Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-09-20
From the Boston Atlas.
Hufus Choate's Ideal of a Presidential Candidate


About this time there is no more refreshing
reading than the celebrated speeches of Mr.. Rufus
Choare in support of Gen. TAYLOR. They c0nta n
agreat deal OF excellent argument against Slavery
extension, and great deal more sense than We
have been able to find in the later productions Of
this distinguished orator. And whereas a great
many people are saying that John G. Fremont has
had no experiences in politics. and therefore is not
tit to be President, We beg leave to quote what MIR.
Choate says upon that point - rs tijarsc
6 l hear it asked whether he has the requisite
degree of political information, and experience in
public affairs. Sir, cannot help believing that
Gen. Zachary TAYLOR is destined, in the hands Of
Providence, to illustrate the truth of that remark
of that great observer, Edmund Burke: have
many times taken notice, that men not profession
ally trained in the details Of public Office, yet when
called into great stations have, by the mere force
of simple discretion, conducted the affairs of ma
tons with distinguished felicity and glory.' |
expect the illustration of taat remark in the eight
years or the four years Of the administration of
Gen. Zachary Taylor. All his life long he has
served his country in department Of the General
Government, enlarging and elevatipg him above
the influences of mere politics. All his life long
now, from his youth to somewhat past middle age,
the ripper time of mems life, he has been an OBJ
server of the fortunes the policy, and the interests
of the General Government All his life long he
mas Deen an equal associate with those great
scenes in all his intervals of leisure, in his
Winter evenings, his furoughs. he has been an
observer, student, and thinker upon the great
national interests of the land. He has learned
them, sir, rs Julius Caesar learned astronomy, in
| the camp. III ..-[ f.....~.f ID 80
6 For all these reasons, observe in him exactly
the ability you expect from the Chief Magistrate
of the land. He is not to conduct our diplomatic
correspondence with all the world he is not to
settle matters Of international Jurisprudence; be
is to execute firmly, hulnanely, and steadily, the
laws Of the land, which Congress prescrbes. lie
is to appoint honest and incorruptiOle men to pub
lie office he is to hold a steady hand between
this nation and foreign nations, observing honor
able peace and avoiding entangling alliance: with
all. In all this Imay be permitted to say--I hope
without extravagance-that ! have the honor to
regard him this day, in comparison with any
public American, pre- eninently qualified for the
station to which we call him. l ut least would
rather give the flag of my country into the hands
of a man that carried it among the living and
the dead, up the sleeps of Monterey, and against
the tremendous odds at Buena Vista, taan entrust
t to the man of Kinderhook, who carried out that
radiant standard, and laid it ut the foot Of the
English throne" Immense applause.] en-
We do not sec why this will not apply with
perfect propriety to the brave pathfinder. { We
commend it to those huge admirers of MIR. Choate,
who cannot see in Mr. Fremont single quali6ca-
ton for the Presidency. ssaof