The daily union., 1852-08-07
The Military Enthusiasm not Forthcoming

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Since the ses,yed conservative party has gone into
the trade OF making Presidents ont Of generals OF the
regular army, men interested in the prosperity Of the coun
try and the righul administration Of the government
have begun to watch with interest," and even anxiety for
the signs OF military madness in the country. Such
men have now reason TO be comforted. There is at
present indication Of drum and fife enthusiasm the
country through Part Of this is owing TO the bad selec-
tion which the wings have made in their candidates.
Gen Taylor was good soldier but he was as mere
soldier ever lived The old mans native honesty OF
character made him virtually confess that until he be-
came the whig candidate he never had political
idea. Still Buena Vista was strong enough in time
Of democratic dissenson and by OF that dssenson,
to him in the presidential chair The upshot
administration not respectable-an administration which
nobody defends-an administration managed by men who
make sectonasm a hobby and Galphinism business.
The country now echoes what Mr. Webster said in ls4s
at Marshfeld, that General Taylors nomination was "a
nomination not fit to be made"
General Scotrs nomination is worse. He is a more
accomplished than General Taylor; but in public
affairs he has less sound judgment than General Taylor
General Taylors political record was blank There is
not intelligent Scott man in the land who does not
heartily wish that General SCOTS political record was a
blank. Some time ago we challenged the Republic to
name single OF General Scot's political opinions,
recorded in bis series OF political letters up to the year
Is4s, which that journal could defend. The Republic has
made response. The is obvious Gen. Scotfs
political opinions up TO that date touching they do
most Of the leading questions Of public policy are
all utterly ndefensble In the OF three or four
years, General Scott deliberately wrote himself down
a native American, a bank man. q bankrupt-bill
man, and-dlstrbution man, an an-veio man, a
presidential term man, annexation Of Cam
ada man, an ant-Mexican annexation man. and
exterminator Of slavery. II is the worst political
record ever made up in this country General SCOTS
friends claim that he has repudiaied part OF it, We
show that his reputation was for elec,oneerng pur-
poses; and one OF his chief supporters, the New York
Courier and Enquirer, backs up by charging that he
" repudiated his eo~pietons" Then have the Gen.
erals wanton insult OF the church OF Rome in the
matter OF the election OF the Pope by the college OF
cardinals and then his declaration that he fully
concurs in the principles OF the Philadelphia move
mentr We never heard that the Phladslphia
movement" bad bu, one principle, and that was the
wholesale prescription Of our foreign born population
but then il had prseios and hss was 10 buw catAehe
churches General Scott coniened himself with declaring
that he approved the principles" He has never. that
we know Of said anything about the practice Now, all
his makes what we CALL with emphasis, sbominable
ecord Yet il is all signed Winfield Scott. Thurlow
Weed, OF the Evening Journal long headed man. and
oes not speak rashy aganst his party leaders, but even
'e constrained in is4s to svow that there 10 weak
hess in al General Scot, writes" in view OF the presi-
lency.
II to this record and to the amentable failure OF the
Taylor experiment, that we attribute the present
,lete exemption Of the country from the military fever,