The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-29
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,s,o as in the present election, the wings went INTO
b canvass with military candidate, and with studied
,ocealment of their principles They made no explicit
ll.raton of any measures which 10 result from
49, s,ccess General Harrison himself in Ohio publicly
o.cbsd prescription; and the wing State convention
:, Virginia formally announced that he was not in favor
oaiopal hank and that he would abide by the com
tariff Ia spite of all these declarations he came
Washington, and forthwith organized an ultra wing
proscrptve administration. ...t
"a indeed true that General Taylor.s pledges against
rs,ushp and in favor of liberal nationality of spirit
n his administration OF the government are stronger,
mora numerous and more precise, than were General
usons il is also true that the fate OF the Harrison
DEMONSTRATION stands as beacon-light upon his future
oo and il may also be taken for granted that Gen Tay
I ia man of more nerve and independence of mind and
character than his wing military predecessor in the pres
aOcv-st the lesson taught us by the canvass OF 1910
and the Inauguration of 1871 must not be lost upon the
minis of the democratic party That lesson shows clear
lv that is part of the wing policy TO obtain power
when ibev can as no-party men, and to use not the
loss when obtained as wings We have expressed our
s,ory apprehensions that this will be the
Giving Gen TAYLOR all credit for sincere desire to
deem all his pledges y the country, it is yet almost,
Il not altogether, certain that when he arrives in
washington he will find himself in the hands of
,dro, and experienced wing statesmen, whose whole
public lives have been devoted to wing policy and who
will insist that the administration shall be both par
tisan and poscrip,ve Had General Taylor larger po
Lcal experience he might perhaps stem this tide OF CO.
ercjon and coaxhg But he must lean much and mainly
mon his advisers He will be to the scenes around
HIM and it will require Roman rmness, indeed, in him,
to be anything else than partisan wing President 1t Is
true that himself at Baton Rouge, and Mr. Crttenden in
Washington have in the strongest terms denounced the
violent and proscrpve spirit in which past party contests
have been conducted and past party victories used II is
also true that Mr. Clayton has gone so far as to dsa-
vow the name OF ,phig for the party which has trl-
umphed in this election and to substitute for that name
another having about it much stronger "odor OF ma
onaity"-the great Tayor republican party" But all
this is mere Words and vague words; and it behooves
every democrat to be orewarned and orearmed to meet
repetition Of the OF the spring and summer OF lsil
II they do not reappear will be all the better for Gen
Taylo fortunes and for his fame But TO our mind at
least, at the present time they seem plainly enough to
lower upon us in the horizon and TO be rapidly spreading
towards the zenith
II BY no means to be denied that amid some isolated
murmurs OF discomfort from the original Taylor presses
the grea, of the whg Taylor presses are now press
ing upon the new administration whole system of ultra
wing measures Some of them--learning nothing and
forgetting nothng-come out boldly for national bank
Amos, all OF them clamor for repeal OF the tariff OF
1885, and substantial restoration OF that OF 1912, to-
ge,her with sweeping system Of internal improvements
We told in high wing quarters that the incoming
administration must make "radical change OF meas
ures and of men, and the Philadelphia North American
fairly takes the bull by the horns, and thus proclams al
once without even any decent veil of vagueness in its
phraseoogy the whole doctrine of thorough proscnp-
ton
"With change OF parties a change Of must
necessarily be expected, and, great extent change
men, far is necessary to give TO the new move
life, health, and vigorous impulse An adminisua
ton entitled be surrounded by its risnds for cordial
cooperation cannot be expected from enemies"
The Boston Atlas in the strain predicts from the
administration recurrence to all the old exploded
wing doctrine of bank, protection. and internal i'm
provemens by the general government. ltsays:
"What the people require of Congress is that it may
exercise all the power given it by the constitution to i'm
prove glorious country to benefit people, to improve
our trade and commerce. encourage labor, and to give
an adequate reward in word, give the people good
wages and plenty do And what they require of the
President that he ill give Congress his aid carrying
QUIT will of the people; that he will what they
Decree and thus produce harmony of action which will
produce order and good government" ulf
Upon this the Charleston Mercury well remarks:
And how is the government effect all these humane
and purposes Truly by making its taxation
source OF wealth to the manufacturers by lending its credit
10 The banks and pouring its money the hands of spec
na'ors and projectors and the people, in the of the
all Uho IN he he'd Inv
these proceedings From wha, is the government
derive the means for this profuse generosity From
Peope-from the whole. But, to give back each man
only what it takes from him. benefit but simply to
pefex him with useless extortion and vain restitution
Inc eddie has this soution-that portion which
pay DO IN tact, contribute nothing and that the people
al large, who are graciousy supposed be the favored
children OF the treasury, do fact, receive nothing So
that this whole general welfare scheme this specons pro
Ieet Tor giving everybody everything is only disguise
under which class, and small class seeks to
el the labor and the property of the great body the
people"
In the presence Of such facts and omens the course OF
the democratic party is clear II must cleave to its old
position as the friends OF the equal rights of all classes
anu he advocate against all privileged orders of pop
uiaf power and popular progress 1t hold on to its
ume-honored doctrines. 1t has not been defeated on
principles 1t has lost the day to foe fighting in mask
and IN the dark !, must therefore maintain unmpaired
rs organization, and its firm and steady front II can
mus alone hope to check the progress of policy fatal
10 It's most cherished principles, and to the welfare OF the
country Let us do as we did in 1910; and then we
may nope that 1852 will be epoch in our annals as
glonous and as suspicious as 1874
IN TINS spirit we repubsh an able and patriotic lete,
winch we received from eminent democrat, and pub