Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-14
[From the Evening Nadonal.l
A Voice from the TOmbS-Gen. Jack
SOn-Gen. Taylor-Party Spirit.

The only objection urged against Gen.
Taylor by his opponents, worthy of no.
tice, is that he is not a partizan and is
pledged, if elected, to be the President of
the nation and not of a mere party.
This, in our humble Judgment, SO far
from being an objection to him, is n of
the most powerful and conclusive reasons
why he may not with propriety be sup
ported by men of all parties. He is a
pure and Unauthorized republican of the
old school, and stands before the country
as the great champion of the right of the
people to govern themselves through their
representatives in Congress. This is the
great fundamental principle of republican
government, and Gen. Taylor is pledged
not to interpose his veto to defeat any
measue of the peoples representatives if
it is constitutional and has been passed
with due d%eliberation. Any other doc
trine in this country tends directly to the
overthrow and subversion of our liberties
and the establishment of monarchy and
despotism in practice. though we may
have a republic in name. Then wethink
that every true republican in this Union
every man who maintains the right of the
people to ruIe-every man who opposes
the despotic doctrine of the present dy-
nasty, that one man should govern by
an unqualified and indiscriminate use of
of the veto upon mere questions of policy
and e~xpediency, should rally to the
standard of Gen. Taylor and elect a man
who will be the President of the people
and not of a party.
Gen. Taylor has pledged himself to act
independent of "mere party Nomination."
and this places him, so far, as relates to
the influence of party and party spirit,
precisely upon the same broad republican
platform which brought Gen. Jackson
into power. To prove this we give below
an extract Of letter from Gen. Jackson
to Mr.. Monroe, shortly after his election
to the Presidency, advising him in the
strongest terms to disregard, in his adj
ministration of public affairs, all conside-
r%ations, and to be the President of the
whoh people and not of a part. 1t will
be read with interest, and will be put to
shame the objection of the democratic
papers to Gen. Taylor on the ground that
he is not a party man.
1t is dated Nashville, Nov. 10, 1916,
and after calling the attention of Mr..
Monroe to some other important matters
Of public interest, he proceeds as follows:
"Pardon me, my dear sir, for the fol-
lowing remarks concerning the next
Presidential term, they are made with the
sincerity and freedom of a friend. lean.
not doubt they :OW be received with feel
ings similar to those which have impelled
me to make them. Every thing depends on
the selection Of your ministry. In every
selection, party and party feeling should
be avoided. Now is the time to extermi-
nate that monster called party spirit. By
selecting characters most conspicuous for
their probity, virtue, capacity and frmness,
without any regard to party, you will 20
far to, if not entirely eradicate, those feel
ings which, on former occasions, threw
so many obstacles ia the way Of govern.
tnent: and. perhaps, have the pleasure
and honor of uniting a people heretofore
politically divided.
The chief magistrate of a great and
powerful nation should never indulge in
party feelings. His conduct should be
liberal and disinterested, alaoays bearing
in mind that be acts for the wkok and not
a par: ofthe community. By this course
YOU will ezaH tie national character, and
acquire for yourself aIname as imperisha-
BILE as monumental marble.-Consult no
party 10 your choice; pursue the dictates
of unerring judgment which has so long
and so often benefited our country, and
rendered conspicuous its rulers. These
are the sentiments of a friend; they are
the feelings, if know my own heart, of
an undissembled patriot.
Accept assurances of my sincere
friendship, and believe me to be, respect
fully, your obedient servant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
To the Hon. JAMES MoNRoE."
The above was the advice of General
Jackson, who in his own language, ex-