Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-10-25

" tIt Nfdff-A Utf-alA WHICH ANE country " !
er made. if it be true as is said, that every
man has his price, then indeed has Gen Cas-
been pail Tor ten times over, he has ALREADY
received from the government some two hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, and still with
his hydra. heads and capscious powers Of d.
gesliou which could have swallowed all Mex
Ico, he could consume 500. 600 more. In
this frugal. economical, Republican Govera-
mcut, can a single citizsn grow thus fat. upon
the hsrd esrnings OF his countrymeu. No sin.
gle office the government can bestow, can
give this enormous sum during a lite time,
but this man Of such wonderful capacities,
while occupying one regular %statiou, hos con
trived 50 to distribute bis extraordinary abiti-
ties as to Gil seine hsIt a-dczen other extra
offices, ami receive their pay aud e%moluments
at his own Irregular extra prices; and what
has Gen Taylor received from his country in
all this time, a lie of forty years spentIn the
tented field, tor invaluable services during
three wars-il he even filed or performed the
duties Of any other office than his own, we
find no charge for this ugaiost his country, he
hos even been content To receive only such
compensation as is allowed TO every officer
OF his rank Ia the military service of the re-
public, aud surely none deserved it more, bat
beyond this, no extra allowances have ever
been paid to him, get in this we arc
wrong, he has received a greater amount OF
extra pay than any other man save one, who
o,ar -.,.l tB.. 4r.g hut NOT e., he. g4i.t
pluudered from the public treasury, but in
complimentary resolutions from public as
sembiies, votes OF thanks by Congress and
legislatures. golden medals and unbroken
swords, aul above oil in one universal, spon-
taneous outburst Of love aud admiration, from
the hearts of a just. a generous and a grateful
people. lngratiiude il is said is the sin ol
republics but il is not so; that republics have
been uugrateiol cannot be denied, but it is
ever theiF misfortune not their crime; when
ever it has happened that a free people have
failed TO pay such ii debt at the very time it
was due. ii has always arisen from an igno-
rance OF the justice OF the demand. In au-
clients days, IN the striies OF contenling fac
lions, INSCRIPTIONS de~magugues as now claim
ing TO be the leaders, aud the only friends of
The dear peop.e, succeed in securing their
honest confidence by gro>sest Aatterv and I'M
blushing ialsehood have induced the people to
cast their best. their most worthy citizens
into unmerited banishmeni; but in alter times
when these deinagogues and all theif false pro-
%iesslons, have been swept away, and The light
OF truth once more broke forth, the peopir
have never tailed TO express their sense OF the
injustice which had been done, aud to rear
some enduring monument to perpetdate the
memory OF the obligation. But let not this
b. our reprosch, let us not leave 10 other
ltimes to pay the debt we ourselves do owe,
let US confer upon this illustrious citizen, the
highest office we eau give, the proudest com
pliment we can bestow, which even if ii add
nothing TO his fame. will at least serve to
mark our justice aud prove our gratitude
Even now the official orators Of the govern
ment, and the venal presses of the country are
striving to strip this war worn veteran Of bis
justly earned laurels, even now are they re-
'C'ifS 0t'N'' 'INNfo w. NV ohN ''f9N
hood which maliguity can invent to mis-
lead The judgment of The people-even now
do they III the different extremities OF the uni
on, bold up their candidate in every light OF
Inconsistency and contradiction, the false
hood that may not take root in one section Of
the land. may flourish vigorously in another
thus in the North aud the West he is repre-
scented with one face, aud in the South with
another, and their public prints at the same
time are appealing TO the worst passions and
prtjudices OF every fragment of every party,
however Insignificant; and above all claiming
as they always do, jus. ON the eve OF an cleo
ton to be the particular friends and guardians
Of the adopted citizens OF every land and es-
%pecially of Ireland, that the love they have
ever manifested for that country, now claims
in return their warinest and most general aid.
Can unblushing impudence be pushed further
than this-who, when the generous Senator
from Kentucky, moved to take up his bill
granting halt million OF dollars to Ireland.
visited by heaven with an unparalleled famine,
refused TO vote for the motion Of Lewis Cass.
1t was then all at once discovered, and pro-
claimed through the columns Of the Official
organ that such an act was unconstitutional
millions could be cxpenucd in foreign wars OF
aggression and conquest, bat not a dollar
when Ireland olied for bread. God grant that
We might never witness greater iniraction OF
the constitution than this. If it indeed be a
viola ton Of the constitution TO clothe the ma
ked and TO feed the hungry, ii is at best a sin
that would be forgiven by men and pandoned
by the Gods-it would be a sin like that of
'my uncle Toby, "when the accusing spirit
flew up 10 Heavens chancery with the oath,
blushed as he gave il in, and the recording
angel as be wrote it down, dropped a tear
upon the word aud bio ted it out ioreycr.'
Between txo such candidates, then, as are
before US, who can hesitate to choose? who
eau now doubt the result; yet it becomes the
dutyof every friend OF Gen. Taylor aud every
true lover OF his country. 10 use every exer
ton 10 secure his triumphant election. Leave
nothing TO chance or accident, there must be
no ind Ference sptinging from a too confident
belief OF success, there must be no apathy in
the interim, no absences at The polls, let each
deposlte his vote on the 9Th day OF November
next, asit the fate OF the country depended on
his single voice, and the election OF General
Taylor will be securea-a result which would