Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-14

Snce the General has been called upon the political arena
every step that he has aken every letter that has written
Notwithstanding the msapprehensons of those who did not
wish understand him. eynces the same cearness of mind
depth OF penetration, and rmness purpose that have cha
racterzed him in all the varied Of his evenul f
The first position that ne took upon his field
gard to party and his views upon this point worthy above
all else OF the most profound attention of the good men of all
parties Party Is thing that but few Wings or Democrats
pause to examine fully Parties will no doubt alvays exist
IN ee uoVenmen and are perhaps necessary but, like all
other necessary things, subject dangerous abuse Go
vernment is necessary but requires eternal vigilance 10 pre-
vent from degeneratng into corruption and despos and
the same ailes IN human nature which give Governments
their tendencies always operating parties He must
have very narrow mnd indeed, who thinks that human
fraies confined TO party. He is badly read in his
tory that does not know that party spirit has demolished tho
fabrics ancient freedom He dcerns what around
and before him dmy that the tendency of party
strife to convert the honors and cmoumens of TIE Govern
ment into the chief OF contenon and he understands
little OF the natuIe OF free government who does know that
It VIII perish when the contest of party shall degenerate
mere scramble for office. Whodoe that party spirit
carried to the extreme crushcs the freedom Of the human
mind Party must think alike, their thoughts must
run in the channel and they must guard their
expressions under pain Of exclusion from the political church.
Who does not see that under the shade of free consu
ion, party faction, carried the extreme may establish two
intoleTable despotisms in our country
Did any nominating convention assemble in The
United States OF either party that derived its authority from
the votes of the people age Yet of these bodies
far either party is concerned fact the election The
people, as matter Of course, ray whatever their leaders
think proper TO do Who does perceive that in time the
abuse Of this custom will in effect take election from the
people And what rejecting mind is there thai does not
plainly that party spirit rapidly concentrating all power
into the hands OF man All these dangers evident
10 the sagacous mind of Gen. Taylor and when he asserted
that he were to fill the Office his Administration should be
modelled after those Of the earlier Chief Magistrates and that
ne would be the President Of the whole people, and not the
representative OF party spirit he occupied the position of
philosophical statesman The meaning of oil that Gen. Tay-
of n
country back to the sacred observance of the charter of her
beries call the people back from strife Of faction and
contention TO union and from passionate defamation
calm and sober No occupied moral posi-
ton mote TO be admired than that of Gen. Taylor when he
pronounced in the face of the conendng parties and at
the hazard OF losing the first Office in the world, shat he who
is not worthy of being trusted without promises not worthy
Of being trusted with them" Was any thing more true
verified by experience The nation has sckened
the broken promises of oceseeers who have been ever
ready pledge themselves any thing, or any body for
vote Gen. Taylor has given promises Of the right sort,
10 Kane Coleman letters not in words but in long life
Of unrisaed deeds of greaness-a life upsaed by crime
Such life furnishes the best evidence that if elected he
viii hold his fame and the good Of his country one
and ndivsibe What there in the Presidency that could
attract such Gen. Taylor except theatre upon
which he might further that country which his whole
lite has been devoted In taking up bis position party
he displayed sagacy and courage than were
displayed in selecting and fighting the field Of Buena VISTA
And when the nation shall comprehend his views in
all their compass when shall experience the benign effects
OF his far reaching principles will then that his eosto
shield the liberties of his country from the monster party
spirit win be the brightest point the history of his life
" But has General Taylor the capacity to govern We
know that large bodies OF troops him from all
Pas Of the Union-men fresh from the pursuits of civil life
and unaccuomed 10 restraint, and in short time they
moulded into the efficiency Of regular troops. There
methods of eovcning-foce and persuasion Gen. Taylor
treated his rational beings BY kindness and example,
he awakened in them all the better feelings Of their naures
and by clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, sustaining
the sick, and consong the despondng he made such inn
preston their minds and hearts, that they obyed him from
respect and love- Force, punishment and whips seem to
have cut figure in his government We every day meet
with Democrats and Whigs Natives and Foreigners return
ing from the army, who all speak Of him children might
of kind and aecona,e father Contrast this mode Of gov
ening with that of the Mexican Generals and you will have
the secret Of his uniform The Mexican chiefs lived
in the spendor of ancient Spanish pomp and surrounded by
the barriers Of forms and ceremonies they cosd hear
the goans the poor soldier The consequence was that
they fought without spirit and sought the first occasion fy
But General Toyor lived among soldiers they lived
ready to hear and redress their grievances treating them
men and equals and the result was that their minds
made to to die BY him. because they knew that he
would die by item. His profound knowledge of human cha
racer and his sympathy human suffering as potent
in the hour of battle Captain Braggs battery. In
gard his knowledge capacity heard him accused
Of great ignorance but in respectively say that he does
not know when he whipped and that according TO militia
ry science be whipped three times Buena Vista and
never found il out Santa Anna himself under that
impression, and after having scientifically whipped him twice,
very politely sent IN nag INFORM aim OF the iact
"Tbe 7h Of next November will be day great the his
tory Of this world There will be the oing millions Before
them will stand Zachary Taylor in the modest simplicity Of
American farmer unassuming in character Of
them. Brought up with thcm toed with them, suffered
with them and with them demanding government of laws.
Before them, also, shall stand Lewis Csss the advocate Of
the government Of Mounted, Janussced upon his
platform, he shall be seen holding in hand the Wmot
prosso stretched the North the other slavery extended
the South holding up the rivers and lakes paper with
the word Improvement written upon it. and the other side
the word pfO The Of grandeur will touch the deepest
fire in the human heart sound shall be heard 10 up
from the face Of the whole land and il will come, and
iinue to From the North and from the South and
from the East and from the West, il will roll on, and on
mighty tide Of human voices and the loud acclaim shall be
for Taylor aud the Constitution! And in the press the
polls million Of voices shall be heard ringing the ba,le-cry,
Give them grape Capt Bragg The handwriting
is upon the wall. Lewis Cass might we'll think to unfx
the mountains from their eternal foundations hold back the
in its course stay the tempest in its might TO
the judgment TO I've pronounced upon him by the tong
millions the 9TH Of November in the year Of our Lord s4s
"The day Of righteous re5ution has The sins and
the gores Of this fast parting and settling into their
proper paces On the side, violated constitution,
usurped power treach by the Chief Magistrate his solemn
ly pighted faith TO his party the desolaons Of war;
the presence Of alien territory destroy domestic peace, and
put hazard Union and all at the Of ages Of
labor to the tong millions, OF the oathsome ele
Of which is formed the Of crime that is fast
settling down forever the heads v the authors Of this