Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-18

was before them again, we doubt not his succe,.
would be equally as brilliant now as then.
We cannot believe, that the i'll success of Tho
Wings, IN the elections mentioned, was produced
from want of confidence in the President. NJ,
only vas the selection fortunate for the country
but the Wing party has a right 10 be proud of ~
election. The only measure of his admin;stra
ton, of which time has permitted a developmen,
is worthy Of any of his predecessors, and charac'
terlstic ofhis distinguished fame.
1t is true, that Gen. Taylor is ignorant of ,bo,
system of party discipline, which characterize
the opposition, and this, perhaps, may have ar.
fected bis standing with oftice-seekers, since ,bo
fth March; who, in their desire for an appo;n,-
ment, would not hesitate TO have him proceed a.
did the condemned dynasty just dismissed from
power. But, as we before remarked, whilst ,bo
patronage OF the Government would flow in now
channels, in the event Of success, vet, the sno;I,
of office was not the ground upon which th.. ,at~
tie was fought, and the incentive which ANNA
ted the friends of the Constitution and Law. in
driving from power a weak and corrupt admins.
tration.
If the defeat, in the late elections, shall eve,
bear an apparent disapproval, on the part of the
people, to the administration, it will be only for
the moment. Whilst this is an unreasonable ad.
mission, yet, fit is true, it will, in the sequel
cast an additional lustre around the old chief and
his Cabinet. lfhe, from an undeserved cause
suffers in the estimation of the people, a reac.
ton Will certainly follow, and cause his traducers
to blush for the wrong they attempted to practise
upon an honorable soldier and a true patriot: who
SO signally displayed the qualities of mind
and heart, that recommended him, under the ee-
MUS Of our institutions, 10 The highest honors of
the republic.
The political history of the Preside Mt, at this
tline, is similar, IN many respects, to an event in
his military career. When the forces of Mexico
mad, apparently, closed around the American
General and his small body of regulars, the maui
ry was IN every mouth, touching the qualities of
INN, who had the direction of American skill and
valor. The battles Of the 9Th and 9th May, 1916,
are replete with a lesson, from which we NAV
easily learn, that obstacles of common magnitude
will not unbalancc the mind Of the President
The opposition, hanging around his administra-
ton, may seem, to some, as powerful as that of
the Mexican hordes, pressing upon the little army
whose destiny was committed TO his hands. But
the wisdom, which could devise ways to struggle
against and conquer the forces of a disciplined
army, will be able TO ward off The feeble attacks of
an unprincipled press, and to proceed, under the
guidance of the Constitution, to the accomplish
ment Of the reforms which he is charged to exc
cute.
1t is a stroke OF Locofoco policy, to turn the re-
suit OF these elections into condemnation of the
federal Executive, in order that, if possible, he
may be inundated. A weak presumption, it is
true, but entirely characteristic of a party, who,
Tor the sake of endeavoring to sustain the glazing
outIages in the executive Offices, when that par
ty was in power, has not hesitated to declare, in
advance, that they will oppose his administration
to the 'bitter end
1t is folly to say, that these results were pro-
duced from dissatisfaction with the President.
The cloud, which has been family discerned by
the weather-wire of his opponents, will be scat
tered into mist as the MONDAY splendor of his
administration shall display itself to the admira-
the tongue of the slanderer, will be unavailing,
the people will not believe, that the honest,
straightforward, and prudent soldier, on the
plains of Mexico, will be any thing else than the
President of the people, laboring for their good
and the preservation of our blessed institutions.