The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-28

General TAyIor's Administration.
We adverted. last week. 10 the infaiuation of
those Wings who had allowed themselves 10 he
duced into opposition, because single point
they did not happen to agree with the Administer
ion, while upon all others, some Of them Of the
last importance. his policy is Identical with that
which the Wing party has supported with
fiinching zeal for the last twenty years. IL is
strange to US, that intelligent Wings cannot see
this matter in its true light that they cannot
derstand how much better IL is TO support an Ad-
mnistraton with which they differ only on one
point Of policy, than TO aid in tho establishment Of
another, which will be found to disagree with them
upon all, and 10 restore the Government TO that
course which il has pursued go long and with such
disastrous consequences To the country. Why any
Wing should wish To see an Administration ia
power which shall make free trade, already dc
stroyiDg the home market, and drawing after il
consequences which even visible, like the
heralds Of a storm on the political horizon,
altogether at loss to conceive. Why they should
still wish to the magnificent harbors of the
great West left in state of nature. to the manifest
detriment Of vast commerce, 10 to us equally in
applicable. just unaccountabe, in all respects,
is it to us, that Wings who have been fighting
against the indiscrimnatc of the ueto, the sub
lection OF our entire legislation to the one-man
power, the declaration Of by the President of
the United States, the establishment of tariff by
Executive authority in foreign port, and all the
acts OF open and palpable usurpaton, should wish
10 see the return Of that party to power, which
not only avowed, but vehementy defended, all
these enormities. twas by the help of General Tay
Tor that the Wing party succeeded in putting down
the doctrines upon which these and thousand
other abuses were perpetrated, after struggling
against them Intellectually, for a series Of years
long, that they who commenced the struggle young
men had arrived at the middle stage Of life before
they witnessed the success of their exertions. To
General Taylor, therefore, they owe debt of graf
itudc, which not only their own honor but the well
fare Of their country, calls upon them to pay. Not
more 10 due TO him for the splendid successes which
have linked his name imperishably with the honor
off ia he triu nha NJ pa In lf0 IF Re
SAGA de la Palma, OF Monterey, and Of Buena Vista,
may cut a more splendid figure upon the page of
history, where, however much it may be lamented,
yet such ID the perversty OF that the military
will always obscure the civil. But 10 those who
estimate services by their true value, not by the
splendor which circumstances throw around them
at least to all true Whigs-the service rendered in
restoring the Constitution to its original signica
ton should be far more acceptable. The glory of
the warrior il of description which often carries
along with it much evil good; the services of
the wise statesman OF such character that they
confer benefit on all generations to come.
That opposition to this Administration cannot
fail to end in exalting those whom the Wings strove
50 hard to overthrow, and whom they succeeded in
Frustrating 30 signally. does not admit of doubt
Let any Wing tell us, provided this light is to be
extnguished, in what quarter we are to look for
another? provided this standard bearer be struck
down, not by the shot of those who opposed him
openly in the ranks of war, but by his own friends
who is to bear the great Wing banner in the ap-
preaching contest Whose arm is strong enough
TO uphold it, in the midst of the battle, when the
legions of Democracy shall rally man to tear
it from his grasp? II il cannot be safely trusted to
him who has SO often sustained the glory of his
country's flag, against overwhelming odds of his
country's foes, in what part Of this vast republic
shall we find man equal to the task? There is no
such man In existence; we say it openly, and We
say it boldly, the man does not breathe. IL is pro-
per for Wings to understand this fact at once;
that when they turn their arms against Zachary
Taylor they reject their only chance Of success in
the contest OF 1882 They yield up avictory which
thayT hair ataa "A
versaries; to those against whom the majority of
them have been warning for at least one half their
lives; they gain nothing but the qualification of
Furnishing him for differing with them upon sim
gle point; they lose all the fruits of their dear
bought victory, and they lose them without the
slightest hope OF ever retrieving them.
Let them not hope that, by sacrificing General
Taylor they approach any nearer to the accom-
plishment of their long cherished wish to elevate
Mr. Clay. Let them look TO the past if they would
be wise. We mean not to deny either the number
Of services which Mr.. Clay has rendered 10 his
country-their importance, or their variety. But
if there is any point sufficiently established, il
seems to US to be, that the Wing party can never
succeed in elevating him to the Presidency. Our
enemies perfectly aware of this; they know
perfectly well that, with the Kentucky statesman
for leader, we must be beaten; they know, that
their own acts, vile as they must ever be esteemed
by honorable men, have but too well succeeded In
closing the hearts of the American people against
him. There can be no stronger proof of this fact
than the intense anxiety manifested to have him
of lS4S The event of the previous Presidential
canvass had convinced them of fact, which they
not slow TO learn, and which should not fail To
make its due impression upon the Wings.
There can be no ingratitude in the act Of drop
ping Mr.. Clay. II ever man served long and
faithfully by party, Mr.. Clay was thus served by
the Wings of the United States. Three several
times has he been before the people, and three sew
eral times has he been defeated. Wings have been
found by thousands TO devote their whole political
life TO his service; hundreds of men may be found,
ILL Sf.s- r. H..
life with the highest prospects, have grown gray in
his support, submitting, for his sake and for that
of the principles with which his name has been
identified, to prescription which nppcd their
honorable ambition in the bud, and consigned
them To the shades Of undisturbcd domestic life.
To dream Of electing Mr.. Clay were, in our opn-
ion, TO hope against hope. He has been already
sufficiently tried, and II he could not succeed
against such man James X. Polk, under such
circumstances attended the canvass Of 1874, he
can never succeed under any
We repeat there is but one road TO safety left
open for the Wings, and that leads directly TO the
support Of the Administration.