Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-05-04
CETY OF EVANS WILLIE:
MONDAY MORNING. EAY l.

GEN. TAYLOR AND THE LocoFoCOs.-The To-
foco party are in great circulation and distress
for the want of an aUaiIable candidate for the
Presidency. Aspirarts there are, and enough
of them, who would sacrifice their ease and
comfort by taking upon themselves the arduous
duties of dispensing to the faithful the thou
sands of easy seats and fat salaries in the gift
of the Chief Magistrate; but then aUdilability
stands in the Way of all of them Neither
Cass, nor Buchanan, nor Woodbury., nor Polk,
nor any that have up TO this time been spoken
ofin connection with that station, can unite
the party and present solid front to the eoun-
try; and as the time draws near for the nomna-
ton of candidates, the anxiety Of cur oppo
nents increases. That the persons named above
will all be dropped and new man put forward
every one who has watched the political chess
board must be satisfied. But we were not ex-
acdy prepared TO have our opponents steal our
thunder-to run into the ring and seize the
cudgels we had prepared to demolish them with
and turn them against us: Yet, five may be-
1ieve our contemporary of the Pittsburgh IRON
City, suchis to be the game that is to bepiay-
ed
We learn from that paper that letter has
been received by a responsible and staunch
democrat of that county from a distinguished
democratic leader in Washington City, who
writes that there is movement on foot to
make Gen Taylor the democratic candidate
for the Presidency, provided Mr.. Clay is taken
up By the Wing National Convention. The
writer says that they have sufficient testimony
to prove to the democrats that he, Gen. Tay-
Tor, is identified with them, and that if he Were
elected tomorrow, his administration would
be conducted on real Democratic principles.
In proof of this fact, the letter SAYS that Gen.
Taylor has il reply to some questions asked
him by Democrats, said that she would accept
the nomination if they offer it to him, and that
he is in favor of the present tariff; in favor Of
The war, in favor of prosecuting it until it is
henorabIy closed. in favor Of acquiring all the
Territory that can be obtained-that he, and
no: The President is responsible for the march
of the troops to the Rio Grande-that the wal
is just and honorable. and that he is opposed
to the WiImot Proviso and a National Bank
All this sounds funny enough after readin:
the letter OF Gen. Taylor to his relation, in an
Other column, in which he announces himself
true WHIG, and in favor of lghig principles ant
l7hig mleasure-going as far as any whig in tn
country desires him to 60. and satisfying ever
wing in he Union when they shall read ii
that he Will carry out the measures ofthe part
for the good of the country, and closing his let
ter by declaring that any reports or p,Blicu
fion8, Uritten or yerbal. from any source
differing in any essential particular. tror
iehat is tAsre leritteis, are Unauthorized an
untrue"
We are almost sorry to be under the neces
sity of knocking this last pin from under til
locofoco party and letting them down to SQUAD
bic among themselves as to availability, an
all that. But it must be done Old Rough an
Ready can no more fraternize with the locofoc
party than he could surrender to Santa Anne
and it would be cruel to let the poor fellows de
ceive themselves for moment Butifit vii
in the least assuage the grief of our opponents
at the loss Of candidate so certain to succeed
we can assure them upon the word of Old Fac
himself, that the government will be admins
tered BY him upon purely democratic prinei
ples-pure democratic aO1ig principles.