Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-06-22
ADDRESS } RE
aa THE
WIG CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
ID TnE PnoPLE 81 vInrlNIh.

70 TmE PBoPLE or y1nrISIt.
re Cears, t:sni;niises q shf Wig parry 2.
fifrinia. srreul 10 sea ~ caeai4l 40 t'..2 ,s
aapoft II hstif,ingulseed ng.htnsez 49, ~ .
! 80. D. ~ ConFeniionin Eblladelpaia;, -, ~
s. fes.as-zS and Vice Presidency q ne oh'T
~ fsT.i TAYLOR. much eniogy s unneees
- snf GOD taste would hardly tolerate ".
N ith0nt ar and above repfoarh ne s.a-ls ~
ore SIS conRify upon The
.i..ss ,,1s1e az modern llist0ryno aisnon-
= ss,,,s hfs ,.senihe0n ambitions unly
- - ,,,,ii 2 inst renown--loI faithful service
= - - ffs.-,.r rrkerever she called, and prpmpt
rs Ger laws and now. AXIS nothing lof
fIse sell Al he met her enemies, and WIN NJ !
ssltnnI comrades, conquered them, because ne 7
.s,.n handed him, - now at her eonlsnahn he I
~ s,r into pruning hook and prepares
:. ,r Am the less exciting but not les ardu-
~ dr.les Of peace and civil liie--and we ieei
5,,,,s, entire lenee thafhs service there VIII
-. :. aeh satisfaction as il has done IN ne
LA and n The camp certainly i will be marked
~ fhe same lofty patriotism, veil raeHheing "
delity. ts1ahess, and nodesty which have chafas-
trikrd him heretofore, amid the sotls q Inc
and the tedtam Of the camp-0n the eve Of pat
- h s,he m Iment az victory. Danger has
brought with Il. rs terror 70 him and yieiofy ~
Iraxii,i spfrit--wiih the enetny before him' nls
th.,r shts have becn ofdnty and his country Iae
,rtnmphs u his arlas have been the conquest y
the nation.
Btsi. il i MOI rs tlle successful soidiertnere
that ne presenr General Taytor % sou, and 20
i,s,t sf,,r him your suppoFt--but becaase ~ me
I solfier We he.hod the devoted and selisaeriheins
,,atrns hccaslse In the tolls. Pefiis and pflFa-
t;,,,s IL The afmg-tu he boar 81 battle and hfn
flashed viii eoaquet be haS cyincea ins ali.
hes self eonirol chfags. gsod sense an ~
ratlnn, which always marx nc man .,.i. - :
A atSf
fortune. .;...,, q, IA
Tuning from bis military Posiiion 70 vs., W,
,,ht.6 ~ now occupies our admiration lot hlh
iai,x ~ The exlIe.ns
f;r,s a. s.aIacteiIzes The man and a - -,
nom ~, ~ h 49, ana independence 81 ,rbis
". .ne honest and patriotic are ran.,',l
Ready % serve his country rbsne,,.. PIE
:, ~. ne sPpfns the rammels OF partv ana
- tTe9ine She ioels of inirgners PIX Y uses
noh = sis country and his conscience ~, ~ ~
49, Iaeilon, 4 The reward he sea;, w
psyiv :, os lne Prs.lai ileT the eramI5ie Of
oE,tl-+--ston. Be Is content only 10 be PreStdent
Dfthe nation.
When the oPprobsium of the country Is ayidi-
" Tor Office, aIld spoil and patronage are. the
great administration qualities, Geneta Taylar
declines power and the profit Of officewhen offer
cd az the price Of party subscrYiency The Ia
inented Isowndcs(fn The spirit OF a patriot, and
with JUS perception ofthe dignity Of The station.
% which Bis eounirymen would have called him,
declared that "the Office was too elevated 10 Ae
sought ordeclineda The national heart respond
ed 70 the Sentiment, and the people eInbalmed ii IN
their meIaories. The conduct of Taylor exelnp-
lilies thg maxim Of I.owndes. Spurning The
maxinS That = 10 the vietors belong the spoils p
he comessfnto Office ifata alt 10 serye1is country
not to reward friends or punish enemies-in his
own language, " with no enemies to punish. and
nothing 10 serve bnthiscountry." Honesty, abil-
and ufrtf1f
etiice which I've will require, and all who poses
them will be equally entitled to the honor or The
PROFIT Of serving their county.
