The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-04
PROSPECTUS
OLA PAPER OF EIGHT QUARTO PAGES,
Tobe published in the City Of Washington, D c.,
FOR THE "oLD MAN or THE HiLLs,n
BY HIS AGENT,
THE LONE STAR Of the METROPOLIS.
cAprros--aFoilolo Peace ,oith All Men"

TIME design Of this production 10 10 restore the
i lost harmony Of feeling, which seems to prevail,
and thereby perpctae the duration Of this Republic,
The efy ae Republic T. n dam
Qate) peaceful and glorious country, and echoed
from foreign shores some Of which are doubtless
delighted with the discord. The proprietor will be
will soon after be more explicit. He has however,
authorised his Agent 10 say, He was one among
those II moi the first who unhesitatlngly resolved TO
call for the services q Gen. Zachary taylor as re
coming assured that Gen. Tnylor--Thc first in War
the first In Peace, and the first In the hearts Of his
eo,,frymen, would not consent to be selected by any
Party, under distinctire Party name but II the
People Of the United States, as whole American
People, through their imprescrpble rights and con-
stitutional power Of sovereignty, should command
his services he would obey their call for four years
only Believing Gen Taylor to be sincere In heart and
purpose and courageous TO fulfil his engagements he
the Old Nan Of the Halls resolved todevote both
TIME and Money lnudably toward that end
These impulses have already been responded 2 from
almost every city town, and hamlet In the Union,
and from The slopes and s,immits of all the hills,
where that hailng word has been spoken, and Zach
airy Taylor o. Rough and Ready Is nominated , with.
the intervention Of Convention, exclusively Of an
incorporating spirit. Nevertheless, should the
General, by expressed or implied consent become
Man will Immediately Withdraw from such an In
glorious contest at least 30 far as time expense or
talents az he has any are concerned and remain,
"a he has been for the last twelve years, "a locker
on further expose may be expected In a few
days. ~ THE AuENI.
December 29th 1s47,--tf
Tho author OF the foregoing Prospectus having all
along both seen and felt that the spirit Of his own
views has been fully avowed by General Taylor, In
his Allison letter, and other repcations on That sub
icct and that his movements have been comfortable
thereunto The Old Man has, therefore, unhesatlngly
made every exertion within the compass Of honor,
TO accomplish his own prophecy, made on the 29th
day Of May, 1876, that General Taylor would be
the next PRESIDENT" and he has, without single
deviation from his own DESIRES arduoualy labored TO
promote that harmony of feeling which alone can
preserve the Republic. lie Is also called a Wing, a
cognomen not adopted by him voluntarily ---such
names explain no principles at the present time, and
even Democracy itself Is only ground plat for the
culture Of the republican rights Of man, sometimes
An unweeded garden that grows seed things rank and
VILE"
We should be, in the language of the pnrest repub-
lican Of America, Thomas Jefferson, all Republicans
all Federalists. The best men are 90 yet But
should that conjoined meaning be repndiated, the
"Old Man Of the IIills' will still hold on upon the
name whose inherency in oil time past, conveys
an idea Of principle and insist on being called re-
publican as he ,ras called when he yosed for Thos
Jefferson In the past century, trusting to confed-
Grafton Of all those who for and would DIE Tor
their country
Hf The above additional explanatory remarks are
suboined on the 22d day of December, lsAs,