The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-04
The latest English View Of the Presiden It's
Election In the United states.

From the London Times Oct 20
tics The difculty il not ours, for the whole Urion
feels it. Party epirit Of is weed that grows
anywhere, at all reasons and on all coils. When the
jack is once on the scent il will follow unto death
Presidential election is subject which certainly
will be hunted to death If by any people, certainly
by our transatlantic cousins Once in four years
they hold their OlJnpian Games, in which, among
competitions Of rather less interest two three OF
the best men in the Union run the great course for
Presidency Some interest must and will be felt
about critical q II the ndida simply
Mr. and MIR b, II one were shorter than the other,
or one were yellow js cket and the other blue me n
would take side and become vehement partisAns OF
Mr. A, or the or the yellow jacket es caprice
may lave guided their selection. Without going so
far as to charge the Americans with utter oblivion
Of principle CT Of party must cay that they exhibit
an approximation 10 this casual choice and fictitious
craftsmanship. They handy know whom to vote for,
yet they are going about 1t with much passion as
II they bad been bred and born to the quarrel and
bad come into the world with their "tichet tied to
The decided avorte is that stern old loo ust stump
Zachary Taylor. As TO the sort of man he is there
appears to be little difference Of opinion General
Tay lor's character rays warm sswirtr at q great
Tay meeting at Vauxball Gsrcen New York
"s familiar household In 1872 he received tho
lost sight q ~ again BROUGHT up BY the present
Pail and Resaca alma crowned his glory at
Buera Vista Not on hs military success is lis nomination
trirmThs zen eqused surpassed tose his
be :. ss ym dS n @,f eq
h uISsn sS ap for
crpor say he himself in
etent Iefrm lie outies Of int office w,ud IA her
lave lrefy Of purpose and integrity Of mind than all the learn
inr which teupbt"
General Taylor with his Kentucky warriors, did the
work in Mexico and If the cspitulation Of Monterey
did not quite suit the taste Of his countrymeD and
wss sharply criticized by Lewis Cass IL only showed
hun aDe confederation for The women and children In
That city. His military career has suggested
companion with Washington; and that idea once
ahoa II IL not surprising that his political letters and
his Iroeesons Of faith should Prove TO be the
noeel But though all men speak Of him with RESP
lev 90 with ebtbusiatm He has been takep up by the
vR not as The personatioD Of their opinions
tot a. the BOND OF comtiehepsive party. He IL the
type OF political espedi' Dcy and IL pledged just
to ecure support but not enough to take away liberty
Of action Accordingly the pure whgs-that is the
vigorous traditoDiss Of the Union--itber su pport
him with prot, ~ or disown him altogether 81 can.
not prets nd to support him with saws one
Of them at be above ntoped meeting "for do not
ie.lsny. frankly a,ow that would do little merely
70 make Generel Taylor President"
Cars IL nothing more than a military rival. Glory
ju,t now is in fssbion and the President must 1T
lestt be a uguitbed General. The wings have
set Up one and the dem ocrats another The achieve.
meDts of The two indicates are compared, step by
ftep their killed and wounded reckoDed up, their
msrchst timed and measured. and the value a their
captures Uopc.d 10 hard ca,b The wings very up
propriately assembled 70 worship their idol on the
anniversary Of the bstue Of Monterey; whereupon
the den ocrss celebrated day glorious in the annals
81 Csss. Another singular aud less AGREEABLE CON-
psrison has been institoted The "extrasn Of
Taylor and Cas- have been eearohingly inve,ti-