The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-04-04

nal Improvement OF mankind, has supported I
him under All circumstances; and he has
steadily pursued his object with all tho pow
er Of his intense and collected energies.
GRSERALs!--S Shakespeare says that some
me are born 10 greatness, some achieve
gre ainess, and some have greatness thrust
uoon them. In the contest between ablef
men and opposing opinions, sEAnrRy FORD
was made the whig nominee Tor Governor Of
Ohio. This was "piling it on pretty thick"
for his deserviugs, but not content with this
anti.par Federalism has hunted up an old
worn out m tia commis sion, and il is now
GEsERAL Ford's titled name that lies at the
INST head tfthe Federal presses. Gen. Scott
will certainly 81, down to another'hasty plate o.
soup when be gets back from Mexico, and
finds that Generals are as cheap as penny
Whistles among the Federal Wing party,
| from whom at least he expected no
| Gre IN his rear General Ford! just think
( the association, ye who admire the gal
| LIANT deeds Of Gems. Taylor and Worth,
Shields and Butler! Or ye who recollect
with pleasure the manly daring Of a Mitch
|el, and a Weller, Morgan, and Hamer,
when Ohio's sons sought honor at the can
non's mouth. Gen Ford! Why the man
himself, all his relations, and his prrgenitors,
have never been anything else but war-and-
powder-ha,ing Fedefalisis, who never saw
. the stripes and stars Of America unrolled 10
lead her gallant sons TO baltic for freedom,
slbuS they counted the cost Of Victory, and
abjured the sin of rejoicing at the defeat Of
: their country's enemy. When Seabury Ford
I. was nominated to his present position Of the
! standard beaIer of Federalism in Ohio, in
c tho overaowing Of his gratitude his gall hurst
$ forth against the defenders Of his country,
and against the war waged BY his Country
: for indemnity and security. HIS only known
claim to Generalship Was in leading The
i awkward squad oflegislators in the famed
y absqsatulaion of 1912! Az general he
q has "fought and bled" only on the parade
e ground, and his laurels have been won where
mullen stalks and bean poles were deadly
}, weapons, and where the "imminent deadly
! breach" was only Of that hind which made
d Gov. Marcy famous! But, as in lS40, the
e FcderaIists 'stoop TO conquerp They know
h m1I paulv,i.',, aud alb bsIJ, nnhle, and man
% ly qualities are admired BY tlfe tfass Of the
y Epeople; and so they dress out Fond in militia
> " costume, and with military title, to which
e he POSSESSES as Well earned claim as the
Y jackaw had to the peacock's plumage, and
6 think 10 pass him for real live hero.i But
: the absurdity is too palpable---it will no, GO
!, down even with his pSace-and-penny loving
|, blue light supporters on The Western Re.
Ell serve; they have enough OF :he old Adam in
. them not to be put of with sham heroes and
, generals in buckram, such as Seabury Ford
" only has been and only can be.
GEN. ScorT's CoRREsPoNDENcE.-
b spirit of the 1basiy plate Of SOUP iniroduc-
ton to Gen. Scott's correspondence seems
TO have governed it throughout. What the
= Wing part;San presses said ofthe admins.
! tration as very good party CANNON, Gen.
. Scott appears honestly TO have believed
$ His great military talents are unfortunately
clouded with selfish and vain jealousy