Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-08-03
ANYBODY Hit?

lhe NCD f0rh Herdld, paper by the
way more capricIous thar" sweet sixteen, "
so far as politics are concerned still
claims General Taylor as the independent
candidate for President, and lays 1t on to
the whig press for their servlity and
sIckening lla,tery since his nomination by
the Philadel phtai Convention. But we are
willing Mr.. Bennett should speak for him.
sci, and will give his article entire:
Gen. TayInr and lhn Party Press
1t is really Imaginable to see the course
which the party press haspursued towards
General Taylor, since he was nominated
by The National Convention al PhladeI-
phia, as a candidate for the Presidency of
the United States. Having been nomin-
aled sorrly against the wishes of many OF
them, and with the appobalion of very
few, indeed, of them, now, when they see
the star of the old hero in the ascendant,
one and all turn round aud bedaub the old
chap with the grossest hauery. Anec-
dntes on top of anecdotes, mountains high
lIlustr alive Of his character, are published
not one of which ever appeared in print
until he was nominated for the Presidency
and each paper publishes one suited en-
actly to gain the favor Of the people am
ong whom The paper is published, and L.
suit their exact temperament. Thus, in
lam ala IN a.,
his philanthropy; in another, some story
having for its object to convince the read
ers that he is remarkable for temperance,
that he is pious man in the extreme; an
other, that he is pious man in the ex-
IRENE; another, that he is humane, giving,
of course, half dozen instances of the eX.
hibion of these traits; another that he
never drinks corn whiskey, except when
he is attacked with the choic. And we
should no, be surprised it, by and by, we
should have an anecdole that he never
robbed hen roosts at night, provided an
exemption from such henous offence is
necessary to secure his support in neigh.
borhood where chickens heads are unlaw-
fully twisted.
Now all this may be amusing, and
might serve to form the subject of good
humored laugh, were il not for the slcken-
ing sycophancy connected with it, We
apprehend that notwithstanding these sew
eral anecdotes, General Taylor, who is a
general candidate for the Presldency-not
a wing alone-is nothing more nor less
than the same old Rough and Ready, the
same old fashioned fellow, who, ON a GER
tain occasion, showed General Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna the material of
which he was composed, on certain PLAN
called Buena Vista, having previously CIV
en- him a pointed initimalion Of The same
nature.
This lndscrminate 1attery is sickening
as much SO to General Taylor, we are sure,
as TO any body else. He is too old and
experienced bird to be caught with chaff,
and those who are endeavorng to catch
him in this manner will find out after the
fourth of next March. Gen Taylor was
nominated by the independent press of the
United States to the Presidency, not be-
cause he is a very temperate man, a very
religious man, a very humane man, very
philanthropic man--although these are
very good qualities, but simply for the
reason that he is Just the man 10 be the
independent Chief Magistrate, Just the