Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-29
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tcUeciu1i resources. your talent fer admins
t!stion, tne fact with which you subject les
ser minds a.d wills Ga Your control. AMI lie
energeir resolution by IS hich 1ou Tree ,aHr
sell IRON ihr restraints oi former 30 .lsssi ne
snd opinions BJf. tear. have over es'l-
mated your sagacIty. When. saou sttfr the
glorious results OF the battles 0t Gen TsF OF.
you avowed YOURSELF in .av0r OF his selection
10 the Presidency, |. VINO 4 sired tte satne
thing. regarded your accession 90 the unH9 Z
OF his supporters as ava suspicious omeH t'r'
from The times Of Gen Jackson. Gan H7ru-
Sou aus Mr. Polt. your pers sieaetty ladiseor-
eriug, o. uu early day. ,hs side to which sac-
cess would incline. ba4 been as conspicuous
as your good fortune in securing rofH'n oil
the rewards of victory Under what iGhd-
fence, or lrom what expectations, you veefe1
OF TO the support OF Gen Clss, ! have no
means OF determining Unless sea have been
grossly NJ srepreseuted. if could Ho' have been
on account OF any excessive Admiration 81
that geu.emsus qualifications for the Chair
OF State. Ii is reasonable tosappose dat. ia
your as oci4tion With him in The Ciblnei o.
Gen. Jlt ks3u, your Pc e.auon enabled you
TO discover ihai infrn = Of purpos' 0nich
more thsJ neutraiiz.s bis uHquesuona5ie a.
biiity. AMI iast YOU may noi have been HJiI-
ierent TO .ae chances ei being prime minl>'er
10 q Chief Magistrate lildent % bis own
! judgment, and, of all mea, most likely 10
Uccumh. under the influence 4 viii SO
despotic as yours. Such post undrr such a
| President might furnish opportunities Tor
| paving HE way Tor sthi further advancement.
/ Fate, however, has chosen 20 disoppoInt all
.uch calculations, il ever they were made,
and to leave the choice OF prime ministers
and ambassadors to hero, who's mIiIiaTy
lsureis were gathered upon IL her fields
| have veniured to believe that il was I'M
der the influence Of hopes such as these. that
YOU addressed your paltie letter OF Tie l9th
| OF Oclobr 20 the people OF Delaware. Il We
may judge from the result OF the recent e
lection lu that State, II SEEMS 70 have exercls-
ed bu, treble contr over ihe opinions and
votes OF yrur old associates. It's due, how
ever, to some other considerations, that II
should not be allowed 10 pass away, amongst
the forgotten things OF the day, without seine
notice. You nov reside in community 10
whom, Ia my judgment, YOU owe heavy Oh
| legations. Your principal associates, tor years
past, have been members OF The Wing party
| When that Democtacy OF y HON you are now
the voluntary euiQsl-t, sought Ia drive YOU
from the lucrative aud desirable position
which vou have lately So reluctantly vacated,
your sole refuge aua support were found II
the VIII party uf the Site OF MARY land
But for them, YOU had. long since, been de
prved u ne emouments ot your Office, aud
driven el her into tn retirement so uneonge-
nial to your Taste, or iulo some employment
revolving % YOUR pride They. sir, the Whig'
Of Maryidn1--thr Whig gentlemen OF Baiu-
supported, upheld and protected YOU
As one OF hem, teel hot they had ctaima
II not upon your graii'ud- at least Upon YOU
iorbearace You have chosen 10 think other.
wise, aud, upon the eve OF an election, wheU
II was notorious ihot The pracamaflon OF YOU
sentiments could have no other effect than Il
crafty your spleen on eoHeiiate the good Of
hccs OF ice HIhn whom Won vainly supposed
apoat 20 become he President You have no
considered II inlecorous To deaounce your la t
friends aud supporters lH terms equally uulus
and calunnleus. You, who were amongst
the first 10 yield to a generous enthusiasm. OF
10 the Suggestions oil cold calculation, in d
vowing your res luton 10 support the cleo
ton OF Gen Taylor, have not considered il in
consistent or unbecoming now 10 stigma NE
all who have adhered 10 him as ''engeged IN a
contest tor place and power, and for nothing
else, Place and power sit. Place and pow
or, indeed trust thu shall never be tempt
4 ~ INV A+'A AtNiEsNhNt - aHa hAHSt Afp' -
spectful language towards j gentleman - dis
! tinguished as YOU are; bat cannot lorbear
the ell ression oil my extreme surprise that
you have been guilty Of the indiserete timer
iiy OF ascriDing an anxiety for piece and pow
Ell, as to The motives Of any man OF any par
ty. TIC retort is Obvious. Ii rises to my
pen-but iorbear to urge it. leave 10 9th
ers TO seek in the history Of your career.
But, appeal with profound confidence
10 the history OF General Taylor TO vindicate
the declaration, that il he be free from any
objections, they are those which might be
supposed TO be derived peculiarly from his
| habits and training as q military man. Had
/ his eventual career exhibited any instance Of
a rude tssumptionof arbitrary power-auy
act OF military Observation-Disclosures attempt
TO extend beyond their just and necessary
limits the powers with which hi. rank may
have clothed him-you, sir, would doubtless
have fortified your inconeusiye aud naked
theory by d serupulous reference to every such
incident, II, on the contrary, his whole mil
itary history, ilustrious, as ii is, for success
that never suffered check, and victories bat
have no parallel, had not been even more
worthy OF contemplation as an example how
The most complete capacity for command may
be united iCh the most implicit submission
to the just claims OF superior authority, YOU
would, take 1t Tor granted, have shown some
proof, derived from General Taylor's acts, OF
the probability that he viii, il elected Presi-
dent, degenerate inlo dangerous usurper-
but as such proofs have esca ped your research.
me inference Is lair, tina they 40 where exist.
You must pardon ,nr, then, Tor he expression
OF my belief, that oil real apprehension of
danger from the grdsping military preten,ions
OF GeneTa Taylor is, dt the least, as apocry
pha aud as much "a figure OF speech" ss The
military Craftsmanship 90 General Jackson -
But, slf u gu had chosen TO crilcse The his
tory OF General Taylor under the favorable I
impressions with which sou FIRST embraced in I
his cause you would h-Ke found Eearly. II not /
quite as much evidence OF his civil capacity, |
as you profess 10 have derived from The IN /
stances Which you Cite as proofs OF General !
Jackson eminent qualifications for the dis /
charse OF ihe functions of President OF the /
United States. You would probiblv have
discovered, II you had chosen 10 look Tor
them, traces OF sagsoitt, prudence, knorl- !
edge ol mankind, 10 say n1thlHg ol straight
forward honesty and tfmness 81 purpose IN
every act OF Geueral Taylor, from the lime +
when he was commissioned with fail powers,
military and civil, IN the cam 1aigus 90 the .
Rio 0rante There Is ! humb.y apprrhend
40 great difference ia tile subsirauin OF hat
which leads men 10 right concu-
sions - dthcult emergencies, whether they
be military OF civil lake, Tor ,xatnple. The
determination 81 General Taylor TO advance
To The ed- o Tie desert, when Santa Anna
was approaching him win o,erN helniug
iore, instead Of seeking safety behind the Tor.
ticauons of Monterey All the elements ol
a great Judgment entered into lhai heroic fes
olulion. The impoiicy oil teireat-the adj.