The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-26

thing, being cart and part" in fraud sought TO
be played off upon the people of the United
States.
What shall say of this portraitof Gen. Tay.
lor? Would his children recognise III No,
sir; no. They might look upon it as the pic
ture of low, vulgar, ragamuffin deserter, who
had just returned from the wars.
Sir, this studied disparagemeut of Gen. Tay-
Tor need not and ought not to excite feeling
of indignation. The rawlings of despair are OBJ
iects Of commseration, not of resentment
They can do no harm. The people Of this
county have sense, they have segacity, they
have judgment. They are better judges Of men
even this Senate. Imean no disparagement Of
this body, which for talent, virtue, and pat
riotism may not shrink from comparison
with any other. But mean the people live,
move, and have their being in clear, pure,
and calm atmosphere, no ciques, no passions,
no prejudices, no artificial standards, no per-
sonal interests, strongas we have TO bias and
thwart strong, sound, plain, common sense
No, sir, this studied must thnk-ungener-
Gus disparagement, can do no harm. | have
no purpose TO eulogise Gen. Taylor. Ii would
be as offensive to his simple tastes and delicate
sense Of self-respect as it would be unbefitting
me. lam not, by nature, strung and tuned to
give out the music Of eulogy and encomium TO
men in power. 1t IS not my wont-to me it
would be new vocation. Sir leave him in
his simple dignity and grandeur of character
'when unadorned adorned the most" Would
you have the Venus de Medici furbelowed
and founced in the tinsilled fnery Of modern
millinery? Would you have the statue Of
Hercules crowned with tawdry cap and fea
Their! Would you have me weave garlands for
the pinnacles Of the Sierra Madre, that lift their
heads and battle their naked brows in the sun
| light far above the region of the clouds? Civ
ell down TO Immortality as they are in history,
in poetry, and in song, by the associated glor-
ries of the hero of Monterey and Buena Vista,
] leave them in their simple grandeur. The
people well know how to estimate him. His
strong sense, fine sagacity, and unerring judg-
ment--firmness OF purpose, incorruptible In
tegrity and his open, downright frankness and
honesty of heart-firm and fearless as il is kind
and humane. His expansive views--looking
10 the whole country as his country, and every
part of the country as his part of the country
knowing no partisan cliques or mere section
al interests--planting himself upon the cons;.-
tuition and the whole constitution, and serving
the people and the whole people. All this the
people knew well.
Sir, shall support Gen. Taylor and support
him cordially, as the true representative ofall
the great conservative characteristics of the
Wing party. shall support him as man Of
peace-as opposed 10 all wars of conquest-as
opposed TO that raPacious policy that would
pick quarrel witha neighbor and then seize
his goods ! support him for his sound con-
stitutonal views in regard to the relative du-
ties of the respective departments Of the gov
eminent. King veto will not be put in chains
bat confined to his proper sphere. He will
MT be permitted, as mariuder. TO make for
avs upon every department. of the government
and upon every public vV6 private interest
support him also because believe he will suf-
fer the will of the people to become the law OF
the people within constitutional limits; be-
ieve that things that lie before us in the un-
known future may be of vastly more magnitude
than all the transientparty questions of the day;
and because have confidence in his modera.
ton and good sense--above all, in his modera-
ton and right mindedness. If | have learned
/ Anything in public life. it is that pure inten-
tions aud single mindedness, with strong good
sense, are worth more than the most splendid
abilities and the largest experience without
them.