The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27
extracts from the speech OF the
Hon. RuTus ChOate,

geailCR.
"Sir, had tie honor, by the favorof a
portion of our common constituency, to be
a member of the Philadelphia Conventions
pstsOually, perhaps, and temporarily pain
cd and disappointed member, and yet | re-
ioice at an opportunity, here to day. to ies-
ufy aud TO declare upon my veracily and
my hOaor that, according to my best kno~l@
edge, and TO my utmost knowledge aud be
lel, no nomination was ever more fairly
made, (applau.e,l no nomination was even
made more exactly in accordance with tue
stssgcs of the representative of great parties
-lae this, in similar Conventions assem-
bIed.
No, fe How citizens, he that seeks a pre- |
text for abandoning his friends, his flag aud
). ts Nomination, must find another reason
than the mode in which that nomination
was made There is no doubt at all that
every gentleman who went into that body.
came there. in the first place, with a pre-
ference ofhis own. There is no doubt that
every one indicated his first preference by
his first vote. Some of US adhered 10 tina,
FIRST votei and some OF us sgaln, upon more
reflection and more consideration, upon a
wider view, exactly as was expected, and
exactly as was intended when we we're
sent there exactly as convent tion Of wise,
honest and honorable men is intended to
do. changed that Vo.e, and rallied upOn the
nomination..
'Here is the result before yon TO day.
fairer nomination, in all respects, air, o.
nomination more exactly IN accordance With
tile usages of he party and the customs OF
the land, has never yet been eXUmpllied
since the organization OF this Government.
Sir, the truth Of this matter ls, that they
who criticse the proceedings Of that Con
ventlOn lorget one great thing that never
should be forgotten; and that is that the
Philadelphia Convention was al last essen
italy ralifiug Convention, and that was
all, sir. The people nominated General
Taylor long before the sitting OF the Phlla-
delphia Convention. The people were be-
forchand with the politicians in that great
nomination. (APplause'] And the people
are stronger than the politicians. Renew
ed cheerlDg] The summer soldiers and
sunshine patriots should remember that.
"And, sir, it is not quite justice to the
popular judgment oflhis country TO say that
the long succession of triumphs from PalU
Alto o Resaca dc Ia Palma aud Bueua Wis
"a we're The reasons OF his nomination.
ton 10 General Taylor; undoubtedly that
attention led to inquiry, and what was the
result Of this inquiry! That he had been
all his life long a Wing in his generui oprn
ions and in his private and social c0nncI =
ions; he had been all bis life long giving
his youth, his manhood, and his proach
ing sge to his country; serving for Yeas in
the camp, modcslly, yet cons pnunusy, in
In IoI,,
Of strong, deep, sound, common sense, will
clear head and large heart aud, sir. thu
great heart Of the people Instlnctlvely aud
magneticalIy Glove TO him upon that dis
covery. The press everywhere took hn
up. Conventions 10 tie FREQ States every
where brought him forward Public sent
ment began to rally in his behalf; and
appeal 10 every man here present if the
members Of the Philadelphia Convention
were not surrounded, penetrated, bathed
in public opinion, which came we know
not whence, which we could not resist
which no man in the Convention, M party
and no State could resist. lmmOnse cheer
ing
"Yes, sir, il il nomination by The peo
pie, and it only remains now to be sesI
whether the people Of America are equal Il
that great function for which a republican
people have ever been supposed to bo quail
fed--to designate their own Ch.f Magn
tra;ei and whether they arc able, alter they
had sgnGed their will, to have 1t carrie,
into effect.
"Mr President. beg to say n single
word in this hurried and dcsultOrl manner
without arrangement and without prepare
ton, on another lopic and that Is tho per
Gonal qualifications Of General Zachat
Taylor, for that great Office to which We pro
pose to carry hun. felt il incumbent up
on me, when that nomination was made
to study the subject to tho best of my a6ill
ty,-l will not say reluctant or inoreIu lous
but with the best lights 10 study that prac
ticEl subject and ! now avow my belief
signifies nothing but ] am proud TO unit
with you in the belief that IN his mer,
personal qualifications | believe we hav
the guaranty of an administration as honest
quiet aud ma ional as that which has cas-
such glory upon the uuapproachabIe nam
orWashington. (AppleuAe.)
"Sr, to say that General 4 Z,chary Tay
lor is great and patriotic man iI to sa
nothing Martin Van Buren, might say tha
Of him, and he has said as much again a
that Of him, in resolution which have Il
my pocket. ] believe, upon all the evi
dence TO which have had access, that h
possesses in an extraordinary degree lh
basis VI administrative talent OF exactly til
knd you seek 10 the Presidential chair.
believe, from all the evidence to which
have had access TINT he is thorough an
quick in his discernment of men--readm
character accurately, candIdly and inst at
taneously. | believe that he possesses,
an extraordinary degree, the sense, judo
mOnt, solid and strong qualities of mind,
the old Roger Sherman aud Gcorga Wasl
ington model.
81 understand him to be a thorough ma
OF business, IN the beet aud largest scecI
lance Of that administering lurg
estate and a great fortune with as mut
ability as Florida or Mexican Campag
Again, from bis youth up--from the tin
he took up arms in the service OF h
sOuntly--he has had an unequiyocal proof
superior character, in the confidence
receives, without exactng it. from eve
hnman being who comes within his r0sC
Add 10 that the kindness Of his heart
as Nelson's kind as woman s--and that /
Grant humanity and honesty, incorrLptil
which he who knows him would think
more of Aasailinr Than of Dutlinp hima