The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-12


critcise, at this nme the which he pursuing
he aspirations which he has permitted himself 10 in
bulge for the presidential chair. the want of quaca
ions which he so frankly acknowledges to exist He
has served in the camp for forty years he has never
studied the great questions of the day and unpepared
to declare his opinions, because he has formed none on
the important which have divided political par
Ties lie u.s. according to his confession no politician
In fact he will accept the nomination of either both par
ties, without pledgng himself to carry the principles
of either How far this distinguished soldier is right in
undertaking to navigate the vessel of state in stormy
without rudder compass direct her course or
into what port he is likely to conduct her. il is not now
Tor us TO say But the wings, seeing that he sometimes
calls himself wing, and that almost all his political
friends OF that description, still willing to trust
their fortunes in his hands, and to employ his agency TO
put down the democratic party Ii is their conduct them
not his to which beg leave devote few consdera-
tons.
The whig leaders inpatient for the acquisition
OF power. They SO anxious attain the end, that
many OF them reckless about the means for its accom-
plishment During the two last campaigns, they have
attempted deceive and cheat the people by devices and
humbugs. Instead of appealing TO the under standing
they have addressed the Instead of boldly avow
ing their principles, they have evaded the issue by get
ting up excitement of the passions, In 1910, they
boldly asserted that the bank obsolete that the tariff
was adjusted by compromise and they resorel to every
species OF device to humbug the country They got up
the notable system of ogcabns, coonskins, and hard
cider They succeeded in their scheme; and the very
first evidence they gave of their sincerity call
extra session, to revive the national bank and subs
tute protective tariff in place of the compromise act
In 1914, they again attempted to humbug the people
They employed the ogcabn and the "yaller kiver :" and
by process as insulting to the people disgrace
full to themselves, they tried to sing their candidate into
the presidential chair. They tried it in vain although
they were warned by of themselves to avoid all de-
cepton, to practise honesty the best policy, and no
spead their nets for the purpose of catching birds
OF every feather"
Warned in vain by the results of the two last cleo
tons, many OF these insldious politicians are about to
adopt and cunning mode ofcarryng their point The
alternative is presented to them, either nail their
their principles, to attempt to carry the election by
ndrecon; and if they succeed. then carry out their
principles by the candidate whom they have elected If
they honest in their purposes, they would boldly
select the champion who openly represents their views
principles He ,comd haze obtained all the wing vote
But this is sufficient for their purpose They must
have than their vote This is not enough to
elect him. Hence, they say, he is not avalabie and
they must take up other man, who will catch
some of the democratic votes to elect him. and who they
believe, wing enough to carry out their views Hence
many OF them go for Gen Taylor They aware of the
fcla which he has won and they willing TO unite
this military capital with their wing vote to succeed in
electng him. II is indescribably disgusting to the
circumstances under which they willing to Gen.
Taylor. They willing to sacrifice their own idol
"embodiment" for who declares himself "no
politician" They abandon their own party notions for
one who calls himself ''no-pary' man. They desert
their most distinguished civilian for military leader
whom they have been in the habit of denouncing as
"worse than war, pesilence, and famine" But the
contrast does stop here They have abused this war
in all the detesabe spirit OF "moral treason" and yet
they adopt the very man who owes his military felat
to this war; They denounce the commencement
of the war because it emanated, as they contend,
from the march to the Rio Grande, when General
Taylor himself had urged the movement, and said
the other day that instead OF abusing the administration
they should attack him for it, They deprecae the
quences of this war they all territorial indemnity
when their own favorite candidate reasserted but the
other day the justice and the necessity OF territorial in
demnty. In word, they attempting to deceive the
people, by taking up military chieftain, hero OF
the very which they abuse, in its commencement
and results when he recommended the very step which
brought on the war; when he urges its vigorous
until we obtain honorable peace and
when he declares peace ought to be made until we
Obtain by territorial acquisition, ample Indemnity
for the past, and security for the future"
Such the glarng contradictions, the disgusting in
con sisencies the miserable tricks the contemplate hum
bugs, of which many of the wing party guilty.
They are as deceptive they in 1910 or in 1914
and their whole struggle, therefore, is to elect man
under false preiences whom they hope to for the
of their own views and the success of their
own principles Whether Gen. Taylor will consent to
be used for any such purpose, have too much re-
spect for him to inquiries whether, elected, he will
carry the principles of the wing pary-the devotion
to an unconstitutional national bank-to protective tariff
In the very face of enlightened agetheir enlargement
of the powers of the federal in the very face
of the constitution tself-we will not undertake to pre-
dict But that their plan is to elect him, with the hope of
carrying all their wing schemes under false coors is
as clear as the light of day 1t is again all humbug-as
insulting the people is disgracea to their party