"old Rough And Ready."

We are told by those who travel more} :han we do thal there ia an active and jrowing feeling through tho country, in favor of the election of Gen. Taylor to the.Presidency. Tho feeling, it is said, is not at all limited by party linos, luit , originates in an cxolted admiration of the man. A few more victories ovei' the Mexicans may very possibly secure him the nomination: for there are ahvays demagogues enough to make an idol of any person by whose elevo tion they may chance to gain. Gen. Taylor was never I thought of or known as a public man i til a year ago: and the 3ole qualification which has drawn out the mnnifcstation of his friends for his Presidential eleva' ion is his ability to kill oiTthe Mexicans. He may have other qualities desirable in a ! President: but this is evidently the one on account of which his admirers inteiid to make him a succossful candidato. - That he has manifestad ability as a general, is undeniable. Last week we Inoked through his correspondence with the War Department, publislied in twelve columns of the Nationul Intelligence, and were favorably impressed with the good senso andjudgment manifested in hiscommunications. As a military man, he is evidently a circumspect and prudent commander, proceeding on the principie of making every thing snfe as ho goes along. He is evidently indisposed to favor the project of an expedition to the city of Mexico, nnd thinks the government had better take a defen sive attitude, retaining for the present the country already conquered. We are not certain but Gen. Taylor would make on available candidate for the Presidency. Republicans in all ages have been great admirers o_f military ex. ploits and disposed to idolize and glorify successful commanders; and the brief hisiory of our own countrymen bas shown that human nnture tas not essenlially changed ainco Cicero remarked two thousanJ years ago tliat poular ÚUtinction was only to b attaiued ihrough llie fo-ntn or the camp - by lawyers or generáis. We notice ihat a meeling of the citizens of Pontiac was called April 8, without reference to previous political distinction, "for the purpose of elevating to the Prosidential Chair, Gen. Zachary Taylor." lt was held ui the Court House, and was addressed by Goo. W. Wisner,late W big ennóidate for Congress. A committee of six were appoinied by the Chair to report aconstitutior. oud theïumcs ofofficers of " Rough and Rcady Club No. 1," to nn acijourned meeting o be holden at the Courl House in Ponac on the first Saturday in May. Mr. Wisner is chnirman of that Commitee. This movernent if Mr. Wisner,in supjort of an extensiva Planlation Slaveiolder. fü'r the Presidency, isjuátsuch in one as we should expect from him. - t will be appreciated by the voters of tiie hirdCongressiona! district. In electioncring for Gen. Taj lor, we wonder if he vill ftvor tho public with a now ediiion f hia speeches and addresNes shesving the iscenriency of Slaveholders and of the ilave Power in thecouncils of the nation, ind the necessity of resisting southern ncroachments?