Miscellany

This gentleman who hns so suddenly fought himself into notoriety by winning four battles in our atrocious proslavery war ; with a loss in killed aid wounded of about 2,000 Americans, and 6,000 Mexicans, is now the lauded hero of the Whig party, and the favorite presidential candidate of a large number of its leading journals. Had he been a democrat, we should not have been surprised to see that party, rent with internal feuds, seize upon his blood-begotten popularity, to quell the discord and furnish itselfwith a candidate for the presidency. Bul, for the VVhigs - " the anti-Texns, anti-war, anti-slavery Whigs " - the " tnie Liberty party," to rush head-long into the nrms of a man, whose only apparent or known qualification for civil office, is summed up n his being a good fighter, in a war notoriously waged for the extensión of slavery, must amaze the simple minded men who have hoped that som9 confidence might be reposed in the antislaverv professions of a portion of that party. - That Gen. Taylor now stands a better chance of being the Whig candidate, in 1848, than any other man, is obvious to all who watch the signs of times. What, then, are the claims which this " military chieftain," may urge upon the Whigpatty for a nomination, and upon the people for an election, to the highest civil office in their gift ? First, He seems, judging from his correspondence with :he war department, to be capable of writing very clear and succinct accounts of his military operations, (which Gen , Jackson was not.) and to possess a good deal of calm dignity while recording the results of his battles, and a just appreciation of the best means of harrtfssing end cripiling our weak and distracted antngonists. Secondly, He is well skilied in planning a battle, has an abundance of dogged courage, and when hard pressed fights like a demon. Third, He has done more than any one man, or any one thousand men in the country , to prevent this unholy war from sinking the general adminislration in hopeless infamy. Thrice, when the humanity and virtue of the nation were aroused to trample this war and its abettors in the dust - Taylor's successes have stirred up the courage of the abashed and crouching champions of slavery and nnge, and whetted the public appetite anevv for blood. The Whigs were in full cry upon the hecls of Polk for ordering our armyto Corpus Christi last year, when the news of the baúles of the Rio Srande efiectually rtiuzzled iheir presses, nnd the war dogs shouted " glorious victory ! " During the sumraer, and far into the autumn, the army dragged its slow length into Mexico, at a weekly expense of a million of dollars, till the indignation of the people demanded that lostilities should cease. When, lo, the storming of Monlerey silenced every murrrmr, and " glory " was again i ascendant. Congress met in Decembei The President attempied a lnme a npolo gy for the war. The Whigs pouncec upon fiis message without mercy. Parties were broken up. Thrice did the House stand firm on the Wilmot proviso. The war had become a monstrous nuisance. Congress broke up m confusión. Polk was casting nbout for a plank to float the fragments of his ndministrntion. The friends of neace and freedom were full of hope. Then comes the bloody victory of Duena Vista. The war-devil lifts nloft his clotted weapon and waves il in triumpli. Thedemocrats gnther courage - the Whigs run mad with joy,boasting " we did it ! " Taylor saves the administration from destruction, and the war from infumy. Fourth, He has the qualities to please the masses. He wil! take hugely with " the ground tier." At the recent batlle, when a Kentucky regiment wavered under the fire of the Mexicans, he said to [lis aid, Crittenden, "By G - d, sir, that wiïï not do ! " And when the troops losedup, and rushed upon the ranksof ;heir foes, he shouted, rising in his stirups, " glorious old Kentuck, give 'em i - 11," while tears of joy ran down his referan cheeks. Surely, such a man will Iraw largely upon the subterranean denocracy ; and 1he piety of the Whig pary may be soothed and pacified by pla:ing on the ticket with old Rough, the iresident of the American Bible Society. 0 Fifth, Gen. Taylor is a slnvei.older. - n Ie is a largeslaveholder. He is reputed ) be the owner of two hundred of his :llow men. In ibis regard he is ihree mesas available a car.didate as Ilenry ;lay. Thissettles the queslion. Such then ore the peculiar qualificaons of Gen. Zachary Taylor for the residency. To secure his election, he lust be nominated and supported by one of the great parties. And vvliich party can so opproprialely bring him forward as that one which has compassed the sea and land, to make the Northern States believe that it was opposed to the acquisition of Texas, to the war, the dismcmberment of Mexico, and to slavery, and which has half convinced soma rather mellow and verdant persons that it was telling the truth. Should Gen. Taylor be nominated, (as he probably will, if th war continúes another year, and he wins a battle or two,) we shall expect to see the great mass of the Whig party shouting in the train of old " Rougli and Ready. " II will be a sorry sight to see such editors as Gapt. Sloeper, Horace Greely, Thurlow Weed, John Millón Earle, Charles Francis Adam', el id omnp. genus, extolling the merits of their candidate, and persuading the abolitionis's to give him their volos. Buf, they will do it. Mr. Sleepfir will swallow him. because, in order to keep the voluntcers from getting drunk, he turned rumsellers out of Matamoras. The Quaker of the Spy, who wasso distressed at the low price at which Gov. Morton sold the State guns, will go ('or Taylor on the genuine George Fox principies. By withdawing him from the carnal pursuit of war he will hope to improve his moral character and save a great many lives. Mr. Adams will think "Birneyism," isdecidedly worse than Taylorism, and sr, choosing the least of two evils, he will bite his lips, eats his words, and vote for Taylor under protest- just as Winthrop voted men and money tocarry on the wr.r. As to Greely, 'he looks grave, will philosophize on the happy state of socieiy when all men get their washing done at one laundry, and cypher out the efïeots of Taylor's election uponthe TarifFgenerally and the pricnof woul in particular. Mr. Weed, the mouthpiece of Gov. Seward will find no diliculty in changing j front. Hls hsad is already turned. Hear him : Suspense and snlicitude have given way to certainty and joy. Gen. Taylor has encountered and beaten tho enemy. - The battle was sanguinary - the odds fearfully againsthim - but the result was glorious. It is not that we rejoice in the death of so many Mexicans. But it is that our gallant Army and ils gallant leader have so borne themselves as to distinguish and elévale our national character. For the momen', dazzled by glory which such valor refleets, we forget the painful fact that this War is boing waged for the extensión of Human Slavery. Yes, there is the key noto with which such editors will chime in. For a moment, for this once, just when the ballot is to be dropped in the box, they will "forget the painful factthot this wnr is being waged for the extensión of humnn s!avery." Ave, and so will Joshua R. Giddings, Stephen C. Phillips, John G. Palfrey, Erastus Culver, Rnd thousands more of so-called " Anti-Slavery Whigs." Well, we soücit but one favor of them ; and that is, that they will not have the hypocr8y to ask the Liberty party to join them in their apostacy, and the impudence to abuse them for refusing to do so.