The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-22
Virginia.
FLuvANNA COUNTY, August IA, ls4s

FLuvANNA COUNTY, August IA, 1s4S.
To the Editor Of the Union:
Surprising that any information touching the great
political contest pending throughout all parts of this
great republic would not be unacceptable to you, will
devote leisure moment to giving you short account Of
matters in this democratic county Of Fluvanna.
by probably fifty or sixty votes, have one merit. which
speaks highly in their favor. They are reliable men
such as may be depended on in the hour OF trial. Their
perimentu crcs and proved itself to be genuine They
are men who could not be swerved from the path which
their political principles pointed out as the right one at
time when many OF their fellow citizens and neighbors
were led off by the apostacy of VIM c. Rves and others.
They Spartan band, who never yield an inch OF
ground when great battle is to be fought in which their
serred ranks contribute anything to the result of the
As consequence to be anticipated from these sterling
qualities you need not be surprised when tell you that
the flag of ''availabiity under which federalism
seeking to make odgment in the democratic citadel,
has totally failed in seducng single recruit from our
ranks to the spos- multitude gathered beneath its
folds On the contrary there wings hereabous,
who have declared their unaerable determination not to
support the non-committa no-pIncp!e candidate pre-
senied for their sufages by the philadelphia convention
This nomination of General Taylor to to be
the most audacous cheat ever attempted to be practsed
upon enlightened people. Here has been the wing
party, for the space of two years. taxing their ingenuity
to the utermos invent terms of abuse with which to
sgmase the President and democratic party for carrying
war, provoked by long series of ourages commit
ted on us by foreign nation and thus preserving the
to insult and after denouncing this war as damnable God
abhorred, and covering the nation with nfamy, and all
who engaged in it, actually presenting man their
didate for the highest office in the gift OF the people,
whose only recommendation is that of having been
successful general in this odious war!
Beaten, utterly routed in the campaign of 1914, when
for once they joined in manly fight on the great poh
cal principles which divide the two parties and seeing
plainly that the principles they advocate too obnoxious
to the people of the United States to hazard another contest
in their behalf the leaders of federalism suddenly raise
flag of truce, become all at once very ouing with the de-
mocacy and deprecate the party strife which agates the
country such extent every four years. and kicking the
they would yepng cur thrust forward in his stead mil
itay hero who happened to conduct campaign success
fully in MeXico which circumstance Alone repeat,
pedcaed his elevation to the chief magstracy of this
great nations although, at the same me he asserts (and
no one doubts the truth of the asseron) his entire want
of any political knowledge whatever or capacity to per-
form the duties incident to the office for which he is
candidate.
Il has really been amusing to the successive grada
tons by which this candidate of the wing party has de-
scended from the lofty eminence on which hs hatterers
placed him at the commencement OF his political life
The idea held out by Gen. Taylor, when his name was
first spoken of connexon with the presidency, was
termination of the Mexican seemed to be the sole OBJ
ect to which he directed his concentrated energies which
lone, it ntmated he had rather violent inclination
for the of private life. But, like Washington, If
he people Dotid call him from the said retirement spon
dne0uy and unanimously in spite OF his repugnance &c
occupying the "Whte House," why. he supposed ne
must consents provided land this point his determine
ZION mmutable) his nomination, &c., not to be
brought about in any way by the agency OF party ma
chInery. He shrunk back with shiver apparently
from the touch of contamination, which he seemed to i'm
agine inseparable from everything of party character