The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-16

not know what showld be tho exact duty lad upon
and tapes or other nanufeturss Thsrse they
agree he is a man who is not qualified to be the
Chief Magistrate But General Washington him
his speech before the Congress which appointed him
said - give you warning in taking on myself this
commssion, feel myself not qualified, and if any evil
flows ftom it, you will be responsible who have ap
pointed me-" will not quote to you what the
wise solomon says OF the man who gorihes himself
than do But can tell of Socrates, the immortal the
gods Socrates to whom the elegant Pericles and the
brave Aicebi.des listened with admiration. He
wrote book; no letter of his writing 10 e-tant,
yet he was man vensrated for his lessons Of
wisdom, and this modest old Socrates said Of him
self, 81 know nothing" Such wisdom this is
what we want We want high order of common sense
s want that wisdom ard ,Gund ndsmsn which
dencs and success through all the difficulties which
rage around it We want man of this stamp;
merely. must cosfess auxiou, to
a man in the presidency who possesses courage and
constitution of the country, and to execute the laws
made by the Congress of the United States (Cheers)
be MSna in nc y a0T n the the
mcnt Of the country on the ever. changing ques-
tious Of commerce and commercial affairs would be
practising upon the creduity OF the public mind When
Sir Peel into Office in 943 1874, being ask
cd If he would be guided by the principles of 1912 re-
piled in substance that he would not be responsible for
guiding the ship of state through its difficulties If his
hands were to be tied up In any manner, but that
s 90 sy Sx wss
in is41 or "a believe Gsnsral Taylor is wise in this
respect. He Is not man who will dictate to the public
mind what ought to be it's thoughts and sentiments
He does not forward debating to the people what
he thinks they ought to do or believe. He does not
robins, whose mouths open and they to take
what is put in them whether scorpions, or birds,
into their open bsaks He has struck out tie true path
We are free-tak'ng free-'peaking, free acting
light a. I human see mind d eon.ud
would be hard to make two people think the same
upon any one subject Multiply the subjects, and
the difficulty of bringing them to think the same
upon increased number Of things 10 proportonatey
increased So with the majority Of the people Of the
United States. am of the opinion, that thu fewer
questions urged tests of unanmity the likely
any party is to succeed General Taylor has proved
that be understands well the philosophy Of the Consti
tuition Of his country in not attempting to lay down
the American people He has al, show that he
is to receive laws from Congress, to execute tho
voice and will of the peopls, as declared by their
debating what their laws, policy, sentiments
oasht first to be Great srpsu;s) Il General
the will of the people and the laws Of Congress- but he
will also make every man besides do his duty AID II he
rancho in Mexico He viii purify the country of the
picayune politicians have dons. will conclude with
one short anecdote. When General Taylor wrs youth,
he waske Others fond of gsiety and enjoyment There
the place Of his birth. in which the youthful General
took pleasure in participating. But there were only
kinds of dances known to the young people there at
that time these were the Jig aud the reel 1t happened
that young man came on from Baltimore--it might
have been some other place. bat that is my native
| place, ! viii suppose he came from there. This
person brought With him the new fashion Of the
ootion, aud fading It was not known among the
| young folks, he undertook TO tesch it. This he
| did with Importance and authority which
the
and began to put him in place and phil him back by the
the young man Mendoza which laid him spraying
| on the floor The youth must have been simple
not to know that though the Taylor boys may not
know how to dance yet they know we'll how to dGht
Aud ia conclusion will say thst those who think
to catch hold of General Taylor BY the coat and try to
pull him hacK his to this Presidency will in the
sud nd themselves mistaken and psced exactly in the
situation Of this young man. viz they will De hsored at
As soon as Mr.. johnson had concluded, there were
calls for Baker" Baker" from ell parts and In ao-
cordance herewith,
greeted with cheers, in anusion to which he said
the best kind of cheers those which given after
few straight forward remarks In relation to the mex,
presidential Canvass and he intended, as well as he
could to what he thoseht and as ne mad been
opinons might rot pesse all who assembled before
him, but he would speak just he thought for he wa:
of opinion that no man would be just to himself who Old
not speak his convctops He ready speak what he
believed and would do In the Harrison contest all who
worked the elevation of that great to the Presi
dsncy, did not think alike. General Hsrrsou himself
did not think ks all VINO voted for HIM but stu ne
was great and good man (ssii Col Baker) do not
think alike with all of you; know, am sure, some OF
you here democrats; but wing oil over and
| think as q whig-which many of you do not. But
know, too, at the same time that there sufficient
reasons connected WITH the welfare Of the country why
should all for Old Zsok for next aud
certainly at the present time there is need OF those
who songo hwfor tn oce, thinking of what viii
happen after the election Our confidence in Gen Tay-
lor will prevent that We going th.n for Gen Taylor
because, in the first place, Ia the language which ne
used to Secretary Marcy asks favor and shrnks
from no responsibility" IL may bs said of him. above
all other public that he favor and shrnks
from no responsibility. (Chsers) Mr. Johnson truly
| rays that Gen Taylor Is not much Of diaectciau,
but he possesses great deal of common sense which
| appeals to every man in the world have been tsd
that many people have objections to going 70: Gen
Taylor for various Some say they can't so for
him, because he is a military man. Well, now, New
York has, former OCCASION said she would not go
for military man. but afterwards she did 90 for mill
tsry man; she went for with military tils, Col
Polk whose great ambition always has been to command
la that sense and other Mr. Polk Is military man.