The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-06
THE LONE STAR Of the METROPOLIS.

CAPTION -"E5lioio Peace wih An Men,"
TIME design Of this production is 10 restore the
l. lost harmony of feeling, which seems to prevail,
and thereby pepetnnte the duration of this Republic
Notwithstanding the cry "The Republic Is In dat
ger il being ring In jissonant chimes, throughout
orr (lae) peaceful and glorious country, and echoed
nom foreign shores; some Of which IRE doubtless
delighted With the discord. The proprietor win be
win soon after be more explicit. He has, however,
authorised his Agent 10 say, He was one among
those II not the first who nnhesitafngy resoivedt TO
call for The services Of Gen Zachary Taylor 90 Pre-
sident Of the United States Immediately after be-
coming assured that Gen. Taylor-The first in VdT,
the first in Peace and the first in the hearts Of his
cou,iirne would not consent 10 be selected BY any
Pdrty under diStinctire Party name, but IL the
People of the United States, as n whole American
People through their imprescriplible rights and con.
siitItonal power Of sovereignty, should command
his services he would obey their call for -four years
only Believing Gen. Taylor to be sincere in heart nnd
The Oh Man Of The Hills, resolved TO devote both
Time and Money lardably toward that end
These impulses have already been responded TO from
almost every city, town, and hamlet In the Union,
and from the slopes and SUBMITS Of oil the hills,
where that haing word has been spoken, and Zach
airy Taylor or Rough and Ready Is nominated with
out The odhlm Of Wing or Democrat and without
the intervention Of a Convention, exclusively OF an
nncompromising spirit Nevertheless, should the
General by expressed or implied consent, become
the nominee Of any erciVsire Convention, the "old
Man. will Immediately withdraw from such an IN
glorious contest least far as time, expense or
talents, df lic has any aro concerned ana remain,
as ho has been, for the last twelve years, "a locker
on" further expose may be expected " lew
days. 3,,S THE AuENI.
The author ofthe 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 repcaiions on that sub
ieet and that disbursements have been confornable
ihoroun,o tho Old Man has, therefore, unheaaiingly
made overycxcriion, within the compass Of honor,
10 accomplish his own prophecy, made on the 18th
day Of May, 1916, that General Taylor would be
the next Presidents" and he has, without single
deviation from his own Desires arduously labored TO
promote that "harinony Of feeling which alone can
preserve the Republic. lie Is also called WING,
cognonlen not adopted by him acknowledgement
names explain noprinepes at the present time, and
even Democracy itself Is only ground plat for the
culture Of the republican rights Of man. sometimes
An unwccle garden, that grows seed things rank aud
vlem
We should be- in the language Of the purest repub-
icnn Of America, Thomas Jefferson, all Republicans
al Federalsts. The best men are 80 yet. Hut
shonld that conIoined meaning bc repndiated, the
"Old Man Of the Hills will still hold on upon the
name, whose inlierency In al time past, conveys
an idea Of principle, and insist on being called re-
publican, as he ,ras called when he voted for Thos.
Jefferson in the past century, trusting 10 conisd
Grafton Of al those who lrys for and would pir for
their country.
sir The above additional explanatory remarks are
suboined on the ed day OF December, ls4s