Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-02-01

would not rashly engage the word Of
France, and that it would exert i'selfto pre-
serve peace, as the interest of France and
Europe. In conclusion, he declared that he
and his colleagues would do every thing in
their power to restore security, consolidate
the Republic, and promote the development
of the political education of The country
the election of the 10th December had given
the Government an immense power end it
relied on the patriotic cooperation of the
assembly, TO enable il TO accomplish its du-
ties.
This programme was received with marks
of great applause by the Assembly.
GEN. TAYLOR'S ADMINISTRATION.
There has been great deal of inquiry
in relation TO the formation of Gen. TAy.
Lons Cabinet, but all speculation seems Ut
terly in the dark. We have good reason
to believe that Gen. Taylor has declared
his determination not TO make cabinet
appointment either from his own State or
from that of Mr. Fillmore; but beyond
this. we have no doubt he has kept his own
counsel. The people of the United States.
in the absence of all knowledge as to his
specific intentions, must content themselves,
as we are sure they can readily do, with
the well grounded assurance, founded upon
all the acts of his life, that he will make
up his cabinet with sound judgment and
discretion. We are pleased with the spir-
it Of the following remarks of the Balli-
more American:
Enough is known of the broad charac-
teristic features that will mark the admins
tralion of Gen. Peterborough TO give the
assurance of signal epoch in our polli-
cal history. Particular measures. this or
that, lose much of their special importance,
because il is known that extreme measures
of any kind cannot prevail. The impress
which the new administration is to make
upon the country, will be derived from ito
constitutional aspect, its moral tone, its
high patriotic spirit
I'VE rejoice" says the Nashville Wing,
that the distinguished patriot whose per-
,onal popularity and purity of character
had placed him so favorably before the
country in the lists for the Presidency,
would if made President, confne himself
2 to the constitutional functions of the Pres
dential office. We rejoiced that he had
read the constitution as il was understood
by the early Presidents. That he had re-
garded its vital and fundamental provisions
to divide the great powers of the govern
ment into three departments-th Legisla-
. tive, to make the laws; the Judicial, to in.
terpret them; and the Executive, to see them
faithfully executed. We believed that he
: saw the necessity of guarding the separate
independence and responsibility of each Of
these departments of the Government"
The restoration of these great principles
I will be like re-adoption of the cons,,u-
L. ton. What a beautiful revolution is this!
: The concentration of power in the hands Of
an Executive, already powerful, is temp.
: tation hard TO be rejected; it is the natural
, tendency of things under the prevalence of
e vulgar ambition. Water does not more
J.. naturally seek its own level than does de-
mocracy, in its extremes, tend to the con.
centration Of power through its passions
, the concentration of power in the hands
: ofits leader and exponent. How noble,
then is this spectacle of self abnegation with
= which the individual honored by nations
choice prefers to sink his own personality,
+. in order that the true and rightful sover-
eighty ofthe constitution may rise again
e supreme, to challenge the love, the admira-
ton, the reverence of the people! Behold
!, the age of our fathers is restored! The &C.
' tive spirit of those first elements of wisdom
: and patriotism, deeply planted in the bosom
It of the republic at the beginning, has proved
: : strong enough TO vindicate itself against
, corruptions the most insidious, and dangers
E the most formidable.
I Mans Friends.-Men have three friends
: in this world-how do they conduct them
n selves in the hour of death, when God sum-
i mons before his tribunal? Money his best
o friend, leaves him first, and goes not with
e him. His relations and friends, accompa-
ny him to the threshold of the grave, and
;. then return 10 their homes. The third,
. which he often forgot during his life, are