The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-29

Donsthlng like . Confession
The National Intellgencer. after long silence comes
yesterday with an article intended as defence OF the
proscrptive course Of the present administration The
National Wing, several days ago. broadly stated that the
democratic party could not claim the performance OF Gen.
era Taylors pledges OF nopsrysm, because, forsooth
the democratic party had not taken him its candidate,
but opposed his election The National Intelligencer
follows in the footsteps OF its ustrous predecessor
by holding the following language:
In the rAt place, then. let ask in what way the
generous sentiments avowcd by General Taylor in the
Of his candidacy by the parsans OF the late
administration How did the Union them and treat
him. From tho moment that he became formidable
opponent Of their nominee there any thing too un
friendly too bitter be said of him? We're not his
sonaI, his POLITICAL and his military character held up
reproach and rdicule by these writers and the
soruruous asmp made not merely to defeat his
Out TO blast his good name In this way oy the act OF inc
oppotioH party awd press the Of necessity as
sumed wing character, and General Taylor was chosen
by the united and strenuous efforts of the whig party
against most violent and remorseless purity opposition
What then the "Union" ask Has the face to de-
mand-nsy, is 1t poor-rpirited to wisho have the
offices of and confidence under this revled candidate
filed, still filed, BY It's friends and coPartsans, generally
themselves among the noisies OF the revers Would be
possible carry tho government upon the principle
which the opposition is selfish and greedy enough
70 prescribe TO the new administration
We pass the plain appeal which is here made to
the pride OF General Taylor for it really contains moth
ing but delicate rehash of the article in the National
Wing which asserted that the wings the only par
ties to Gen. Taylors pledges-vz that he would not be
the President Of party but the President of the whole
country The National Intelligencer cautiously the
interogave form; but its questions are obviously meant
to be assertions asserts, in substance. that soon as
Gen. Taylor became formidable opponent, nothing
bitter to be said OF him by the democratic party, and
that his PERSONAL his political, and his military
character held up to repoach and rdcue and the
most interruptions attempts were made not merely TO
defeat his election, but to blast his good name.
These acts of the democratic party, according 10
the National Intelligencer, gave party tone to
the contest, and released General Taylor from all
the pledges which he had made throughout the whole
campaign. This appeal TO the worst features OF
our naureto personal resentment and the lowest spe
ces of prdeis now made to General Taylor for the pur
pose OF sprng him up, and of bolstcrng him up in abe
course which he pursuing at the bidding OF his cabinet
It is an appeal infinitely insulting 10 the President
than anything which has emanated from the demo
cratic party, or from the democratic press But,
tend this nsdious appeal is not justified by the facts of
the case. Indeed, it is, the editor of the In
telligencer must know, utterly and absolutely untrue
We assert. and defy contradiction. that not
1.-THE OF the vil6caon and abuse hcaped upon the head
of either Mr. Polk OF General Cass, the late preslen-
tal contest ever retorted upon General Taylor.
Neither General Taylors personal his military char
acer held up to reproach and rdcuc by us, BY
the great body partsans of the late administration
The democratic party questioned his fitness for the high
civil station for which he was a candidate. In doing
that they sustained BY the fact that he utterly
inexperienced, and by the admission Of General Taylor
himself, that for forty years he had been in the camp
that he wa unable to express opinion upon the promi
nen questions which had divided parties the foma
ton Of the government-and that he did believe him
self capable Of dischagng the duties of Chief Magistrate
of the United States The democratic party foretod the
very state OF things which has to pass in the
OF General Taylors election He admitted to be in
experienced in civil matters and unskilled in civil bust
ness and foretod that he would have rely upon
his cabneto be composed Of men unknown to the peo-
pe-more than President Of the United States should do
than the constitution contempates We just
fed in saying that the prophecy has been fulfilled tina,
General Taylor does not attempt to perform the duties
which the constitution imposes upon him, but has been
forced by his ignorance and ncapacy to rely too much
upon his mongel and motley cabinets that he has descend
ed from the elevation which the people assigned him.
the level Of his Secretaries, and tameIy submits to be
voted down and everued by them. The assaults of the
democratic party were aimed not at his personal or his
military characer-nor at his political character for he
had nonebut at his qualifications for the highest civil
Office in the world II the wing party which sought
10 blast his good name They members Of the wing
party, who denounced the war in which he was engaged
as inquitous and abhorred of God Il was wing who
denounced his gallant army butchers and land rob-
be, and General Taylor the head butcher and chief
robber Of them all II wing who prayed that God
in his just indignation. would sweep gallant army
with General Taylor at its head, from the earth as with
the bosom OF desucen and last, but not least was
wing senator who wished that the Mexicane would vel
come him and his followers with bloody hands to hos
p'sabe graves The National lntellgencer knows these
things to be true knows too that the abuse which the
wing party hurled at Mr. Polk and General Cass was
never retorted on General Taylor And if its memory i.
not entirely gone knows that the democratic parv has
never even re-echoed the bitter and foul abuse which
"good and true whigsr heaped upon him before he cor,
scented TO eat his words and allow Judge Saunaer, n
baptixe him into the wing church at PHILADELPHIA
The National Integencer beats the air in vain Gen.
oral Taylor cannot escape from his pghed word in the
manner which is prescribed by his present organ. The
device is TOO transparent to deceive the people The
sopfisy is too shallow even to impose upon children
General Taylors pledges were not made to the demo
cratic party, to the wing party alone. but 10 the Who'll,