Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-19

? TAYLOR IN OHIo.-The Cincinnati At
las says, that in twenty-five counties o
: that State where delegates to the whil
national convention had been chosen, Cor
win gets one county more than Clay, bu
that emo one, so far, has mentioned tn,
name of General Taylor"
Whig Opinions of Gen. Taylor.
| The editor of the Augusta Republica.
cam Clay wing paper, thus explain.
how the democrats will use up Genera
Taylor, if he should be the whig candidate
He foresees and foretells just what will
be said when the canvass comes. To be
sure, the editor never thought of saying
such naughty things himself. They never
entered his head. It's the locofocos that
will think and say all these things:-Lou-
isville Democrat.
We will suppose the canvass fairly
opened, and the claims of the respective
candidates undergoing public scrutiny.
Gen. Taylor being run by the wings on
account of his military services, what will
be the natural order Of attack upon him BY
our opponents We have already heard
enough, in private conversation with de-
mocrats, to know what they will do.
they will first attempt to demolish his mi
litary "availability," and then call upon
the wings for his civil service. 1t matters
not how important and brilliant his mill
tary achievements have been, his oppo-
nents will seek to discharge them, and di-
minish the lustre of his fame by every
means in their power. They will address
the people after the following fashion:
"The wings are running Gen. Taylor be-
cause of his military availability He
fought the Mexicans in several battles, it
is true, and defeated them. In the great
est of all his battles-that of Buena Vista
he maintained HIS STRONG POSITION
against the Mexican attack, three to his
|ane.-But Scott fought them at Mexico
FOUR TO ONE, in their strongholds and en-
Itrenchments, drove them from fertilization
to fortification, and finally from their far
famed capital. The Mexicans fought UNI
der the walls of their capital for the ma
tional glory and independence they fought
before the eyes Of their matrons and daugh-
ters--beauty gazed with hope and depen-
dance upon their efforts, and every i'm
pulse which could animate people, urged
them on in the fearful struggle. But their
banners which streamed from the national
palace, and their other public buildings
and cathedrals, were displaced by the stars
and stripes. Forty-two battles have been
fought in Mexico, and no one can point to
"a Mexican victory. .3 ..,
The prestige of General Taylor's sup
posed 'invincibiGty' is gone; for every
general, colonel, captain, and corporal in
the American army, has prevailed over
the Mexicans in euery instance, with all
the odds in their favor. They are i'm
beetle and cowardly; and, of all troops
in the civilized world, can be least de-
pended upon in the hour of battle. They
will stand shots; but the glitter of cold
iron frightens them too bad to permit them
to stand long enough to suffer it to be hid
in their cowardly bosoms. Again we ask
for the evidences of Gen. Taylor's cipa ser
rice. When did he serve in the national
Senate or House of Representatives
What chair of State did he ever fill +? of
what Legislature was he ever a member p
What speech can be produced as a testi-
mony of his civil qualifications Where
are his political writings to show that he
understands the science of government
Did he not state in letter, in answer to
inquiries put to him, z7=that he srns not
acquainted wifh the public measures and
questions of the day, and that, before he can
answer them, he must get the documents
and make up his mind? The wings tell
us that his dispatches are we'll and ably
written II BUT THEY WERE WRITTEN BY
HIS ADJuTANr GENERAL BL1ss=EK They
say he is a strong minded man; but they
do not produce the testimony, and he is
utterly without experience in public af-
fairs. Such is an abstract of what demo-
cratic editors will publish to the people.
The lynx-eyed keenness of political oppo-
sition will caricature the generals fame
and character, till he will dwindle down
in their papers to dwarf, from the giant
proportions which he now possesses.
How was it in the last election in Geor-
gia? General Clinch's military services
did not avail him against an ordinary man.
but very respectable and amiable gentle
man. And although we did believe that
General Clinch possessed the qualifica-
tions requisite to make an excellent cover
nor, the wings must haze seen and felt has
rant Of more eicil seruice. Gen. Taylor
has had none! He has never been, as
| General Clinch was, a member of Con-
gress. We put forth these facts and state
ments for the consideration of our able CO.
temporary Of the Richmond Wing, and that
of other wing editors and members of the
party, but more especially for the consi-
Iteration Of the wings of Georgia.