Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-02-03

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81 Sect has ell these gusi6csauns, Wnh Wueh
tDRg'-F ssFstee. sads aauvh larssF eKp-t,aacs aaa
clnims,-h h pans elaHs- ans n be- admitted a.
al,--cycIy Wuy superior 70 ihoss 81 Cicnsrul
Taylor. We kase knoun him lor yean asa
Wing aH ovef.--uol pauicular Wig. hui ons
strongly aHaehcd 10 Whig principles, and den.
uhcj With the Wig party. Bul lor thc Mex.
can War, General Taylor would Hetcf Nave
been hoEght 81 for ,he Prcsidchcy. wlsrcas
Gen. Scott bad warm friends srging hisn iofiho
Office years before, and If skill and wisdom IN
baitie are adduional sualifratoBs. Gen, Scott
hns ihcm in an eminent degrrr, for The manner
10 which be hus acled bis pm in iBs Mexicah
War. .1ol uarll .
BuI nciIher OF these DISTINGUISHED Military
Chiellans are our first choice FOR TIC Presideh.
cy,--nor any other man, though nc has tho
bravery Of the twelve CRsars combined, Tke
Presidency Is eminemly Civil Office, IS our
institutions are eminen'ly designed 10 illustrate
Ihc trumphs Of peaceful Government. Tbe
sword. in a Republic, is not thc true ensign of 3
civil authority. The education Of Arms i no,
Ihc Uuc education Of Letters, nor the Camp the
huIng place IN which 10 study Constitutions.
Laws, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The oil.
desI and wisest Civilians we have, ure YET ia
conhlct Of Interpretation as 10 the true interests
Of our Government. Politics $ not game, ex.
cept among low parlizan pol liiiciaus tosuts
who SKIP aud hep from one mud puddle 10 ur-
other, and who arc Us useless as they are ugy
10 look upon.
/ We do not say there are not military ncn
who may not make good Presidenis,--and wo
have strongly drown towards General TAYLOR.
10 the declaration Of his,-ollcgcd and believed,
that the Executive should execute the laws Of
Congress. and not interpose his individual will
10 prevent their execution. and furthcr that Hem
ry Clay,--our model Of Statesman. a Patriot,
President, and public mar, ,--would haverc
coyed his vote, had he voled at ALL The Illus.
o I ioJs example Of Gen. Washington, 100, ufirds
sufficient evidence thai a Military man mas
make good President. tr
) Apubic sympathy has been excited in behalf
Of General Taylor, from The persecution he has
received from. The Administration. If that hca
true cIaim for public sympathy, double claim
attaches to General Scott. Preceding the War.
he was perseeured, and now, after series Of
batllcs, almost uncxampcd for number, in point
Of time and altogether UNSURPASSED in point Of
hr'lIuncy Of execution, he is Cour MaraIIed.
and Paymaster Of the army, an officer in no
way necessarily connected with the regular scr.
vice, is TO SIT in judgmen, upon the Gcncrul.n.
Chief. These, however. are not sufficient
grounds Of political elevation, In the great bat
re for Right, We have older, if not bcucr SOL
diors,--men whose names are significant Of
Wing pr,nclP'es,-men, 100, like Henry CLAY,
whom Nc could elect many fair canvass, if lhcro
J was faith Us big as grain of mustard seed in
the Wing ranks, with a corresponding action 10
} prove cur faith By cur works. So we could e.
J icct Judge Mclean, or John j. Criirendcn. or }.
NJ. Clayton, or any other popular Wing Civil
ian. But our wishes may not be realized, ,--and
IT they may not. we desire only that National
Convention shall be convinced Of two ihngs--
first, that the man nominated is beyond all per.
adventure Wing.
If we cannot point 10 his votes and his soee-
ches, his popular elections and his official con-
= duct. letus al least have some unmstakable ev.
: ldencc, thai he is in very ruth Of US and among
n US. and not only so, but ihar he will act mp 10
5 WhigPrnclPles rs they are understood by tbs
G great body Of the Wigs Of the Union. II il
d is not enough that A b and c are convinced OF
: this. Let The whole Naiion know il, aud know
/ thereby for whom they vote. IF friends desire
, US 10 vote for one whom they esteem as Whig,
/ they cannot hesitate 10 impau rhe evidence Of
that esteem TO those who seek for Iighl,-not 10
? exact pledges from man, not TO perpIcx and
f insult him with imperincni inquiries, but 10
, seek to know the opinions Of one we are called
, upon TO support.
, Wings Of tho Union, we look 10 you,-ro yoa
in your Primary Meerings,--in your home Con.
venlons, and TO to oxPoucnts Of your wishes in
The National Convention. +. a.