Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-31
THE TWO WING CANDIDATES.

There CHANGED a hungry ass.
What strange things come to pass
The beast, long doubling which to choose
Starved 10 death, and both did lose
We suppose the inefably pure junto which,
about this time every year, settles the affairs OF
the world at Washington, has decided who
shall be appointed by the Wing Convention
10Th President of America.
: We are amused with these unanimous ap-
pointments,' which, like wag's ertempore
speech, or Beau Brumel's careless cravat
tie, are always prepared and arraying long be.
forehand. Nothing like it, gentlemen; saves
long talk and trouble
Shall the standard be borne by the noble
Harry? Or shall its folds, crowned by the
laureIs of Buena Vista, be waved over the old
wheelhorse, Rough and Ready? Verify these
are momentous questions. Happy the patriot
Monroe, who has not lived to see "principles
not men," reversed by those who pretend to
follow his footsteps and initiate his example.
Who can claim for General Taylor more than
we now freely, candidly, yield TO him He
is a soldier, who, in the darkest hour Of
his country's peril, by superior discipline, ma
tive courage, and undaunted energy, achieved
victory without parallel. We feel grateful
to the General, and would rather add more
than his.due, than substract one iota from his
praise. But how long has it been since the
soldiers capacity for being President was
measured by his successes in war. There
were some shrewd doubts about Harrison, and
yet the good people elected him, all errors in
his title being cured by the verdict. and the
certainty that Clay would, after all, be the
man elected. So we, too, put Old Hickory in
power, but our country has never produced a
more superior mind, and upon that, principal.
ly, was he elected. If Taylor be elected
Chief Magistrate, then, instead of polltica
economy, teach our youth to study scarps
mines, blinds, curtains fosses, and other, the
glorious art of war. Dear Uncle Toby For
getting all the while the sayings of the poet
"There exists
An higher than the warriors excellence.
In war itself, war Is ne ultimate purpose.
Adventures wild and wonders of the moment
These are not they. my son, that generate
The calm. the biissfuI. the enduring mighty"
Who wrote Gen'l Taylor's dispatches p
Answer that! They were written for him
were they not 1t is the duty ex-oticio o
the Adiutant, you may know, TO compile ant
prepare the official dispatches in all cases, an.
with all Generals. Put that in your pipe ant
smoke it
Now, of the gallant, glorious, Henry Clay
we wish TO speak with all possible respect
There is no man who, in comparison with hi
claims, ought to be mentioned by the Whil
party, and yet they mean TO throw him asid
if they dare do it.
Why do they prefer .Taylor' Is it becaus
the General is more available ?-because h
has never been known to express any positiv'
opinion, except that he is a Wing "a Cla,
Wing that, whenever folks become too in
quisitive, like Dogbery, he simply "wags hi
head, and looks wondrous wise %
We confess we would, even at the risk o
defeat, prefer to do battle against Henry Clay
There is a noble independence and boldness II
his views, and in his manner of expressing
them, which, if they do not always persuad
our judgment, enchains our esteem. Nhel
he leads, we know for what-aganst whom
we fight; and our convictions become strong
err. when even his great genius cannot chang
our principles. With Taylor, we faht shad
ow and no man.