Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-12
RICH MOND, VA.
Thuraday Morning, october IL. ls4e.
THE TRT1TH CONFESSED

inf The course of The Regency in lis bearings
upon III. prospects OF the Wing par'y-but It's
revelations are no less applicable 10 the actnal
condition OF things at Washington, as disgrace
full as II is strange, viz that we have now al 'ne
head OF affairs, a man whose nomination was
pronounced by the Oldest and ab!est members oi
his own party snol f, TO be made" The Cou-
rier attempts 10 show that The m:>surlunes OF lhe
Whie party in The recent elections when, py
the way, The h0artng Wing would max; us fea-
ders believe, are the greatest blessings! are as
cribable TO the ',he waste that the Cabinet have
male of nearly all the parry patronage" Qhis lan-
euage we lake from the New York Express sum-
mary) and il further alleges that livery many er-
rors have occurred in the bestowal OF Office;
that Gen. Taylor was "dlterly without necessary
experience and knowledge" Of politicians md pc.
lilics; that his Regency has been marked by a
system oil "Nepotism" disgracefn in all govern
menls; aud finally ii freely contesses that these
errors have been more numerous. or al least
have been rendered more papable under The ex'
is,ine administration, than under any q It's pre-
dccessors."
The bitter fruits of the election OF Gen. Tay ior,
IA mere soldier" as Mr.. Bolts truly said, precic'
ted by the Democratic press, are now being re
allied according 10 III. evidence OF his warmesl
supnorlers Bred in the camp, wherein ne spent
forty years of his lite; wi hout "know.eose or e1
perience" OF men or Of those great measures
which have passed through the ordeal ol lhis
great country of progress and improvement new
er having voted in his lite, and contessedly gno-
rant OF the study oil government and oil me Lead
ing principles OF the Two parties-iI is NOT strange
thai in his sudden and premature elevation 10 civil
power. he felt himself compelled 10 "snifendef'
his responsibilities and dulles into The HANDS oil
selfish and cunning ministers, and has committed
the numerous "blundeTs" over which bis most
z,alcus champions grnan in bitterness. II would
have been as wise and prudent TO commit lhun-
dering locomotive CT giant steamship TO lie man
agemenl OF child, as 10 enlrusl with "a mere
soldier" the helm OF this great nation. a lew
months have shown the Jolly oil The movement
The administration have exhibited The greatest
"bluuders" al home and abroad-a party viclor'-
Gus in November las, has in few months been
l
OF Whiggery serve only 10 tell lis melancholy
history. 10 every point Of view The nomination
was "not fit 10 be made" A hero in the Mexican
war was taken up by those who had denounced
him as cent throat and butcher"-was elec;ed
10 subserve their vile mercenary parry ends, and
The crumbling ruins OF their party around them,
exhibit the most signal re,Ibuon on their trick.
ery and deception. We ask attention TO The
following article from the New York Courier,
which speaks in very significant terms:
aThe causes for this are numerous Prom>
men, among them is the tact that The President is
simple minded soldier, all unused 10 mere party
affairs and totally unacqualnled win The poi
clans of the country. His predece. sors have all
been men with whom politics and The machinery
through which party is managed, were as familiar
| as The duies OF the camp are TO General Taylor;
and, consequently, when they came into power,
they were acquainted with men in every Stale
and every city, and every town in the country,
upon whom they could implicitly rely Tor iDor.
NATION as 10 who were bes! entitled 10 receive
the minor offices OF government; and their own
knowledge oil the leading politicians OF The respec-
tive States enabled them to determine for them
selves, unaided by The Cabinets, who should re.
ceive The principal appointments in the gift Of the
government. And when conflicting claims arose
they knew 10 whom 10 apply 10 obtain the neces>
| sary Information 10 enable Them 10 decide wisely.
They always knew who constituted the actual as
we'll as the pretended leaders in every Stale 10
the Union, and their task, therefore, in deciding
| between friends was comparatively an easy one
But not SO General Taylor. We shall never for
gel his remark To US on the day he first look bis
seat with his Cabinet. 1T will be- says be. "a
somewhat novel event Tor President TO lake his
seat with c. binet composed OF gentlemen, every
one OF whom was stranger 10 him ten days pre-
| viou.-whose persons even he has never seen -"
Under these circumslsnces-rolallyu una guam.
| led with the local politicians Throughout The
Union, and absolutely unable 10 make fro;a per
sonal knowledge, those leading appointments IN
every State upon which n. fitness Of all the sub
ordinate ones depend; ,0ittout tie experience and
knowledge necessary II enable him TO determine
between the conflicting claims OF prominent aspi.
| ran,s-and so unacQuainled with the relative
sanding OF men in their respective States as TO
be uuely unable 10 determine who told him The
truth and who were basey disappearing all
who did moi agree with them in senlimans;-is il
strange we ask mat under these circumstances.
he was compelled in his desire 10 do right, 10
throw upon The respective heads OF Departments
large share Of responsibility, and permit them
| 10 exercise discretion in making appointments
which a President taken from The politicians OF
the country, would have necessarily made him.
sell, upon knowledge acquired during a parry
training Of which Y lchary Taylor canno, boast,
and which did mol apperlain TO his Secretaries
who were mol enselyes candidates Tor The Pre-.
sidency7
Iii perfectly manifest that Mr.. Clay, Mr.
Webster. General Cass, Mr. Calhoun ard Others
az we'll as every man who has reached The Presi.
dency, have acquired precise Knowledge oil men
in every Stale OF the Union which General
TAYLOR does not possess, and which does not be-
long even To the members OF his Cabinet-none
OF whom have been engaged IN race Tor the
Presidency. Ii therefore followed that his Cdbl-
ne, even was not able 10 make up his deficiency
in party knowledge; and consequently YEA Y
MANY ERRORS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE BEsr0wAL
or OFFICE IN EvEaY QUARTER Of TIE UNION, not.
witbslanding The best exercise oil all The know.
ledge and discretion possessed by The heads OF de.
partmeDls
Prominent among The errors in party view
for il is in party aspect and lis bearing upon The
recent elections We are considering This question
was The aiemIt TO gel rid oil hsIce coIienilons
between different sections If the Wing parry BY
disappointing both, and giving the office in DIS
pule 10 third parry, or to no party candidate,
or what is termed moderate politician. A
better knowledge OF local politics would have de-
termined The action OF the Government in favor OF
the applicant who really represented the Wings OF
bis locality; but in ignorance OF such know ledge,
il was often deemed wiser 10 take a third man;
ana the political evils and local dis. enIions grow
ing out OF this course, are innumerable IL was
we'll intended and in ignorance OF the true
course 10 pursue, it was Tar wiser than 10 have
appointed The favorite OF a mere faction, which
would frequently have been The case when acting
in The dark. This course has, therefore. been
very extensively adupsd throughout The Union;
and The natural result is, a GOODNESS on h part
OF the most active political friends, al the same
time tina! the appointment OF subordiDales de-
wolves in most cases upon men as ignorant OF
The claims and services OF political individuals,
as The General ana his Secreari s. Wiser AMI
less scrupuous Presidents, would have appoint.
ed wiser and less scrupulous agents 10 ill up III:
minor appointments CT The Government; AMI
thus for party purposes and 10 accomplish parry
ihiiiad ihn ncran al