The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-30

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citizen. bul lie belongs neIiher 10 he Norh
nor the South. lie hzs neyer had any
home huI under ll.e fag af his country.
and is. Ihrrelorr. h4e rhild al the Repub-
lie. he has party attachments. hui u .
rs an American. deeply. Ierveniy enlisted
in Whatever is prnEnoiiEr af The national
prosperity. or beneficial 10 the states, iiaai
he Is known 10 his rnunifymen.
Whoever il cnnirasIed with Washing
tau must sudrr more or less in lhe com
parison. YET IL may he safely said lhal Ge-
neral Taylor. in more respeels Than one,
closely resembles him. Like Washing-
ton. he 10 plain. direri. and honest; sim
pie in his tastes and republican in his ha-
hits. And like him. lie il brsre aud just.
and generous and humane. Tie j. ner-
iainly mi rs great As Washington. but. as
We have Just shown. he has oil his mo-
desiy. The resemblance does not stop
here. Washington derlined TO give any
pledges. and announced his intention I" 10
90 inin the chair NJ state under no pre-.
engagement Of any nature or Kind What
ever."s General Taylor has repeatedly
declared. thai if elected at all. he must he
unirammeled with all obligations " exrepl
those which The Constitution and the high
interests Of the nation at large most 20.
lemnly demand" Washington was iru-
" an American President. and had mel.
iher eliques nor factions TO influence or
control him. General Taylol avows his
intention To be in all things "lhe Presi-
dent Of the counlTv anil moi Of a party"
Washington regarded The people as the
source Of power, and il was principle
with him In acquiesce in the decision Of
their Representatives, unless the measure
presented for his approval clearly insOlv.
ed violation of The t'onsiiluiion.t Ge-
neral Taylor as fully believes that :" The
personal opinions Of The individual who
may happen to orcupy the Executive
chair, ought not 10 control the action Of
Congress upon questions Of domestic po-
liry," and that "ihe will Of the people
ought to be respected" Washington, sl-
though violently and wrongfulIy denoun.
ced. was too manly and magnanimous 10
"se his Office tn prostitute his Lb~llers.
General TAYLOR positively affirms that. as
President Of The United States, he will
have "no private purposes Ia accomplish"
and mo enemies To punish" Washing
ton, in his Farewell Address, warned us
in The mos, solemn manner against l." The
baneful effects Of the spirit Of party gene
rally" and admonished Us that. frum its
very excess. :" the effort Of public opinion
onghl TO be To mitigate and assusge to il.
General Taylor iells US this same spirit
has divided Us too much as people,"
and that he will have no "pariy projects
To build up" and no party schemes 10 en-.
courage or promote. Washington always
disirusled the patriotism Of ihnse. who
would endeavor To weaken the bonds Of
the Union. and appealed to us 10 !" dis
coupteBance whatever may suggest even
a suspicion thai il can in any event be
abandoned; and Indignantly frown upon
the first dawning Of every attempt to alien
ate any portion Of our country from the
rest, or 10 enfeeble the sacred lies whirh
now link together the various parts. -
[ FarsmtH .dddress,) General Taylor, as
we have already stated. knows no Sec
iional feeling and acknowledges no Sec
tional interest,"" He is for The Union as
it is, and regards the geographical dis.
tinctinns OF parties as Northern and South.
ern, Eastern and Western, as fatal alike
To the happiness Of the people and The
pernanenre nf free institutions. Finally,
like Washington. il was by deeds of arms
he was first distinguished; like him he
The letters from which the extracts below
are taken. are to he seen in vol 0, of Sparks col
lection Of his writings:
TO RxsJaNrs HanRrsoS.
Z" If it should be my inevitable fate to admins.
ter the Government, flor Heaven knows that no
event can he less desired by me, and that no
earthly consideration short Of so general call,
together with desire TO reconcile eonteading
parties az fac as in me lies could again bring me
into public life,) Uil go into the chair under no
Encouragement Of ANY NATURE OR KIND
whatever. 9th March. 1897
To BENJAMIN LtsgoLs,
Should il become inevitably necessary for me