The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-09

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Though wholly unknown to you and TO General
TAYLOR, am, nevertheless, not unknown to truth
and Justice, having sought for them through long
life and often against my party prePossessions and
interests
see General TAYLOR often accused of insncerity,
and traitorous Justification of his professed prnc
Piles in relation TO removals from office. But do
not 30 understand the matter.
When brought forward for the Presidency he
merely declared that he would not be partisan
candidate, that is, that he would be tied up, in
case Of his election, by party engagements; that if
sustained for the Presidency, he must be sustained
by the people--the country; that, being so
elected, he might be the President of the people
the country-and, as such, take course in his
administration ofthe Government such as he might
think most accordant with the true principles and
interests of the country. Did any one wish MN
to lay aside this sound manly and patriotic ground
of actioni Did any wish him to abandon this
pure and elevated position--this sablimely dsInte-
rested, this morally heroic standard, and cater for
popularity amidst the corrupt and corrupung
pledges Of partisan politics. Was it wished that
he should Law aside his homebred patriotism, and
homebred integrity, and disinierestedness of pa
trotsm, and become the mere politician General
TAYLOR disesteemed too much such character and
such principle of action and he had with grief
seen il, for the past twenty years. setting to sale the
most sacred principles and the dearest interests of
the country for private advancement and private
terest; he had seen the Constitution the laws all
that constitute our dignity and glory civil Gov
ernment the Government Of Washington, and of
the rest of the mighty dead who sealed it, in hope
for all time to come, they assembled to heaven;
he had seen it brought into the shambles, and bar
tered beforehand, too, in the Presidential election
of 1929 and since, for every thing that was corrupt,
until the very air was tainted,
General TAYLOR was Whig--had always been
Wing. Every body knew this. he did not deny
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sert it. He did not seek the Presidency. The
people sought him. He was soldier on the Rio
Grande. He evinced no discomfort with his sphere
of acton--no ambition to be candidate for civil
Office. He dreamed of nothing of the kind, and
wished for nothing of the kind He was called upon
to accept of the Presidency His modesty was
certainly Astounding. But at length he said he
would serve, if elected BY the people Well, he has
been elected by the people; and he is administering
the Government for the people-for the country
precisely as he thinks the true interests of the peo-
Pile, of the country as whole, demand.
But the Locofocos complain that he removes
their friends from Office. What, was he their can
And did they elect him! He knows nothing about
this He knows not who, in particular, elected
him. He was elected by the people, Did some
Locofocos vote for him, thinking that they were
thereby neutralizing him-gettng round him; to
speak plain buying up this venerable patriot of two
knows not, nor cares not He has been entrusted
with the Government by the people-the country
and he means to administer il he thinks just and
proper and beneficial. | should Judge thus in all
these things. ! speak only a citizen, as one OF
the peoples mere "Iooker on here in Vienna"
do not know General TAYLoR--should not know
him if | were to see him. ! have no connexion
whatever with the Administration.
But why are there such outpourings of complaint
in relation TO the removals from Office under this Ad
ministratoR Has General TAYLOR here no duties
TO perform Shall he, because he is Wing in
principle and opinion, neglect MS duty Can ne
think differently from what he does think And
could he act differently from what he does act
Does he not see in the Offices of the country many
men who got there through party corruption, and
whose influence for the furtherance of this corrup
ton would be continued by retaining them And
are not many of these men the very scions of that
bitter ree-that upas which has so poisoned the
once pure atmosphere of our political being, that
nothing but the laid at the root by some strong,
patriot arm could destroy. Will General TAYLOR
be driven or beguiled from this course Such was
not his course on the Rio Grande. The willy and
clustering Mexicans did not move him. And there
is another rock Of offence: Some who have SO long
dwel in corruption, and have found their capital in
political speculation and pccuation, sorely dis
appointed; and this disappointment proves the
hungry imprudencs of their intended entrapment.
But II 10 not sguinst General TsvIeR Aloss that
their vituperative onslaught, remarkable for the
last four months, is directed Ii is also against his
heads of department, all distinguished for Pureness
of patriotism, vgor of talent, and zeal for the true
spirit and interests Of the country particularly Is
directed against Mr.. Ewing, the able Secretary OF
the Interiors; gentleman upon whom all eyes are
sure to be turned in every incoming Wing admin
iAiration but this not all; the bitterness of the
opposition is directed against the whole Wing party,
as such, and against every man who is known TO
be devoted to Wing principles.
BRUTUS.