Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-08-06
f. J. ALFRED, EDITOR.
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Gen. Taylor :aHad No-E'artyisln'

! the tool OF party-he VIII De Inc fTesldelt VI
the people-he hos no enemies to punish no JfienaS
10 resrmd. "-Speech of MIR. CLAYTON.
This, although not the language of Gen. Tay-
I lor is the language of JNo. nj. CLAYTON, Sec
retary of State under the administration of the
.Ttqior Washinnfon II it was intended to mean
anything, it was intended to mean that the Jun
ior would not be party candidate or a partlzan
President and was designed to draw to his sup
port those persons of the opposite pafty who
were likely to be influenced by such appeals
This declaration of Mr.. CLAYTON was made be-
fore the election, and now that the object has
been attained, viz: the elevation of a Wing to
the Presidency, the successful party, who gained
temporary triumph, by holding out joise IN
dueements and making promises to the ear and
breaking them to the hope" have thrown o1f all
disguise and are now making efforts to explain
away the charges which are brought against this
deceptipe administration for breach OF faith
In how far Gen. Taylor is the President OF
the people, may be learned from the fact that
he is the greatest minority President America
has ever had, being near THREE HUNDRED THOU
SAND votes short Of majority OF the people IN
how far he is not the 'tool of a party" may be
seen by inspecting his Cabinet-the appoint
ments made-and the further fact, testified to
by one Of his own party, that he has surrendered
himself into the hands of the Regency who adj
minister the government for him and permit HIM
to record his vote in the Cabinet meetings. In
how lar he has no friends to reward, no enemies
to punish may be gathered from the fact that
in the thousands of removals which have been
made, if no 'cnemes' have been punished, Ger
tain it is that friends have been rewarded-and
these removals have all been made for no other
reason than the incumbent was Democrat and
the applicant a Wing. This is no-partyism with
vengeance.
But we are told that Gen. Taylor is not to be
held responsible for the statements Of bis friends;
they could not know what ne Would do---then
they ought not to have made the statements
and il the statements had not been made, the
Junior Washington would not now be occupying
the White House If the friends OF General
TAYLOR misrepresented him in the canvass, why
did not those persons who contend that ne ought
not to be held responsible for these statements,
correct them at the time? 1t was charged upon
him by the Democrats, that, if elected, his adj
ministration would be proscriptiVe. Molten
Tavlor has no "friends to reward, no enemies to
punish" was the universal response. This IS
convenient way Of throwing off Obligations that
were imposed by friends, and which are found
to be in the way OF successful carrying out OF
their schemes however, is Whi9ery. The
public do not yet know what was done IN the
SECRET SESSION Of the Wings held in the Ma
tional Slaughter House at Philadelphia. Hart
ford Conventions and Wing Conventions are not
entirely dissimilar Does any Wing believe that
Gen. Taylor was no-party candidate and that
he is no-party man Let him answer. II SO,
it is the frs instance on record that great party
nominated member Of their party who was
no-party man, and it will be the last-that wing
who is no-party man is tiara oeis an ferris"
) 1--WE are getting classical,) and very like a
) ''blaok slrale.'
In this connection, we must again call the at
tention Of the reader to the famous extract from
the Inaugural, which has been the subject OF so
much learned comment:
$50 far as it is possible to be informed, shall
make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indlspens-
Bile prerequisites for the bestowal of Office and
the absence of either of these qualities shall be
deemed sufficient cause for removal"
Now, what is the plain import of this extract ::
$50 far as it possible" &C.: This would seem
to imply that Gen. Taylor would take especial
pains to enquire into the shonesty, capacity and
? fidelity" of the office-holder before "a removal
I would be made because he says the '"absence
of either of these' would be Sufficient cause"
and ould, consequently, form no ground Tor
their removal. This is the plain and
, palpable meaning Of the language, and all the
wire-drawn arguments of the Taylorites can put
no other construction upon it. But what are the
! tacts-instead Of enquiry being made as to the
competency of the oflice-holder, weare inform
ed on good authority, that there is a Committee
of Wings in the City of Washington, whose duty
it is to make enquiries of another sort-and that
) is who among the incumbents of office are Dem
oclats, and make report to the Chief Execution
Grand this is the no-partyism of the Wings
Verify, when the sky falls we will catch larks.
If Gen. Taylor had intended TO carry out the
plain and obvious meaning of his own language,
why is 1t That eDeTy Democratic olnce-holder III
some of the States has been turned out. In Ar
kansas not one is left to tell the tale. In Rhode
Island, at the last accounts, all had been swept
by the board, but little mail agent, and the
Wings were in hot pursuit after him. Neither
burnt Brandy nor the Junior Washington can
save this chap. A fast of twenty years has
made the Wings voracious, and there are too
many hangers-o dependents-b roken-down
gentlemen and loafers-who are anxious to be
fed at the public expense, to'induce a hope to
be INDUCED, that the system adopted at Wash
ington is to be improved for the better, until the
hungry crew are driven out by the voice of an
indignant and nsulted people.
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