The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-08-18
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! u WIN QlS own Oatn anu ny Quiet tcStuIlouy.
The army officer renders his account, and
instead Of going before justice ofthe peace
aud making oath to its correctness, and
then getting tho proper officer under the
sal Of the court, Or the great seal OF tho
Stale, to certify that the person by whom
the oath was administered was an acting
justice of the peace, duly commissioned and
qualified, he merely cer,i6es ils correctness
upon his honor, and the law deems that sut-
fcienl proof, and there has scarce been an
instance on record, of false account being
thus presented.
Gen. Taylor is soldier-his life has
been passed IN a camp; and beyond the du-
ties of ii soldier, he has frequently acknow-
ledged himself grossly ignorant. Having
never voted, when he became q candidate
for the first office in the gift of the people,
became necessary to interrogate him in
relation TO the course he would pursue if ell
ected President, and he promptly replied
that he was no, party man-would never
lend himself 10 party schemcs2 and If cleo
ted. he had no friends TO reward, no enemies
=" P-":-I ,'i.-~" r'+eda~e wv. t---ly e;.
en-, and so often were they reiterated that
they became sort of by word among the
people.
That these pledges gained General Tay-
ior votes, no ,nan can doubt-that they Sc
cured for the vote of Pennsylvania, without
which he would have been defeated, is e.
qualiy clear. Gen. Taylor was soldier,
ana knowing how dear a soldier held his
nonor, the duped Gecocra,s, who, by voting
tor MN. supposed they would more clearly
snow 'heir belief in the justice of tho war
WIN Mexico, never for one moment suppos-
ed he would forfeit q soldiers word-a sol.
dier's honor.
Assoon us 1en. Taylor was iuaugurated.
he called around him the most bitter and
ultra wings as his cabinet ministers, and
system OF prescription, reckless beyond par.
| allel, has been carried on, ard is sanctioned
byt hi. soldier President, who stood pledged
| against it.
Is a man who acts thus entitled to 7anv
respsct2 If ye, in the army, under ths@
rules of honor, which guide officers IN their
intercourse with each other, he would be-
| secuted as unworthy Of conpanionanip, be-
cause he had forfeiled thai which soldier
holds most dear his pledged honor. = T'
Sach is the s;uulon Of man iptrusted
with the high Office of President ofthe Uni.
ted S.ntes. He obtained the suffrages of
the people by protesting to be what he was
moi, and so strong and so overwhelming Is
the proof against him, that not one of the
journals Which laud his administration, dare
JON issue Oh facts we stated, and attempt
TO prove him guiltless of, the high charge
daily and hourly preferred against him.
What spectacle for an intelligent, moral
people A man elevated 10 the highest office
in the word-one who has risked his life in
ba'tle,and whose military fame was sounded
throughout the whole civilized world, sur
rendering himself to the Ewings and COL
lainers and the other reckless men around
him, and giving up his pledged word-for-
tclting soldiers honor, at their bidding,
merely for the sake Of Furnishing men who
stood by him when surrounded by the ene-
my, while the mass of his present support.
ers and the mass of those he is now reward
ing were advocating the policy of refusing
him and The brave men he commanded, the
supplies necessary to support them, while
in the country of the enemy.
NORTHERN MovEMEnrs-Ths N. York
Herald closes some comments on Gen. Cass
as follows: e. '',-
"In short the political men Of the Free
States in order to accomplish party triumphs
in their several localities. are stimulating,
exciting. and rousiog up the anti.sisvery
feeling among all ranks and ali classesEia
this republics feeling and movement,
which will ultimately crush, destroy and IN.
nih;laie the Southern States, throwing them
into the same condition as that which now
desoIates the British West Indies, or Grim.
sons the beautiful regions of Hayti. The
public mind in this part Of tho country h
losing ito practical character, and bscoming
more and nors, fanatical every day on the
social iestitptions Of tho Souik. unprinei.
pied, retkissA tneteenafy nod 6saSringissn
iin order % oAFeotnpljSh ikeiy IceAi purpesss,
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