Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-18
THE PRESIDENT ELECT.

lerant sense of those terms Men of both parties
and of all parties are his fellow-ctzens, and they
may all expect to share in the blessings of good
government under his administration.
We do not mean to intimate the opinion that
Gen. TAYLOR will not be decided in his course of
policy, or that he will indulge in the weakness OF
that political philanthropy which would entrust
the enforcement Of his administrative purposes TO
unlriendy hands. But we express the hope and
entertain the belief that the fatal doctrine of the
"spoils" with its proscriptive ferocity, and its
entless spirit of determination, will receive at Gen.
TAYLoR's hands wholesome correction, and that
the whole country will be made to perceive and
with Joy to acknowledge that it IS once more gov
erned by the true spirit of the constitution.
| A very able English journal, the London ErG-
miner, has taken an intelligent view Of American
politics, and particularly of Gen. Tayors position,
from which il infers the suspicious results TO
this country. 1t says
"The nomination of Gen. TAYLOR and the Of his
relations with the party of which he is the declared
preventative indicate better prospects in the republican ho
than have been visible for many years 1t is possible
that may discretion, moderation, and integrity pre-
vail in the choice of the Chief Magistrate of America Gen.
Taylor is not trading politician The qualities he lately
displayed in the field, and the judgment with which he kept
himself aloof from the party that bad obtained his
services soldier, concentrated public attention and esteem
upon him. He is the only man, believe since the greater
of American Presidents who has at united many
parties. By Democrats and Wings in primary assemblies
in separate and mixed meetings he to have been
minated These nominations he appears to have accepted
one after the other without conceang suppressng the
fact that he held the opinions Of the Wings, and
the Wings, body, have named him their candidate he
frankly tells them that he will be party President We
have here the promise Of brave and honorable man unco
taminated with party Madness
The moral force of Gen. TAYLoR's position as
President derives its chief element from the fact
that he goes into Office unpledged, uncommitted,
and free to consult the best interests of the country
with calm reliance upon the good sense and pa
triotism of the people that they will sustain him in
his sincere course of duty. Let party animosities
die away in measure, and then we may indeed
hope that his Administration judged without preu-
dice, may make an effective appeal to the patriotism
and intelligent sense of the country There are i'm
portant domestic questions with which, in fact the
existing relations of parties as Wing and Demo.
cratic have nothing to do. And probably no man
could have been called to the chair of the Chief
Magistracy admirably adapted as Gen. TAYLOR
from character position and previous services, to
meet these questions and to settle them udciously.
The very fact that man has been elected to the
Presidency in the face of his refusal to express any
opiuioHs ohC way VI oilei, CDHCSIHillg
the Wilmot Proviso, carries in itself strong con-
frmation Of the deep and abiding confidence which
the people of all sections of the country have in his
good sense, his moderation, rmness, and patriotism
Without knowing precisely what he will do, they
persuaded that he will do WHAT right and reason
able in the circumstances under which he may be
called to act.-Bahimore .7naericua
THE RESULTS OF THE ELEcTIoN-The election
of Gen. TAYLOR 10 the Office of President of the
United States is now placed beyond doubt.
Should the life of this fortunate individual be CONT
nued TO the fourth day of March next he will take
his seat as Chief Magistrate of the Union, and an
entirely new administration Of the Federal Govern
ment will commence. For twenty years, without
any material interruption the INTERCHANGEABLE party
have controlled the councils Of the nation, and
shaped its destinies exclusively TO their own party
ends and purposes. This power was crushed and
scattered TO the winds, by the voice OF the American
people, on Tuesday last. Old things are passed
away behold, all things are become new.
During these twenty years the administration of
the Federal Government may be compared to the
leg of mutton which DIR. Johnson had for dinner on
the road TO Oxford, +" as bad as bad can be i'll fed
i'll killed, i'll kept and i'll dressed" The rulers
were bad, their principles were bad, their profess
sions bad, their measures were bad, the means
and instruments used in accomplishing their mea-
sures were bad, and all were so bad together that il
was puzzle to say which was worst. The few
exceptions afforded by The short prcdominance of
Wing counsels in the Government only made the
badness Of these bad things more striking by con-
trast.
During these twenty years the country suffered
the lot Of patient subjected to the experiments of
an army Of quack doctors. Nothing was done for
the health Of the body polite, but its wpll-being was
sacrificed for the benefit Of quack nostrums. The
legislation of the country made the instrument
Of every mad scheme, every whimsical crotche
and every extravagant hallucnation that could be
engendered in the brains of political charatans and
desperadoes, till the very name Of experiment be-
came byword and mockery. The teachings of
wisdom, the lore Of experience the warnings Of his
tory, the admonitions Of justice dsregarded
in the fury Of blind party zeal, and a corrupt
greedy, and shameless scramble for power and the
emoluments of Office.
No community under the sun ever possessed the
elements Of national prosperity in greater abundance
and vigor than they existed in the United States
during this period Of misgovenment. Could bad
rulers have ruined this nation its fate had been seal
ed. But, thanks to the wisdom of those who
framed political institutions, they possess con-
servative and elastic energy which is ever opposing
a resistance TO the action Of unfrendy causes
Perpetually harassed, teazed, hampered, and per-
| picked by its rulers with foolhardy projects and
tamperings and tinkerings in the most vital parts of