The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-14
ASSAULTS OF THE WING PRESS UPON
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ADMINS
TRATION.

TRATIoN.
ID is not our design to reply TO or notice the nu-
merous pc rsOnaiiy abusive attacks upon the Presi-
d.o, and the administration with which the whig
mess may teem We have higher and nobler pur-
poses in view We have principles to maintain,
and measures to advocate on which we believe the
,ccess of our republican institutions and the well
fare Of our country depend. Il would, therefore,
h an unnecessary and an uniusti6able waste ofour
lime. if we were TO devote il TO repelling the ribad
attacks, and refuling the innumerabe misrepnsent-
ATOMS which the fertile imaginations Of our oppo.
Dents may conjure up to divert us from more profit.
able pursuits. But the extraordinary character Of a
recent article in the "New York Express of the
h instant, Astounding il does in the coarsest per-
soual abuse, requires for once TO depart from the
General rule which we have laid down for the gov
eminent Of our course in such matters. For the
purpose Of exhibiting to our readers specimen Of
the STYLE language, and sentiments Of press which
PROCESSES, or perhaps we may withmore prsprety
say aspir, to be the organ Of the very elite Of the
vhg party in New York; and also for the purpose
Of noticing some allegations Of fact which the arti-
Gle contains, we copy il entire
| ogrNs FROM Ma. PoLrs INAUGURAL arpHfss-HIs eoS
Dsr ,s PResrprNr-Does the world show one example
where bad who by some blind faulty the part Of
me people has been elevated the heads of the
has so tar changed the nature within him. the bad pro-
nies OF tina, nature as TO become honest public
n In all the world, is there example of bigot
hypocre selErghteous man. zealot who did not
sumo himself NOPE OF virtue than all other menor tho
Vas not horred at the same kind of conduct in others
which was in the every day examples Of his lel
These examples Of cha acter strikingly illustrated in
The De presidential history Of James X. Polk. Not four
pRagi md at Ia oil in anal
uaievoence partisan prescription, and political depravy
have served out twice thrice the whole of many
officials Of the presidential office. What his friends
cl the wisdom Of keeping his counsels the world
calls the hypocrisy OF conceang his opinions: while that
asn Kindly 10 his se and most panousy behind his
lack II is to leave with the that you will
treated gentleman and to find yourself cast out and
cas-, of as il you vagrant--a criminal Some
have the happy faculty Of knowing how to smile md smile
again the face OF man against whom the sword is
draWn and through whose body 1t may be plunged with
one hand time the other is extended
ssive you in kindness. MIR Polk would not stab with
ke but he has that he is ready the exec
tOn. upon the characters Of men He is rufan to lay
violent hands upon and yet he ready TO strike in the
lrE 10 take from his feiow.nen not only the means
Whereby they live but that good which is all
pce show us the good thing that he has done since he
has commenced administering the government, on the
fourth March last He has made many heart ache by
bis ruthless prescriptions and he has perhaps thereby tenn
prarIy seryed-not benehtedthose who contributed to
I'VE him the spo OF office He and his advisers have been
,reated in the Of humanity not TO throw upon the
world ather brothers, upon whom wives children, and
dependent. But with heart impenerahle
adanlan and mind bigoted selfish passion could
make he had neither eyes to TO hear such
appeals Chdless himself he has neither the affection OF
hher nor the kindness Of friend With mind blind to
b, the sensbites of mans better nature, and head
hard as his heart it has proved waste OF breath to waste
words With such We hope to be excused for wasting
aPw words upon Linn; and therefore, TO back
the question what good has Mr. Polk donel Has any
thing been gained to morality, religion law from his
eecion' Is business better than it wasl Is there
confidence between and more happiness among
the masses The people than there was before March, OF
rlast1 ed
domestic policy by his eeconl is the Oregon question
nearer adjudication than il was when John Calhoun was
turned adri make for James Buchanan Is Gov
erno Marcy better secretary Of War than william viii
kns OF George Bancroft better Secretary of the Navy
General than Mr. Wicke Mr. walker at all superior
Bb the keeper of the treasury Of the government
many q The subordnate Offices the Change has been from
bad 10 We had a competent at the head of the
hsn Office and one in whom the country had confidence
and to have in his place. not even the apology Of
but poor creature whose rroudes ambition seems to
haze been to follow at the tail OF the chvary Of South
Carolina sort of barnysTa waiter 1t is such solutions
these that MIR Polk has raked together and put into
Office Washington The Union is ransacked to find
upon par with the President and among those who
selected the meanest and least competent OF all the
thai belong TO the Presidents party
,Abeginnng too, has been made upon our diplomatic
relations; and what beginning It isl man sent ito Peru
who when he received his commission is reported TO have
said it was not to Peru he was going but to Lma An
other mission given Mr. Bidlack Of Pennsy
who has been the laughing stock OF Congress for two terms
ea happy to learn that government steamer is to take
without government assistance, All the changes abroad
hnhave thus far been made, are Of character
ponding 10 this while the changes at home better
Andnow the chapter from which have drawn these
conclusions In looking MIR. Folks inaugural mes
Let the ntI psrsd Of Ss %
bear witness that the invocation that he might become
lynnniea President, using his power to crush those
whom the constitution places at his mercy. We and
heard him. with the oath of God upon his ps to the
his s6iy to preserve protect and defend the con-
ms ability, or what ofhs oath judging from the hun
ed days that pastl five have charity for his oath
We can have nothing but contempt for his ability is per-
Hcuton Of oncerthe removal Of competent persons
protection or defence Of the constitution And what else
M he done' And nothng else, has he not violated his
nh inaugural message Mr. Polk takes good say
y" astrct performance Of duty will will be exacted from
public officers Failing in this, he has right TO re-
ao's them but performing this he has right TO do
M hs acts therefore, have stamped fasehood upon the
h Of his message says that the President should not be
mHndfH that our fspop-cisens who hare differed NTH hin,
iREE EXERCISE Of THEIR opiN INC AND JUDO.
LNIs and hat The rights Of all entitled respect and
Ba what regard or respect has this man shown to
the best from Office when the very head and
Oa' Of their offending had this extent and morehat
i were not OF his political household In word,
luxe Nilon's Satan by merit raised TO his bad emnence.
50 far improved his time not by the performance Of
que good act but by doing all that money and power has
gwen him to prove himself fshess to the interests of the
re He Is neither the President Of the people par
but the head of faction and therefore has the conf.
~e o. none but the clique TO which he belongs"
We have nothing to say in relation to the style
The temper of the article which we have copied
nom the Express" OF its beauty and elegance
o. dcton, or of its ferocity, vugarity, and coarse
ness Of epthe, we are quite willing to submit to the
good taste of our readers to Judge.
Nor will we retort upon their author the choice
ep'hets of "bigot'' and "hypocriie," which he
chooses to apply to the President; nor in any man
n'r DO the President the injustice to descend to no
ice such language when applied to him, from what
ever source it may emanate. If it suits the taste Of
"e refined and polished readers ofthe express, we
''e quite willing that they should have all the en-
'yment which they can derive from such delcca-
BE entertainment.
Inc hrst tangible charge which the Express
n'ers against the President, is the prescription Of
wing othce-holders. In order to show the unblush-
DS sudaelty of such charge, coming from such
source, we shall be obliged to review the history
'ne Wing party during its brief possession Of