Ills enemies, your adYeraries aftset 10 snecf
at and denounces his election as an evil. because
they say he is,a mere soldier military man
without other qualifications. This is as strange
as Il Is unjust, in party who present two soil i
diers--iwo military men--as their candidates for
The flrst Offices of the nation If be excused for
this injustice, il gan only be BY surprising that
their " manifest destiny has made them do what |
their judgment and pafiotism condemns |
There Is 10 Us something new and not altogether
in the idea that the election Of /
one military man Is dangerous but the election OF
two + harmless
Butthe sheer which Is thrown al Taylor Is in Il
fart an insult intended for the people; for the
people have called upon Taylor, and summoned
him from the field of his glory 10 serve them at
home--not as Power maddened by party spirit
has brought bach, the gallant and glorious Scou
from the scene Of his iriumphs and the field Of his
iame, 70 humble and wound him.
The insult we repeat therefore, Is designed for
he people, and like almost every wrong which
las been done them, II Is offered indhe name of
he people hy thosewho profess TO wear the peo- Id
,l badge, and profess 10 love them better even hi
han power. Believe them not fellow citizens :,
fhey2ofend yIu In thename Of the people, be-
ause they seek powersand By thar title only can =
hey obtain Il. ii
fhe people are not the fools they would have liz;
gu believe them, who tell YOU that Is is we'll to a
ave two Generals on their ticket and monstrous
]. put one on ours-7who tell you that TAYLOR is .
snorant incompetent, unfit a mere soldier Sc q
.cipd foS military fame. Il is not so. II marks v
le quality off the man, and the discernment the S
eople, that the military glare and gold lace III
,uld No, conceal or blind the people TO the illus
ious qualities and high civic virtue ofGeneral y
aylor. Despite the military glare. and under
cath the old brown coat ragged with bullet loi
llcs. IN the way worn veteran the people saw III
mirage, honor, sStriotisIn patience, modesty, y
lf-control and good sense. They saw that fear y
,ald not subdRe, and victory did not elatc him 2
hey saw that be felt his Just reliance was upon 81
"a ana his eountTy--nol himself-anl they cali Ii
him to new field Of service and duty, and we ii
apcal 10 yoa.to ratiiy their Judgment, That n
eneral TaYl0r,s opinions are those OF a patriot
ID republican Is shown by his legterlo Captain =
lisoa, 10 which We invite your attention. Eve
sentiment oft Is worthy TO be engraved. lei
The erysof !" Military chietfain is not new, ia
n are tho uses Of i unknown. twas raised a. :,
inst w Washington jackson and Harrisen--a- q
liass Crsar and Alexander, Frederick and Ma
leon, though among them were the first states ~
an III the world, and the man, who, above all IG
en- the FIRST in the hearts Of his eoantrymen. Tee
fMr. Fillmore we deem II necessary only I'd Z,
lie thai be Is one fthe mos, gi.led sons OF the
npige State; known throughout the land by the Us
ilily with which he discharged the duties of y
Aairlnan Of the Committee ofANays and Means Eth
Congress, and now filling by an Overwhelming In
te Of the people OF New York, one OF the mast :,
lporsant Offices in the State. Self taught and
4 created By the aid ofthe people, he has risen y
high station in the respect OF bis countrymen. l.
e comes before you in no giare--in the garb OF pT
civilian experienced IN public Affairs. His en- m
aiesrwilI deneunce him. They viii say that 4,
fAsorca he iaaasifs ef his oNn country more
III thar Of any other and voted 10 protect liz u
ill Americans consider this as singular p Ire
hev willsay thar he is an abolltioais. We dis NV
lieve IL because he is man Of sense and a lrc
lrios ~,
By order Of the Committee. a.
JAMES LYONS, Chairman. al
Editors friendly 10 the cause are requested 10 in
vahlish this address. w,
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