The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-19

timely upon the public ear
We have placed at the head Of this col
umn three extracts from these speeches, and
we keep them standing there for reference
in order that the country may see the rea
position which President Taylor occupies
and will continue to occupy in the discharge
of his new duties. The moderate men, who
constitute nine-tenths Of all parties, will see
from these extracts how beautifully Genera
Taylor's position since the election harmo-
nizes with that taken BY him before the cleo
ton in every particular. He does not dcvi,
ate hairs breadth nor from the line he
stood upon then. Invarability of purpose
and infexible determination to execute what
he wills, are the corner stones Of his charac-
ter. Without these elements, human sue
cess is impossible in any walk of life. And
General Taylor's constant display Of these
elements Of character during career Of forty
years unparalleled success, ought, we think,
convince the most stolid, that he is not going
to lay them aside, at this time Of life, when
he is entering upon new field Of labors
every foot Of which is over unseen pits ready
to engulph him. But he has not left the
country in doubt. He has spoken with a
loud voice, and in a language that he who
runs may hear and understand, that he is the
same ZACHARY TAYLOR now as he was
before he was made President. Read the
extracts at the head Of this column, and
ponder them well, and no matter how ultra
your feelings,be, you will rise from the task
ready to bear testimony, reluctant il may be
but nevertheless the more to be valued be-
cause extorted, to the grandeur Of TAYLoR's
character, to his consistency, to his firm
ness, to his moderation, to his patriotism.
The whole country knows and feels, that
Gen. Taylor is friend to the cardinal
measures Of Wing policy, but it remembers,
at the same time, that he is not man Of
violence, not man Of ultraism. He has said
repeatedly, that he is Wing, but not an ultra
Wing. He said so before the election, he
has said so since. This doctrine, we know,
is any thing but palatable to ultra men, and
hence they endeavor to escape from the diem
ma, by acting in all things as though Gen,
Taylor had never avowed himself to be a
moderate Wing, Wing who will execute
private and public justice and administer the
Presidency for the good of the whole coun-
try and not for the interests Of party. They
shut their eyes to the true position of the
new President, in his relations to men and
measures, and endeavor to so act, as to COM
NIT him, if possible, to falsi6cation Of the
doctrines and principles proclaimed by him
before and since the election. We tell all
who may be engaged in this unfair course
Of policy, that they will have their pains for
their trouble, that President Taylor under
stands and perceives the drift Of all these
movements and is not Ito be influenced
in the least BY them to turn aside from the
honest course he has marked out for his adj
ministratioh. And if, by any chance, those
who may be brought into official relations TO
him, should so far forget themselves as TO
countenance the practice Of ultraism in any
shape or form, they win find out that, he will
make short work of all such movements.
Nay, some people have already discovered,
that he is not a man to be misled, that he is
treading boldly and faithfully in the footsteps
of the llustrious Washington, that he is go
ing, indeed, toexecute the Office of Presi-
dent without fear, favor or affection for any
one, that he is not looking to the support Of
this man or that, but to the whole people who
made him their President. This is uncom-
Portable intelligence for the ultras Of all par
ties, but is nevertheless fired ,fdct against
which it will be useless to oppose any resis-
lance. Santa Anna thought to make him
yield the pass Of Angostura, but he failed
though backed by host. The ultras 81
party may hope to make him give up to their
dictation, but they will find themselves as
egregiously mistaken as Santa Anna was.
The programme Of Gen. Taylor's admin
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execute the office Of President according TO
the strict limitations offhe Constitution, in
the spirit Of moderation and justice Since
he started on his journey to the Capitol, he
has republished this programme in the words
Of the extracts we have above given. In a
few days more, we shall have more direct,
authoritative and official avowal Of the same
doctrines, the same principles and the same
facts, and then, il the ultras shall not b,
satis6ed-we hope they will be--they will
doubtless raise the flag Of opposition to The
administration and we shall know where t.
find them and how I treat them.
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