Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-10-26
GEN. TayIor'. Principles.

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The New Brunswick Fredonian ,fumphan,ly
meets the allegation Of the opposition that General
Taylor has no principles, and. at the same time,
disposes ofihe charge. so freely bandied BY Loco
foco demagogues, that General Taylor's friends
" go it blind" as the phrase is-supporting their
candidate solely on the ground ofavaability, with
out regard TO any system Of political doctrines
Is there man, it observes, with this objection on
his lips, who honestly believes his own allegation,
Do the men who complain that General Taylor
cannot be drawn or driven to a profession Of his
political faith, consider what they say! General
Taylor declares that the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States is the, platform upon which he would
administer the government. Is the Constitution
not system of political principles I Or is it too
obscure system that we cannot guess how man
would act while honestly confirming to it.
True. it may be said that men interpret the Con-
stiiution differently, while equally protesting to
adhere TO it-and. says the oblector. General Tay-
lor may interpret it after fashion of his own, as
Jackson did, or according to Locofoco fashion,
But that objection is9forestalled by Cen. Taylor,
for he says that he should feel bound to under.
stand the Constitution as it has been expounded
by the highest authorities and acquiesced in by
the people Still more explicitly he tells us that
he embraces that view of the instrument which the
early Presidents adopted. He regards it as hav-
ing been faithfully and correctly understood and
practised by Washington, whose views he adopts
as his own. And still further he says, that of the
statesmen of our own day, he considers Mr.. Clay,
Mr.. Crittenden, &C., holding to the true Washing
tonian reading of the Constitution and more than
that, he tells US that he regards the Locofocoism
of the present day, gross and dangerous depar-
ture from constitutional principles and the exam
plies of the republican fathers. Add to this his
declaration, that the people, through Congress,
possess the right, with which the President may
not meddle, to pass tariff and internal improve
ment bills as they may see fit. a,
Now ifthis is notdefning his position and avow-
ing his political faith we do not see how General
Taylor is to do it. If General Taylor has no po-
litcal principles, then the Constitution has none
Washington had none-the leading statesmen,
as Clay, Crittenden and others, have none. IF
Taylor has no principles, or holds them obscure-
ly, then. further, the profession by an honest man
that he is Wing, means nothing, for Gen. Tay-
lor says he is Whig. @ a9
The fact is, General Taylor is the only cand-
date in the field who does make full avowal of
bis principles The platform of Gen Cass is
made up of set of narrow Locofoco doemas, pro-
pounded by an irresponsible. self constituted Con-
venton, and adrohly drawn to catch votes but
it omits altogether multitude Of subjects of the
greatest importance, concerning which we have
no avowal of Cass' opinions. The Buffalo can
didate is on still narrower platform-the single
idea of Free Soi and stolen one at that. Cass,
the protege and candidate of clique is pleased
to put in his mouth, subject to the explanations
and additions which may be covertly given in
tracts and fraudulent lives. Van Buren, the can
ddate of a section, sets up his standard, with its
one stolen principle, which gives the lie to his
whole life. General Taylor, the candidate of the
Wings and of the people, very properly and wise
ly refers, for the exposition of his principles, to
the Constitution under which the people lve-to
that Constitution of which the Wings have been the
great upholders and defenders
The great and impressive feature in the inau-
guration of an American President is the oath of
fdelity-not to the Baltimore or Buffalo platforms
but to the Constitution of the United States.-
Aware of that, and impressed with the living prn-
ciples and awful sanctions of that instrument,
General Taylor points to it now as his political
creed just as he expects to refer to it hereafter
as the chart of his administration. If there are
those who maintain that it signifies nothing to pro-
fess acceptance Of it as creed they must also re-
gard the oath to it as void of meaning.
A Trick upon Stage Robbers.
There have lately been numerous robberies of
trunks from the stages between Erie and West6eld.