Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-09-13
GOOD REASONS.

Governor Johnson, OF Pennsylvania gives the
following t.celre reasons for supporting General
Taylor.
!. lie will be bouni by the Consttution-and
by the Constitution, as II IS exPounded and eX-
planned by the judiciary of the United states.
2. lie will he bound TO take for his guide in his
administration Of the National Government, the
rules and doctrine established and held by
first President
3. He will enter office without pedges-,hat
lie may be free to carry out the wishes of the eo-
pie as expressed by their representatives..
A. lie will not attempt TO influence the action
Of Congress by fore.hadowing his own peculiar
notions on moo,ed questions of doubtful policy,
farther than required by the Constitution nor will
he permit his cabinet TO do so.
! s. lie will not enbarrass the action Of the
peoples representatives or defeat their will by
the exercise OF the Veto Power other than in ca
SEES Of extreme hasty legislation, clear viola
ton Of the Constitution.
! 6. He will faithfully carry out the wishes OF
the people as expressed through their represent
tatives on the subject Of Il . Tariff and il the
Wings succeed in giving to the country the prin-
ciples of the Tariff act Of 1912 by the repeal Of
the Tariff act Of Ie4G he will sanction their le-
gislaton.
T. lie will not veto or prevent tn. passage OF
laws passed by Congress in reference TO Slavery,
| or the improvement of rivers and harbors, or
any other matter that constitutionally belongs
to them to settle.
8. lie will prevent and overthrow all schemes
and plans for the conquest Of other nations to
these States.
9. lie will prevent war, because, having truly
toi!ed through its desola,ing walk, and witness
ed its sad havoc of the firesde and hearl'-stone
Of his fellow man. he feels that il is an evil con-
stantIy to be avoided, unless necessity requires
! its existence.
J TO- lie will! administer the government faith
} fully according to the Constitution. During his
/ long life Of arduous and trying service, he never
failed to perform all his duties well and faithfully
| ii. He will prescribe man FOR conscien-
tious difference Of opinion; being lover Of lib
erty Of thought himself, he afford to tolerate
it in others.
-. lie will, through his great popularity, be
enabled to govern our country without the ard
Of organs or irresponsible cabals-but being the
President of the people, TO them alone RESPONSE
BILE for his actions, without a cringing subservi-
eDcy 10 platforms, erected 10 misgude instead Of
informing the public mind.
Politics make Strange Iscllfcllows.
The fortunes Of De Wit Clinton were
blasted by Mr.. Van Buren,; vet long be-
fore the turf was green over the remains
Of that great statesman, his eldest son was
among the obsequious followers of him
by whom thevfather had been maligned.
overthrown and destroyed!
! Mr.. Van Buren, was the leader Of a
party which, by means as prohigate and
wicked as ambition could suggest. and
recklessness execute. Frustrated the Adj
ministration of John Quincy Adams. And
yet the warning voice of the ..old man
eloquent" is scarcely hushed in the grave.
before his ''son and herr is delegate to
a Van Buren, Convention. and actually
link. his fortune to that Of his fathers most
bitter encmy!-Albany Eve Journal
@li is related in the Greenfield Cour-
icr that Mr. Van Buren,. whe at Saratoga
Springs. some years past. advanced to
take the hand Of the Widow De Witt
Clinton, and was met with most chilling
rebuke from the lips of the incensed lady,
in strain somewhat like the following:-
NO." said the offended matron. draw; II .
up to her full height. II never can con-
sent to take the hand Of the man who so
basely slandered and vilified my husband
while living:-respect for the memory of
the dead forbids it, The little magician.
as may well be supposed, shrunk back
dumb.ounded and aghast. How marked
the contrast between this dgnifed rebuke.
and the conduct of the sons of Van
Buren's victims.-Boston Jour