Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-07-04

The public services Of Zachary Taylor. +
are comprized in the devotion of nearly
forty years to his country. As soldier
he has won fame as immortal as any in
fame Of great and humane
and he has won ii by sacri-
fcing his private ease and safety to the
hardships Of the camp, and by his earnest
endeavors to arrest the carnage Of battle
The great Captain who fought his way
through quadruple opposing force on
the Rio Grande, who captured in an open
field, and without the aid Of siege trains
or other suitable munitions, the rock ri
and fortified city Of Monterey; and whose
heroic resolution at Buena Vista saved
from annihlation the little band Of volun-
teers. whose determination reflected back
the fire which they received from his col
lectedness, is the same Zachary Taylor
who shared the defenceless at Monterey,
and who respected the white flag ofpeacc
amid the roar Of the conflict of Angostura.
He is the same Zachary Taylor who. early
in the Mexican war, and while the laurel
Of victory was within his reach. was the
first to recommend defensive line and
the cessation Of all further aggressive
MISUNDERSTANDING to forego the hon
ors Of war for the lovelicr graces ofpeace.
lie is the same warm-hearted veteran who
wept at the untmcly fate Of Col Clay and
his gallant confederates. These eminent
services are the just elements Of General
Taylor's great personal popularity, which
the cnvous and cruel course of the adj
ministration towards him has only strength
encd and deepened and made resistless.
The mind Of Zachary Taylor is cast in
no common mould. His irmness was the
tower Of strength upon which our little ar
nv in Mexico reposed, while the clear
ness and accuracy of his judgment have
been indicated in his every action. His
dispatches to the War Department and
other publications, designed for the public
eve, have no superiors Of their class
They are all distinguished by disciplined
thought, mastery common sense, remark
able force and elegance Of diction: and by
a dignified submission to the civil power
under the greatest personal provocations
while an extreme and winning modesty
is the very soul OF them all.
i AS politician it is enough to say o.
Gen TAYLOR, that he declares himself tc
be Whig-that he asserts to the country
that his vote in 1914 would have been cast
for Henry Clay and against the anneXa'
ton Of Texas, and as consequence
| against all the steps which have led TO tho
needless conflict with Mexico. lie has
never placed himself in any other attitude
as a candidate. than such a one as author
lied his friends who put him before the
country, to withdraw him should the choice
of the Convention fall upon another. This
5 position was fully asserted by the Louisi
) ana delegation al the Philadelphia Con
! vcnton.
1 The pledges Of Gen. TAYLOR should b'
$ satisfactory to Wings. Taking Washing
ton for his model, he expressly repudiate'
I the building up Of mete presidential
5 party Of spoilsmen, while he distinctly
avows his opposition to the extension o
r our territorial limits; and we have his wore
that in the event of his election, the Exec
e utive veto shall never be interposed to ar
| rest the constitutional action of Congress
r or to disturb the independence of the Ju
: dietary. The same modesty of mine
S which distinguished him in the field. teach
/. es him to regard the Executive office. a
I ministerial and not Legislature. which i'm
poses on him who holds it. not the duty c
/, making laws, but of faithfully carrying
e out the execution ofthe popular will, con
I stitutionally expressed; and, in declarin
n himself to be such a Wing, we have tn
: fullest guaranty Of his views of the pow
: ers of the constitution which apply to tn
= questions Of Slavery, Of Intern al Improve
: ments bv the general government, Re,
G enue System, &c.
r The nomination Of Gen. Taylor by
n Convention Of the Wings Of the Cnior
i in which every portion of the country wa
n represented, settles the question Of his pc
) litical character. The nomination wa
l. fairly made. The vote on every bale
= was rira roce. Every Congressional di:
n trict in every free State was represented
+ while there were ten districts in the slav,
10 holding States which were not represented
Is and therefore cast no votes Thus ii
North was more fully represented tina
m the South. vet the choice fell on Gen Ia,
a lor. As an evidence Of his great streng
r. in the Convention. it need only be state
4. that on the first ballot. Gen. Taylor r