The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-21

as positive assertion that democratic ofceholders
cannot presumed up to the standard of honesty,
capacity and fidelity laid down in the Inaugural Address
The plain meaning OF this is, that the fact that
officer of the government member OF the democratic
party is of itself proof enough that he is deficient either
in honesty capacity or fidelity and that General Taylor
will not alsify his pledges il he proscribes those who
have been appointed by his democratic predecessors for
no other but because they do not belong to the
whig party. We will not believe that General Taylor
authorizes any such construction of the language of his
Inaugural We trust that we shall always entertain too
much respect for the Chief Magistrate of the Union
no matter who he may be-to believe him capable
Of such unmtgated dishonesty Gen. Taylor knew per-
fecty WE'LL and he knows now, that the people would
and did. interpret his words differently. Even if his
pledges could be tortured mean what the Gamer
lean" would make them mean, and Gen. Taylor were to
avail himself of that fact at this late day. it would brand
him with cool deception and deliberate hypocrisy. He
who knowingly equivoca language, and afterwards
endeavors to give it significance different from that
which affixed to it at the time transgesses the law
Of truth much if he had condescended to tell will
full and deliberate alsehood We will not believe there
fore, that man of his character would stoop to such
miserable chicanery Let him leave that course TO par
astes and casusts, whilst he firmly treads the path
Of honor We cannot believe, without additional evil
ence, that General Taylor has practsed or intends to
Practise this double dealing upon the country. Such
course would be too naked and glaring in its i'm.
morality to be pursued by any man who had de-
cent regard for his good and lofty fame. General
Taylor has time after time assured the country that he
would have nothing to do with party divisions party
schemes that he would enter the political arena as
party champion to redress party grievances that he had
no friends to reward and enemies punish that in
the distribution of Offices he would look only to honesty
capacity, and fidelity; and late his departure
from Baton Rouge, he declaredif his friends have re-
ported him rightly to the New Orleans Courer-"I have
mo Offices to ill., except in cases of death resignation"
These declarations are too plain and explicit admit of
any doubt as to their meaning If there be any fixed sig
nhcance of terms in the English language their plain
import cannot be mistaken; and if it could be- and Cen
en Taylor so nerpres them sanction the doctrine
|o prescription. he will fix upon himself the brand of
mere political uggcr palterng with his countrymen "a in
Ia double sense"
But this cannot be. General Taylor did not use equiv
oca language He understood his words as the people
understood them The justification OF prescription fur
nshed by the National Inteligencer and the Baltimore
American, if adopted by the President, after thought
which some of his friends have used plea
the violation OF his pledges, and to defend
which he has solemnly dsclaimed He has doubtless
found that Washington is vastly different from what he
expected find it. The camorous crowd of Office seekers
demanding their reward has doubtless given him some
idea Of wing Patriotism and the eagerness with which they
portray their party services must have given him
idea OF the self-sacnfcing nature of no-partysm He
mas doubtless found out that the lofty spirit of federalism
VIII hold but little communion with him. unless he proves
himself 10 be the President of the whole countrynot by
wise system of governmental policy, but by the novel
process of driving democrats from office because they
are democrats, and filling their places with wings be-
cause they are wings recommended for public duties by
their PARTISAN services II his mind is half as strong as
MS woshppers say is he has already ascertaned that
ms supporters love power for it's patronage and have but
te regard for President, matter if he is the laurel
ed hero OF God abhorred and iniquous war;" unless
ne leeds them from the public treasury and makes himself
lash in their hands TO punish the obduracy OF their
opponents In order that he may satisfy these patriotic
ueses' 1t is possible that he might wish to recall his
words; but what is writ is writ'-hs words cannot
'ied' "a ne 0OeS not make tnem good, ne must
.asiy them and that, too, would be without excuse
'ow' IL 1t were true that the wings have hitherto suf
red wrong in being deprived of their due share of the
ouuen' OF public Office he cannot consistently redress
nose wrongs He stands committed to prescribe pro.
'erpuon and that cannot be consummaed by the
axe but we deny that the wing party has been wronged
we oeny that the democrats. in their time OF power have
eeh such cruel proscrponss they have been repre-
'eneo; and we defy the National Inelgencer the Bal
D"oie American and the other wing papers, great and
'%a' 10 substan,iate their charges by the proof The
eanos Of the National Intelligencer have said that
'"sef justice would fill nearly all The Offices of the gov
"nen with wings for the next twenty years. because
~ twenty years they have been prescribed race we
.e"S They have every facility for gaining infoma-
on' and we defy them to lay before the country the
au'n and the whole truth exhibited by the records OF
ne departments and not mslead the people by mere as
'e'uons inermixed with vndctive abuse of the demo-
eSoc party We do not know precisely in what pro-
o'uon' the patronage Of the government is divided al
NC present time between the two parties even here in