The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-06

the Verdict OF the People.
We publish below a table showing the number OF
members which elected to the next Congress before
and the number elected since. General Taylor into
power II will be seen that one hundred and thirty
sepen members elected before the 4th OF March, Of
whom sightyfioo were wings. and only Gftyfus were
democrats. The same influences which conspred To-
elect General Taylor defeated the democratic candidates
for Congress. Districts, and even States, which had
been firm in many trying contest. gave way before
divisions in the democratic ranks, and seduced by
the glare of military renown and led by fraudulent prom
Uses and false professions to sustain the wing candidates
for Congress- while they sustained the wing ticket for the
presidency. So great the wing peponderance, that
when General Taylor inaugurated the democrats had
given up all hopes Of the next House Of Representatives
On the 9TH OF March General Taylor took the oath of
Office, and called around him his cabinet advisers I'm
mediately the illusion vanished II became apparent to
all that the Hero OF the Rio Grande was not equal to the
duties OF his Office Contrary to the expectations of his
friends, he pursued the OF commasm in his
inaugural address, and. with want OF that frankness
which should characterize soldier, he failed to explain to
the people the principles which he would conduct the
peoples government II became apparent also, that
his ncapacity and inexpeence forced him TO surrender
his high duties into the hands OF irresponsible caba,
composed Of most of whom without distinction
statesmen, and contracted in their views and
bitter and vindictve in their feelings These gentle
men had no regard for the pledges and promises
which General Taylor had made. They trampled them
under foot like the nsensibe dust under their heels and
dsregarding their official duties, they built up system OF
party prescription searching and sangunay than any
that afflicted country Not only were honest and
faithful and capable officers dismissed from employment,
but without regard to the public interests, inexperienced
and incompetent called to the public service in
order their reward for herpary allegiance The
vctors, quarelng the spoils, united in denouncng
every species OF opposon and the powers Of the gov
eminent were employed to blacken the regulations Of
those who opposed them. Wherever the hand Of the
Executive SEEM neicency. injustice, and bad faith
were apparent in its minstraons. 1t not long be-
fore the dspeasue of the people became manifest Most
Of the Taylor democrats who had been duped into the
support Of General Taylor back again to the demo-
cratic banner.
The victory in Connecticut, and the growing weakness
Of the administration, gave hopes OF preventing
effective wing majority in the next House. The cruel
and unprinciped vndicveness of the caba continued.
The wings sustained extermnatng defeat in Virginia,
and then the administration found that it might lose the
House Of Representatives. Every effort made which
power and patronage could Make to prevent such
suit Then they called upon their nsidious and busy
agents to assist them They had Hercules to help
them in their dstresses but they called upon Truman
Smith, with all his experience and all his arts in the cam
pagn of 1913, to issue his circulars employ his frank
to distribute the wing fund, and to send his ministers of
darkness the land But disaster cont aued TO follow
disaster, until there strong hopes that the dem
ocras will control both branches of the next Congress
Since the 4h Of March eightyfue members have been
elected, ffyfue of whom are democrats, and only
thirty are wings. Elections are yet to be held in
Louisiana and Mississippi Those two States are en-
titled to eight members. The democrats will certainly
carry six Of the eght and we have assurances which
lead US to hope that we will carry all four in Misss-
sppi, and perhaps all four in Louisiana But concedng
two members in the two States 10 the whgs and the
next House will then stand:
DEMOCRATS 1l6, WINGS ia.
If we secure one gain in Mississippi, we shall have
four majority in the House. The vacancy in Massachu-
sets will probably be filed and the vacancy in vir-
gnia will, without doubt, be filled by democrat; and
the wings will not be able to control either branch Of the
next Congress No party, flushed with recent victory,
has ever met such those which have visited
the wing party since the fourth of March No President
has been confronted by such formidable opposition
as that which is arrayed against General Taylor We
trust that the lesson will not be lost those who beay
the confidence and the with the good sense OF the peo
pie Surely il is time for Gen. Taylor 10 pause in the
career which he is pursuing cease his prescription;
remember his pledges 70 redeem his promises and to
look to his own glory and the happiness OF his country,
rather than to the dctaion Of the irresponsible cabal
xnl.. he.