The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-02

Removals from Once.
The author OF the following communication speaks bold
y He predicts fear with great sagacy the course oil
the incoming administration. General Taylor may not
strike of many heads, but he places the in the hands
of the Secretaries They may decapate at pleasure in
his presence, but he will scarcely complain. The wings
are becoming impatient for the spoils. Many OF them
frankly confess that they 60 upon that principle They
want the loaves and fishes, and they must have them
We have the warning example of General Harrison be-
fore u.s. as correspondent reminds u.s. He had the
character of being an amiable man and in public meet
ing in Ohio he pointed with his finger to OF the office
holders, and abjured prescription What the result
In the first and last month of his administration, many
victim brought to the block and in two three
months about 500 removals effected by one de-
partment alone The "North American" gave signif.
cant 'hint the other day TO the Office seekers but the
amount of il was, that they not to dog the Presi
dents heels, and harass him by personal importantly.
Not that his secretaries be restrained for it is
now admitted and avowed publicly, that they to
make the removals and the appointments. Upon their
shoulders the President is to devolve the responsibility
They will be at no loss for excuses "Trust me- Yock,
(says Seme when crafty private appetite (or appetite
for the spois) it is resolved upon that innocent
and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, It's an easy
matter to pick up sticks enough from any thcket where
it has strayed, to make fire to offer it up with"
For Union
"A burnt child breads the Fire."
WI General IayiOr prosc,ibe2 StdH zoe haze proscr'p
ton prescribed as ateas IN lsi0and then prescribed
as II Das IN 1871?
If there be any one quality which pre.emnenty char.
acterzes federalism, II is bad faith. To make pledges
and to break them, WOULD seem TO be the iavore occu
patton of the wing leaders But especially in relat TO
the practice of prescription has this been shown In the
canvass of $780, they were loud in their denuncahons OF
the spells SYSTEM and from their nominee, General
Harrison, down to the most ietce1ary camp follower
they proessed their hostility to the practice of furnishing
men for their political opinions Honest, dsnteresed
patriotic souls Mey cared nothing for the "spols-no
they Listening 10 henl one would suppose that ofiice
was their aversion-no the iondly cherished hope which
buoyed up their sinking hearts But finally the reins oil
government passed into their hands and then it soon be-
came apparent how true the remark OF the "cele
brated Roman consul" that there wide differ
and their Performance after they pad obtained power
In a word, the mask was thrown off Webster Granger,
and the OF the newly installed Secretaries, set about
prescribing with industry, which IN the discharge OF
their official duties would have been truly commendable
and the hand Of the dying President kept busily
employed III deCatang Democrat. until death arrested It,
The fact that of these removals. Which IL the oct OF
the President himself, made while the corpse OF tile
deceased Harrison lay unbnred the presidential man
son may family TO illustrate the ruthlessness OF
the prescription. Thousands OF honest industrious, and
competent turned out, Tor no other crime than
that of being democrats despite all the pledges that pto
scnpion was itself to be prescribed" But enough OF
this di sgracelul page of our history
During the recent canvass, Gen Taylsr has, II words
mean anyhitig pledged himself again and again to pro-
scribe prescription. The nineros assertions in his let
ters that be would be the President OF the people and
not of a party"-that he would not lend himself TO
''partv schemes that he had enemies to punish -
all these commit him against what is the usual, nay, the
nvarabe practice of the wing patty when in possession
OF power. AT the wing ratification meeting WINCH was
held in this city the 10Th of June, 1915, Mr. Crtten
den said that Gen Taylor opposed to the practice OF
prescription; that he (Mr Co. had letter in Gen
Tayors hand writings in which Gen Taylor said that
che would prescribe mai because he was democrat
that both democrats and wings had stood by hun at the
try and he would be the last deny TO the democrats
fair share of the Offices" Now, that this pledge will
be shamelessly violated, do not entertain doubt
Is there no fear that Mr. Cr,tenden himself, with all
his high character for beaty, will perform the very act
which he then dcnounceds OF course some plea Will be
devised to cloak the outrage The reason assigned for
the emovaothe democrats will be- that they are neon
peten neglect their business do not pay their debts
have bad characters or have inerfered In elections
These not their opinions, will be the charges Tor which
they will be tried before biased Judge and packed Jury
and conuio'ed while the conduct of the wing
will not even be inquired into. Meanwhile Gen Taylor
will have no hand in all thistle will simply turn the
business TO his Secretaries, and adhere to his pledges
with the integrity of Roman consul. He will not mar
the victims of prescription, much less will he handle the
guo,ine TO cut of the head. That office will he faith
fully executed by the secretary who performs the Granger
1t may be said that have Judged the incoming admin
isration harshly, and without fair trial: But ask
IS General Taylor more strongly pledged against poscrlp
man-more faithful to his word Will not the same
kind of men--f not, indeed the very men-be around
General Taylor, controlling him, those who controlled
den become honest and ruhfu' 1t may be so, indeed
but shall not believe it until we see some other evi
dence than faith brok Ken and pledges violated Conh-
growth in an aged bosom" A WITNESS