The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-10
political.
From the Phil. North .4msican Of august Z.
General T.vIor His visit 20 PennsylyaI

From the Phil North .4,nuiean Of august 7.
General Taylor-His Visit 90 PennsylvaniA.
As has been announced, the President leaves
Washington tomorrow for Baltimore, thence 10
depart on brief summer tour which will enable
him 10 visit Pennsylvania, New York, several OF
the New England States, and, on his return, New
Jersey, Delaware, and en- route the city of Pha-
dephia. This will afford to thousands of Ameri-
can citizens an opportunity not only of paying
their respects to the Chief Magistrate of the
-publlo-whlch, under ordinary circumstances,
would be regarded as pleasure TO be gener-
ally enjoyed without distinction of Party-but
10 see, approach, and converse with, face 10
face, man upon whom destiny has set the seal OF
greatness, and precisely that greatness which
grows with time, and receives It's fullest develop
ment and highest appreciation in after ages The
character of Zachary Taylor is an historic one, Inn
plying the assurance Of an immortal fame and men,
ory which few now-such is human nature, with all
lis errors of blind prejudice and perVernng passion
can properly realize and il requires the calm Judg-
ment of future generations TO do justice to great
man, who is now, after all his brilliant acts and
vast services TO his country, as much the subject
of obIoquy as OF praise, and must yet endure many
a bitter wrong from party, from political and per-
haps from personal foes, before reaching that pro-
montory beyond the grave where SANDER ceases,
and the mighty spirits of the world take their
places in the Valhala of heroes, each enthroned
upon the pedestal of his own merits.
In our good State of Pennsylvania il will not
lessen the interest of felow-citizens General
Taylor to remind them Of the extraordinary effort
which the leaders of an opposing political party,
for mere party purposes, are now making to over
throw and ruin with sheer abuse and calumny the
man who carried the American standard to Buena
Vista, and there, under its flying folds, won that
wondrous victory which the world Justly regards
as one Of the most extraordinary and glorious
known in the annals of war.
II we consider the public services and the actual
character of General Taylor, we shall have the
greater reason to be perplexed and indignant at the
system of calumny by which he is now so uni
versally outraged by the whole Locofoco press
throughout the land. His military services are, IN
deed, so numerous, and they were of so splendid
character and of such manifest value, every way,
to the country, that his enemies do not deny their
merit As a soldier, nothing is now attempted to
be brought against him; he is admitted to have been
always brave, resoute, faithful, patriotic humane
and heroic. II is only a civil officer that he is
assailed; and the President Of the United States is
accused, with every viruent term of insult, of pre-
cisey those faults and vices which are conceded to
have been foreign TO the character of the victor Of
Palo Alto. The brave and resoute leader of the
camp Is charged to be irresoute and craven in the
Cabinet, as if tamely submitting to be ruled and
wronged, at their pleasure, by his council of state
ministers. The faithful veteran is denounced as
the most faithless of public men, treacherous to
every pledge and promise, which, the world is in
formed, he decetfuly made to secure his election
TO the Presidency. The patriot of the Rio Grande
Is arraigncd as a traitor who has wronged the Re-
public by uncoDsttutionally abdicaiing his powers
into the hands of ian irresponsible cabal" (hat is
to say, the Cabinet,) and brought Disgrace" as
the Locofoco papers have repeatedly announced,
''upon the Presidential Office He who SO
humane 10 the women and children of Monterey is
accused Of tyrannical cruelty partisan ohce-hold-
crs; never one of whom falls but General Taylor
is paraded as the Robespierre Marat, officiating
at the executions of the guillotine Of "proscrpton
And the hero-the man Of the great heart and great
mind that were so necessary TO carry him with
success through the immense difficulties and perils
OF his whole military career in Mexco-ls ridiculed
az would-be hero-a would-be Washington-a
man of utter "incapacIty' to perform the simplest
duties OF civil officer; poor, weak, mindless and
heartless imbecile, who is now, by ma-administra-
non Of the government, rendering the country ''the
laughing stock Of the civilized world, and "injur
ing the cause Of freedom throughout both henri
spheres.''
We desire nothing better than TO have General
Taylor introduced TO the people of Pennsylvania
as he in, with the evidence in every mans hand Of
what he is charged by his calumnlators TO be. Let
every one be furnished with copies Of the Union
and Pennsylpanian, containing every base and bitter
accusation. Let all read them, and then go shake
hands and look into the face of him who was never
charged with one single unworthy acr, or thought
or deficiency before the moment when, at the com.
mand of the country, he unbuckled his sword and
stepped forward to perform the new duties assigned
him in a civil Office. Face to face, with his hand in
theirs, will leave il TO the people Of Pennsylva-
mia to decide whether General Taylor has, IN mo-
ment, or in few months changed his whole char
acter or any part ofit; whether he is not the same
great and just man now he was year ago, and has
been all his life-the same brave the same resolute,
the faithful, the same patriotic, the same hu-
name, the same heroic public servant who exhibit
ed, thry-seyen years ago, at Fort Harrison, pre-
cisely those very lights and nesments Of character
which were only more strongly detected, because
more glorously displayed at Buena Vista. The
look Of The gray old hero will answer and disprove
all the cslumnes that have been, and yet TO be
concocted against him; and no honest and dlsbnter
ested Pennsy lvanian can clasp his hand with
out feeling that il is in the hand Of one ss homes
and dsinterested as hmsef-the hand of pure
vitnous, and noble character, whose path, whittier
soever il may now lead him, amid friends or enc
mics, is still the path which conducts him TO i'm
mortality.