The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-28

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"We cannot doubt Seddons election Bayly and Mil.
son elected loss to Goggn in Abemarle"
For the Union
Modest Assurance.
There were giants in those days"-Holy Vlit.
Ihe barefaced assumption of all the honesty and all
the intellect by the universal wing party of country
IS SO supremacy ridiculous, that of sense in the OPP
position deem II unworthy of exposure. whig whelh-
er ultra or conservative is looked upon by the hangers
on OF that motley party to be an angel in the fesh-a
kind OF incarnation of holiness honesty high heeled gen.
tly and hospitality He like the Pharisee of old, is
peculiar saint and with his gold bowed spectacles his
ivory headed cane his velvet prayer book and his
;monous whine, thanks God that he not as other men
and seated upon his downy cushions shores out the
service the Sabbath day. with all the imposing dignity
OF man who has done favor to the temple OF the Al
MIGHTY and lad It under Obligations too significant to be
overlooked in the great day OF accounts We cannot see
these children of velvet humility and usty compacency
without thinking OF the applicability and iruthfuness Of
the advice OF the unworthy father TO his dutiu and equally
unworthy sons "Ihlnk well OF yourselves, my boys
for nobody else will think well of you" "a word TO The
wise is sufficient" and, ga wink is good nod"
We were much struck few mornings since with the re-
Elections of loafer, who only tit for public office
and hardly for thaone of the poor relations OF the Gre
spectacle" party now most unaccountably and unrghte
ousy IN power. lie was waiting, with crowd of hun
cry expecants at the door OF secretary too busy to
tend to his evee, Notwithstanding the hand of time was
upon the point OF twelve. 'Wel. (sad he, yawning,
thank God, honest will soon come in power again
Honest men Yes, many there must be in all parties
but this man. this moral bankrupt, if he paid debt
redeemed promise, cherished noble sentiment or prac
lised moral principle, did ii far back in his life that
his best friends and his worst enemies had forgotten the
deed, and the occasion of it.
Dogenes once went through the streets of aristocratic
Athens with lighted candle in his hand in search of an
honest man and If we right in Classics Gf not
the lntellgencer will correct us the old gentleman re-
turned at evening 10 his fully convinced that he had
fooled away day, lost candle, and made an ass Of
himself Perhaps, however, Dogenes had false stand
ard OF honesty We have heard of merchants who con.
and of citizens who employed hghwaymen for police.
men, Like Diogenes, they may have erred in their
Standard or, like the Spartan, may have deemed dis
Greet robber worthy of the laurel Be that as it NAV
however. we deny the assumption of all the honesty,
denounce the hypocrisy and laugh at the cantng folly
the whole immaculate band, from
"The great brass trumpet to the tiny horn"
The election of General Tay lor is considered by MANY
expecants the third great event in the annals of time
first, the creation of the world was something to talk
about; second. the appearance of Washington at the
tality event of moments and, third, the election of
General Taylor capped the climax. The creation of the
world gave TO us field of action Washington secured
independence, and then refused the purple of
an emperor; and the spontaneous election Of General
Taylor made honest men of the whole wing party with
out throe or pang But this election if it has saved
the party, has been fatal TO the General himself Like
the birth of all monsters, life has been given for life
If the party is honest where is the consistency and
honesty of that man who declared that he had no
enemies TO punish and friends to reward--who
would make "honesty, fidelity, and capacity" the
yard stick of official lfe-who eschewed party, and
planted himself alone upon the constitution and the
welfare OF the cOunlry-whO would accept of NOM
nation from any party and who elected by the votes
Of nil parties; and who, either by the direction of Others
beins out-voed at his council board or by his will
funess in prescription and reioces amid the ruins
of broken faith If such is the fruit of the green tree
what will be found upon the dry! Will the Wmot
Provso be approved or rejeeted Will bills for rivers
Congress do what il pleases with such President! Let
the future, if il must be, tell its tale of weakne and
folly Of violated pledges and departures from the stand
bound with the pledges of James the Second. for the
benefit of the Walpoles of coming years
But we are told that General Taylor is truly patriot
egrty by rebuking his selfish advisers Let him coma
forth from his seclusion to the people with his heart in
his hand and frankness upon his lips. Let him stand
upon his own independent platform without fear and
without eproach and then if cannot agree with him
in sentiment, we will respect his opinions; and if we
cannot vote for his measures, we will honor his chaac
The elder Washington; and if the Hero of Buena Vista
expects follow the footsteps of his lusous prede
:essor he must not be od out of his pledges by Thomas
Ewing por frightened out of his consistency by the cleo
lion OF democratic members of Congress in Connecticut
Honesty is the best policy for and for parties If
he wing party would only forget themselves and try il
Taylor is elected, and that is all. The wing party
are like the slaves of barrel with the hoops cut and
unless Mr. Ewing the cooper OF coonery. can bind them
together by the cohesive power Of public plumber, the
war of factions will destroy the unity Of the band of
honest men, and they will ali go on the back track to
kingdom come together Mr.. Clay, we are informed in
letter in this city, declares that he has not inu
ence sufficient with the administration to get APP
pointed "TYDE waiter; and Mr. Webster after having
obtained the appointment OF messenger or laborer in the
Home Department for negro, has gone 10 Massachu-
,etts to mourn the of Greedy collector
Of Boston-an appointment made at the instance of Mr.
Lawrence and against the desire of the majestic Ruin of
Marshfeld. Looking around the world we find the
London Times and the warden of the Washington peni-
enary the only persons exceedingly well pleased with
he election of the Second Washington and the dawn of
he "HEROIC AGE"