House for the
next four years. they must be up and doing. Now
is the time for them TO act
The class OF person, TO whom we have alluded,
are peculiarly interested in this election. Hither
T. they have been virtually deprived Of all voice
in the selection of their chief magistrate by the
wine pullers attached 10 the various parties, who
selected for them the candidates for whom they
should vote IN nine cases out of ten those candi-
dates not being the men whom they would choose,
had they been permitted to exercise their own
Judgment in the matter. Most fortunately how
ever, and we may add ,uue xpecedly, contingency
occurred which placed within their reach an OPP
porunity Of exercising the power which is ,nhe.
rent in them by their blrthnght, but the use of
which. bv the above mentioned means, was, to a
o,eo, sx,ent. previously denied to them After the
dus, and smoke of the various battles in the valley
NJ he
were cleared away, there stood revealed man,
whose honesty OF purpose, independence OF charac-
tel. bravery gadntry and intellectual qualifications
drew forth the admiration and wonder, not only
of his own countrymen, but OF the whole world.
There he stood, the admired oil all admrers-Ge-
neral Ia chary Taylor; and the honest and inde-
nendent men OF all parties throughout the country
spontane ousy exclaimed. that man ought TO fill
the Office of chiel magistrate OF this nation.
Their opinions and wishes found development
through the independent newspaper press, and long
before either Of the two national conventions had
assembled, General Taylor was the nominee of the
country for the Office of President. The politicians
ascertaining the feeling of the masses, thought,
for their own safety, that II would be better go
with the current which they could not oppose
Hence he was adopted at the Wing National Con-
ventlon in Philadelphia, and made the wing can
didate for the Presidency. Previous to this
nomination, the wing papers and leaders had
abused him most numerically; but no sooner
was he nominated than they changed their
tactics and pursued totally different policy.
! They We're as lavish IN praIslng HIM after
! he was nominated, they We're, previous
! " IN abusing him. They became at once
his ardent admirers, and according TO a fashion,"
gave HIM their support What benefit this support
has been to HIM, our readers very well know
They cannot but have seen that they have done
him much more harm than coed, and that were he
dependent on them for his election, he would ne
yer be inaugurated President of the country A
few of them, however, held out IN opposition to
| HIM longer than the majority; but, IN patches of
one two and three, they came in, until the present
oil fau,
uons enrolled among his supporters,
The conduct of the wing politicians and the
wing party In adopting General Taylor, and mono.
! polishing HIM their exclusive candidate, partakes
as much OF the mpudent as II does OF the ridlcu-
lous. That party, for period OF sixty years, have
succe eded IN electng out two candidates by the
popular vote, VIZ, John Adams and General
Harrison: and the election of the latter was
! more owing TO combination OF crcum-
stances operating in his favor, than TO any
other cause. The revulson in the financial and
commercial world of 1886 and 81 was the main IN
1uence that put him IL the Presidential chair. 1t
is evident, therefore, that, by their own strength,
| thev could not elect Gen. Taylor But they adopted
| hIm alterh he was nominated by the independent men
| OF all parties The hero Of Buena Vista, therefore,
| really and truly stands before the country as the
candidate of the Independent class of our citizens,
and if he Is 10 be elected, it will be by them, and
knot by the wing party alone: for have that
they incapable of eeetipg, an exclusively wing
candidate. q!
We aIe, therefore, on the eve of the election
which is to decide whether Zachary Taylor will
or will not be the next President OF the United
States. The independent friends of the old hero
will perceive the responsibility tina; is resting upon
them The wing leaders, whig orators, and wing
Journalists throughout the county are doing all IN
their power to defeat him. Their bad influence
must be neutrahsed as much as possible and this
can only be done by his independent supporters
coming out at once, and eXertiDg themselves in his
favor from the present time till ne 9Th OF November
next. According to all appeara,ces the contest
will be extremely Close as much 20 as aay election
that mas ever taken place in this country Iftnsy
allow the wing leaders and JOURNALISTS TO have it
all their own way, his defeat is almost certain
Let them organize themselves thoroughly, and if
they do there is every probability of their success.
SMITH O'BRIEN.-T There is great interest felt
by our Irish citizens, and the public generally, in
the fate OF Smith O'Brien, in he be convicted
OF the charge tor which he was bemgIied at the
time OF the departure OF The Cambria. By some II
is supposed that punishment OF death wall not be
Inhicted-that he will be sent odt of tia country
with the hope by the government that such a
! course would concate the Irish ana chartfst
maecontenis. and strengthen the government.
We are inclined to believe that the utmost
penalty will be inflicted on that eminent patriot, If
he be convicted. The masses of England and
Ireland cannot, by any mode OF conci xtion, be
made loyal to the existing form of government
They see the corruption, despotism, and extra,
vagance which characterize it; feel the aon-
sequences; and, we firmly believe, will, at ;no
remote day, rise up IN their strength and de-