The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-15

when they say re IL not Wing, that be will
no. make sufficiently strict partizan Presi-
dent for them Now it does 50 happen that
the Wh;ssofthc Eighth District han over and
over again endorsed tie yery same idea, for
uttering which GENERAL TAYLOR has been
spit upon by the General Wilson's, Charles Al
lens, and the " Conscience" troupe general
ly.
JoHS QU!xcY ADAMS, in his address to
his constituents III 1912, said
al entered tie National House Of Repre-
sentaiiyes ia December, 1881, with an assur
aace TO t'ie constituents by whom | was elect
ed, that should hold myself hound in allegi-
ance to no party, whether sectional or politl-
cal thought this duty imposed upon me
b. my peculiar position. ] had spent the.
greatest portion Of my life in the service Of
che whole nation, and had been honored with
their highest trust My duty Of fidelity, Of af-
fcction and of gratitude to the whole was not
merely inseparable from, but identical with,
that which was due from me TO my own ma
tive Commonwealth"
Mr. Adams was right, clearly right. Like
him, General Taylor has spent the greatest
portion Of his life an the serrice ottte ,rhole na-
fion," anil if he is elected President he will be
minister the Government honestly and well.
Bit let us hear the able and excellent Repre-
sentative now in Congress from tho Eighth
District, Hon. Horace Mann, what says he a.
bout this matter? Horace MANN, IN his
letter accepting his nomination TO the post be
now fills in Congress, saws that he has been
attracted towards whatever Is worthy and
beneficial to all parties, rather than towards
what OeculI1r in one and adus
4tter ,chat / hare said ADORE in taror Of
liberty for all mankind. ii aroud be a strange
contradiction did consent 10 BE- myseLfhe Stare
ofPary.' .
ment expressed by Mr.. Mann and tina, which
has been expressed by General Taylor. But
we come to other evidence. William Henry
Harrison, in his letter to Harmar Denny, Civ
ing his views Of the duty of President, said
a. h. should never suffer the influence Of his
offf:e to be used for purposes of a purely par
~ character" In his letter TO Sherrod Will
liams, upon the same subject, he So The
trainers OF the Constitution never could have
expected that he, who was constituted the UNI
rire between centending parties, should ever
identify himself with the interests of one Of
them, and voluntarily razc himself from the
proud eminence Of leader of nation, TO that
OF chief Of a party" As to the difficulties in
the way Of the Presiden. avoiding the infu.
encs Of party spirit, he says :-"Seyeral Of
our Chief Magistrates have been able to escape
its inf .ence, or what is the same thing, to nc;
rs if they did not feel it." And his letter tc
the Van Rensselaer, dinner concludes with the
following sentiment May Solomon Rensse
lasr b. the last victim in our country of party
violence; and may the services which are to
be the future passports to Office, be not those
rea tered TO party, but TO the whole people"
DANIEL WEBSTER, in advocating the cleo
tioa Of Gen, II arrison, said: If desire the
su;e's', rs I most anxiously do, of the Wing
caad.Iste now in nomination for the Presi-
dan ", it is because he would be President Of
the whole people; that his administration
would be just, liberal. and comprehensive"
Here We have the Wing principles of 1910,
as uttered by the candidate who embodied
th4 II, and As expounded by the ablest Wing
in ths Union. Against all this evidence we
hlY. interposcd the sentimcntalism ola class
Of man, who, with one or two exceptions, have
no sympathy with and know nothing Of the
grslt mas Of the people--tor tho people go,
AMI ALWAYS have gone, for just such man as
General TAYLOR, one who has fought the bat
ties Of the Union, who is thoroughly honest,
who is capable, and who has NOTHING TO
SERVE But HIS COUNTRY"