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THE PossrloN OF GENI TAYLOR.

The vision with which the President selected
The position lssys the Riehmond Whigg in which
he now stands with regard TO The Wiimpt Pforiso
cannotbe ii Lightly commended $erina The lcoun-
Try convulssd ffoqn ene end to The dEher NJ sdisas
irons -hcholafng ii sepa Mied as il were:
hy moral earthquake, into ,twu gfkat SECTIONAL d.
visions vita agnif every daE wiAchirg Between
lhem--he Has been continually urdEl tot say what
woald be hsscaRrsr, should the Pr4viko lie PASSED
he had ressief all iinportuniles #lhFeats aba de-
nunciatious larc had not the Slightest Sff-ct upon
him. .E5 III H
Wh4tletssaSk woGld be the -c0tseqnfncei were
he TO dPclaFe feforcband. what eaursclhc would
pursue thereby taking the legslaifve power ont Of
the hands frswhtch ii is lodged By tile Constitution
Suppose hesh9uld say, tina, lie would siga ill
Would ihat pave the effect Of allaEingl The angry
feelings wHith are SO prevalent at thc South thai
they threaten every day 10 break Hut into acts Of
direct hostaityl Would tia, reeo5ciie HE minds
Of Saujherp people, 10 the Union EEao that Union
which The President, by his oath ofDGfce is bound
10 protect ! would il not rather, add GIel 10 the
flame / Would il not irriiate in aBienfad degree,
those violent ceilings, which ave evsn nov wrought
DIP j. a fearful pitch I Would it Hot, VIC ak, at
once lsPnnt The funeral knel otsthats GSverpment
under which Nge have LIVED so HAPPILY and tAfived
50 wonderfully for sixty years Eepns theques
ton IL any Steithern .man and Wt have not The
smallest doptt with regard to The ahswer4
Onihe othern iand suppose Gen.Hfaylof wete to
announce fhatAe would reto THE pHayisol Would
that calm the aEi;ation a, the NoriiiR Would that
alay tAe Spirit facton and Of lTionsin which
i seeking u FAX dawn The barrdfs opposed 10 its
schemes byiEesUnion Would thHt silence CARR
son, a. pu, b III Ia the mouth Of those who, with
him. openly de$lsim Ia favor Of dissasutioal These
questions lido vse put torany man oHcom#lon sense
without thf Smallest Apprehension as y thg an
swer 8-L
What. then was Gen Taylo; boandtoao Pre-
cisely that Nhehhe as done, Hsfs theiPresidelt
not 81 a patiF#nor of a section. bsHt Of The whole
United Sras.s8I II his position be " bound, as far
as he possibly gan, to keep the pearc bctwecn the
two sections alihe Union. Al ibs Execnlivs on
GER ii The Gosefament Ia has no sht to ic,ase his
viii to the legislative department. HIS saF toc6n-
gress. you shat lcgislaie in this viii or you Shall
not legslaie aLal-io take. 10 factIlihe wholepow-
N ofthe G9sebmsnt into hispwn bands. and make
himself the saHtenis bead or the naiEbn
10 The courss he has pursued, zen. Taylor is
borne Dat bI I'LL example Of Mr.. fonrce, ii cir
cumstaa aces al pos, IDENTICAL Thls GREAT man, in
ihe Missouri Controversy eonld dasiiy have con-
ttulled The action Of Congress. bys pEoclAimHng to
the country wkat bis course would Ae inSthe event
Of the passage 81 the Missouri rss:riFions He MOI
only did NOT desc Of his own n1otfh, but ID wa.
never hfned toshia, that II was hill proYincegto do
So Ain entirely dsiTsrent doctrine Was held al thai
day, from hiatt now openly PrufsaAa=d By he pro
gressive deSnocsacy. Any atiempt ID dictate 70 the
Legislature Of ihssSaiion, upon sHbjeet OF grea
national impeifance--any ntirnatiah thai the Pres
iaent woaldn9s akisssa bin ID become Law, while
It wasyet andsr discussion would have been re
scented, not ons as ali aggression bal as an insult
Mr. Monroe nsa oaly did not attsmp il, blt he aP
pears never tgbaye thought Of Il.
This example Is worth more fhaniRl tIe lceofo-
co preaching spoa ne subject and We are glad to
see thar GEN Taylor ms followed IN feariessly and
unfinehinglsa We srust, as We aFefcndaents that
he will persesare 10 shr end. and shRt he will SCI
ii defiance ih vile lssaligniiy Of attter end spPo
sition. who's d ~ object 5 10 pull DOM his admin
issraiion, limit spsyri upon lis ruins.
a.sIcrs { Is igpes but Una TOidabIE crowded ont
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