Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-02
VOL. XXVAE.---NO. 96.
POLITICAL.

Hon John Whlnple. OF Rhode Island. has published
in Tie Providence Journal an address .tn the remen o
the State Of Rhode Island" urging hen strongly and
ably. 10 ppnr Gen. Taylor for The Presidency His
argument Is comprehensive and SPIRITED. and will-ws
doubt nnt-haye good effect W extract a few para
graphs. from that part Of the address. in which Mr.
Whippr shows why General Taylor was nominated
He savs:-
1t was because the whole body Of The American peo
pie saw in Gen. Taylor strictly moral man. mo, al from
the instincts of his noble and elevated nature; because
they that he possessed resuIurun strong will, a
high and pure intellect, ever ready tn distinguish the
right from the wrong. Did you ever see a man who
performed fully and without display all these great moral
duties at all tmes and under all circumstances who is
not also man Of great inieUigeaccl
Accordingly all my information from men Of various
political faiths i. that he is man of direct and full
mind, with much reading, end extensive information.
and an intnve knowledge of human character. ! en-
trely accord with the common class of people in their
choice rejoice that they forced the Wing Convention
10 nominate him. freely Confess that | anu delighted
with the beauty. the gracefnesS. the gigantic strength
and entile completeness Of his moral nature. All The
lower appeeS of our nature held with grasp which
no temptation can loosen, which human power can
overcome
With large fortune and favore Of the higher cas
SEES. he the friend, the beneiacnr the companion and
the advocate OF the poor Surrounded by Influences which
seldom fail TO initiate vanity he is plain modest and
unassumng. and apparently unconscious of his ele
waited station. Ats'nt from hople fr months and years.
and cour,ed and battered by admiration from
which seld IN fails TO melt the integrity If ordinary men,
he is only kind and atfrcilonat+, hut true and
faithful husband His word pledged becnIrs
the law Of his action HIS consciousness If duty once
settled bee mes the compass OF his whole voyage of
life
While in all things he lives MP TO the srctest rules Of
severe and s-t-drnyng morality. he makes no pro-
esSips If superior sanciiy. parade of vus
Neither does he sct himself up the Judge OF the
duct fohers. Ca the other hand. he kind carlta-
hIp M IN nI,v
or moral elements weak the temptations
hat beSrt path of life. lie is man. whole man.
and nothing but man From the soles Of his feet to the
crown of his head, he is covered all with panoply,
which the whole power Of his sensual nature cannot
break through, all the precious of the temple
Of fame. tempt him tor moment to surrender. There
he stands almost solitary and alone, among the public
Of his age. There is his life through forty years Of
temptation, without vice. There his greaI deeds,
through forty years of h.rosm. with the humility Of
virgin Of the cross He on his way another
country with christian hopes of crowns brighter than YOU
can besow. and OF rewards more glorious Than his
merits deserve. While he remains among us, if tho
people of his native country call him 10 and untried
duties he will set about their performances with the
dor that belongs great minds. and the humility that be-
longs to meek spirits. He is Iund TO party by pre-
vions pledgS he is opp srd Ia party by previuus s
lity. Through his whole military life hr has fought
for his country and MT for popularity. Through his
whole political life he will lab, for the highest interests
Of the people and for the petty triumpls If party.
Wing in his principles, and American IN his heart.
ii is matter of indifference by whom he is noninated.-
All nominations him above his deserts and all the
great duties Of that exalted station above his power Of
performance. But il his country calls him he will put
his hard and bony shoulder the wheel loaded with the
desiines of this great and brilliant empire.
= Gen. Ia yor has been in the back woods
and swanps upon distant frontier most OF his live
long life exposed TO the ,omahawk and rifle OF the saw
age. order pro us. families and property
is M Dubl as 4
have to Thousands OF miles OF desert Country.
The notes in his praise have sweed out in one grand
and sublime harmony. by Of all ranks and grades, BY
rich and by poor. by officer and by SOLDIER by men of all
political creeis and all religious professions. No hired
advocl'es, no chartered presses no hungry expectan.
joined in The universal praise 1t eeraphed from
heart to heart through This wide, broad land
| Mr.. Cass and Mr. Van Buren,, the contrary. have
been in the midst Of Us, upon an elevated stage. with the
eyes Of twerty millions upon them. with hundreds. II
thousands. If intelligent friends not greedy, but
greedy enough; what patriotic services have they yet
Proclaimed what exalted act have they made known
To US? W hat single rire 10 they preen was
made by eithe2 1t for me to Judge of the merit
demerit Of either ct these gentlemen. on Judge
for Yourselves But in To those WHO complain
that the great virtues and the great sacrifices of General
Taylor exhibited only in The camp,l merely ask.
when and where the great sacrifices made BY MIR.
Cass or Mr. Van Buren,?
In fine if mistake not. The charac ei of Gen Taylor
parakes very largely Of the plain straight forward. hard
working and unpreIendng nature of Rhode Island men,
He would not grace ball like Mr. Van Buren,,
prove eloquent advocate OF foreign court,
Mr. Gass. Neither is his power of nbquliy. AT all CON-
parable that of the latter gentleman. He possesses
the extanrdnary power Of illng three ofli Of great
labor at the time. besides performing, IN various
parts of unsettled country, Numerous extra services
' for which generous public yielded him without in
onrg m1st generous and most frequent extra allow
anres
Mr. Cass and Mr.. Van Buren, for the last forty years.
when they lay down 10 Sleep had beds of down in
palaces Of marble. erected at public expense When
they moved abroad. they whrled along in costly
charios rveng the Of Eurnpe in form if in
spendo In all this here is no harm; Is there any
merit During this ioh you find Gen. Taylor walk
nr on foot for miles; l,anng his horse sick soldier.
sleeping upon the cnd ground night after night,
his bed filled by the brave and wounded rank and file
who had done their fu! duty and followed him 10 tbs
only front where victor, awaited the American Arms.
I TIE NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA
| RAII,ROAD-In conversation with the energetic and
d-faliyabe President Of this Road. v X. Stevens n.
esq., we have learned facts which will pssess great
interest with most If readers. We learn that tina
tunnel has been let Saving uf $4,000, under the
innate by which The stock taken; ard that twenty
two-mlles including the heavy stone excavation ascen-
ding and ling and from the tunnel. has ais, hem
let upon terms much lower than the estimate. no
engineers have already saved between inr and hse
miles, making the road that much shorter hn was org
nalv expected; and leaving but little donbt iha'' VII"
the small additions being made Ia the stock Oh me c""-
pany added to the saving surveys and prIce Inc co
pany will be able finish the road eqnPi an" ""'o!'"e