Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-15

taottShmeH u regency % coHir@ Glc manage
the gorcrumcnt in The name Of the President; 81.
mounting in effect to subvcr.on ol that portion
Of the constitution providing for aod prescribing
the duties Of the Presidential office, and SO 6r
revolu'ion.zius the government We are aware
that this assault upon the sacred charter OF the
rights Of the people and the States has. in some
measure, been forced upon the administration by
the incaPaety of General Taylor. aud his ira,
b'hiy 10 perform the duties and functions of tue
office Of President Hence was the de ice re-
sorted TO Of deruling to The Cabinet the duties
which belonged alone The President; and hence
has the cabinet made all the appointments. reg,
uaed the foreign and domestic policy Of the
government, and taken under their management
everything which concerns the public interest
receiving only General Taylor's signature as a
legal sanction to their proceedings. Thus has
our government degeneraled, under Genl. Tay.
lor, from a responsible Executive to an irrcspon.
sible regency; and thus has the constitution been
+ so far abrogated by the practice of the cabinet
3 The people have not failed TO discover and tC
comprehend both the iniquity and the danger o
this practice. They have not failed to see tina
il is virtual abrogation of the constitution, end
ing if the practice be longer tolerated, IN the es
tabliShment Of an irresponsible cabal a, the cdpi
tai 10 raic The country in the name Of President
They have not failed to see that, if this piactic,
be longer tolerated, j, will be of no Consequence,
who may be nomnaily elected to the presidency
that the incumbent may, under such system, a.
well be an imbecile, as a man whose talents
qualify him for the station. They have not fail
ed to see that such system is infinitely worse
and more dangerous than the British system O
government mnistry--a device adopted to
screen the sovereign from responsibility; be-
cause the ministry are themselves responsible to
the people on The pledge Of their lives and ber.
ty. And they have not failed 10 see that the es.
adjustment OF the system of regency ruling in
the name Of Gen. Taylor, being wholly rrespon.
sible 10 The people iuthe persons of It's members,
must ereaua{y end IN the uora description Of
despotism. And this has been another prom,
nent cause oil he condemnation and overthrow Of
the administration.
There are many other minor causes which eur
Limits compel us TO group together IN single
paragraph These causes arc the open aud pal,
pable opposition OF the administration to every
movement in favor Of popular Liberty 10 other
countries, and their sympathy with tie desp3ts
and tyrants who are ENGAGE in repressng witt,
fire and sword every effort 81 Toe eHsa,ed mas
ses to procure an enlargement of Jhcir political
rights and social privileges, as indicated Ivy tho
seizure Of the German steamship and the a'r
Cuba proclamation. Also the prescription d
poor men and women from humble places which
they held, and by the proceeds Of which they
were enabled to support their impoverished fam,
lies. Also, the wicked, base, and shameless
system of calumy resorted 10 by the admiu.tfa
ton through the agency It's confidential pres
ses 10 break down the private reputation. oftheir
opponents. And finally. although rot Az the DIS
honorable aud disgracelul system Of espionage
10 which the Secretaries hare resorted, in order
not only to ascertain the political sentiments Of
clerks, bet TO pry into their personal and private
affairs, andto find out whether or not they have
saved anything from their salaries.
These things great aud smal--ths violation
Of solemn pedges-tbis system of ruthless and
infamous proscriptiou--thls persecution Of pa.
triotic party, and this elevation to power Of lrai.
tor party-this hunting down Of soldiers who
fought and bed for their country in the wars Of
1912 and ls4G--this driving from Office poor
men and helpless widowed women--this base
system Of espionoge--this usurpation of the pres
idential Office by the cabine--this treacbery to
/ the cause of freedom abroad and at home; --all
these things, and many more showing the per.
fdy, the turpude, the folly. the imbecility, and
the monarchica tendency Of this administration,
have caused its premature, ignominous, and over.
| whelming overthrow. The people have condem.
ned It; they have withdrawn their confidence
from it and yet it will hold on upon its power
and is places until il is expelled by the operation
Of the constitution and laws carrying out the pop.
ular sentence Of condemnation in lo52. Let
the honorable men who compose this convicted
and fallen regency bear the honors oftheir pres.
ent position before the country as they best can.
The people utH point at them as the CONDEMNED;
and the democracy, conscious Of the humiating
condition Of their enemy will be content to bide
their time. Washington Union.
TAYLoRIsM Ohio Statesman says: In
passing through some ofthe fine mountain seem
cry of Pennsylvania it is said that one Of General
'cayIor's odnnira skad him &c ha had avar cao