Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-07-19
DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT.
c. L. sIlOLES. EDITOR.

oiIloullce the TACT that the PRESIDENT was no !
more. Gen ZACHARY TAYLOR, the Twelfth
President of the United States, died in Wash
ington, on Tuesday evening, at hall-past ten o.
clock, July 9th, 1850. He was born in Orange
Co, Va, Nov. oath, 1884. He busted himself
about the plantation of his father till he was
ABOUT Il years Old. when he began to display
taste for military life He received Licuten-
ants commission in May, l8O8--in 1910 he mar
ried Miss MARGARET Smith. of MTarvland-in
4ol2, he served as Capt under Gen. Harrison,
IN the Indian Wars of the Northwest. He
was breveted Major in 1916, ard commanded al
Fort Howard, in Green Bay, in this State. In
1882 he was made Colonel, and served in the
Black Hawk war lie remained stationed at
Prairie dn Cnien till 1886, when he was ordered
to Florida. lie remained in Florida till 1870
when ne took command the army in the South.
West. stationed at Fort Gibson. Arkansas In
lo45 he was ordered to the Texan Frontier II,
ANTICIPATION OF the war with Mexico; with the
pomp and circumstance Of that war, and the
battles he fought in Mexico, all are familiar.
zen. taylor returned TO the u. S. in Nov.
fo41-he had previously been nominated as an
independent candidate for The Presidency and
'he wings endorsed that nomination to the sac
rihce OF their darling Clay, for the chances Of
success which the military halo had thrown
around the "lero Of Buena VISTA They were
net disappointed in their expectations, for Lewis
Lass (Who was suspected then, and has since
proved himself more hostile to the interests of
freedom.) was his main opponent. He was elect
ed President in the Fall of 1913. rec Giving I6a
electoral votes and fifteen States, to l27 for Gen
Cass lie was inaueurated March 5tb. 184e
and had discharged the duties of President ono
year, four months and four days, the day on
which he died. He was IS years old the o4tb
of Nov last.
Speculation may be at fault inrega-d to the ef-
feet OF the death Of the President, upon the vital
interests OF the Nation-but we cannot but sadly
deplore the seeming untimely death of the Ma
tons Chief. We have thought that the course of
The old Gen. in regard to the Piracy of Cuba and
the mission OF California as we'll as fE,e nd.
mlnistrative diplomacy in regard to New Mexico,
was highly patriotic, and tended 10 show that he
was brave in action, as well as wise in counsel
Our conviction has long been, that the inter
ests OF Freedom would be better protected nm
der the wing of Shareholder himself, than in
The keeping of Northern servile in the interest
OF Cotton Lords, and bowling and wrigging for
Southern votes-and the conduct of the late
President, on the one hand, and the course of
Cass and Webster, on the other. has settled
those convictions into positive knowledge.
Time only can determine what the effect of
the Presidents death will be on the irnnortant
bills up for the consideration of Congress. The
changes in the Cabinet which must inevitably
occur, will originate other and different counsels
than had been determined upon by the late Pres
ident and his advisers. Another wing of the
Wing party will be in power, and their efforts
TO strengthen themselves in place, and Law them
selves over for another four years rule. will
bring another hungry swarm of officers around
the public crib, and these will be more anxious
than ever to do the bidding Of those who are ex-
pected to have the dispensing Of the golden
crumbs
1t Is, doubtless, too much to expect of NIillard
Fillmore (who has already taken the cath of
oflce.) TO redeem the sentiments which he has
uttered for freedom and human rights, in DAVIS
that are past, when he neither expected or had
the temerity to wish that he might even be Pres
ident
Now, there are old scores Of animostv to set
tie and he knows little OF human nature. and less
OF politicians, who thinks the precincts of the
presidential mansion too sacred spot for the ex-
hibiton of such feelings Those who know
anything of things at Washington, know that
VIM. Ii. Seward has had more influence with
General Taylor than has Mard Fillmore; the
crumbs of Treasury pap have been distributed
IN accordance with the wish of Mr. Seward and
his friends. and it has been rumored, heretofore.
that MIR. Fillmore has felt as though he had
hardly been treated with courtesy in the matter
OF consultation about the dispose! Of Offices and
plumber. If this has been so, it will cause a
great reaction in the waves of party Juror. and
the great Wing party will be, in manner, divi.
dcd against itself. This manifestation will first
be visible in giving the Secretaryshp of State to
Daniel Webster, who, with Henry Clay. will be
the constellation of the new administration and
give direction to its movements and tone to its
character.
The first act will he, without doubt, the pas
sage of Mr. Clay's Omnibus, and the betrayal
OF all the rights and interests of the North in
particular, and freedom and humanity At large.
Already at Washington do the advocates of
slavery begin TO change the face of sadness.
which they wore on the occasion Of the news
from New Mexico, for countenances Of iov-ona
the inward half-suppressed chuckle Of DELIGHT
which they manifest the offspring of their
thoughts, betrays feeling of satisfaction which
is hardly in coed taste with the general air OF
sadness and gloom which depresses all other
hearts.
II these forebodings have airy foundation in
truth, then really will the sad departure of Gen
1ayior be great national Calamity. Nobody
claims for the old General much credit for GREAT
craftsmanship, and the fnesse of a nice diploma
nSt-but what he protested himselfto be, he was
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