The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-07-12


DEATH OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR.
President TAYLOR expired at half past ten
O'Clock Oh Tuesday evening. His malady
seems to have been essentially the same as that;
auf President Polk, but somewhat more rapid ins
iits course. We have not been informed as to-
s:thc precise time when he was attacked; but he;
assisted at the ceremonies of the 4th in appa-
ssrently perfect health, and the Washington pa;
spers of Monday morning make no allusion to.
slis illness. The House OF Representatives
I awas stopped in discussion having personal:
preference to the President Oh Tuesday morn
Sing, by the announcement that he was suppo-'
sed to be dying Evidently up to that time
athere had been no general notice that his iilness
: was thought to be mortal. In the midst of the!
turmoil of parties and the cashing of section
gal interests and passions, the Head of the Co.
3vernment sinks into the earth with a sudden
5 mess that reminds US OF death on the battlefield
q The hurtle of the political storm will hush fort
Ia moment around lis grave, but only for Il mo-
aInent, and when it is renewed, il will be with
AneW forces, under unlocked for combinations,
/ land not improbably with tendencies to precipi-
& state the catastrophe of the Union. The Exec,
sutive power passes from the hands of citizen(
ao! Louisiana, to those of u citizen of n. York;;
Alrom Il stakeholder to one, who, by his decla-
srations, has rather sigualizcd EinseIfas an enc
ii:my of Slavery. The death Of the President!
z siiay therefore, involve consequences vastly dis
yproportionate to lis own personal weight i'll theI
administration of the Government.
4 General Taylor was born i'll the year 1884, J,
aand was consequently, at the time oI his deatl, !,
.;sbvut sixty.six years old. From the commence
,,sslnent OF his manhood till his election to the
I; s;I'resideucy, he was wholly identified with the
ss,miltary service aud for the most part, too, in
athat department of the service which placed
sllim far from the influence of civil affairs. uis
aIie was that Of Il soldier, his distinction was all
[Esgained in war, and his elevation to the Presi-
adency WAS simply Il tribute to his success liz
aarms. by his merits as soldier he ought,
ssthcrclore, to be jud ged. And here he undoubt-
aeLly shows qualities OF Il high order. Es;ima.
ssrug him by the event, his uniform success al
) ]lords i presumption OF grave ability, a presunp-
s7lon confirmed by STUD y Of the means at his
jcommand and the difficulties overcome in his
5campaiyns. As soldier he had great perse-
isverance, was both Intrepid and calm in the most
;stryiny emergencies, and seemed equally fitted
Sur resolute defence and daring attack. lie
Chad natural aptitude for war, and in all situ-
s3atous succeeded in securing to himself the con-
..aidcnce and attachment of his men.
81 II we turn from his career rs 4 soldier, to-
ssconsider him in that eminent position to whics
islis victories cUnductedhm heresult is strange.
[sy different. The Instant lie reaches the fics-
EsiIency, he seems to disappear. Official di$tnc.
5tion, Instead of making him conspicuous, wraps
llinl in mist, and even the clear sharp outlines
Ssof ; military fame are vbscurcd and, in Il mca
lssure, c!iaced, by the blank OF his pTcsideetia
ascarcer He did not carry into lis new position
5trqualities that made him eminent as d soldier
4 lie mad no natural aptitude for civil administra-
S3tion, no light of long experience to guide him.
ssno love for the labors and the deep studies that
:siorm essential parts Of the Presidents Office, j,
Sand no talents for the ruling of Cabinets He
anas been Identified in public opinion with bat!
O.. single measure OF his Administration, and even
! ssthere we are not aware that there is any proof
20! his originating it or lending to it any more;
Jvigorous support than acqGicsccnce. We refer, !
,oi course. to what is called the Executive plal
5tor settling the Ter tiurial question. We glad
1ly believe that his memory deserves not to be:
sloadcd with the responsibility Of measure that!
ss.las done so much to make tic prescut section
sal controversy irrcconsilablc
! Asa man, Gen. Taylor was singullry plain.
sand unpretcnding i'll manners atlable and good!
stcmpcred i'll his intercourse with others, of un-
suspected integrity, Il good citizen, and man
acherisied with warm regard by those who en-
sjoyed his intimacy. -Charlesioa .;lercurp.
Ii the cry OF the horrors of dissolution is tos
5bc raised Oil every occasion that Southern re- !
:sistaucc to iatolrrablc outrage rouses up Il pol
5itcal storm, and made to prevail over the ap-k
speals OF justice, the constitution, liberty aux: :
smauhood, why it ought to be known. If theE
Southern people have become SO spritless ands
idegcneratcd us to prefer the mere name of I'm
ion, with the brand ofinterority and the shack
les of scrvitude upon them, to Il manly resist /
lance which will secure an honorable Union !
(which illpreseTe theirriyht and their equal.
.ty, why, the sooner it be known the better.
We cannot express our amazcment at thes
the intatuation, the madness under !
(which some eminent Southcrners seem to be-
'laboring, who talk in this controversy not of 4
securing justice to the South, but of stability toS
1.-THE Union as the most important considerations I
Ias if the Union were worth any thing to theS
South without Justice or rs if it could be pre-
served under such circumstances without infa-
nous degradation to the Southern States Ems
pbaticaly i'm this case che who seeks his litrR