The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-19
OFFICIAL.
by THE PRESIDENT
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Deputy Postmaster.
MICHEL MussoN, New Orleans, La.
rHE "uNIONr ED.

THE "UNIONn UNMAsK ED.
The Unions abuse Of the Administration
is so gross, so vituperative, so personal, so
malicious, that It is almost impossible to re-
ply to it, without falling into the same vices,
but difficult as the task is and dangerous,
because of the constant liability to be betray-
ed into expressions unworthy Of decently
conducted press, we think, our readers will
agree with us, that, while the author Of the
subjoined article has exposed, in whitening
terms, the designs and objects Of the late
Government gazette, he has escaped the
temptation of INDUCING in retaliating Lam
guage.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL WIG
THE TABLETS OF PRESCRIPTION THE AXE
TON, 4 SECOND N,-TWENTY,TWo
MORE HEADS OFF f, ,.n =, y new Post 81
SWIM" &e SC, &c,
Such are the captions Of the articles which
have appeared in the" Union Tin the course
Of the last day or two. One would suppose,
from their perusal, that the horrors Of the
French Revolution were about to be revived
in this country, and that President TAYLOR
and his Cabinet were unjust, remorseless and
blood-thirsty tyrants, wreaking their private
vengeance upon the officers Of Government
regardless Of the wants, interests, and wish
es Of the country. This question propose
to examine and to strip the veil from the
of this political prophet.
But before proceeding to this task, let
me ask why are such articles admitted into
the !" Union, and from thence dissemina-
ted among the people, by its cohorts and
/" train bands " Of the press
Why are such miserable subterluges resort
ed to ! The object is plain-the design SO
simple that we have been astonished to find
the " Napoleon Of The press" resorting to
tricks so thin and vapory, for the purpose
OF quilting the honest and true-hearted yeo
many ofthe land But we are not surprised
he has nothing else, as yet, to lash at
He will not support President TAYLOR
He must, therefore, oppose him in something,
although he cannot say in what. The re-
moval Of a few rabid partisans and inefhci-
ent office holders is sufficient for the pur-
pose. He cries out PRESCRIPTION, ""PRo-
PRESCRIPTION, y to the end Of
the chapter, and poor, good, honest soul at
the stream Of blood which his fancy conjures
up, Don Quixotte" like, he first starts
back in wild horror, and, then, feeling his in
dignation rise, vents his wrath against the
perpetrators Of the imagined wrong, -or
commisserates the unhappy victims and calls
upon mankind to ssvisit the homes Of the
decapitated," and witness " the tears Of the
wife-the groans ofthe crush
ed spirit Of the husband and the cries for
bread olthe suffering innocents." What an
excellent heart what exquisite sensibilty
who would suppose that the editor Of the
Union had been hardened by the political
campaigns Of forty years?
But, all this aside, the question propose
to examine is this--iChen, and ,chere, and
By ,Dh0m was it that the system of proscrip-
ton for opinions sake became introduced
into our Government do not mean the
question as It affects Gen. Taylor and the
members of his cabinet, viz rem0pals 10,
Jaithlessness, p0rihiessness, and incompe-
tency. say, prescription for opinions
sake, and appointments as the remard Of
partisan serpice---when, where, and by
whom was the system founded upon these
principles Of conduct introduced into the ma
chinery Of our Government The memory
OF the editor Of the Union, in connexon
with the press, extends back forty years
Can he not tell, or does be remember, just at
this time, to forget Was it with WASH
ington No! He was too great for this
Was it with the elder Adams No. He
was too enlarged patriot for this. Was it
with Jefferson No! He was too lofty
and magnanimous for this Was il with
Madison No! He was too enlightened
for such grovelling work. Was it with
Monroe No! He was too pure to have
harbored SO much selfshness Was it with
the younger Adams No! He was too
well acquainted with the true spirit Of our
institutions to have interpolated upon them
so hideous monster 1t was reserved for
the god of the Unions political idolatry-
for that man who, in its estimation, was the
1" second Washington''-f for him who, de-
claring the Executive to be /" a unit" con-
verted the rod Of his department into ser
pent which sought to swallow up the rods of
all the other departments. Yes; tits unde-
niably true, that it was reserved for Andrew
Jackson--ikatm man of stern passion and iron
nerUe--to introduce this noxious system in
our governmental machinery. He it was
who first erected the political guillotine in our
midst as the most fit means Of destroying the
power Of his adversaries. Who does not re-
member the havoc which he created among
the clerks in the departments at Washing
ton who dared oppose his thought or will
when these poor wretches were seen BY the
score, with their "broken-hearfed ,cipes and
suffering innocenis," gliding like spectral
forms, along the avenues Of this Capital,
alas ! too truly in search for some dry morse
"of bread" Where then, were the sym
pathies Of the good editor ofthc Union? Did
he bemoan their fate Did he cry aloud to
the country then as lie noO does, "PaoscRIp-
Troa,n "PRoscmpTIoN" "PRoscRIpTIos!"
NJ MI L.. U.o.ool Wa.h,,nt coul1