Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-11-11
THE RESULT.

We are without words fit for expressing our SEN
satons on this glorious event. As members Of the
great political party 10 which it is our pride to be-
long, we are naturally and deeply gratiied at the
triumph Of its principles but if we know ourselves,
any exultation on this head is subordinate to feel
ing of devout thankfulness to the Almighty Ruler
OF Nations for his having guided the minds and
hearts Of the American People to result which,
we believe, is the salvation of the country. We
shudder when we think of the abyss to the brink
of which another four years of misrule might have
brought ii!
The fourth of March, lS49, will revive the heroic
age of the Republic. AT the head of the Govern
ment will be man with character whose dmen-
sions are suited TO the Office and which, in its sim
pie greatness, is fit type of the majesty Of the
American People. Formed amid the hardest
scenes of camp life, and resplendent with mill
tary glory, it is graced by moral and intellectual
qualities fitting its pcssessor for the high civic sta
ton to which the voice of his country has called him.
History exhibits us two classes Of military men.
One class is military, and nothing else, and unfit
for any but military theatre Of exerton and in
this to lie found some Of the mos, distinguished
conquerors-lnen at whose names I" the world grew
pale" The other and higher class is that Of men
who, in their military conduct display, like WASH
ISGroN, eminen, civic endowments TO this latter
class belongs Zachary TAYLOR. In the intervals
of long and eventful professional service, his
tive mind has been enriched by study and disci-
plined by thought. Sagacious, weli-informed, in-
fexibly honest, s,lf-relying yet modest, moderate
but firm, ghttorward, magnanimous, kindheart-
ed, republican in his principles and republican in
his habits, ne is the for the place and Inc man
for the times. His character and political creed
assure his country that he will administer the Con-
stitution in the spirit of its founders and in further
ance of its declared objects. Unlettered by any
sectional pledges, he will be the President of the
nation looking TO the good and to the rights of
all its members; ever mindful of the temper
of compromise in which the Federal Constitution
cas, and in which only it could haze beer framed;
and thus making the Executive policy the agent of
+" more perfect UNION" Of the States and Of the
People. His proyerbial integrity guarantees the
"iustice" of his political conduct: the domestic
tranquility" OF the country viii be guarded by the
illustrious warrior vino is a devoted Peace MAN"
the disciple Of WAsHISGToN will so construe aud
act on the Constitution as to "promoe the general
wefare:" and la Chief Magistrate whose loyalty TO
the viii Of the People has been avowed and is be-
yond suspicion, will never stretch Executive power
against public liberty"
Yes, bright day is coming. clear-headed
and honest hearted Chief Magistrate will refuse the
aid of the Executive to that absurd system Of con-
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splitting hairs, and at another swallowing canels
which treats that sacred instrument as thing inca
pable of good, but capable Of mischief; as not per-
miling the improvement of territory already pos
sessed, but allowing new territory TO be acquired
on any plea, however uni ust or eXtravaganL only
to be consigned to the same neglect as being in
sufficient to protect home industry against the
pauper labor Of Europe, but as being quite sufii-
cent 10 enable the President to do what he pleases
| as restricting the Legislature within the narrowesi
bounds, but leaving the Executive /" a chartered
libertae" to make war, to found government ns, &c..
and, in short, 10 exercise sing y powers which il
denie3 to the three branches of the Government in
the aggregate; and which subjects the Constitution
itself 10 the dictaton of Rump Conventions and
partisan platforms. BY their votes on Tuesday
last tie People have rebuked such irrational and
anti-republcan principles (f the word may be thus
perverted Of construction. And in so doing, the
People have set the seal Of condemnation on the
arbitrary exercise Of the one-man power, which
was the prominent feature Of the fallen dynasty
Not less emphatically have they rebuEed the con-
genial abuse of the interference of Federal Office
holders i'll elections. The unprecedented extent Of
this abuse, with It's concomitant circumstances, at
the late Presidential election, disguised the coun-
try and so far had its share in producing the
memorable result. In that result The People have
vindicated the confidence of their real friends in
their virtue and intelligence. They have shown
that their yrlde can resist the seductive but fatal
visions of conquest, territorial aggrandizement,
manifest destiny "Auglo-Saxon supremacy" &c.
with which they have been tempted; that their in
telligence can distinguish between names and
things, and that amid the loudest clanors for
democracy" they can detect thespirit OF the ONE
MAN POWER.
OF the candidate of the defeated party we have
not hitherto spoken, nor shall we now speak, in
terms of dsrespect 10 him personally. He is a
gentleman of higher grade, as TO capacity and at
tainmcnts, than any former Locofoco candidate for
the Presidency in private life respectable and