Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-11-06
Washington and Taylor.

NJ .iSAsS-s tSeh sAt1ea
The position Of Gen. Taylor on the du-
ty of the President in the exercise o; tho
veto power, has been clearly stated by
him. His position is exactly that OF Gen.
" ashineto Here is the proof. In :.
letter 10 Edward Pendleton, written in
1898, the following language is used by
George Washington.
Ycu do me no more than justice when
you suppose that from mott res Of respect
to the legislature, (and / may add from
my Interpretation Of the Constuusion,)
l GIVE MY SIGNATURE TO MANY BILLS WITH
WHICH MY JUDGMENT IS A VARIANCE. In
saving this, however, | alludc to no par
ticuiar dcl. From the nature OF the Con
stitution must approve all the parts of
a bill, or re ect ii IN toto. To do the lat
ter can only be justified upon the clear
aud obvious ground Of propriety; and
never had such confidence in my own
faculty of Judging as TO be over tenacious
of the opinions | may have imbibcd ia
doubtful cases" - Writings of flashing.
ton. rot. X p. 37l.
Such is Washington's language, who.
conscientious as he was in the performance
Of his own duty, was equally scrupulou.
against in,rudiug upon functions no, his.
Dayton Journal.
Father .lLaiher-This beloved old
veteran in the temperance cause Is again
disappointed in not being able to visit this
country, in consequence ofpccuniary EN-
barrassmcnt In letter he wries:-.Ihe
late famine deNoured every thing | could
scrapc together. Ill had Jorcis Of IRON
which happily have not, as commisc,a-
ton grew up with me from the breast Of
my rnofhcr,-I could not resist the cries
Of my fellow creatures, suffering from
IRENE want and wrung with ,ormen,in.
hunger
Circus Burm.-On the night Of The
18th inst the stable Of hotel in Shelby
Vile. near indianapolis. la. took fire aud
was burned TO the ground. la the stable
were the horses, and stock Of Maibe g.
Co.'S grca: Circus. Before tn, property
could be rescued. six ofthe most valuable
horses, the band chariot, harness, DC.
were consumed. to the amount in value
of upwards Of s.. 800 the amount Of the
loss otherwise sustained we were unable
to learn.
= SMITH O'BRIEN-AS IsclpEST.-Du-
ring the progress OF the trial Of this dis
tinguished Irish patriot, a gentlemen op-
pied to him for his autograph. when he
handed him the following lines. betoken-
ing 40 dropping or faitering on the part Of
Mr.. O'Bricn:
"Wheier the gallows high,
Or IN the battles van,
The fi,test place for Man to de
Is where he dies for Man.
J WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN."
A Dashing and beautiful lady threw her
arms around a gentleman in the streets OF
London. and lovingly pressed a handker-
chief to his nose; he remembered nothing
more until he awoke two or three minutes
after, lying upon the side walk, with
policeman at his side, minus his watch
. and five pounds in money. The hand
kerchief. il is supposed. was saturated
tx;,h ch,orofo,.n which rendered him IN
sensible. end enabled the vixen TO rob
him with iinpun!ty. - AS
CoLUMBUs DELASo has written aleftes,
which appears in the State Journal Of
Thursday, declaring his determination to
support Gen. Taylor 10 the end of the
. Campaign, and thus, as far as lime is kff.
DISCHARGE wiIat he conceives 10 be his dury