The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28

and continue to descant upon the high
crimes and misdemeanors" Of Fitz Henry
Warren The tail Of the devil tells its
own story, and is generally seen, it matters
not how thoroughly he cloaks himself. ~
Secondly This pink Of editorial chivalry
PIRATES Of humanity and honor, " Heaven
save the mark" and gravely asserts, with
out changing countenance, that he asuer
advocated prescription in Vrginiu, or else
schere. ~. Indeed, he seems ready TO swear
to the declaration, My only wonder is,
that he did not do so before its truth was
called in question, since he has grown 80
facile. l assure you, my dear SIR, that 1
can scarcely restrain myself from laughing
6 right oafn at the cool impudence Of the
assertion. The venerable editor must, in
his latter end, be losing his memory, aswell
as the lofty department Of his earlier years
Has he forgotten the proscriptive course Of
Governor Smith, Of Virginia, with regard to
the few Offices at his disposal, or rather over
which he exercised control. Did the
I" Union" then protest against the doc
trine? Oh no He was making capital
another way then. Again, did he not susl
tain Andrew Jackson, the founder of the
proscriptive school, and Martin Van Buren,,
his executor, in all their proscriptive actsi
Was he ever known to mathematics them
through the columns Of the Enquirer"f
OIL no 1t was not to his interest then.
And what said he as to the course pursued
by the late Saint James, Of ever blessed
memory, as to his acts in Virginia ! Let
the pages Of the 6 Unionn be produced and
ransacked, and not one word will be found
J" protesting against the doctrine" still the
annals Of Government do not furnish In
stances Of more heartless, tyrannical, and
unscrupulous PRESCRIPTION than the Vr-
giaid cases, under the administration of this
modern "PRAlsE -GoD-BARE-BoNEs. /" Take
the case Of the late postmaster in Petersburg
as an illustration Of the general fact This
gentleman, nephew Of President Harrison,
was appointed to office in l841, to fill
vacancy occasioned by resignation, because
Of his inherent virtues and the holiness of
his character. He came recommended as
one Of natures noblemen. He proved him-
self worthy, in all respects, Of the trust con-
fdel in him. Through his worth and manly
bearing, in the course Of few months, he
won the entire confidence and esteem Of the
Postmaster General and the citizens, gen
orally, Of Petersburg. Even party cliques
and clubs, Of all castles and denominations,
were forced to acknowledge the fitness Of the
appointment the honesty, capacity, and
fidelity" Of Or. John Minge Mr.. Polk
came into lower. Nineteen-twentieths of
both parties, in the city, protested against
this genteman's removal. The citizens
almost " en- massen protested against it,
and the only Democratic paper there pro-
tested against It Nor was this all. Pre-
sident Polk, himself, declared to friend Of
the Doctors, that she irould not remote
him. Yet, notwithstanding all these facts,
he did remove him. When the announce
ment was made in the Union" the " Pc
tersburg Republican, above referred to,
acknowledged the removal to be Ga clear
case of Prescription, but, did the Unionn
acknowledge il Oh no! Still, he asserts
that he has always 'fprotesfsd against dte
doctrine" And, what makes the matter
still more heinous with the Union," he
was intimately acquainted with every cir
cumstance of the case and all the parties.
Who does not discover the " sooy in sleeps
clothing" However, the course of the
Unionn is not to be wondered at, for he
was, at this time, in similar predicament
to that in which John Minor Bolts describe
ed himself to have been in, when he played
so conspicuous part in the Tyler and Ran
dolph affair, j. e-' in a condition 10 profit
BY The perfdy and treason-n
| But the " Union" with optics keen, and,
through the aid Of double glasses, can see
the difference fsoirt tueedledm dad fsce-
dledee, What is Prescription nop, he
discovers was not Prescription in times Past,
and why' Because-hear him, OH ye
Heavens " a second Daniel come to Judg-
mentn- Presidents heretofore, of the
Democratic faith, haze been elected 10 do
this uery thing, bat no Wing President
ever ,oas elected 10 do IL, and this last is
especially The case Nth President Taylor.
| BY this most unanswerable argument, he
confounds and annihilates his enemies He
sees victory perching upon his standard,
and, 10 brilliant idea occurs to him. He
folds his arms in quiet self-compacency,
and meditates upon laying down to die, in
the midst Of his immortal glory As for the
retention Of Bigger and Loyal, they are
not worthy Of the !" Unions" consideration.
A fifteen hundred dollar clerk is of much
more consequence than these two gentlemen
combined. The " fate Of Rome" itself, de-
ponds upon Mr.. Drum or Mr. PEBBLES.
Harp away, Mr. Editor 6 Blow and crack
your cheeksn General Taylor and his
Cabinet haze no sickiy sensibiities. Their
motto is-s' JUSTICE AND THE Public
GooD.n A VIRGINIAN.
New Inyen tion for Surgeons G uliodian.
A French chemist having found that cotton powder