The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-08-06
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A tarrs,oadcui num Wa'hiDrtoa writes
Tbam that its President vaa c1mpiniH,n7
for n day of ivo before ihe ith o. thai day
he dincd LATE unI ate freely a cucumbrn
c,hhbase nnl cherries ani winding oh with
q gta. oi aHt
The Washington core Pondehi Of The Phil'
adslphia Bulletin says
Meanwhile there wcre other causes hesde
merely eating and drinking, that operated Ia
tai, it.n b. system. 10 bis medical attend
ami on the sth. be mid. II should not BE- sur
puspd II THIS were o. terminate boz my death.
dd not expect % encounter what hag urset
me since nv elevation 10 the Presidency
Col knows that I have enleayorcd b fulfill
what I conceived 10 be- nm honest duty. Butt
have been mistaken. My motives have been
miscoparued and MY feelings most grossly
outng0d7 lie alluded, doubtless, 10 the sla-
very question, and The manner IN which be
had been yanously assailed
Before the election Of General Taylor il
was insisted by his opponenb-in this res
pect his real fnends-ihai mentally and physi-
cally ha was unequal TO the task sought TO be
given him. The management Of this huge
and complex machine Of government, even
WHOM each part goes smoothly and performs
is proper functions rightly, requires a compre-
hensiyenem and a concentration Of mind most
laborious and wearing, even 10 one who has
been accustomed 10 Il for alife fine. Much
more, and in a far more eminent degree, does
il require these qualities when one part Of the
machinery clashes with another when here
a wheel will not bulge, or moves the wrong
way, and these a crank awry, %confuses with
is shrlll cracking; when all is in dire disorder,
and Threatens destruction to itself and all
around. II he could only stop it thai It might
be arranged-but no, it must go on, though II
break itself to atoms, Undoubtedly it was
the toll of his administration that killed Mr..
Polk. With lhe most consummate wisdom,
skill and labor he carried this Government an
immense distance along the way Of pros
perity. He was used to such species Of work
year after yeat had found him engaged il his
study, uutangling the intricacies Of the law
or engaged in desperate mental strife, with
opponents Of the greatest yIgo: and adroitness
or patiently bearing a burden of affairs which
others would have cast Off as too heavy. Yet
this e]xcrtion was too much for him, though he
bore up until his time of service was over.
What, then, counld be expected of General
Tnylorl He was a soldier in the regular
army, where there were no parties, and no
ohicious opinions to be given him, but his
word was supreme law those who composed
his staff were men Of the greatest compo-
tency for the discharge of their respective du.
ties. How could it be expected that, under
these circumstances, at his advanced age, and
with his acknowledged ignorance Of public
affairs, he could stand the vexations conse-
quent upon the power to. bcstow Office, the
necessary confusion in foreign relations, and,
above all the agitation Of the tremendous con,
nict now going on between the two sections
of the Union, with which he was so intimately
connected AS was anticipated, he could
not do it. His career for some years back has
been to a high degree brilliant, Whatever
may be the opinion of tho democratic party
as to General Taylor's political tenets, they
mourn for him as the President Of the United
G.,1n.