Columbus Democrat., 1849-10-20
TheFirsl rear.

This First Tear.
We have recsiged from A ciiizen OF Psnasyl-
vania lie following account of ihe Presidents
recent tour in that State The converse
ton which Il retails Is significant exponent o.
the opinions and views ofthe Hero Of Basna Wis
Il. His revelations are not calculated to raise
his character or 70 increase the confidence OF the
public in bis adninisration. Is il not exiraofdi-
nary that Gen. Taylor should consider himself
excused ffvm keeping his pledges from the cir
cunstanees Of bis not having solicited the Qthcel
Why did he write 10 so many coHespondents!-
Why declare his views AZ ala Why proclaim
that if elected he would be lhe President Of the
people, and not of apartyl Why saythat he had
no friends to reward II he intended to give no
pledges in all these declarations, we should like
10 know what pledges arel II this excuse amounts
to dispensaiion from the keeping ofhis promi-
ses, what species Of political conscience does the
President possess, To say, indeed, that man
does not seek or solicit the Office by this anxiety
to remove difficulties in his way, and smooth the
! road TO bis ambitioh,s species q sophism which
scarcely becomes the honest old soldier Cen.
Taylor may moi have asked the Office in 80 many
words, butthere are different ways Of eEieeting
the same object. Did he positively decline i'll
He confessed that he was not qualified for it'--
Did be then modeslly aud frankly declare, that as
he knew he was not fit for il. aud that he might
only disgrace himselfand perhaps his county,
he would not except IL Nothing likesit. On
the contrary his whole course bore sufficient
evidence to the warmth of his aspirations.
The next opinion attributed to the President
shows, indeed. in sill stronger cclors, the want
4 Of information which he brings into power. Is
Y there really no great question at issue between
I the partissl Are their great principles the same3
Aae they the sans in their mode Of constituting
4 the constitution, and deducing the powers Of the
4 general government from their fundamental IN.
strumenll Was there no radical party at its head
and the republican party Of the JetIersonan
school l. the very difference which he
. describes solnoconseqiencel Is the eabandonmeni
n Of the veto itself oisno impoFtancel---a power
: which the President cannot abandon without de-
:. parting from the example of Washington himself
. and which is enloined by the constitution itselfi
o. And how are veto understand the President Oh
3 this point! In Of his letters he declares tha
D sthe pereonal opinions ofthe President ought no
i. to control the action Of Congress- and now hi
v declares hispurpose Is 10 recommend measures
that is to sayto interfere with their free actionb
il the declaration ol his own views; aud yet, afe
these views are publicly announced, alterhe ha
!, recommended measures 10 ADVANCE the prosperi
|iy Of the culrttry and 70 preserve the behesis I
ID the constitution, II Congress decides against hin
he will quietly yield his own Judgment, and eye
the constitution Itself, 70 their opinions. tiewl
Il sacrifice all his views the decision of Congress
He is 10 put everything at sea. Congre'
is 10 have ali unlimited scope mel only TO agita
et every question, but 10 strip tho gnsernmeI
Id of every particle Of stability, lor want
il. the balance wheel u the constitutional Exec
Lc. tive.
his H deprecates the eternal revival Of these di
iii cussions II ihevery moment when he yields
ne the importantly Of The manufacturing lnenopolis
s aud The extraordinary sympathies ol some ci q
ar. opulent merchants and Insists upon i that 4
'he tariff discussion must he renewed; The law
# 1886 must be lnoaiGed. and tha operations
he commerce be subjected againto tiuctniaiions d
ars Instability Even the very nFihelpls III the ID
tenn il 10 be changed, aud specific duties arc toE
substituted III great degree for I'D valoremr II
can enuc duty. Thus iii one breath he blows hot d
cold--now opposed 10 agitation and TO chan!
and In the next moment recommending the re
alti- Wal oi one ofthe most agiiating subjects VIII
now has distracted our public councils. aud AZ (
bait ltime threatened to shake the Union itself D
thar sls our correspondent rhs, his views W
the taritfappear 10 haze changed materially
pittshurg. Hisnotons enlarged with the imp
M lunaie claims Cts manufacturers, as i ever
case with political chameleon, which chi
gesits hues according to tho colofs of the )
,uA: rounding objects.
tegs II seems thai he goes also ioT d modification
inc the subStreasury. What misfortune tits
ding his sagaclous and experienced mind dnot i
Ion. cate some ofthe changes which he would des
cted one orthe lnodfeationto consist of Nh. Coi
lroIIer. Fillmore ) scheme Of employing the b
em> notes Of this institutions as should embrace
hich ton II she national s,oeksl II seems, Iurt
clty that he has not YET met with any man who i
iavorol a national bank. He does not even
anal whether, In case such a proposition should
pressed again upon Congress, he opposed
card its consnlonality, and wouldarres ilby
! ihe veto, Does Gen. Taylor really believe that
Qnar, whole scheme Is abandonedi Has he forgo
ntlal the efforts Of Mr. Clay to revive II inthe
first year of Gen. Harrison administration
iaS Is aiIaexperience so perfectly thrown away i
-71 --7T-71 him; that he cannot suspect what has 4
s5x done more than once kby : bgoled party vii
o5iU done again7
i4o4 IfGen. Taylor be really So ignorant as thi
naafk would seemto shpwsof the designs D
"a own part iy--nlen who, ike ahe Bourbons. IN
es9 learn anything will he ba kind enoOgh Il
plain the very last revslasi0n which has ESQ
on. ifs ofacles ia Massachusetts What does
. great Nhig State eonr enslnn mean which as
.x. fslsfl Al Wnfrester nf tVednetdaY last and