Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-08-27
WKEIG CANT-s.TzzEi MAN OF PEACE.s

There is no end to wing cant and humbuegery.
The organs of that party have rung the changes
upon the "Second Washington" until the whole
country laughs at the imposture Now the thu
name" President, whom they denounced as
murderer and journeyrnan throat cutter,0
while he was putting their Mexican friends to the
sword, is set up at ''the man of peaceo The Ma.
ttoao! tntelhgenceT cannot publish his recent
proclamation against the supposed Cuba espedi-
ton, without descending to this namby PANTY
disgraceful cant. What has General Tayler
doae, Or rather the Secretary Of State done, more
than it was his duty to do, in issuing such
proclamation, if he believed the facts would
warrant it. And yet, for doing plain act Of
duty, which any President would have done I'M
der circumstances lustifying it, he must be dub
bed "man of peace?" Have not the late cleo
tons taught these whig Buotans particle of
common sense2 Has the humbug of the ';Se-
cond Washington" accomplished anything ex-
cept to bring down ridioule upon the head of the
simple minded man who is made the butt OF such
execrable cantq Weinp!ore the wbig press to
treat their President with something like decen-
cy. Persuade him out of the ridiculous illusion
that he is ''Second Washington" and do not
fill the mind of the old soldier with the vain
we ought to say the sacrilegious-idea that he is,
par excellence, Ehe manof peace" There has
| never been but one oman of peace' born in this
world, and he was man of truth, of courage, of
wisdom, of humility, of pnrest virtue, of sub
limest intellect, and withal "AIan of sorrow
and acquainted with GRIEF Do not profane the
name of this more than huasan, by applying to
General Tayler epithets which are appropriate
to Film VINO was more than mortal. DO not o.
verload Gen. Taylor by any more of this obse-
quious irreverent cant. 1t is full enough for
him to carry about the sobriquet of the ''Second
Washington" without being loaded down with
any more such arrant humbuggery.-Union
The Alexandria Gazette admits, that If Tru-
man Smith received eight dollars day out of
the whig electioneering fund in this city Tor his
time and the use of his frank in circulating politi-
cal documents, it "would disapproye of and con-
denim it." This is what we suppose every hon
orable editor would do, if the facts charged were
true. But the editor Of the Gazette doubts their
truth, and thinks we have been misinformed.
We believe our information is substantially cor
rect Indeed, we have been told OF highly res
pectable Wing of this city who has said that MIR,
Smiths compensation during last presidential
campaign was even more than eight dollars per
day. 'lhe whole system should be broken up
and it 1t cannot be done in any other way, let
the franking privilege be abolshcd.-[Unioa.
CURIOUS WILL.-Among the legacies which
the corporation of Trinity Episcopal Church, N.
York, has long had in charge, is one made many
years ago by John Leahe. He leaves $1,000
with the following instructions
II will give and bequeath unto the Rector and
inhabitants of the city of New York, in cornmun
ion of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
State OF New York, and their successors, one
thousand pounds lawful money of said State, to
beby them put cut at lawful interest, and the
annual income thereof to be laid out in siypennv
wheaton loaves of bread, and distributed on ev-
cry Sabbath day, in some part of said Church.
after divine service in the morning, TO such poor
as se them shall sppear most dsseryipgn