Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-12

Hald tpt with III" tfeaehsfotts infent 10 elt4
n]efsHrla both. %utfIffA a31tfaff with 4 Hiss
iafBisirf @phHt0r bf bts pytty The lat
btf ptft IT fhs ~disfFpataB'e sahains WHs
jsf afad bt The honesty md ffmns 50 ollie
EbnBfH, HGt be sDaFepdBd 81 thf.aa H.
eaHse Eah, Taylor 10 te sfipp 4 If HE
fnfess III The very face If Mr., p3itps ffvpf
to general f44aih Anna. 1T lbs head If
twenty tlHonsAnd III the test tfbbps Mis- ifo
tvpr Brought Into Tho fiHld2 H. ~ Human
eaIeataflon. this last arf n tfanehsry had
tofBpb seed the ruin ff Gen. Taylor and
tla lltlp band If four tbyiisand patriotic,
citizen sdlhiafs Who wpFH stanliuF with
him aHdsr The stafs md stripes npBh The
pains If Bnefa Vista The ofie idI organ
pfthn Government predicted his 8afnty IN
~ iHglefiels fatfpat aigB Mbtitefhy "lis
hops was ftfher ~ thn tbeught - hut.
dufihr tile whole fyfIY years If his If, he
hid nsv turHsd his it+att fiB1i ttts BHstty
The nation knsw him bHtfpf Than Bhisial
Utpats, aud sfJ6A no &, mHAihlhss With
anxiety tn hing is eyes lo6h Ing town fds
The western f]rGntisfl 'fha ehurisF gatae.
hs had fought and wen this unequal fight,
and mule one Of the tnest brilliant q
In ottr annaIs. The nation was filed with
gratitude aud with joy bot lethis day no
gun has been fred AZ the national capital
by ofdpro the Government, i0f the victory
Of Bisna VISTA,
II werF vel 10 stop for q fiptneHl 10 ~.
| 1uife what manner m gfth Ii this XAGbafY
J8yIDf, and h8w has be won this p6pular
affection. Ills mifittfy genius aud success
Enthusiastically titst attracted 10 binnstll public
attention. but II n the sttuo limH subjected
btr1 to popular scrutiny Ike r. ut II
that srrati Y disclosed IN him m6fal hbd
iuteliertuHI qualities tf which the people
gtaptled bin to their beasts, as u were,
with b0aks II st4ls They admired be
soldier, bit they loved md trusted DE man
They loved him, not I]eeause te was
~ itbout far bnt irchuss be was awilh.
out ~tepro8elj." 'fisy foetd hin a ma
ii spothas pnfi y AID integrity modest,
truthful, bnDesi, great, aud wise !. medrsl
IN lis estimate If bis otYh 4 t~etaess trlth
fiji nud honest IN al things ; great in ae=
ton. il uou'djhg events wise in his
hnoHIela go and Judgment %0ftnsH, bud in his
conception 0f practical tfuth, ~ bis adap=
lion Of ihs best means 10 the accomplish
tHett ofusefuI and noble Gbdss.a H. is not
u man VI words, buf Of ihgHgbtH Bnd lFeds.
a peasignc9 BIPARTISAN nsW spa per foaY
cont IN all his letters (~exGFpt official re-
petlf) yet sulfnlHedt0 the public, and then
leave ample spare for the disparagiuq
| criticisms upon his style, distortions Of iis
meaning. atij asgffsi6us upon bis good
rltit3e, ny IFS mertatatY conductor but his
grFtft and h0hIg dee,fs hHga filed the eivil4
izad word with hts 6Wh and his eUinttys
i4fjt, His pfrafHt position baf9fe taa
American P~opse n consistent fefh hi4
character, aud IL harmony uiGb bis Wbo .
President he bas Inferred into Dosehs1nes,
nor iDttigHes, mr. ~bafgains be has given
80 pledges %. promises 10 induce parf}
managers Or Hteat ~ email Actions 6isl
bis namh npdtt any purity or Il thGIriHht
people, IIe has not bafQaiUed off she
public patronage to become It's Gtttbless
tfePsr. Whje III q iyfeign and hostile
Iabf quietly AID transformations yperonB.
Ing his dttY III he MIL afy s~efgifg If fife
country, botesi fne0 hfaII p~ariesJ nbd IN
ryeIy potion IT ihe Republic ralird upon
Hin ~ seryf hi Gonntfy ~ the capacity Of
her Chief Magistrate, The cborpcter d
The call WINS IN c0Gao0thce with his own
feelings; lis Iie hod born spent IN he
service ofhis VIII ls e0nHtrg-evefy seC--
ton md oil p%attiGs. lie had had around
him t0rb from every 5rc Jon 0f the Union
an1 Of 81 political opinions, vicing With
eieh 6fher, with generous ~tivalgy, IN The
discharge IT thclg dtdiea 10 d common
country. There was nothing IN bis pur.
suits Or bis character to mtke him n
partizan. md even the gllttrfing prize Of
The Presidency could not tempt him 10 ntTect
a patty intolerance which ~ dee Dot feeh
lie therefore frankly. declared he general
principles and poiloy Which would control
hia eJhduGt in The event If his election
ayowed himoebf u Wing, reGtsed ~ be-
considered mere party cal1dldtte, and pat
himself pVo1 Tho support Of those of biz
cOuniryfuen who concurrcd with him IN
opinions, 4 Republican 10 principle, be
has ever been All upwayeriHg Il hefent 10
the principles 81 that patty ; concnring
generally with The wbig party UPON qne.-
tloas of pIbIicp hcy, III concurrence with
it, IL he ~resttIl Of it, conformity 10 the priB-
cipIes If The I'D Republican ptaY, lie is
deeply Impressed With the great djstin~
gushing feature # The old Republican
par y-iealoasy u Executive pgwer ; he
plants hm.ejf GrtDly against IT. alarming
and iBcreasing tend"ncy t. also b all he
other powers of the Government, and
thereby auHjhil4te MI securities fF free
dom. The vie and patriotic Ffanklin'
is reported by hr. Madison 10 have said,
in the Convention which framed our Com
stitaiiou, that "ihe Executive vii BE-
always increasing here, ~ elsewhere, till
il ends in a mona rchy.'' That this pFsdic-
lion may not speedily become history,
recent events ad.nenisb inc friends Of
popular privilege against Executive PEI
negative 10 feasseft aud firmly maintain
their principe ~.
important measures, affecting the i'm
mcdiate welfare Of he collective bo5y Of
the people, d~isapproved Of BY them and BY
their representatives. have been from timr
TO time extortyd from their feIuctaaf yet
f4ith.ess representatives. The most recent
and memorable ineianfe Of this species Of
this species u Iegisiatjoa occurred during
the last Congress, 10 the eternal disgrace Of
The majority ofthat body. The President
saut In ~ uspa-asfs asking G0BgFess To-
create d Lieutenant General +; q vas refcf
red TO tie Coa4n ee N Military AI4ir.
tMn.fliras Of whom were Us ~gn.Itcel