Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-01


>=II.rsed' which. in plain language, means
is cue =. General Taylor has not said what he is
tn''' .rainst, and of course cannot say aghat
'l y ;, Mr.. Clays difficulty is not peculiar
re whole country, notwithstanding Col.
~ testimony TO the contrary, IS IN
pa, rs,orious" doubt respecting Gen, Iaylor's
'D ':,;,aI opinions. The light afforded ty this
putt, ;r;tary meteor,' TO use the language of
" Davis, has been obscured by his private
~ i,aes" and, meteor-like, leaves the world in
, ,3,rkness palpable " as soon as you enquire
a his political principles. The last bulletin
j" This modern Caesar announces the fact
n0' " arhough a full blooded Wing, and a
'"', ,,or over" he would have been very hap
- have received the nomination of the
y ,.uore Democratic Convention. How
D1 IA = he expected that the good, old fashion
ub;ss Of North Carolina, who {" love their
40 for its principles" could repose conf
' ,,.,e in such political chameleon as General
r.,.ror makes himself out 10 be But, if Mr..
n,r;s had taxed his ingenuity a little more,
,,n3 he not have discovered another reason
~. the Wings of North Carolina have re-
,,,ed TO pull in the traces? The first nomina-
Inn Of Cen Taylor threw them all aback, but
.u1on thew were made acquainted with the
,,.,,mcnt that our Regiment of Volunteers re-
,o;rel at his hands, "tLe pill, indeed, became
nm hitter for them TO swallow"
lam very we'll aware that that great " mil
,,ry meteor" when he discovered that the
var was at an end, and that the North Caro-
I'm, REGIMENT would be at home on the ides
II November, did actually condescend to visit
ho REGIMENT while near New Orleans, and
,oI,,;t through the intervention Of the Colonel
n the Regiment, personal introduction 10
those noble but much-neg elected, yea, abused
r,rrots However gratifying this condescen-
.on NAV have been 10 the Wounded, deeply
mortified feelings of the Volunteers, General
TAYLOR may rely on it, as a fixed fact, that the
roo3 people of North Carolina will, on the
5,v of the Presidential election, recollect the
,natbema which he hurled against the Regi-
7snt-wiII recoIlect how he usurped the high
authority of dishonorabIy Diminishing two of
her noble sons from their Offices, Indignantly
efusIng them the right of trial by Court
Martial, which they demanded, and without
The interposition OF which Gen. Taylor had no
more right TO dismiss them than Mr.. Davis
himself But this tyrannicaI usurpation of
authority on the part of General Taylor is a
omere inkiag shoot" Of that overgroWn in
leDenlence which Mr.. Davis declares he pos
psges in such an eminent degree, and which
4 he manifested most glaringly in his correspon-
/ Polk, who, finding all the secret plans of an
ensuing campaign, concocted with Gen. Tay.
Tor, exposed and made public through his a.
gency, and that in direct violation of an army
rule, well gown to Gen. Taylor, undertook
not indee.5 D., - censure, but merely to put hin
on his guard for the future. But how doe.
Gen. Taylor act in the premises? Mr.. Davis
aiorms US that he became independent,
vrathy, and boldly told President Polk tina
be wrote he letter, on his own responsibility
anil would do so again if he thought proper
General Taylor may be much in love with thu
5essn6s of peace, as alleged by Mr.
Davis, but if we are to Judge Q
BIS qualifications as high peace officer from
what We know of him as a General il
TIE command of all army, we may be just,
filed with apprehensions that the admin;stra
lion Of our Government, if put under his aus
Pces, Will be such as will afford high gratitica
aonto his European admirers, who are alread,
ha!lIng his advent to authority as the com
nencement OF new era in our political his
tory but it will fail, sadly fail to answer tn
expectations OF American patriots--America
ePubicans w. S. ASHE.
Rocky Point, N. Hanover Co., N. c.,
August 2Sth, 1913.