The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-18

victories Of Fort Harrison, Bad-ax, Okee-
chobee, Palo Alto, kesaca de Ia Palma,
Monterey, and Buena Vista-all were for
gotten, Or made to yield 70 the l'oa-heartel
dictates Of an unprincipled and mere parry
policy The most generous impulses Of hp
manity, love for his private worth, admlra-
ton lor his patriotism, and gratitude for the
lasting good he had done, were alike dis
Fcarded through regard fol mere political CAPT.
tai Justice, honor, truth, everything which
stamp elevation Of character upon man, We're
sacrificed at the shrine of mere malice. and
repenge. We venture to assert that the
records Of governmental controversy might be
ransacked, without furnishing such another
instance Of party degradation, such utter des-
titution Of lofty department, unblushing aban-
lonment Of chivarous courtesy and consum-
ate hypocrisy. And yet, these are the men
who would have the country believe that
they are pure and honest, who thank God
that they are not like other men, who
pirate Of principle, Of patriotism, Of truth, OF
who boast Of all good works. win tie
people be deceived by their hollow cries !:
Will they yield to this Pharisaical cant !;
Cast themselves into the dcvourng Jaws Of
"Barnburnerism, nt'Van Burenism,o Fan
ny Wlightlsm,o l.oeoocoism,o and sub
nit 10 be made food wherewth to appease
the insatiate appetite Of this modern monster
styled PRoGREssIvE AND FREE DEMoc-
RAcyin We believe not, and we confident
y trust in HE strong cons rrdfirc sense Which
they hare epey manifested They will stand
by the man who never deceived them, by
the leader whom they selected, the war
worn, pure hearted and honest minded vet
eran whom Moy raised 10 the high seat Of
power, whose genus IS attested BY the I'M
broken triumph of forty years, over the willy
savage, the cunning Mexican, and the bold,
accomplished, intellectual and energetic Eng
lishman, and whose judgment has ever pre-
sagea VICTORY
II here and there village journal thad
been discovered, losing its proprlety and IN
dulging in factions and INSCRIPTIONS opposi-
ton to an administration as yet undevelopel,
| we should have considered It as the result Of
the blind latuity OF mad lanaticism Of its edi-
tor. But when the +" Shibboletho was sound
ed by the 6 Union;' when the Faithful were
called together by the venerable father"
Of that sheet when hostilties were thus
openly proclaimed without justification or
protest, we knew then that all the tram
bands Of the " sink and swim" party We're
marshalled that his fall corps Of "sappers
and miners, his multiplied mouthers and ira
ducers were at work that all the arts and
appliances Of guerrilla warfare were being
arranged, and we were not deceived, OF
late, all the principles Of the moral code have
been abandoned by them. The Book Of
God has been trampled under foot the code
| Of honor has been cast into the flames, and
its tenets forgotten Every obstacle placed
| by religion, or the laws Of society and cor
rect conduct, in the path Of their barbarous
career, has been torn away and converted
into ashes. In all these preparations for
then diabolical campaign, the hoary-headed
editor Of the Union" Is seen, conspicuous,
by his vulture quill and condor BIZ, aiding,
abettlng and encouraging. And has IT come
to this, that residence OF four years IN
| Washington should have produced such a
wonderous metamorphosis W should have
converted the wblome independent editor of
the :" Enquirer into mere party aaioma-
ton, and changed the claste journalist, tutored
in TIL, most accomplished schools Of Nirg-
MIA, and by the most chivalrons spirits Of the
age, into dwelling, quibblng, scribbling
and unserupulous party hack I Alas, It IS
but too true, that
| Wee Is a monster Il such h,,leous mien
That to be hated, needs but 10 be seen;
But seen too OF, familiar to our face,
We first cn,inrc-thcn plty--thcn embrace "
We do not fear such enemies The party
which sustained General TAYLOR stands in
solid phalanx and prepared, at all times, to
meet theil insidious foes. They have full,
andiminished and untiminshing confidence
in their chief In that chef they behold a
man who has mole than once successfully
encountered deep arlihce and cunningly de
visel deceit, whose nerve never trembled,
whose judgment never erred, whose voice
was ever calm and quiet, and whose firm
order 10 charge has always hurled deslrno-
1 ton upon all myrmidons and enemies Of his
4 country Let the 6 Union and its affiliated
band continne to deneunce him, to pour ont
the vials Of their wrath upon his head, 10
malign his acts, TO msrepresent his motives,
TO decry his abilities and TO traduce him as
" no patty President" We care not, his
end ,ciH prone his beginning lie stands
unmoved by their serpent Kisses and windy
taunis His hand grasps the Constitution q
his fathers, and his eye is fixed unwaveringly
upon the PUBLIC GOOD.
ga VlRGINIAN y
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TO TIfE EDIToR or THE NATIONAL WIG
| Tho Union and Rotation In Once.
tits with great reluctance that address you this