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Excerpt from Address: Adopted by the Whig State Convention, at Worcester, September 13, 1848, Together With the Resolutions and Proceedings Who shall be elected? In whose hands will the institutions of our country and the liberties of the people be most secure? This question involves the political character of the two candidates. From a full and careful view of the whole subject, we have no hesitation in giving our preference to Gen. Taylor, and in recommending him for your support; and we are confident that the more you study his character, the more cheerfully will you give him your suffrages. Gen. Taylor. - His Character, and the Reasons why he should he supported by Whigs. Though Gen. Taylor was in the first instance brought prominently before the people by his brilliant military achievements, yet it is not as a mere military man, that we commend him to your consideration. We are aware that the fortune of a battle may turn upon a mere accident, against which no human foresight could guard, and hence a single victory does not afford any just criterion, by which to test the ability of the commander. But when a general, having the sole command of an army, is successful, through successive campaigns - when, with an inferior force, he is able to baffle or elude the enemy, to advance with success or retreat with safety; to change the whole plan of a battle in the very face of the enemy, so as to conform to some new exigency, and to succeed in all his efforts this shows powers of mind of no ordinary character, and those intellectual resources which will qualify a man for almost any station. Such has been the success of Gen. Taylor; and we allude to it as furnishing the best evidence of those mental endowments which are all important in the Presidential chair. Tried by this test, we are confident that Gen. Taylor will not be found wanting. But while we maintain that military science and operations in the field are well calculated to develope the intellect, we are free to admit that the discipline of the camp has too often converted the officer into the tyrant, and has led him to assume authority, and to raise the military above the civil power. This may be considered the natural tendency of a life in the service. But when a man, has spent most of his life in the camp, and has resisted all these temptations, and is modest, merciful and law-abiding in spite of his military training, it furnishes the most conclusive evidence of the soundness of his judgment, the benevolence of his heart, and the purity and strength of his character. Such we believe to be the case with General Taylor. When therefore we present his name to the good people of Massachusetts, we do not present him as the mere military man, or victorious general. No, we take more elevated ground; we present him as a man of vigorous intellect, of sound judgment, of warm patriotism, of incorruptible integrity, of active benevolence, of personal purity. The testimony of men in all conditions and callings, and of both political parties, fully sustains this view of his character. They represent him as simple and unaffected in his manners, exemplary in private life, industrious in his habits, and systematic in the transaction of business, possessing a mind of a superior order, with great clearness of perception and firmness of purpose. With a high moral sense, he unites stern justice with the most condescending mercy; and by the goodness of his heart and the force of his character, wins the affections and commands the confidence of all who know him. In politics he is a Whig of the old school ardently devoted to the constitution, and if elected President, the highest object of his ambition will be to administer the government on the principles of the constitution, and to walk in the footsteps of the fathers of the Republic.
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