Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-29

e,eat s6tmos..i,sau3 soc .ls Jos d,s az :.
les of ;hc nast hvmI'a.' lsrri actions b9t.
uoN GRIM would h. fla nypred'ic smile un-
on the ltr. DOL. ..e iuHa bilsHt o' the British
Isle who. t1 rr-urui Us the coupimer's ui
bis Continental hrlthCL sHolIt in~iN Ha-,
oil fh.Ir ousrels. from he f1fsot .w fH-
aH.rgr daNn. England had aiw5Ys been
0r1H end France ever i1 the uglt-th- onr
t5psciouS. rcvcngrf1l s01 hirhsria"- ae
% lcr ior5ea5iHg tolerant and brave. Sn.l ls
almost 'h- con rsst vru have been pleased 10
drew between lhst Democratic oar'y iu Nar-
ring with What YOU gathered your earliest
laurrIs sni that other party from WI IL tnu
re8pel your first rfwstts; and such. u seems
Oh me. Is TOE estimate which j. 10 be p.aced
upon Your culogy Of The one, nud your dendn-
cation 0i The other.
Il is not surprising. III, that, when in
mar,haling your objections 20 the election
OF General Faylor, YOU palace 10 the first
rank hi. position s. military CaieitaIu, you
should b. startled BY the appssilon Of ynoT
own advocacy of the elevation Of Gcrarll
Jackson 20 the same officc. The lsyiug Of 50
pdpabIe ghost required more than ordinary
ev1nism-and it IS not to be denied, that
YOU have set ID aside with summary irfevet-
cnce. Conceding TO the fullest extent the
ALtAN ht A.'f Nli-AAlft At flII'lNahF iI'Ns 'h
vet undertake to show that General Jackson
wss only military Clleiisin according in "a
figure ul SPEECH whilst General Tayiof is
dangerous soldier, 20 whose ahdtatT ard des-
po'lc rule. acquired iu the camp. II would be
uustie 20 enirust the destiniss Of orr Rspub-
lc. nave. 81 that respect for your 1uttiii-
gence and penetration, which loibids me 20
believe that, il you had given this argument
momrnts Con-Ilewjiun. you would not
have tor borne % use 1t. shah not igsst
here upon the well known characteristics OF
Gensal Jack,On Ne was gone where his
errors, trust, will ind judgement more
benigniy norrtiul than vigorously just
There are many topics IN your address, up
GA which ieti strong inclination to aui-
nsdeert bat, as an Intelligent people have
aitcady ldludicated most 81 them ia decisive
manner. shall content myself With conf
meni upon one passage which confess ! did
not read without indigna lion. In speaking
OF the selection oil Geners Taylor as The Wing
candidate, you use this language.
Il he general character AMI objects Of the
opposition are calculated to inspire disrust,
the motives by which they have been aciuat-
ed IN tue selection OF their candidate still less
eHltle them to The confidence OF the people.
Ia defiance oil all their previous professions,
they would not only traH.ier TO the admins.
tration Of The highest civil functions, mere
soldier from the ranks and in actual command
81 the army. but DO not hesitate 70 itciar. his
ufter unftHess for t7e post TO lohicb they
mould elerGte HIM
Ii is difficult 10 conceive hON gentleman
OF your pretensions to csndor, and Of your
i hlbItual csutlUn, could have betrayed himself
/ iuto a statement 50 entirely destitute ol all
2 L.. .. D. a. -
/ " nig party 'do not hesitate 10 declare his
+ (Gcn. Taylor y utisr ul6tHe,s for the post
/ TO tchteh tht1 you'd cIsudlc him. have been
+ an attentive ana interested reader Of the vari-
Gus proceedings BY which General Taylor was
recommended 10 The public sulfrsges and have
+ listened to many addresses, in Uhirh the po-
i hey ofclrc,ing him was advocated and tniorc-
/ ed, and have never yet read line, or heard
word II drsparagement Of his fitness loi the
/ post 10 which The Wings sought 10 raise him.
0u slr, have been Minister Of Safe. and
i have represented the disuliy ala power Of
+ your gfedt natiol al foreign courts Your
/ declarations are not 20 be treated as those Of
mca VINO hi a sinai spice in the public ere.
/ y hat you choose TO avUuch over yom own
/ name, should be as fully tie irath. The Nhule
tram, ant nOlhirg but the truth. as II YOU
were iesiliyng for the truth, under the most
solemn OF the sanctions BY which men seek
10 bind the conscienccs ol their fellow TO the
throne OF their Creator In the face OF The
American people, you have Undertaken to
assert that great parly-so great as 70 hsye
succeeded q choosing The CnIet Magistrate
OF the Republic---haye not "hssftuftd 10 de-
-clars the utter uniitnes.' OF the man Tor uhum
they have voted Tor the post TO which they
have elevat d him.
You owe ii sir, 10 tie dignity and rcspee-
liability Of your own character, not less than
10 The cause OF truth % make bis aver ent
good BY what authentic a,t--by what pub
lie declarition-by what maniiesiiou ii writ
ting-by what sign or, what soutd--hane the
Wing party inscribed upon thtir forehead
this confession OF their own hideous baseness
and folly? II they have not, ia truth, hssiiat-
ed 10 dteiare what you escrbe to them, their
dscla .alion must be found in some proceed
ing. more or less public. and susceptible of
being produced. Produce il, sir, aud convict
them 81 the infamous offence which you have
publicly pledged yourself 10 maintain ,gainst
them. II yoa cannot, or what is the same
thing, do not, produce it, what measure of
public condemnation YOU will have proguked.
po.ledly and lutur. historians must deter
mine.
RODNEY.