The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-11-28

Do THE TAYLOR WHIGs THINK GEN. TAY.
LoR FIT TO B E PRESIDENT We had supposed
that the Taylor wings had agreed to give uo
their objections to Taylor when they elected hin
President. But it seems not. They evidently
still consider that the election has proved ONLY
the fact Of availability, leaving the fact OF /" un
fitness" as clear as before. 1t il true that the
wbig pre- SEES have discontinued the use of such
epithets as "Butcher," "Throat Cutter" "hlap
SteaIer," sc with which their earlier columns
were filled, and in this respect an actual chance
has come over the mind of the Wing public
But on the subject OF "unhtness" their faith Is
unyiedng. The God like Daniel has spoken !,
and his oracles are infallibe Mr.. CLAW wrote
to the candidate himself to tell him 'that he was
a great General, but not fit to be President"
thousand Wing papers coEcurred in the same
testimony; and they will not reiract now. It's
enough for them to concede that he is not KIM
Stork and will make lumpish and harmless
King Log.
In conducting the Canvass, the whig journals
at the North declared, in apology Tor the charac
ter Of "unfitness" they had fixed on their candi.
date, that he would really have nothing to do
with legislation, except TO record the edicts of
Congress. Though unfit Tor a real President he
was good enough for the post Of mock executive.
which they destined him TO FILL They had
bound him by pledges to do nothing and to be no
thing, and the place being thus denuded of power
and responsibility, he became eminenty tit for
it, They declared that the real question was the
Vice Presidency--the incumbent of that ofica
holding the casting vote in the Senate as between
the North and the South. A popular King Log,
strong enough to bring in a Wing Cabinet and
Wing Vice President, and impotent tor everything
else, was the dream Of the Wing politicians
They estimated Taylor by his power OF draft :;
and cared no more Tor his principles than does an
Indian Brahmin for the religious opinions OF the
elephant that draws his temple and his train.
The most remarkable feature in this affair is
not only that the party press should count SO con.
hdently and noisiy; on the dizziness and docilitv
OF him that brings them into power, but that Mr.
Fillmore should TALL into the same error, in his
Buffalo letter.
1t IS certainly unparalleled for indelicate as
sumption, and for its rude jostling Of the Presi-
dent from his constitutional position. He sets
forth that the rule which is to save them from the
effects OF having sectional President, viz s'that
as to other questions of mere policy, WHERE
CONGRESS HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO LEGISLATE, the will OF the peo-
pie, as expressed through their representatives
IN Congress, as TO control, AND THAT Will. Is
NOT TO BE DEFEATED BY THE ARBITRARY
INTERPosITIoN OF THE VETO POWER"
wherever Congress has the constitutional pow
q !" I0Stoid'e tueTe It's power IS to be supreme
Inc President is TO be nothing, his opinions OF
no Importance to any one. The Vice President
elect declares it in so many words -" JVhen
the President ceases to control the latc making
Poa0er, his individual opinions of aUhat the lo,C
ought to be, become Comparatively unin1poy-
| tdnt F"
Will Gen. Taylor consent to be thus Nicode.
unused into nothing?" TO nave his power pared
away to q hUnrntity, to have his CONSTITUTIONAL
| rights annulled and sequestered, on the ground
OF "unhtness," like one whose family prove him
non compoS and take possession of his property
| we doubt it. He is a brave and somewhat old
man. While his Vice Presidential instruetor
rises about once in four years to the dignity of
the 55Oth part OF Congress, he, the President i,
conslltulionaily one-third of the law.makinv
power. Will he surrender his position on the
plea that majority OF Congress represents the
people more closely than himself He knows
better. He knows that the Congress elect i,
CHOSEN by minority OF tue people.
VIII he waive his rights, disregard his man.
gural oath, ratify the accusation of un6tness
sodleate his only elevated prercgative, aud con.
sent like an English monarchical puppet to be
'he 1901 OF parliamentary cliques2 We shall see
albany .attas.