Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-21
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ment OF some rantpole Barnbuner. His organ
pipes in all manner of keys, but always at the full
blast of the bellows.
| His latest paroxysm has been brought on by an
innocent, harmless little missive from Gen. Taylor,
written in answer to some obtrusve Democrat who
took the liberty Of bothering the old General with
string ofimpertnent questions, no doubt with the
express purpose Of sending the reply to be publish
ed in the Union. See with what an ecstasy of af-
fright and trlbulation the trembling official APP
proaches the disastrous portent
Still MoRE ExrRAoRDISARr LETrEn.-Of all the as
founding eusons of all the strange and unarrantabe pro-
ducions, of all the queer and perfectly nexpcabe epses
that have yet the light from pen Of Gen. Taylor
surely the under immediate eye and sent us for
publication from distant State, brief is is the
markable We have read il, and eread over and
again. with the unqualified amazemen Nor can il be
that we will stand alone estimation Of this great
may-he only struck with utter establishment
tents Of communication very seriously affecting the intel
gence or rather the pore ,cat of all general uornia-
on evnced by the Wing candidate for the Presidency. But
we will at once open up this singular budget.
The letter in question written many months ago. Had
its contents been fully known previous the Philadelphia Con-
venon we can scarcely bring minds the possible concu
sion that Zachary Taylor could have been brought for
ward for such high and responsible that Of Chief
Magistrate of the American republic
The gentleman communicating the letter us accompanies
It with the following explanatory note
PATERSON, n. J.) OCTOBER 10, 1S4s.
DEAR SIR take the liberty Of sending you the enclosed
letter from Gen. Taylor II you think will help the
whom is addressed asked the General his opinion all
the great questions Of the dayhe bank tariff proyiso
and see his answer which explicit all Of his
He says even il President, my opinions would be
worth nothing" Stick pin there IL YOU publish this
ter and it is doubted, you give my We have
strong hopes OF carrying New Jersey The free soil
ment taking off five Wings Democrat this section
of the State Passac county be not surprised give
Cas the State The Wings cannot give in this county more
ma that
| And here present the Generals most singular most
unaccouLtabe response to the inquiries thus fairly addressed
| TO him:
BAroS RorGE, LA) MARcH 60 IS4S "
SIR: have to acknowledge the receipt of your polite
tions Of domestic policy.
to similar reques in the belief that my opinions, if
the President OF the United States neither important
nor and add that see no reason for de-
parting, ia the present instance, from that
it sentiments OF much respect sir, your obedent
servant, Il. TAYLOR.
And upon this the editor of the Union goes off
into half column of the direst expletives he can
turn his pen to, plentiiuy inierspersed with big
CAPITALS and slantng italics. But, after ALL what
is the fuss about! What dreadful bombshell hes
hid in the ten lines Of Gen. Taylor! And will the
organic editor never learn that the people are heart
lily sick and tired of having the President held up
to them as the controlling power, the guiding and
own Government Can he not be made to under
stand that the people want, and will have, an Ex-
ecutive who will content himself with being their
Executive-to do their will--to carry into effect
their opinions, and not his own! Ii seems hard
lesson to him, but he will have TO learn il.
COURIER AND ESauIRER.
Every body (unless it be the Unionl knows that
Gen. TAYLOR declared his belief in the first Allison
letter. that the personal opinions of the individual
who may happen to occupy the Executive chair"
ought not to control the action of Congress that it
is no part of the Presidents duty to dragoon Con-
gress into making laws to sut him and that each
department of the National Government should be
left TO It's proper sphere. The Constitution Of the
United States declares, in its very first article that
GALL Legislative po,cer shall be vested in Con-
gress )" and it is Gen. TAvLoR's opinion that this
provision Of the constitution was not intended to be,
what the practice Of Loco(ocoism for some time past
has well nigh made it, dead letter. He has declared
his belief That the theory of Government, in this
respect, is in danger Of undergoing serious change
that it has come TO be considered matter of course
that the President, by the use Of the veto power,
shall coerce Congress into passing laws 10 suit him,
or pass none; and that the Executive department,
instead of being what the constitution designed it
should be, thus seeks, and is likely to engross, all
the functions Of Government. This is the very
danger so earnestly deprecated by JEFFERSON and
MADISON, and the other founders Of our republic.
II is precisely the danger against which the people
were so often and so solemnly warned in the wri-
tings Of those great men.
! That our readers may see that these statements
are entirely true, we copy few of the many de-
clara;ions upon this subject that abound in their
works. Mr.. JEFFERSON, in a letter to Gen. La
FAyETTE, dated November 4. 1929 which may be
found in the fourth volume of his works, page 3s5
referring to the division of parties then existing
says:
"The ToRIks for strengthening TIE Erecutire and
General Government The Wigs cherish The representative
banch and the nights reserved by the States as the buwak
against constellation which must Immediately generate
| SARcHT"
Again, in letter to the elder ADAMS, dated June
%, 1919, referring to the same subject, he says
eve broke into parties each wishing to give the Go
vernmen, different direction, the 10 strengthen The popu
lar branch the other the permanent branches and
extend their pemsnenee. Here you and separated for the
frs, me and had been longer than many on the pub
lie theatre, and therefore familiar to ou
countymen the patty which considered you thinking with
them placed your their head the other for the same
reason, selected nine"
Still again, in a letter TO Mr.. MONROE, dated July
10, 1896, Mr.. JEFFERSON says:
"They tia, nothing support them but the colossu.
Of the Presidents merits with the people, and that the moment
he reres that hs successor IL Monocra will be
by the republican sit II his constituents a Republican,
he NIL cse DLrU hof seDse and ead thing.