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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL WHO.
THEE UNION usMAsKED.
PRESCRIPTIONS CONSISTENCY PLEDGES"
'Oh consistency thou art jewel"
How strange is that propensity which the
malicious always possess, inducing them ever,
after perpetrating an act OF wrong against
another, to "out- Herrod Herrod''--to pile
up a"Pslion" Of defamation upon an Ossa"
Of injustice This reflection, have been
induced to make, by observing the pertina-
city with which the " Unioao continues tovent
il. untounded charges against President TAY-
IoR. The aVenerable Editor Of that jour
nal under the mortified feelings engendered
by the recollection Of the defeat Of his
DARLING MATTE" in 1910, and
the late seal of disgrace placed by the peo-
pie On the administration Of his protege-
"YOUNG HICKORY" and for the sake
Of little political capital, in value, not
worth the thirty pieces Of silver for which
Judas BETRAYED the Saviour, having suffered
himself in the hot haste oftemper, to indulge
in allegations Of prescription" against the
new Administration, now unbushingly as
serts that President TAYLOR is wanting in
consistency, and has violated all the pledges
made by him to the people, prior to his cleo
ron as Chief Magistrate, Nor does the
courteous editor stop here. But, as il regard
less Of his birthplace and his former associa
lions, and careless OF that reputation which
attended him as the polished and dignifed
editor Of the 6 Enquirer" in days Of yore, he
descenas to scurrility, by inserting in his edi-
toTidi column WITH APPRoBAToRY REMARKS,
low, dirty Billingsgate article from the
Tfenion Ne,rs, !" charging HE Hero 81
three tcars-the toil-worn veteran Of Fort
Harrison, Okeechobee and Buena Vista, with
FRAUD and IrISc--I blush while writing
down the words. However, here is the Lam
guage Of the charge Has he (GEN. TAY-
LORI kept his ,cordi Has he prored himself
honest Or has he not rather demonstrated
that, eren in the soldier, the meanesf rice o
the pohtician-thm 81 yiag may Be toundn
"Had he auoped himself in Jaror Of re-
morats for opinions sake, no man coulo
hare complained. But he did Otherwise
and The complaint noe is, thai he has OBJ
tained the Presidency through deception,
and daily delights in giring proofs 81 the
.traudo
What think you, my dear sir, would be
the comments Of the venerable editors old
companions in the Virginia school Of polite
ness and good manners, if theyc ould rise
from their graves and glance over this num-
Der of the 6 Union!" ] can almost see one
Of them-Judge SPENCER RoANE-beneatl
whose plastic hand the editor was formed
and whose vigorous pen, It is thought, won
for him all his earlier laurels, utter curse
upon the degenerating influences Of WASH
ington and crush the paper beneath his heel.
What patriot can witness such vituperaton Of
a Chief Magistrate, whose private virtues
are generally admitted to excel his public
agnities, however lofty they may be, with
out feelings Of loathing and contempt And
yet, it seems that this is the way the pafti-
can press Of Progressive Democracy are
TO bully the Administration into the retention
in Office Of their co-workers and abettors.
They know too well the force Of the old say
ing "J you irish to hare friends, stand BY
your friends" from the success which
attended General Jackson, whose charm
was drawn from this principle Of action alone,
to permit General TAYLOR to observe the
same rule, On the contrary, they would
rather have him act upon the milk and wa
ter principle, Of always carrying in his right
hand, gentle peace to silence envious
tongues, that principle which has over
-ka1rn snta
men Of might, yet weak in this-founded in
the policy Of conciiiafing our enemies, de-
nlaring him to have been +" no party can
didate,n they bawl into his ears, proscrip-
tion,n " consistency pledges" flattering
themselves all the while, with the pleasing
hope, that he viii regard their braying, and
commit the blunder, not long since commit
ted, OF attempting TO administer tile Gov
eminent as a no party President " Who
believes that these gentry could be brought
TO sustain him, under any circumstances
other than an entire abandonment Of those
who elected him and the humiliation Of
his present Cabinet; ] hesitate not to as
seTt, so well do ] know them, that if he
was to fill every Office, as vacancies occur
red, with Democrats, and recommend in his
messages to Congress, every measure con
tended for By that party, and also vetoed
every bill emanating from the Wings; yet,
II he dared to exercise an independent judg-
ment merely in the formation Of his Cabinet,
looking to the true interests Of the coun-
try, at home and abroad, still would they
not sustain him. But, so far from it, during
the time being, they would denounce it as
an act Of heresy, and ever afterwards, in
mock-tones Of friendship, regret that he com
mitted the blunder, saying the party would
have taken him bni for his one hinq. .
have too much confidence in the sagacity
Of General TAYLOR, to believe that he will
be moved from his propriety, By the shallow
tricks Of these political Scribes and Phsr-
,ees--hypocrites! Unless greatly err
1--WE shall see
The Hero shine as clearly forth In council