The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-09

We have received from citizen OF Pennsy vana the
following account of the Presidents recent tour in that
State. The conversation which it retas is significant
exponent of the opinions and views of the Hero OF Buena
Vista His revelations are not calculated to raise his
character or increase the confidence of the public in
his administration Is it not extraordinary that General
Taylor should consider himself excused from keeping his
pledges from the circumstance OF his not having solicited
the Office, Why did he write to so many correspond
ents, Why declare his views at all. Why proclaim
that il elected he would be the President of the people,
and not of party' Why say that he had friends to
reward' II he intended 10 give no pledges in all
these declarations, should like to know what
pledges are, If this excuse amounts to a dispense
ton from the keeping of his promises. what species
OF political conscience does the President possess. To
say, indeed, that does not seek or solicit the
Office by this anxiety to remove difficulties In his way,
and smooth the road to his ambition, is a species Of
sophism which scarcely becomes the honest old soldier
General Taylor may not have asked the Office in so many
words, but there different ways Of eectng the
object Did be positively decline in He confessed that
he was mot qualified for il. Did he then modesty and
frankly declare. that he knew he was not fit for it,
and that he might only disgrace himself and perhaps his
country. he would not accept il Nothing like it. On
to the warmth of his aspirations
The next opinion attributed to the Pre- ident shows in
deed, in still stronger colors, the want Of information
which he brings into power Is there really no great
question at issue between the pares Are their great
principles the same Are they the in their mode Of
constituting the constitution, and deducng the powers Of
the general government from that fundamental nstru.
menti Was there radical difference between the
federal party its head and the republican party Of the
Jefersonian schools Is the very difference which he
describes Of consequence Is the abandonment of the
veto itself OF no Importance la power which the Pres.
dent cannot abandon without departing from the exam
pie OF Washington HIMSELF and which is enjoned by the
constitution itself And how are we to understand the
President this point In one OF his letters he de.
cares that the personal opinions Of the President
ought not TO control the action OF Congress !, and
now he declares his purpose is to recommend meas.
uresthat is to say, to interfere with their free action
by the declaration Of his views; and yet after these
views publicly announced after he has recommended
measures TO advance the prosperity Of the country aud
TO preserve the behests OF the constitution, il Con-
gress decides against him, he viii quietly yield his own
Judgment and even the constitution ITSELF TO their opin
IONS He will sacrifice all his views to the decision OF
Congress He is to put everything at sea- Congress is
to have unlimited scope not only agate every ques
ton, bu, to strip the government Of every particle Of sta
blty, for want Of the balance wheel Of the constitu
tiona Executive.
He deprecaes the eternal revival Of these discussions
al the very moment when he yields 10 the importantly Of
the manufacturing monoposis and the extraordinary
sympahies Of Of the opuent merchants and insists
upon that the tariff discussion must be renewed the law
Of s4e be modified and the operations OF commerce
be subjected again to fuctuaion and instability Even
the very principle Of the system to be changed and
specific duties be substituted in great degree for
ad valorem duty Thus in breath he blows
hot and cold-now opposed agitation and to change
and in the next moment recommending the revival of
OF the most agiating subjects which has distracted
our public councils and at time threatened TO shake
the Union ITSELF But, correspondent remarks, his
views upon the tariff appear to have changed materially at
Ptsbug. His notions enlarged with the importuns,e
claims Of its manufacturers, as is ever the case with
political chameleon, which changes its hues according to
the colors OF the surrounding objects.
II that he goes also for modification OF the sub
treasury What misfortune il is that his sagacious and
experienced mind did not indicate some Of the changes
which he would desirel Il one OF these notifications
to consist Of Mr. Comptroller Fmores scheme OF en-
ploying the bank notes Of such institutions as should
embrace portion Of the national stocks II seems, fur
Their, that he has not yet met with any who is in
favor Of national bank He does not say whether
in case such proposition should be pressed again upon
Congress, he 10 opposed TO is constitutionaly. and
would arrest il by his veto Does General Taylor really
believe that the whole scheme is abandonedi Has he
forgotten the efforts of Mr. Clay TO revive in the very
first year OF Gen. Harrisons administration and is all