The Next President

The Courier nnd Enquirer has 1 ted Gen. Taylor us the no.xt President, nnd the nnmination seems to give general sntisfnct on. This is hardly just to Mi1. Polk. Iftho man, who has.ponductod successfully a war for conqupst nnd i S!averr, is deerving of such great pop-; ularity, something certainly is due to liirti who is the nuthor of the war. We do not observe that anyof the party presses venture to remind the people that, however good Gen. Taylor may be to kil] Mexicans, f rom a fortified position, it by no means f illows that he is therefore fit tobe placed at the head of the civil afFairs of a great nation. For our own part we think it makes but liltle dilFerenoe who may bc President of a Government nnd a people Inst -becoming po infamous ns ours ; whether it be Gen. Taylor, who has kiilpd a great many Mexicans ; Mr. Polk who sent hun to do the work ; or Mr. Clay, w!io s so eiger for nn opiortunity to indulge in SU oh a pastime. - ! Measuring the merits of the nation by its infamy, liovvever, Gen. Taylor s deciiiedly llie fit'est man. lie t was, it s sakl, who advised that bloodhounds be imporled into Florida as fit allies tothe' United States in hunting - in the express- ive words of the Constitution - ' Indinns i pot taxcd and a!l olher persons." Ifthis! ia the fact, it is good evidence that ie is the Man for the Hour. A story told of him at tho battle of Buena Vista is still further proof of bis fitness for the firsl office in the gift of the people. It is told in the N. O. Pinayune. The General it seems, was deceived by some motion of the Kentucky troops, and believed they were about to falter. lie exclaimed : "Ry G - d, Mr. Crittenden, this will not do - this is not the way for Kentuckians to bchavc themselves when called upon to make good a battle - t will not answer, sir." Observing, however, that the troops were coming ofT with the honors of the day, " the oíd General," says the account, " could no longer resirain his ndmiration, but broke forth with a loud hilzza. ' Ilurrah for oíd Kentuck,' he exclaimed, lalking as it were to himself, and rising in hissaddle - 'That'sthe wny lo do it ; give thom h - II, d n them,' and the tears of exultation rolled down his cheeks as he said it." Sucli tender sensibility should certainly recommend hiin 10 the sufïïages of the people of this most Christian Republic. Wc congratúlate the Whigs on their next candidate. The nomination was very properly firet made by the Courier and Enquirer. - A. S. Standard. {ÜJ" The Oakland Gnzelte is out with a leader in praise of Gen. Taylor. It professes not to be commi'ted, exactly, for his nomintttion to the Presideocy : yot when the ilood of popular feeling shall set in thnt way, it will "have ils barque in readiness for a prosperoussail." So much for its long talked of opposition lo the Shwe Power, and advocacy of " Northern Ilights! " 05a Improvements for the benefit of the laboring classes are the order of theday. Sorneiime since we noticed a plan commenceH n London f'ir building convenient and large blocks to be rented lo families at as low n rale as possible. - The sclieme seems to have been importad actoss the Atlantic. The N. Y. Tribune has a notice of a bilí reportedin the S.enate, for hcorporo'tïng an Assoeiation (br Irnprovingthe Dwellings of the Labaring Clnsses in the City of New York. The capital stock of this Corporation ís fixed at $100,000, in shanes of&ïOO cac, - the business is to be managed by seven Directore, to be chosen annually „ach stockholder voü'ng in proportion to the numüer of sharea he owns. The object of the Assocjation, as expressed in the bilí, is " the building houses for tho occupation of the laboring classes, on such improved plans as shall more fully fecure heahh, convenience and comfort at low rent." There is one other improvement neededstill more, which we hope to see the Tribune and other philanthropic papers advocate. An esiabliiliment is wanted where all persons, in a state of great deslitution, nnd yet willing to work, can fine! temporary employ unlil they can otherwise better provine for themselves. A small capita! only would be needed, as it could be made a self-supporting institution. Such a place ought to be foiir.d in every city and village. The only attempt we have seen in ihis philosophical way to prevent starvation, was the establishliieiit of a wood company in Cincinnfttl. A depository of wood was kept in the city, out, split and delivered to order, j at established rates ; and any numberof I men and boys, whenever out of employ, could alwaysget work there at low wa ge, Leingat liberty to do better forlhemselves wheuever tliey could. This was ihe true plan of being charitable - to find ! work for those that are able to work : ihen, f ihey will not work, let ihem starve. Tliere would be nothing wrong or un; flirislian in ihüt. Ql A íViend writes us f rom Plint, April M : " We hnve had our Town meoting and come oíT inglarioushj. What I had reference lo, Is the ücense question. The Abolitionists are about at a stand-still in ihis town. Two years ngo the no licvnse question was carried in this town - last year the ücense question vvns carried by a majonty of eight, when it was asceriained thal 13 lemperance men feit so safe and easy in tjie in the maller as Hot a come te the polls, but this sprjligan eflort was made on bolh sides, and more 7%s polled ihan ever this town polled before, and the vo'e for license stood 33 mnjority - such an increase of loafers in oneyear I never saw before." üy We have before exposed llie rapacity of lliose U. S. Senators who helped themselves out of the National Trensury from One to Two Thousnrid Dollars eacli, on pretence of a conslruclive journey to Washington to altend the special mceling of the Senate, March 5, 1845. - Woodbridge received $903.20 for that journey which he never perforiBed : while his Loco foco compeers, Allen, Atherlon, Benton, &c. posiLivelv refused to receivc their allowance. But Senator Dickinson of New York was still more grredy. A New York paper says that he claimed n third mileage. He had occupied his seat in the Senate by appoinlment from Governor Wright, and after the meeting of the New York Legislature, he was duly elected. His three mileagcs was claimed on the principie of a inileoge being due on going to Washington when appointed by Governor Wright, then a canstructive mileage when he was elected by the New York Legislature, and finally a conslructive mileage at Polk's extra session. His claim for three mileagcs was not allowed. Qy It is believed by many knowing politicians, that Calhoun will give his infltience for the election of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, wilh the view of unitingtho entire South upon him. The Washington correspondent of the BaltimoreSun writes, - "Thcre isa letter in the city frotn South Carolinn. which Males that Mr. Calhoun has writlen a letter to his friends on the subject ofhisboing a car.didate for the ncxt Presidency ; that, in this letter, he states that, under no circumstances, will he consent to be a osndidate for llint office; and furfier, that he requests and urgps his friends to unite on Major Gen. Znchary Taylor as their candidato for the Presidency!" G7 The Connecticut election has resulted in a thorough triumph for the Whigs- theyelecting their Governor and Lieut. Governor, a majority of both branches of the Legislature, and three of the four members of Congress. In the fourth district no choice. CC8" The Free Citizen, a Liberty paper ofability published nt Perry N. Y. having reached its 34th number, has been obliged to stop for want of support. The fiditor attributes the failure of the paper to the largc amount of suppoit withdrawn from the Citizen, and bestowed upon tho Niitional Era.