The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-02


GES TAYLOR AND TIE Locoroeos.--The To-
foco party are in great tribula,ion and distress
for the want Of an available candidate for the
Presidency. Aspirants there are, and enough
OF them, who would sacrifice their ease and
comfor, BY taking upon themselves the arduou,
duties OF dispensing to the faithful the thou
sands of easy seats and fat salaries in the gift
of the Chief Magistrate; but then audilabilit.
stands in the way of all of them. Neither
Cass, nor Buchanan, nor Woodbury., nor Polk
nor any that have up to this time been spoken
of in connection with that station, can unite
The party and present solid front 10 the coun-
try; and as the time draws near for the nominal
ton Of candidates, the anxiety Of our oppo
nents increases. That the persons named above
will ali be dropped and new man put fss ward
every one who has watched the political chess
board must be satisfied But we were not ex.
actly prepared to have our opponents steal our
thunder--to run into the ring and seize the
cudgels we had prapared to demolisL them with
and turn ,hem against us: Yet, if we may be-
lieve oufcontsmporary of the Pittsburgh hron
City, sachis TO be the game that is to- be play
ed. -
We lesrn from that paper that letter ha:
been received by a. responsible and staunch
democrat Of that county from distinguished
democratic leader in Washington City, who
writes that there is movement ON foot Il
make Gen. Taylor the democratic candids,,
ior he Presidency. provided MIR. Clay is takeI
up by the Wing National Convention. Th'
writer says that they have sufficient testimony
10 prove to the democrats that he. Gen. Tay
lof. is identified with them, and that if he wer
elected tomorrow, his administration woul
be conducted on real Democratic principles
In proof of this fact, the letter says that Gen
Taylor has in reply 10 some questions aske
him b. Democrats, said that che would accer
the noninaiion if they offer it to him, and tina
he is in favor Of the present tariff. in favor {
the war, in favor of prosecuting it until il i
honorably closed. in favor of acquiring all III
Territory that can be obtained-that he, an
no: the President is responsible for the marc
ofihe troops to the Rio Grande-that' the W;
is just and honorable, and that he is oppose
TO the Wilmot Proviso, and National Bank
All this sounds funny enough after readir
The letter of Gen. Taylor to his relation, in al
other column, in which he announces himself
trs.s WHIe. and in favor Of tchig principles an
srhig measure-going as far as any wing in Il
country desires MIN TO 60, and satisfying eve
wing in the Union when they shall read
that he will carry out the measures of the par
fos the good she country, and closing his lie
ter BY declaring that "aay reports or public,
lions, trritten or rsrbat, from any sourc
Offering IN any essential particular fro
zrhat is there rra.fea. are unauthorized "a
antrue.r 80 -N'r--
We are almost sorry to be under the nece
sity Of knocking this last pin from under Il
locofoco party and letting them down osqua
bic among themselves as to availability. al
all that. But irmust be done. Old Rough al
Ready can DO more ffaieEnize with ,he locoio
party than he could surrender to Santa Ann
and il v0aId be cruel V les The poor fellows
ceive themselves fo< , momeot. Batifit wi
n ibe least azsuage the. grief Of our opponent
attns loss Of candidase SO certain to succee
We can assure Them upop the word Of Old Ia
himself. that the government will be admin
tered b. hin upon purely democratic prime
Qles--pure dsnseeretic ,rkis principles.