Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-12-07
For tho Glasgow Weekly Times.

sustained defeat IS again victorious. From the
green mountains OF Vermont, 10 the spicy fields
Of Florida, from the sunny plains Of Georgia. TO
the teeming valleys Of Pennsylvania, the voice
Of the People, waited on the gales OF National
gratitude, has proclaimed Zachary Taylor PRESS
dent. At ibis result every patriot has cause fol
exultalion and at it they DO rejoice. But, in
the language Of the veteran Joseph Gales, /"
we know ourselves, any exultaon on this head,
is subordinate TO feeling Of devout thankful
ness TO the Almighty Ruler Of Nations, for His
having guided the minds and hearts OF the Amer>
lean people, to a result which we believe, is the
salvation OF the country"
For ourself, we can say, that il q majority OF
the Americon people, in The exercise Of their i'm
dubable right. should have turned a deaf ear
to the claims Of their gallant defender on so ma
ny bloody 6olds-ii they should have failed To-
appreciate his high qualities as man and patr
OF, and his exalted position as candidate-if
oblivious OF the critical condition OF the coun
try, growing out Of a most delicate question o
sectional interest, involving not only the vitality
of The South and West, but the perpetuity Of the
Union tsel(--a question to which Gen. Taylor's
position pre- eminen,ly fitted him to adjust salts.
sctorily to all pares-f, we say, unmindlul
Of all these, majority Of the people should
have chosen Gen. Cass 10 preside over the az
fairs Of Government, we should not only have
bowed in alsubmssion TO the F" dumb eloquence
OF numbers" but would have holden ourselves
prepared to Judge OF his administration by its
fruits and not to condemn as partisan, what
our judgment as patriot should approve. Al
though we feel warranted in concluding that his
administration, had he been elected, would have
partaken of all the odousness of partyism, and
would has been as proscriptive as that OF Mr. Polk
ITSELF yet we would not have felt inclined 10 pre-
Judge The case. All then, that the friends Of
Gen. Taylor ask of their opponents is like dis
position on their part-io judge OF his admins
tration by his acts, and not in the spirit OF par
tyism. To the honest Democrat then, we would
address word OF warning before he commits
himself farther. or the unprincpled partsans
and office holders who fight for their reward and
whose study it has been throughout this canvass,
to traduce and villify the character Of one Of
purest patriots alive, we have nothing to ask; we
have no compassion for them in their misery. be-
cause they have only received the doom 10 which
their conduct should consign them. But to the
honest Democrat we speak. Although victory
has perched upon our standard, we cannot but
feel that it looses many OF its charms, when we
Eal Al, ol,ol
OTIS, who have been driven into false position
false 10 themselves false to their real principles
false to the best interests Of their country, by
the excuses Of party spirit There are, we know,
many excellent citizens, plain, honest, hard.
working, home.staying democrats, who, in the ex-
crcise Of their right of suffrage, can have no 9TH
; er object to accomplish, or motive 10 crafty
) than 10 place honest men at the head Of our gov
eminent, 10 administer its affairs for the common
good of all. Calling themselves democrats
and relying on the usual import Of the term
without properly weighing the substance of tn
thing itself, they passively permit lhemselve:
10 be tossed about on the waves Of party. ind(
ferently resisting the current. or quietly suffering
themselves TO be drifted along until they reach
that fatal political vortex, in which their free
dom Of judgmenr, and right of action are finally
engulphed To such then, we would address
word OF warning, inviting him 10 pause and re
view his position, before he finds him self too Sc
curely enlangled in its meshes. We would urg,
all such, fairly, thoroughly, and dispassonatel.
to analyze the position and principles OF Gen
Taylor and then determine for themselves
whether he does not in truth, faithfully and hon
S esly reflect their sentiments. This much Gen
Taylor has right 10 expect OF them.
: Gen. Taylor is himself no partisan. Willis
/ he has great cardinal principles TO which he
+ firmly attached, and 10 which he will faithful
E adhere, he would not prescribe others becaus
they do not adhere 10 his own tenets. He ha
shewn from the moment his name was first spo
, ken Of in connexon with the Presidency, tha
his doctrines are emnently conservative, and h
has manifested the utmost respect for those VIII
honestly differ with him. Twelve months ag
he was the choice oil many Democrats, who wer
afterwards driven to oppose his election simpl
by the influence Of partyism, and not from an
t change OF position or Of principle on the part c
y Gen. Taylor himself.
In view then OF the magnitude OF the interest
= involved, we feel justified in calling on such den
q ocrats as we have referred to- TO burst the shack
les OF party, as many OF their comrades have nc
bly DONE and come forth at the bidding of the