Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-05
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN,
BLACKBOARD, TOWNLEY & BILLIARD
9ROPRlEToRs.
LYNCsBURG. MARCH 5. 1910.
The DAY.

We need 70 longer speak Of Gen. Taylor the Presi-
dent elec-he is the actual President Of the United
States. The Spontaneous choice Of the people he has
been inducted into office, in conformity til the simple
but interesting and imposing ceremonial prescribed by
the Copstii uon and sanctioned by usage
Yes Zachary Taylor is at the head IL the Govern
ment! We have President of the nation,
not mere chief Of party, in the Executive chair To
realize this fact is. iseenungh make the heart Of ev
cry patriot leap within him The consciousness that The
public interests, the good Of the nation. and the wei
fare Of party, WILL for four years at least, be the pr
mary consideration, in deciding upon measures and ap
pontments, inspire confidence and fill every
right minded American with uuwonted pride new
era, we firmly believe bagins this day The popular
will, c3nstutionaly expressed by Congress, Will be
respected. The veto will be nlerposed only in cases
contemplated be the clause If the Constitution which
confers the power We shall hear Of the DANCE
ous heresy that the Executive is branch Of the Leasla
tive Department
Who Dreams for a moment that Gen. Taylor would
bill like raised for the relief Of the claimants
under the French Treaty fragrant, has been his
acts usurpation consider Mr. Folks Of this
bill the most utterly indeensIbe. His MESSAGE an
nounclng it had not even his usual plauSlblty. His
reasons beneath contempt. llwas case IF naked,
wanion assumption If power
We would not insult the man whn by an accident,
elevated TO office which his moral and mental
constitution, well as his previous political training,
prevented him from filing with credit, and who to-day
has passed into the obscurity from which it had been
well for his country he had never emerged. Mr. Polk
is ont of power, and private citizen wish him
happiness and length Of days We rejoice that his
is ended. Never the public conduct of admins,
traon >i4nay rebuked. He commenced his
with majority Of some seventy in The House Of Repre-
sentaves Before the second session closed this major
y was but nominal. An election for Congress
ON, under circun favorable the admins
raion which resulted in the return Of mayTy oppos
ed it. Then The Struggle Of last year. Though
willing enough serve, and without hope until the
last moment of nomination for reelection, he
aside But lis party based their hopes Of success upon
the policy and measures Of his administration by nom-
mating their candidate one whose foolish unbecum-
ing boast was that ne cordially approved every thing
that Mr.. Polk had said done. In the canvass, NJ
Poks administrative policy and constitutional views
directly issue, ii he, himself had been The
| candidate opposed to Gen. Taylor. The Democracy
again and again told. that for Gen Cas-
Mr. Folks administration the most high
handed and equivocaI acts Of which found in him the
unscrupulous defender. For the Judgment Of the Amer
lean people upon Mr.. Folks administration refer
the statistics of the election of the 9TH of November If
ever there was condemnation more signal or well merit
ed at the hands Of an outraged people, we have not me-
with 1t in the course Of our historical reading.
/ We have never praed about no-partysm. Gen. Tay
lo has chosen Wings for his Cabinet counco rs and we
EEL confident his general policy will be Wing. We
have no dea-we should say tearhat he will shrink
from removing from office incompetent men, mer
who have been active pariisans and brought their official
influence TO bear upon the freedom of elections. There
will, however, be general and reckless prescription
The Democratic party viii mol be taught, the Wings
have been. since l09 that they prescribed and De
Graded caste.