Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-06-15
Our. Candidates.

the Wing Banner Of the Campaign,
inscribed with names which have
been tokens of victory on many a
well-fought 6eld-alike in the bloody
conflict of arms, and in the bloodless
strife for principle. Whatever may
have been our personal preferences
with regard to a candidate for the
Presidency, we most cheerfully
sacrifice them for the sake of union
and harmony in the ranks of the
great republican army. in whose
principles and strength we rely for
the political renovation and perma-
nent welfare Of our common coun-
try.
Our readers are well aware that,
had our teachings been needed by the
Convention, different result would
have crowned their deliberations
a result, perhaps, more in accord
ance with the feelings and wishes Of
very many ofthe Wings in this State.
But, as it is one Of the decisive feat
ures ola republican government, tha
the majority rules-so, a cheerful &C.
guiesense on the par, of minority to
the expressed will of the majority, is
one of the surest and most pleasing
indications of the stability Of such a
government. A different course
must inevitably lead to anarchy, the
worst of despotlsms. However much
therefore, any one may regret thai
his favorite was not successful, we
hold it to be his duty, and the duty
of every patriot, to come up manful'
ly to the work of reform, Forgetting all
selfish and personal considerations,
and pledging his untiring efforts fol
the triumph of the cause.
A Convention of Wings from ev-
cry State and almost every district
in the Union, has presented ZACH
AIRY TAYLOR as worthy of our
confidence and united support for
the highest Office in the gift of the
nation. His integrity and patriotism,
his undaunted courage tempered by
humanity, crowned with laurels
which Wellington would be proud
to wear, yet bearing himself with the
meekness and modesty Of a private
citizen-these qualities and charac-
teristics have, since he became kMessn,
marked him out as emphatically
man of the people, "-such a man
as the people delight to honor.
We cannot speak Of him in words
more felicitous and eloquent than
those which we have before quoted
from the late Thanksgiving Sermon
of the Rev. BuRDEr HAT, pastor
of the congregational church in Fair
Haven, Conn., .s.....
awe have seen an officer, whose
name was almost unknown, who at
the early age of eighteen entered the
army of the United States as lieu
tenant of infantry, who in the war
of 1919 and in the Florida campaigns
displayed the qualities Of heroic dar-
ing and soldierly science which have
since been matured to perfect de-
velopment, taking the foremost posi-
ton among the Captains of this or
any other age. Brave in the hour
of danger, humane in the moment
OF victory. kind and courageous in
the varied scenes of his warrior-life,
he possesses the qualities which at
tract the attention. and demand the
admiration Of mankind. Plain, al
most 70 an excess, in his manners
and costume. he still commands the
homage and confidence Of his troops.
Impressed with the sentiment Of hi.
own invincibiliy, they never wave,
ia the fervest conflicts, and under
BIS guiding genius fresh recruits beal
10 the battlefield the cool courage