Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-07-22
In his letter to Capt. J. S. Allison, dated
April 22d, Gen. Taylor saws:


avoided Incompatible with national honor.
The principles of our Government, as well
as It's true policy, are opposed TO the suliu.
gallon OF other nations, and the dIsmember.
inent Of other countries by CONQUEST"
AT dinner in New Orleans, gwen in De.
cember last in honor of Gen. Taylor, he
responded to complimentary sentiment
by declaring
THAT the Joy and exulta,ion ofthe great.
est victories were always after the heat and
excitement of the battle, succeeded by feel.
iDgs Of poignant sorrow and pain; and that
war, alter all, was great calamity, and his
the creates, glory who could terminate it,
General Taylor has on other occasions
avowed similar sentiments; they DO him
much honor. He will resist the lust of
dominion and the passion for acquisition
which marks so distinctly the character o!
the American people. and which is fraughl
with more peril to our free institutions, and
| the perpeiuily of our glorious Union, than
any other cause whatever. There will he
no danger of the annexation Of either Cuba
or fucatan under the auspices of Gen. Tay.
!or.
4. Also an Administration Of the strict
est lmpariiality, and of the most rigid Jus.
lice, as between all The grea, interests OF
the country, and all sections ofthe con
iederacy. ! believe Gen. Taylor to be en-.
'Irey above sectional prejudice and there
are not any of the interests of the free
States which would not unhesitaling con.
hde to his hand. He has head to com.
prehend, and u heart 10 embrace his coun.
try, and his whole country. Having spent
his whole life in the public service, and on
terms of cordial and friendly intercourse
with the people of all parts of the Union,
he entertaIns the broadest and most liberal
sentiments Of nationality. do no, regard
him as a citizen Of Louisiana, bu, as citizen
of the United States of America.
5. He will do much, if elected, TO put
down the efforts now making in various
quarters to run all the politics of the coun.
Iry into mischieyous spirit of secionalism.
If he shall prove to be the Presiden, doub,
rot he will be, the people will learn TIM, of
all the qualifications for the high office, that
of citizenship, residence. or dem.cal is the
lowest. | am more disposed to lock to the
! man himself, TO the qualities of his head
and heart, rather than TO the accidents of
birth or residence. Who would no, rejoice
to have a succession of Presidents for the
next five centuries who shall administer the
Government after the fashion and in the
spirit of Washington, though every one Of
them should come from the Capcs of Flori.
da.
&. Congress will be restored to the pow.
ers and prerogatives which the trainers of
the constitution intended that body should
exercise. 1t must be obvious on the slight.
est examination Of that instrument, that to
Congress was confded the power Of ex-
pressing the will Of the people, in the form
of laws. and to the Executive the duty on
y of executing tha, vii! when ascertained
by Congress. Bot within the las, few
years there has been in progress. a rapid
concentration of all the power in the hands
of the Executive. The Presiden! has be.
come everything and Congress nnthing.-
An irresponsible body. called a convention
and generally a small committee of such
body, assembled IN the upper room of some
!, tavern, have arrogated the right Of settling
every thing in advance, and Of binding
both Congress and the Executive. The
latter has become the agent Of dehasCd
and groveiIng partnership to override the
former, either through the instrumcnlali,y
of The veto, or by corrup, exercise OF
patronage. To the correction of the enor.
nous evils of 1.-The one man power" Gen.
Taylor stands distinctly pledged. The mo.
menl this Is done, the great questions of
public policy are taken out of the Pre.i.
denlal canvass, and are carried into the
Congressional districts. If the people de.
sire protective tariff, the Improvement of
our rivers and harbors, or any policy in re-
gard TO our territories, they will elect mem
bers of Congress accordingly. This will
relieve the legislation of the country from
the malIgn influence of party, and will tie
likely 10 give much greater stability TO such
measures as have favorable bearing on
lie important interests Of the country than
has Obtained for many years past.
7. The influence Of the name and char.
acler of Gen. Taylor will be quite certain
10 give US a Congress whose views Of pub.
nc policy will accord with those of the
whig party. In this respect he can do more
for The country than any man now living.
Few of those who undertake TO pronounce
so peremptorily on the question of The Pres.
'dency have given this subject any consid.
Grafton whatever. While am free to ad.
NIT that Mr. Clay ought to have been elect,
ed President long ago, yet | think il Ger.
tain that if he could now be brought sue.
cessfnlly into the field, he would have the
Two Houses of Congress to ihwart and EN-.
) barrass him during the whole of his Presi
Dental term. Any man who will consider
the condition Of the representation in boil
! branches of Congress, from the Northwes
tern, Western, and Southwestern Stales