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ENGLAND.
The Press 90 the Death Of President Taylor
From the London Times
TIE unexpected death, from Cholera, OF General
Zachary TAYLOR, Pres dent Of the United states IN
the midst Of the able and judcious discharge OF
bis public duties, almost conceded In point oI
time with the late public calamity which has
been 20 deeply felt in our own country and these
dispeDsatioRs Of Providence are never more s~i1i
than when they terminate lie OF ACTIVITY ae-
voted 10 the interests OF nation ana Close ga
reer Of ambition at the highest pom. oil us grest
ness General Taylor was man VINO na! Jt'uy
earned the confidence of his o~nfellow coun.rymen
81 d. re.nsct NJ European States. Raised 70 the
pre,idepcy Of the Union chiefly by the galantry ne
bsd displayed in the course OF the mexlctn war,
~ nevertheless showed an unqualified disposition
10 n sDtain peace, and 10 restrain, as Tar as II lay
within the power Of his Government, the a3gre'
siv7 spirit which tina, successful content bad slnded
among n large portion OF the American people
His own military experience, ms hrm and ten,
uePAte character and the achievements which had
earned for him an extrevagant amount oil popular
repovn, rendered him the more aole TO SCI 0Oubds
10 the martial spirit which has begun TO spread
among the people 10 the great peril OF their neigh
bors and 10 the equal peril of their own civil inSti-
tation.. Born in $780, the President had nearly
completed his Goth year his whole life, from the
age Of 49, was spent in the regular army OF the
United States, and the best years OF his manhood
were consumed in the desolating Indian warfare
OF the awampk OF lorida and the plains OF Arkan-
sss In these duties, however, bis character was
formed for higher undertakings; the Mexican war
display ed ia skill 10 advancing with small detach-
ments of troops over az immense extent OF hostile
territory, and bis courage was never wanting In tho
field; he returned home idolised By the people, but
uncorrupted by clamOr and success. de was the
frat who rose exc uiively by military proves 70
the Office Of President. He held that office bat 10
mo nths, and the last event OF bis Presidency-the
pirstioal attack on Cuba-has thrown some s1sPl-
cion on the good faith OF his Administration bat,
upon the whole, we have no doubt his loss will
prove a serious loss not only TO Il United States
bat to other nations.
Ii impossible TO contemplate without anxiety
the transfer of that power which belongs 70 the
he ad of the American Executive from one who had
earned the full confidence Of the nation TO the Vice
President of the United States, Milsrd Fillmore
by name, gentleman Of whom we, on this side OF
the Atlantic, confess our entire Ignorance but who
suddenly finds himself invested for tho next two
years and half, with the full po wers Of Chief as-
eistrate and head Of the Executive Government in
the Union. II il were tbs practice OF any cOnstl-
rational country TO choose its Prime Minister by
lot, but TO secure him in any case fixed term OF
power, the result could hardly be different IRON
that which we have already Witnessed and are
now again about to witness, IN the United States
Presidents Scarcely had Gen. Harrison assumed
Office in 1911 when his death called Vice President
Tyler 70 the headOi affairs, and the Wing Govern
ment Of the Union passed into the hands OF mar
row minded and nnscrupulous Democrat hr. Ty-
lers Administration was followed by that OF Mr..
Polk, Who continued the same policy 10 the end Of
bis term Of Office, but died shortly Afterwards
Gen Tsy lor succeeded Mr. Polk; bat, as he is a.
ready removed from the busy scene OF human al
fairs we remain in total uncertainty &c 10 the a1!
60 FnfrnHan
therefore, that the exercise Of supreme po@er IN
the United States. great aud substantial as thus
mower of the President undoubtedly 10, may be
Transferred almost as capriciouhy as by tue acci'
dent of birth Ia hereditary monarchios. Presidents
OF Republics will like the POpes seldom be elected
b. Tore they have reached the elder period OF life.
and the chances Of mortality among them are pro-
portonately mere ased. Yet It has never been the
custom in the United States 20 elect Vice Posi-
deIt as If he were second Presldenti ana u Is
proba Die that no man Of irst emlnence woaid
now become a candidate for an Office which has
no more than a contingent and iortal1ous lnpor
lance.
We are well aware that the character OF the Pre-
aide MT and the Administration OF the United States
IA of less important than the personal character OF
any other foreign Government for the American
people will purspe with Betguided energy tleir
own vast career. But ia tho great struggles which
are going on in the western continent between tbs
elements of Freedom snd the curse OF Slavery-be-
tween the unlimited passions OF a race eager to
pursue 20 subdue, and 70 conquer by the spade or
by the sword a new hemis phere, and The traditions
OF law, civilization and policy which they have re-
ceived from their oreiatners-between the daring
Democrat of toe Yves, and the ssaid Republican Of
New EDglaad--it 10 OF vital Importance 70 the
American nstion and TO the rest oil the world that
the President of the Republic for the time being
shoud not seek Er popularity by hatsering the Wild
impulses Of the multitude, but should deliberately
choose the higher and Lobler task OF maintaining
she sound and settled principles OF a responsible
Government The power Of evil which might be
placed by the Constitution OF the United States,
and even by accident In the hands OF reckless or
ambitions President, is intellectually great, for his
influence over the masses would increase, al in all
pure DemOcrAcies, by the abandon nent OF princi-
rla and self restraint We hope the statesman
" DO is abruptly called by this melancholy event 20
assume place among the potenta'es Of the earth
will exhibit the same qualities Of temper, hrmness
and Judgment which have done honor 70 his pre-
decessor; and we may venture 10 assure the new
President that no policy will more entte him - tae
respect Of Europe than that which was successful
ly puIued by Gen. Taylor Throughout! bus admins
trstloa.
From the Morning Chronicle
1t seems rs though the destinies Of America
grudged the seRt Of George Washington 10 q slc
cessiul soldier. % perusing the melancholy intel.
hgcpce which yesterday printed, 10 is the FIRST
tkougbt OF the reader that another military Pres.
dent OF the United States enjoyed the civil hoaors
of It's station for yet brieier space than Genera
Zachary Taylor. la some respects, Is Is not
erely fareiful parallel tia. We dfSw between the
.alhs Of President Harrison and Of his successor
Who has just departed Ii appears probable that |
IN either case the f&hgues Of state, the labor Of Of
acial duty, aud the manifold disc0nicrts OF aposi |
ION which is the focus Of ali the odium that party
init can exhAle, combined with the singular IN. |
sfhineEs Of the American metropolis 70 break |
own fane already enfsebed BY the hrdships |
professional service. There are other cirolm- |
Ssnees attendant on the two events, which pre- |
ssnt very strange, though perhaps q wholly casa
risoD held Toe sane political Opinion. bat both en-.
eased publicly to hold party ends in subordinatios
to the general good Of their couutry. Both were