Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-06-24
CONTRAST BETWEEN TAYLOR
AND CASS ....,.

NON hhS III w ASIAN - h~OsS
~. ...... AND CASS. tt43e
The Louisville Journal Of the 10th inst,
in an admirable article, congratulating the
country on the selection Of TAYLOR and
FILLMORE as the Wing candidates for Pres.
ident and Vice President, draws the fol.
lowing vivid contrast between the public
characters of Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cas-:
What contrast there lie between the two can.
didaes for the Presidency, General Taylor and
Gen. Cass! Probably Two prominent men are
not 10 be found in the whole nation more utterly
different from each other in their characters and
their lives. Look atthem--frst at the one and
then at the other. Both are military men. bu, the
one, although out for time in tho last war with
Great Britain, never encountered his counlry's
enemies in battle, while the other, by his achieve.
menls in three wars, especially in the war with
Mexico has won an immortal fame beside which
the brightest names Of the heroes OF antiquity sp.
pear pale and dim. Nor are the Two men less
strkingy contrasled in other things than in their
military regulations. Trace them through their
lives the one slavish and trucking parasite Of
power, always in profitable public office but ais
ways seeking and receiving it as the boon OF the
Government and never at the hands Of the PEG.
pie; the hatterer and supporter, by turus, OF the
elder Adams, of Jefferson, OF Madison. OF Mon.
roe. Of John Q. Adams, Of Andrew Jackson, Of
Van Buren,, OF Harrison, and OF Polk, and hol.
der Of Office from all OF them except the first and
last, the cringing sycophant and elaborate eulo.
gist Of Louis Philippe in prosperity and the
ready denouncer OF Louis Philippe in adversely,
the proprietor OF all possible opinions to suit all
conceivable times and occasions, black. cocks edo
Federalist and ran,ing RADICAL wsrm friend Of
the Wilmot Provso, deadly enemy OF The Viii.
mot Proviso, and non committulst in regard 10
The Wlmot Proviso an advocate OF the improve.
ments Of lakes and rivers and supporter OF the
President in his vetoes OF those improvements, a
loud brawler for economy and still louder brawl.
er for war, no matter at what expense OF money
and blood, with every nation that happens to have
dispute with Us, man whose feelings and sym.
pa'hies rest not with the masses but pine for The
sickly and corrupt atmosphere Of courts and pala.
ces. OF Kings and Presidens-the other emphat
calIy man Of the people. sturdy and vigor.
GUS olFshot Of the plain old Kentucky yeomanry,
strong scion nur,ured amid the perls, the priva.
tons, and The hardships of the plain, vir,uous
hospabe, and unpretending pioneers OF tho
West, man whose sinews have been hardened
by toll, who esteems his fellow men according 10
their merit, and not according 10 their position,
who never asked favor from government, func-
tonary in his life, who knows nothing OF courts
and arsIocracies and sycophants and office>seek.
ers except 10 scorn them, man who thinks for
himself, and Islands erect in the image OF God
instead OF blowing the plant hinges OF the
knee where thrift may follow fawning," who
would not form an opinion or disavow an opin.
ion deliberately formed to gain a crown and seen.
tire, who mani(ests in his whole bearing such stern
and lofty purity that corruption wonld never dare
to approach him, who unites, in more extraor.
binary degree than almost any other man Of the
age or OF any age, the qualities OF charming sim.
plcity, manly sense. keen sagacily, unerring
judgment, deep knowledge Of men, and great de-
cison OF character, who for the last thirty years
has spent his dearest action in the te nted field"
scarcely sleeping under roof during all that
time, and who within the last two years, has. by
series OF victories that have no parallel in an.
clent or modern victory, won an Immortality of
glory for himself and for his country!
Between these two candidates for the Presdep>
cy, so contrasted in their habits, their modes OF
thought and feeling, their characters and their his.
tories, there cannot be doubtful contest. Tho
office>holders and the pensioned editors NAV lie
and rave and deceive some OF their followers and
even themselves, but the people, the independent
and viruous people, the bone and muscle of the
republic, the toiling millions whose only ohec,
in Presidential election is 10 secure we'll ad-
ministered Government-these will scorn the
changeling the incessant seeker after Executive
favors, the hetrayer Of all parties in succession,
the steady worshper Of power by whomsoever
possessed grovellng sycophant OF Louis Philippe
and his court, and will delight in electng 10 the
highest office in their gift the plain true hearted
and independent citizen. who in all that he has
said, in al that he has thought. and in all that no
has done. has had no other end in view than 'hs
Countrys, his Gods and Truths"