The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-15

/ lion. From The first roll qfMe drum al PalO
Alto, through all our splendid rhetorical 10 The final
ami glorious conquest Of .Herico, The President
and his Cabinet hare LabGred, zeaiOusiy and sue
cessjisliy dborcd I'O MIKE Z.4CIL1RY
T.4YLOR PRESIDENT or THE UNI
| TED STATES. IL matters mol ,Uheiher he IS
! from The Norm, The South, the East, or The Wea
nor how he gets into The .feid. Hhiher supper
Ted by Uoiiplteers on regulars, once IN The .feH,
THE NATION VIJ'H HIN rs IRE
SLSIIBLE md MUST LNEVI7.lBLY
TRIUMPH"
And why should it not he so, when the
real issue 10 which we nre brought is whctII-
er Lewis Cuss ar Zachary Taylor shall he
the next President of the United States? /
desire to say nothing disrcspectiu Of Geucr-
nj Cnss, but his career in Congress, particu-
larry on the Oregon question aud the McNi-
can War, are TOO well known to render mis-
take possible ms to whit will be tho tendency
ofnn administration ofwhich he shall he the
cLi'f. Unfortunately he is one ofthose who
think they can find nm ineXhnustible fund or
source ofpopulurity in the belligerent pro-
pensilies of the American People. War.
war! has been necessarily on his lips for years
past. | trust that Wings everywhere will
ponder well on the consequences which re-
suited from third party organization in 1874.
Did it not elect Mr. Polk, overthrow the Tar
iff of'I2, re enact an odious aud oppressive
Snhueasury, annex Texas, involve us in the
war with Mexico, commit twenty five thou
sand citizens 10 Il premature grave, and
s1uander over one hundred and fifty millions
of the .pubic treasure? Does not n large
share urthe responsibility ofall these evils lie
at the door of those who, byu third party
movement, defeated Mr. Clay? Whoever
taies similar course now, will insllr dread
responsibilities. What if war again should
follow from 1.-THE annexation ofCubu or in
definite extension on the side Of Mexico?
cannot believe that any such suicidal noIicv
will be pursued. No! the lonr Of rctribulon
has come, and those who have been gnn-
bling with war in reference 10 the Presiden-
cy, will find themselves put down byu man
who by his noble conduct aud brilliant eX-
ploits has raised himself to the level of the
most eminent commanders ofmodern times.
Let us now elect Gen. Taylor President, and
aspiranis for that high Office will be little in
cliued hereafter "to make of wnr and It's
bloody front game of politics"
declare my utmost confidence in General
Taylor. feel that have thorough insight
into his principles and his character. As he
is an honest man, j coufde in him; us he is II
moderate man, | respect him; MS he is hu-
name man, admire him; as he is a mnn of
unsurpassed bravery, honor him; as he is
distinguished for good sense s. sound discrc-
ton, think he will make n safe President; as
n high sense ofjustice has ever characterized
his conduct, am willing to trust him with
the rights and interests of all parts of the
country, and particularly those of the free
Statcs as he has ever been remarkable for
firmuess and decision ofcharucier--"asks no
iaYqgsand fears no responsibility believe
lieSwill, with steady hand. guide the coun-
try safely through all the peris which mny
environ il as he possesses the utmost purity
and excellence of character, ! shall take
pleasure in seeing him ut the head OF public
affairs rs lac is truly republican in his habits
and manners, being one Of the people, and
sympathyZimg thoroughly with the masses, j
think there is fitness in making him the chief
magistrate OF those same masses, of whom
the hunblest can eXcum with truth, "hc is
one Of us m-and MS he is IL good sound. con-
servativc, and reliable Wing, dominating
war aud contemning meanncss, fraud, CHI
cnncery, and trickery, who will put far from
him all evil-doers, political or otherwise,
am for him from the beginning TO the end
of the chapter. l conSccrute my hand aud
my heart to the good old cause as represent
ed by Zachary Taylor, and will do all within
the range of my feeble abilities TO make him
the next President Of the United States.
TRUMAN SMITH.
! Washington J,,ne 20M,1 1913.