The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-03

Gen. jackson and his popularity with the Amencan |
people, were sufficient not only to give solidity |
and force to his administration during his two |
terms, but enabled him TO bring out those great |
measures which are connected with his name
His administration, however, ended, and was sue
ceeded by the unfortunate elevation of Mr.. Van
Buren, TO the succession, under the promise, on
his part, of treadlng In his footsteps promise
which was violated in almost every particular, in
his subsequent poncy, it was like wise, In some
degree, by Polk and Tyler.
The election OF General Taylor, and the prepa-
rations already making for the coming In of the
new administration under his name, present col
lection of as similar discordant materials among
those who united in his support, as those which
characterized the first administration of Jackson
and II will probably require as long time for the
intelligence and sense of the chief magistrate
elect, and the confidence of the American people
TO reduce them to order, conslsence, and national
spirit as 1t did in General Jackson's case. Already
the ultra wing politicians IN the Northern States
are beginning to organize factions and make
demonstrations for the purpose of acquiring an ex-
elusive control over General Taylor, and giving a
shape to his administration for special interests,
sectional issues, and miserable scrambling for Of
fee. We have had celebrated festival In this
city, at which speeches were made and claims
put forth by men who were forced into the Taylor
ranks and compelled to support HIM, after they
found the mass OF the people In his favor. A
similar move ment took place in Philadelphia
and few of those who were most backward
In acknowledging the virtue. popularity, and
republicanism of General Taylor, before his
nomination and election, are the mosf
noisy in claiming all the merits of the VIC
tory, and of acquiring an exclusive power
over his cabinet and measures hereafter We
allude to the formation of the clubs Philadelphia
calling themselves the "Taylor republican party"
under the exclusive protection of the North Ame-
ricon, of that city, and the idea of establishing
which is said to have emanated simply from the
mind of Mr.. Clayton, of Delaware, who wishes
to establish, on popular basis, a system from
which he can bound into the cabinet and ac-
quire the control of affairs at Washington. All
the ultra wing journals and politicians who
have assisted in the election of General Taylor in
the great Northern cities, are preparing the same
materials for acquiring control, influence, and
power over the men and measures of the new
administration. This is mere repetition of the
same tactics and the same Eselfish scramble for
office which characterized the first years of Gen.
Jackson's administration, after his election IN
1928.
But we have much to say on these points, and
we shall go into full details, personal and sectional
regarding measures and men, at our leisure, from
time to time, as those factions and clubs disclose
themselves to the public eye. We believe that
the first term OF General Taylor's administration
Will present constant struggle or fight among
the conflicting elements, which suddenly united
previous to the great triumph, in supporting him,
and that they will cause a great deal of trouble
and dlscordance In the movements of the new
administration at Washington, unless General
Taylor takes time by the forelock, and is prepared
TO defeat their designs. The only policy, under
such circumstances, for General Taylor to pur.
sue, is to organize before coming to that hot
bed of corruption, Washington, those general
principles of action, and the measures which he
means to support and associate with his name IN
our foreign and domestic policy, and then to select
his cabinet advisers, as far as the Lights of the
dey can give him information to their fitness
and capacity but If those cabinet advisers should
attempt to dlverge from his plan of government,
he should discharge them on the moment, who
ever they may be-even If they are the highest men
in the country. He must be clear In his views
and nIIn III UllHu anu VIC uiletdhc TIE character
of Zachary Taylor entirely, if he Is not the man
for the occasion, and has not spirit that can
meet the crisis.
But there are other disclosures beginning to de-
velope themselves among the factions Of this coun-
try, IN relation to public affairs What Is to be-
come of the remnants OF that party which sup
ported Gen. Cass =! What will become of the free
soil organization set on foot by Mr.. Van Buren,
What are the scattering elements, small and minute
as they may be, of the other factions, who did
not vote at all, to do! Where are they.to range
themselves, or what direction are they to take
According to present appearances, the party which
supported Gen. Cass in the recent contest is en-.
tireIy disorganized, broken up, and scattered to
the winds. The harmony that existed between
the Northern and the Southern branches of it ap-
pears to be dissolved for II Is, we believe,
from the elements of this party, North and South,
that the best support will come, hereafter to the
of Gen. Taylor, If that admins
tration be conducted with wisdom and foresight
and carried on with firmness. The disor-
ganization of that party is nearly complete
yet there Is every appearance that some
kind of organization, hostile to the admins
tratiop, and carrying that hostility into the
contest of 1852, will gather strength for some
years to come, and endeavor to acquire aid from
every quarter around 1t. The principal opposition
may be expected to come from the free soil agla.
ton, centering in New York and radIating
throughout the Northern States generally. From
The indications given out by the ultra wing jour-
nails and the ultra wing polIucians-such as the
Ntw York Express, the Tribune, the Courier and |
Enquirer land other presses at the East-we should
not be at all surprised to see before three years are
past and gone, all those journals, together with Mr..
Ex-Governor Seward, and Tom Corwln
OF Ohio, united hand and glove with Mr.. Van Buren,
and all those who created such noise in the re-
cent struggle Already the New York Express
threatens to Tyerize the coming administration,