Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-12-05
From the Harrisburg (Pa. taiori.
The Presidential Election.

the RIeBl06Aflal kleetloAs
The great presidential contest OF lS4e
Is over aud from present indications. Geh
Zachary Taylor has been elected Presi.
dent scf the United States for EcMr years
from the Attn of March next. The militia.
~ repbtsAion which the old chief 'acquir
ed in The glorious battles on the Rio
Grande, at Monterey and Buena Vfstk,
brought bis name prominently before The
American peoples ASIAN indePeEdeptleeH-
didate for the presidency. The demo-
cratic. party adhered 70 heir ancient prin.s
ciples, and placed in nomination Gene
raj Lewis Cass, = gentleman distinguish.
ed as a champidh oi democracy Subse.
tuent to this time. Gen. Taylor declared
10 one of his letters to his independent
friends, that he would not Withdraw bic
name as candidate for the presidency.
even if Mr. Clay were, nominated, The
whig leaders. therefore, feeling ihemfS
selves to be in woful minority in, the
Union, threw overheard all their P,inci,
pies. together with their great leader
Henry. Clay, and adopted General Icy.
lor their candidate at the Philadelphia
convention, without requiring Of him Any
pledges. or withJnt avowing any Princi-
pies for the conduct ofthe campaign.
Some ofthe preyessedly conscientious
wings, with Horace Greeley at their tail,
refused TO unite in the SUPPORT Of Genera
Taylor for season, but eventually ID
nearly all adopted the suggestion of tn
great gun in Pennsylvania. .slhrew con
science to The Devil" and united with
the independents, the natives, the discon.
tents, the malcontents, and sone others.
who quietly slid in their yoIesfor Old lack
for his own Bake, without any regard 70
principles whatever; and inahis way has
he been elected President Of the United
States. -
How far candidate thus elected will
be able to satisfy the heterogeneous mass
that supported him, is question: which
time only can settle. Already have We
heard some oftbe most active supporters
of General Taylor in this vicinity say,
well, the election OF General Taylor 70
great victory for him, but we (whigs)
do not know whether it is victory fog
us or not" To, the free coil arhigs We
shoHld say il was very equiyocal victory.
To those ofihem who daily offer up pray.
ers that the terrible curse of slavery may
be bfotted from the land. the victory il
worthy OF a day Of Thanksgiving. .slogD
For our ownspart, we shall honor Gen:
Taylor for standing by his State, his south
ern friends, and the true interests Of his
country OH this subject, in opposiiition to
Itbefanatics who may claim 10 be his friends
in The north. EaIsea sashaz .vi
There is nothing ia the late defeat to
dishearten or discourage the democratic
party. CTR principles are the principles
which must eventually triumph in this
country-they are The fsnmutable princi-
pies of right and justice. with abasesas
broad as the Union itself, rendering equal
Justice and equal proiectiun to all the
great interests ot the country. and repu.
dating all the fede raj heresies Of the fed
eral leaders @ q. "a, trz. z.,-.-rsr p" ST.
Let our friends through Pennsy ivania
stand firmly BY those principles, not yield:
ing one jot or title in either State or-na,
tional policy. and we .wilIJrecover from
our present defeat al the very first a5PPor:
tunity that presents itself. 2I.1og IVA