Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-02-22


10 your own honest frame, 10 direct the at
.ention ofyour fellow. citizens, to those no
less CONSPICUOUS traits of your character that
nave already indicated a predoninating
disposition TO rely on the peace ful progress.
ion Of intelligence, equity, and moderation.
and not on war and violence, to advance
our national honor aud prosperity. Pend.
ing the recent popular contest tina, resulted
so 'riumphsnily in your election, to the
chief msgistrscy Of the nation, in the de.
ciaration Of your principles, you pre- avow.
ed yourself, the friend TO the preservation
OF the Union in all its constitutional yipor.
10 the supremacy Of the civil over the mill.
sary authority, TO an acquiescence in the
constitutional decision Oft majority, as q
vital principle of the republic and tina,
Congress in the exercise of its legitimate
powers to support the Uuion, to develop it's
resources and to promote harmony and
public tranquility among the States, should
not be trammeled by Executive intemper.
ance. These are the sentiments of an
American President, of republican of
primitive simplicity, and no, of military
chieftain whose bosom burns with an insa.
tate ambition, and we felici,a,e ourselves
that inasmuch as your political life has ne'er
been tlnged by the hue of party, or rancor
OF popular distinctions; the same prompt
decision and wisdom that has marked the
public acts of your life, will enable you in
the high station you are destined 10 fill, to
MAINTAIN with unyielding frmness the prn-
ciPes you have avowed; in that event, YOUR
elevation to the Presidency will constitute
an era as distinctive in its influence on the
welfare and glory Of your country as the
one that nshered in the existence of our re-
public. Should such be the fortunate Sc
quel ofyour career, your history will fur
n'sh another illustrious instance TO verify
Inc competence of public opinion in free
country and the unexamplrd capacity of the
American people for selEgovernment.
Gen. Taylor replied: Tha, had he the
eloquence of many of the gifted orators
OF Tennessee, even then he would fall far
short OF expressing, in deserving manner,
the gratitude with which his heart over
flowed for the fattsring reception which
had greeted him by the citizens from Mem.
phs. Tha, had he consulted his own feel
ings, and did The circumstances by which
he was surrounded allow, he would much
prefer on TO day, being at the house of that
God, TO whose kindness and protection no
was so much indebted through all the vi.
clssisudes of his life. He said that, in res
Ponding TO the complimentary illusions
which the speaker had been pleased TO
make TO his military career, he would re-
mark that he had ever looked upon wARas
great national calamity, and that HE was
the greatest public benefactor who could
PRESERVE PEACE, with the least human
sacrifice, and that had always been his aim.
That in the number of victories tina, had
successfully attended him when fronting
the enemy, he claimed not for himself so
much honor as the public had been pleased
to bestow; but that he was indebted 10
N' Se'' oho etouB arms OF tnose
who stood by TO execute his commands.
from the highest TO the humblesi in rank.
and that NONE were ever more ready TO do
this than Tennesseeans. He had been call.
ed by his countrymen to a new theatre;
from long military life to civil position
of the greatest public trust-and in enter.
ing upon the discharge of those high duties,
he did SO greatly distrusting his own abili.
ties to discharge them in such manner as
their great responsibilities might demand;
but that he should look for assistance and
support, not to this m an, or TO that, but to
the whole people to whom he was in
debled. That the Office was one, not of
his seeking, nor had il been secured by any
effort of HE. That in electing him to the
Presidency Of the United States, The peo.
pie had mainly looked forward 10 good
government. and a just administrator of
the iaw; and in endeavoring to carry out
those wishes in this regard although no
one could rival the Father of his country
il was left for those who might succeed him
to emulate his example as far as possible.
He again thanked the citizens Of Memphis,
through their representatives on this occa-
sion, for this warm manifestation OF their
regard.
Tha v.nan,;on ovar al k.~.lr.