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General Availability.

General Availability.
Mr. Webster, in his Marshhed speech clearly estab
fishes the fact that availability the sole cause which
induced the Philadelphia slaugher-house" Convention
10 nominate Gen. Taylor. "The Hon." Truman Smith
OF Connecticut, in letter dated the 10th of July aa-
dressed to the Hon" Daniel Cot of New York, argues
that question at full length This letter. with one from
the Hon" John Davis OF Massachusetts,, is made the
subject of political tract, under the imposing caption
PLEASE cmcuLArE.-REAsoNs GOOD AND TRUE for sup.
porting the nomination of GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR"
Hundreds of thousands of these pamphlets have been cir
culated under the frank OF members OF Congress 1t is
intended as apology TO the wings for the nomination
of General Taylor and places the Importance OF his cleo
ton, not the ground of qualification principles,
but on the ground that his name will secure wing Con-
gress, and, under his pledge not to veto any law, ndl
rectly to carry out wing But hear Mr. Smith
reason
'But whether the convention did or did not make the
best selection possible OF candidate for the presidency in
reference character and qualification certain am hai
their choice right in view OF all the OF
the in other words, believe that Gen Taylor is
the only whom the wing party could elect; and,
any rate he is the only candidate who would be likely 10
give ascendery in the two houses OF Congress 10
which felt it to be my duty to submit to the
public not long since, suggested, under this head that
the influence of the and character of Gen. Taylor
will be quite give Congress whose views Of
public policy will accord with those Of the whg party. In
this respect he do for the country than any
living. Few of those who undertake TO
peremP,oy the question of thepesidency have given
ibis subject any consideration whatever While am free
admit that Mr. Clay ought to have been elected Pres
dent long ago. think certain that if he could be
brought successfully into the field, he would have the two
houses OF Congresto hwar and ebarass him during the
whole of his presidential term Any man who will con-
slider the condition OF the in both branches
Congress, from the norhwesern WESTERN and southwest
States, admit the ruth of this remark want
wing President, wing Senate and wing House OF hep
resenatives and Gen. Taylor being strong IN those parts
of the Union where weak will favor, in high de-
gree, desirable u consu nmaon
ake eave in this place, to enter into some details ON
this important subject The States referred to in the fore
going remarks are Mchgam Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa. Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, MsissiPP
Alabama, Florida, Geo gia, and South Carolina-ln all
fourteen States All of these, with the exception OF Wis
consn represented in the last Congress by
members, of whom ftythree radicals or ocofocos
and only eight were wings or IN other words the MAORI
" against from those States was fortyfpe! Wisconsin
has recently been admitted into the Union, and these
States in the present House represented by
sixty three members, OF whom foy-nine are locoiocos
and fourteen only wings and the majority against
sented In of the United States, and from Iowa
should be certain TO have senator's with any
other man candidate than Gen Taylor The thirteen
represented in that body occupy twenysx Seats OF
which twenty filled by locoocos, and only two by
wings (Mr Beren OF Georgia, and Gov johnson OF Lou
isiana) five had by our nominations thrown Iowa into
the hands OF opponents then at the next those
would have been represented by tweny-sN demo
and Two wing senator's Majority against us
from the above States twenty-iour'
After contrasting the present state of parties in Con-
gress with that body in ISL and 1912, after the
of the wings in the presidential canvass, he says
In addition, should be recollected that the
OF another when what is now the radical
ton of our Union is to take further increase OF power,
and the conservative part is to undergo further dminu-
ton; vet wings who unwise enough to
take for granted that could elect any man President
whom might be pleased to nomlnae and that, being
elected should have the control OF the government in
all its departments Neither the one nor the other of these
% ana to e o
the experiment. and will begin to understand the true
n nH m e %
be found the powerful consideration which induced
of GENERAL Tayor We're they to blame for acting
with circumspection and for taking accurate observations
the latitude and longitude OF the paryF"
These the considerations which induced the con-
venton to nominate General Taylor because he "the
only man the wings could elect" Not that he a
wing good and truenot that he was pledged to any OF
their measurement that he was politiciannot that
he had the slightest qualifications the slightest pre-
tensions as salesmanhut the magic of his the
northwestern, western, and southwestern States" was
to annhlate radical" democracy, and thus secure
wing majority in both branches of Congress.
Now, let us how the physc works Since the
date of this sagacious epstle, elections have been
held in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Ar
kansas and what has been the result in these States,
where we are told Gen. Taylor is strong In Indiana,
last year the legislature wing; this year, it is demo-
cratic ny &c majority joint ballot and United States
senator to be elected In Illinois, democratic governor
and lieutenant governor six out of seven members of
Congress- forty majority in the legislature and senator
TO elect In Iowa. both members of Congress democrats
and twenty majority joint ballot in the legsa-
ture and two senators TO elect In Missouri 900
joy for governor and lieutenant governor, and all the
members of Congress democrats; large democratic
iority in the legislature, whom will devolve the cleo.
ton of senator In Arkansas, Johnson (democrai is
elected to Congress by majority OF five thousand
and large democratic majority in the legislature, and
two senators TO elect.
his popularity has been tested In the other States
toned by Mr. Smith, where he imagines General Taylor
is so very strong there have been elections Had
there been, they would have been attended by similar
results Instead of securing triumph in the democratic
States by the power OF his great name, the wings have
already received and will everywhere sustain, signal and
overwhelming defeats In the heretofore federal States
their troops are dsaffected and their columns haltng
Instead of gaining by the nomination of General Taylor,
the result November will prove that their forces have
Let the democratic but push their eager forces,
and on the 7th of November triumph will be achieved
second only to the glorious democratic victory under the
banner of "OId Hickory" in 1892.
Democ rntic Meeting In Alexandria.
A most of the democracy Alex