The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-16
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL WING
THE "UNION.o UNMAsKED.
.'Lay on Macduh,
And damned be he WHO first cries hold-snough.' .

And damned be he WHO frs, cries hold-snough."
met, a day or two since, good Demo-
crat and very excellent personal friend,
who scarcely took me by the hand, before
he commenced repeating by rote, the argu-
ments and assertions of the Union, I"
against the course of the Administration up
on the subject Of removals and appointments
He denounced that course as "proscriptiye
in the extreme, and charged President TAY-
LoR with violation Of the most solemn
pledges not to make removals. asked
him to point me out some instances Of these
commitments, He instantly turned to the
expression ~ hare no friends TO reirard and
no enemies TO punish, /" which he considered
sufficient in itself, and convincing upon the
point. You take, said !, the " Unions" in
depreciation Of those words, but have you
examined the words yourself. Look at
them again and Judge whether they bear the
differences which the Union" attempts to
draw from them. Connect them with what
President TAYLOR states in another letter
during the last canvass, to the elect that,
He DiH be the President of The country,
and NOT Of aParty," and then say if the
Union" is right and the President wrong;
In the first place, ] wish you to observe that
the President uses the personal pronoun,
d." He speaks of himself individually.
He does not use the termof authority "IVe."
He means to give all men to understand that,
unlike the old and hacknied politicians Of
the times, aspiring to the Presidency--w
passions have been raised to fury against
their opponents, and who would wreak per-
sonal vengeance upon them if they possess
thepower, lie having passed his life away
from the melee Of politics--in opposing the
invading arms Of Great Britain and Mexi-
co and in defence Of our Southern and Yves
tern borders from the tomahawk Of the saw
age-having been trained in the camp and
not in the court, and accustomed to sleep on
the e.rth's lap with the arch Of the starry
sky for his canopy, instead Of luxuriating
in carpeted halls, lustrous with chandeliers
and reposing upon beds Of down--these be-
ing the circumstances Of his life, they had
created within his breast no political animos-
tiles, and, therefore, that he personally had
no such friends to reward and no such enc
mics to punish. And now in connection
with this explanation reflect further, that
he states,if elected TO the Presidency, che
will be the President Of the country and
not Of party" Suppose then, that the
country should call for removals, is he not
bound to obey the voice Of that country !,
This cannot be denied (nor did my friend
deny IT'D The question then is has the
country called for removals In the very
election Of Gen. TAYLOR did not the coun-
try say ,ce are dissatisfied nth The condi-
fion Of official affairs in The United States,
and zoe desire changel Can you DENY
this' (My friend did not deny t.) What
did Mr.. Polk consider to be the voice Of the
country when he waselected, and Mr. CLAY
defeated Did he not consider that voice as
sayingto him IRE do moi desire 10 see The ad-
herents Of Mr.. Clay in porer--and did
not Mr.. Polk act in obedience thereto
Did not Mr.. VAN BuREa before him so
act 2--and did not Gen JACKSON also before
him My friend admitted al this to be cor
rect, but said he, il is well understood that
the Democratic party always act upon the
policy. "To the victors belong the spoils''--
but not so with the Wing party. They have
always denounced this rule Of action. II
matters not, replied, whether the Wing
party, or any other party or parties, advocate
or denounce the doctrine. You have lust adj
mitted that President is bound to obey the
Doice Of the cousfry as gathered from the ma
jority, and that The Presidential representa-
tives Of your party had SO acted viii YOU
refuse the same privilege to President TiAY-.
LoR, or rather, will you assert that the coun-
try does not call upon him with as loud
voice as il did uponhis predecessors Com,
fess the truth. Would not Gem Cas-, If