Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-15
The National lntelIigencer thus r%ejoices O.
yer the election Of Gen TAYLOR

yer the election Of Gen TAYLOR
We are without words tit for expressing our
sensations Jn tins glorious event. As mem
bers OF The great political party, to which II
is our PRIZE 90 belong, We are natural, and
deeply grailhed at ID. triumph OF its %princi-
piles; but, It we know ourselves, any exulta-
ton on this head Is subordinate to d feeling OF
devout theuklulness TO The Almighty Ruler Of
Nations tor his having guided the minds and
hearts OF The American People TO d result
which, we believe, Is the salvation OF the
county. We shudder when we lhink OF the
abyss to the brink OF which another ioGt years
oil mIsruir might have brought it,
The fourth OF March, 1919, Will revive the
hersc az ol the Republic. Atthe head OF
the Government viii be a man with a charac-
ter who's dimensions are suited To the office
aud which. IN its simple greatness, is a fl,
type of the majesty OF the American People.
Formed amid the hardest scenes OF a CAM
life, and f~-splendaHt with military glory. it l.
grsced by moral and intellectual qualities fit.
ting It's possessor Tor the high civic station L
which Ihe voice OF his country has called
him. History exhibits 10 US two classes @
military meu. 0ae class is military aDc
nothing else, and unfit tor any but a military
theatre OF e~xertion; aud IN tbis are to be iouud
some OF the most distinguished conquerofs-
msn al whose names ''thr world glew pale
The other aud higher clos, is that OF men who
IN their military conduct, display, like Wash.
iigton, emident civic endou menls. To TIL,
latter class belongs Zachary Taylor. In the
interval OF a long aud e%ventiul professional
service. his active mud has been emiched by
study and disciplined ny thought. Sagacious
well-inionnvd, iniexibly hon 81, seii-relyina
yet modest, moderate hut firm, straighttor.
ward, masIdnimous. kInd-heArtrd, republican
in his principles and republican ia his habits
he Is the mou iol the place and The man loI
the times. His character aud political creed
assure his country that he will administer The
Constitute III the splrto oil It's founders, and
III iurthrrauCe OF Us declared oblects. Uu-
i%etterrd By any sectional pledges, he will be
the President OF the nation; looking to the
good and TO the rights Of at its members, and
ever mindful of the temper 81 compromise IN
which the Federal Cons tuition teus, and in
which only II could hage BEEN framed; and
thus making the Executive policy the agent
OF "a more perfect union OF the States and
OF the People. His pro,erbial integrity,
guarantees The '%iustice" OF his political con-
duct; the domestic tranquility" OF the coun-
Try will be guarded by the illustrious wsrrior
VINO isa ieScted Peace Man" the disciple
OF Washington will SO coustrue and act on
the Constitution as 10 ''promoIe the general
welfare aud 4 Chief Magistrate whose 10Y
ably To the will of The People has been avow-
ed aud Is beyond suspicion, viii never stretch
Executive power against public liberty"
Yes. a bright day Is coming. A c.ear-head-
ed and honest-hearted Chief Magistrate will
refuse the aid Of the Executive to that absurd
system Of constructing the Constitution which
IL at one moment splitting hairs; ami at auoth-
er swallowing camels; which treats that sa-
cred INSTRUMENT as lining Incapable OF good,
out capable Of mischief; as not permitting the
Improvement OF territories already possessed.
oni allowing uew territory 10 be acquired, on
any plea, however unjust or rXtrava5ant, only
10 be consigned TO the same neglect; as being
insuihclrnl to protect home iidustty against
the pIupcr labor OF Europe, but as beng quite
sufficient 10 enable the President TO do what
he pledses;as restricting the Legislature with
III the narrowest bounds, but eaving the Ex-
ecuuve "a chartered liberiine" To make war,
TO found governments, &c. and, in short, TO
exercise klngly powers which it denies 10
the three branches OF the Government in the
aggregate; and which subjects 10 the Cunstitu
tH ieci 10 lnt uiCtdtlon oil hutHp CutNeu-
tons aud partlzan platforms. BY their votes
on Tuesday last the People have rebukcd such
Irrational d nj a~nti-republIcan principles (il
the word may be thus pervetted) OF cons,ruc.
ton. And IN SO doing, the People have set
the seal OF condemnation on the arbitrary ex-
efclse oil the one-man power, which was the
prominent feature OF the fallen dynasty. Not
less enphducally have they rebuhed the con-
genial abuse Of the interference OF Federal
oiticeholders in elections. The unprecedenl
ed extent OF this abuse. with its conconi-
lant circumstances, at the late Presidential
election, disguised the country, and SO tar had
lis share N producing the ever Bile re-
suit. IN that result the People have vindi
Gated the confidence OF their real lfiends in
their virtue aud intelligence. They have
hown that their virtue can resist the seduc-
tive but fatal visions OF couQuests Territorial
aggrandlzeluent, manifest destiny" "Anglo-
Saxon supremacy" &c. with which they
been tempted; that their intelligence
can Distinguish between names and tfings.
and that amid the loudest clamors ''lor demo.
they can detect the spirt OF the one
MAN POWER,