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Elegant Extract.—In looking over a pile of old papers, a day or two ago, we found the subjoined "elegant extract," from Mr. Crittenden's Pittsburg speech, published in the Daily News:

"Gen. Taylor Proscribes no Man for Opinion's Sake.—He is a good and true whig, but he will proscribe no man for a difference of opinion. He hates, loathes proscription. He loves the free, independent utterance of opinion. He has commanded whigs and democrats on the field of battle—has witnessed their patriotic devotion, and invincible courage, while standing together—shoulder to shoulder—has seen them fight, bleed and die together; and God forbid he should proscribe any man on account of a difference of political sentiments. He would as soon think, said the speaker, of running from a Mexican!"

Well now, if Mr. Crittenden spoke from the book, Gen. Taylor must have a loathsome time of it, with his ultra proscriptive cabinet, who spare neither age nor sex, but turn out widows, and soldiers who have lost their good right arms in fighting the battles of their country.—Democratic Union.