Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-23

CEN. TAYLOR IN MASSACHUSETTS -
Charles W Upham, on his election as
President of the Salem Taylor Club, de-.
livered the followeng address,
The essential and most momeDtous interests
of The country are al stake in the impending
Presidential election, and no individual can be
justified in refusing to submit to iDtoBven-
fence, meet responsibility, or brave danger
in the canvass. AS | believe, with the deepest
conviction, that the PLACE., prosperity, and
harmony Of his glorious American Union,
and as an inseparable consequence, the be- {
hopes Of liberty aud prospects # humanity
throughout he world, are involved in the
success IF our candidates, ! am ready to de-
vote myself to their election and in this
spirit If devotion, all aware as / am of the
difficulties to be encountered from my mex
p]etieDce in the duties Of The chair, aud variant
as q G position is from my habits and tastee,
in obedience 10 your summons | take the place
assigned me.
Gentlemen Of the Taylor Club: Let us
now BEGIN our work in good earnest. We
inyise into our body all who are persuade
that the best way TO ~"uphold the Constitution
and perpetuate the Union Of lhese United
States" is to elect Gen. Taylor to the Presi-
dency. This association, like our candidaf G,
stands on higher and broader thin party
grounds. Every man no agrees with US in
The object we lave in view, whatever his past
political relations, has q right TO join US, and
will meet nth q hearty welcome. Burying
former differences, abstaiting frcm mutual
r proaehes, without any compromise OF prin-
ciple Of feeling relating to Inferior and by.
gone issues, let us advance together, shoulder
to shoulder, in the patriotic cause that unites
us. 1t is our purpose, in harmonious cooper
alton With the Wing Ward Committees, to
bring GU a full Taylor vote; and to that end
we would encourage and induce every one
who shall conclude 10 contribute to that vote,
forthwith to give us the beBeit Of his open
influence and example, by inscribing his
name, in addition TO The many hundreds ALL
ready on our rolls. We design 10 promote
the formation OF similar clubs in the surround
ing tow rs, and from this point to organize a
movement that will aid effectually in placing
and in keeping our beloved and venerated
omnon ealth where she belongs and has
always been f0urd, in front of the foremost
in the cause of 'the Coz tTRY, Of the Co.'s
TTrUTIoN, and of the UNoIN."
The various forces are now brought into
line. I be Democratic party have presented
their ticket. We have unfurled our banner
TO the breeze. Our friends at Buffalo have
kindly compiled with our most eager wishes;
sid vub,Ia fTa,, a.n J-a,..o ss,1o nnao ooono
U0rteE all malcontents and Seceders Of eUerg
denomination, and from every quarter, have
arrayed themselves under a name that will
strike at least five votes from the Democratic
ticket to every one that can be detached from
the Wing ticket, in the large and closely con-
| tested States of the Union-thus contributing
to our prospects or success most effectually
and decisively. For this we thank them. And
it is further matter Of c0pgFatuIation all
around, that they have done much to heigh-
ten the good hurnor of the election. TO every
mind conuersGut Nth our political history, tber
is something irresistibly Iudicrous in The BuE-
faIO nomination. 1t brings men and parties
injuxta position so grotesque and ridi 'ulous
that no gravity can Withstand it.. We have
beheld with admiration and astonishment the
several successive advances and devel-
opments of modern and recent science. Elec-
fricity, magnetism, and mesmerism have each
performed their wonders before our eyes.
But political magic has airzy outdone them all.
1t has Transformed the adrsit wire-puilers oil
Tammsny Hall and The crafty managers of
| the Albany Regency into a depout conpentich
Of Demonstrations phiLanthropists. 1t has gal
vanized into life again "a thoroughly used up
man." and metamorphosed she Northern
candidate with Southern principles" into a
new creature, of totally different and pre-
ciselg opposite species.