The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-25

stands liiile nflhe asipar II free goFern.
meat aho DIES mi know ii,si il vii
prEash wlaea lie contest RI Parry shsll de-
generate lnl0 : mere scramble Inr efEre.
Who daes not sc ihss pmrfr Split. cam
ri u The eKlIeme. crashes he freedom of
the human mindl Parry men must ahink
alike: their thoughts mnsl rna in The came
narOw channel. ard hey must guard their
expressions nndsr pain IL exclusion lrnm
The political rhrrrh. Who does moi see
thai. under lhr shade of our free conslilu-
linn. parry fsriinn. earrird 10 The exGrmr.
may establish lwo inlolerabls despOsisms
in our country
Did any nominaling convention ever
assembled in the United States. Of either
party. ihat derived IT, authority from the
Voies Of lhF people ailargel Yelihe acts
ri these bodies, 50 Ear A. either parry is
concerned. is in facl the election. The
people, a. \ matter Of course, ralify what
eyeriheir leaders think proper 10 10. Who
does moi perceive thai in lime the abuse
af This custom will in elect take The flec-
linn from The people! And what reflect
ing mind j. il that daes Roi plainly see lllat
party spirit is rapidly concentrating MI
power Into The hands Of one man I All
these dangers we're eri,lrnl IN The sega.
cious mind Of Gen. Taylor: and when he
asserted that. If he were 10 iii The office.
his Administration should be modelled
aflcr those Of the earlier Chief Magic
Irates. aud that he would he The President
Of The Whole people. aud not The repre-
sentative NJ party spirit. he occupied the
pusilion of philosophical statesman. The
meaning Of all that Gen. Taylor has sail
about patty is but The effort OF q patriot 10
call his county hack To The sacred ohser-
vance Of The charter Of her liberties; TO call
the people hack from the strife of faction
and contention to uninn and peace, from
passionate defamation Ia calm and sober
reason. No man ever occupied a moral
position more to be admired than that Of
Gen. Taylor. when he pronounced. in the
fare Of the iva roniending parties. and at
The hazard Of losing the first office in INC
world. that he who is not worthy oil scS
ing trusted without promises, is mol wor-
Thy OF being trusted with them Was
ever anything more true. mare verified by
our experienced The nation has sicken.
ed nj The broken promises cf oflice.seek-
ers. who have been ever ready TO pledge
themselves TO any thing. or any body, for
vote. Gen. Taylor has given promises uf
The right sort, no, in Kane or Coleman lei
ters; not in words. but in long life 50 un-
rivalled deeds Of grealness--a life unsiain-
ed by crime. Such a life furnishes tho
best evidence that. il elected. he will hold
his own fame and the good Of his coun-
try, as one and indiyisihle. What is there
in the Presidency that could attract such
man as Gen. Taylor, except rs theatre
upon which he might further serve that
country TO which his whole life has been
devoted! In taking up his position az 10
party, he displayed more ssgaciiy and
more Tealcourage than were displayed in
selecting and fighting the field Of Buena
/ Vista. Aud when the nation shall come 10
comprehend his views in all their compass;
when il shall experience the benign effects
Of his far-rearhing principles, i, will then
see thai his Efforts 10 shield the liberties
Of his country from the .monster party
spirit will be the brightest point in the
history Of his lie.
Z" But has General Taylor the capacity
10 gosern' We know that large bodies
Of troops were sent to him from all parts
of the Union-men fresh from The pur-
suits of civil life aud unaccustomed to re-
straint, and in a short time they were
moulded into the efficiency of regular
troops. There are two methods of go-
verning-force and persuasion. General
Taylor treated his men as rational beings.
BY Kindness and example. he awakened
in them all the better feelings of their ma
lures, and by clothing the naked. feeding
the hungry, sustaining the sick, and con-
selling the despon,ling, he made such an
impression ON their minds and hearts, that
they obeyed him from respect and love.
Force, punishment, and whips seem 10
have cut no figure in his government. We
every day meet with Democrats and
Wings. Natives and Foreigners. returning
from the army, who all speak of him as
children might of kind and atiec.iona,e
father. Contrast this mode Of governing
with tha, of the Mexican Generals, and
you will have the secret of his uniform
success. The Mexican chiefs lived in
the .splend"r at ancient Spanish pomp, and,
surrounded by the barriers of forms and
ceremonies. they could never hear the
groans of the poor soldier. The conse-
quence was. that they fought without
spirit. and sought The first occasion to fy.
But General Taylor lived among his sol
diers as they lived, ever ready to hear and
redress their grievances, treating them AZ
men and equals; and the result was, that
their minds were made up. to a man, 10
die BY him. because they knew that he
would die by them. His profound know.
ledge of human character, and his sympa.
i thy with human suffering. were as potent il
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