The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-14

We trust that the friends of General Taylof's adj
ministraton throughout Virginia VIII not forget
that they have duty 10 perform at the polls In the
Spring Elections and that they cannot TOO soon be-
gin to organize their forces and prepare for the onset
The result Of the Presidential election In Virginia
disclosed the Notifying and yet encouraging tact,
that with proper exerons on the part Of the higs,
Virginia might have been carried for General Tayler.
But thousands Of our whg brethren, who had so
often seen the golden apples ofpromse turn TO ashes
In their grasp, could not be made 10 realize that
reach Ii now acknowledged that If the full Wing
vote had been polled, General Taylor would have
carried the commonwealth of Virginia by an over
whelming majority Let our friends bear this fact In
mind as an incentive 10 their exerions In the Spring.
Let them remember that they GAN carry Virginia
u they WILL, and that If they do not, their over
throw can no longer be attributed 10 ignorance OF
their strength, but TO the most culpable indifference
aud apathy.
We take IL for granted that all who contributed 10
the election Of General Taylor In November last,
are willing now 10 give him fair trial and sustlin
the administration which they labored to establish,
until proves itself by iisacs unworthy their con-
hdence To suppose the contrary, 10 10 impute a
degree OF gross Inconsistency and self sulhcation
10 the friends Of Taylor. which we should blush TO
alcge or admit of an American citizen Taylor 10
not yet President, and having OF course performed
no act inconsistent with the principles on which he
was elected TO the Presidency il is no more than
common respect TO the human understanding TO con-
cnde that MS supporters In November are his sup
coniIadicts the Republican creed upon which he
was borne into power. Hence we appeal 10 all his
friends TO rally as one man around the Taylor ban.
ner In the Spring-the Banner Of old Republican
PHncples-and 10 sustain IL until Its standard bearer
himself deserts its folds. We appeal TO all friends
of the unlon who would invoke for its preservation
the ascendancy OF wise, firm and moderate counsels,
to sustain THE man, whose character and influence
can do more than those OF any other living citizen
! 10 restore harmony, re-esiablish fraterna feeling,
and place upon an inmovuble foundation the pillars
of the American Union. We appeal to oil Southern
men, who value Southern institutions and would
protect them from foreign agsressions-to all South
ern men, who regard their peculiar rights and inter
ests too sacred to be degraded into mere parry
ball for the simple purpose OF promoting party
success, TO comeforward and give frank and gem
erous support to that eminent Southern patriot
/ Gen. Taylor who cannot injure the South without
injuiing himself; all whose interests are deeply anC
| indssolubly linked with their own; and whose in
dependent position and long life passed In freedom
from party ciques and associations, enable him Il
look upon the question OF Southern rights and In
situations as question above all party, and 10 b.
settled purely with reference to principles ofrght
honor and justice.
Let us then place Virginia in an attitude of fair
ness and encouragement 10 the new administration
Z" Let the supporters of Taylor elect men who will
support him In the Halls Of Congress- and thus ena
bic him to carry out efficiently the republican prin
cipes upon which he was placed In power. Sucl
men as Flournoy, Preston Pendeton, Goggin AM
Fulton, deserve well Of Taylor's friends In Virginia
They were among his original champions, when
was not easy matter as at present TO be Taylor
friend They are none Of them ultra or bigoted par
tizans, bur, though firm In their Republican faith
are not for carrying party to extremes, or revlving
defnnct policy not demanded by the popular voice.
While deeply devoted 10 the Union, they are sur
passed by no men in their loyalty to the South, il
whose slave property some Of them possess NOR
than I'M ordinary amount Of interest As patriots
as Southern men, as original and steadfas friends
Taylor, we hope the Taylor men Of Virginia wi
rally in solid, unbroken, and determined phalan
around their gallant and noble delegation.