Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-11-01
How will Friends Vote!

VIII the QuakerS vote for Van Buren,.
OF Gerrit Smith. How can any honest.
peace loving Friend. vote for Van Buren,.
even II there was a chance OF elec,ng
him. which there IS not, 4 vote for Van
Buren,. IS worse than vote thrown away.
1t aids CasS. who is the last man a Friend
would cleo. President. The ~hrewdest OF
the supporters Of Van Buren,. have no ex-
pcciat.on OF e'ecting him. They claim
tina; by possibility. they may dcfeot an
election by the people. ard throw j, into
the House, there 10 agitate and disturb
the nation Friends will take no steps %
promote the violence and disorder. and
danger - the cause Of Civil Liberty.
which must follow this course They
oppose all violence and all unlawful acts
Their general characteristic is that Of
law abis!ing and a law fulfilling people
Eninant.v 50. And fhey make II a mat
ter # conscience 70 10 fheir dutp. We
have no douh; that il is fbcir duty and the
duty ofa|l good men. who would preserve
the liberties q the country and make firm
the haPp'Hcs& Gad prosIerHg of Tie pep
pie "a r,fc. II We -canno, q, the b-st
man. We muStv2tc for the best man there
j. any reasonable prospect for clectinc-
Cas- j. .. "a iH al ft5"2s-is FIR icur
compost. ri,ieacc. and fte crtcaSion of
>'arcryt No peace loving Friend can
vote for him.
WAY cannot FrtcntlS vote for General
Ia, Tor, We know he is military man
So WIS " ashin.ton-so was Harrison
50 are many oil the able~'. most benevo-
lent. humane. orderly. peace-losing men
i'll the Union. And Taylor possesses the
same qualities in an eminent degree And
Erien!S should vote for him on that ac-
count, and because h j. a better man in
all respects, than either Of the other can
didates. an! is bette, qualified to govern
the Nation we!l-to preserve the peace of
the counlry-io 10 ju, ice 10 our own peo-
ple-to The red ncn Of the torc>,-and 10
toic ign nations.
GEH. TAYLOR Is OPPOSED TO WAI-A
Peace Man. In his letter 10 Capt Allison
he says: My life has been devoted TO
arms. Yet 'eok nPon arnr III all times.
0aI uadFr all circumstances. as Ma
TloNsL CALAMITY. 10 be avoided If com
patiblc with national honor In a letter
10 Truman Smith. dated in March last. he
said: Il need hardly reply to Your las,
in luirv, that AN a PEACE Man. and that
| DEEM SLATE OF PEACE TO BE -BsoLurE-
IL Me- EssAEY TO TIE PROPER AND HEALTH
Full ACTION or orR REPUBLICAN, INSTlru-
TONS. Aud again. he SAID. at a dinner
given him by is friends at LAFAYETTE .ou-
lsiana: The j1y and cxultation Of the
greatest Victories were always. after the
heat and excitement of battle. succeeded
by feelings 81 poigaaH sorr0r and pam.
and WAR after all. WAS GREAT CALAMITY.
T. 2 he, Pc. nil arb, ,rauIy
miHafc H. Again. THE OBJECT NEAR
EST III HEART has been To BRING THE WAR
70 \ SPEEDY TrRNINATIoN--To RESTORE
PEACE AND inlTY BETWEEN TWO NEIGH
Bo8I<. RErrEIit> :. which had every mo-
tive to cultivate good Will, and which
uoHfd much prefer to see ricing ruth
cact oftcr IN THE ARTS OF PEACE, than
cpn'cHdine IN tie GcM Of bauic"
GEE. TAYLOR WAS OPPOSED TO THE
coNQrE>r or TERRITORY. In his letter 10
the determination of the War Department
to ..c0n4"cr yeatc," by marching the ar
my to the cit, OF Mexico, he said: ..ad,nit-
ting that We conquer peace by doing so
say at the end OF the next twelve months:
will the amount Of blood and treasure
which must be expended in doing so. be
Compensated ~ me sam! fH'nh mo-
respectfully If the comnfry mc subdac is
10 &c gre" Hp' ana imagine mere arc
pr -IfF "Hfc"4H']S III our country VINO
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