The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-15
IT h . wing Administration.

1t Is . WING Administration.
We think every intelligent observer of the events of
the last three months must be convinced that the
present administration is thoroughly and ultra wing in its
personnel and principles and will be in its measures, if il
shall have the courage and The honesty to its
purposes, or put forth system of administrative pol
icy II longer claim the credit Of being moder
ale administration On the contrary Notwithstanding the
deliberate and solemn pledges and professions of its NOM
na head and of the leading organs and orators OF the
party that supported Gen Taylor it has proved itself
be thus far the most violent vndctive, and proscrpve
administration which has ever held power In this repub
lie. 1t has pursued its opponents with an appetite for
vengeance and spirit Of revenge hitherto unknown in
our political history, and believe rarely if ever, prac
,ised in any country pretending to be civilized and en-
lightened in modern times.
But we have not been surprised at the spectacle Of
Inconsistency, breach of faith with the people, and
bushng hypocrisy which il has exhibited We expected
all, during the canvass, and warned friends
against trusting General Taylor, listening to his prom
ises We did not believe they made in good faith
Or if they were we did not believe it possible for him
carry them out in his administration if he elected
His of experience in the science of craftsmanship,
and his lack OF knowledge of men, even ii he had pos
sessea superior and commanding intellect, convinced
haehe would be Obliged In the event OF his election, to
throw himself into the hands of the men who were
instrumental in bringing him into the field as candidate
These men, knew, were ultra and bitter wings, not
withstandng their professions OF moderation; and
we confident, if they were successful in the
political fraud which they had planned and were
attempting TO consummae under the cover of General
Tayos name, they would throw of the veil of hypocrisy
which they had assumed during the and demand
that the administration which they had thus installed in
power should be also wing in its men and measures.
We saw the same game played in 1910, in the Of
General Harrison, before the election and the de-
veopmen and consummaton afterwards, which we have
witnessed in the case OF General Taylor In 1910, after
the humbugery of log cabins, skins, and hard CT.
der had had theirday and accomplished their ends, then
came the rigid test of principles, and the stern reality OF
measures. The people awakened from their dream Of
deuson, and overturned those by whose incantaons
they had been momen,ariy charmed and put to sleep
The veil OF delusion which military glory had spread
the people in 1915 is drawn aside and they be-
hold naught but the altar and the gods of whgery This
is enough; rejoice at it, because it will be the last
of wing administrations during the present generation
military services bestowed in patriotic cause and
gave their support to General Taylor on that account
how grossly and grievousy they have been de-
ceived how false has been the promise to the ear and
how nsultingy it has been broken to the They
have only to return to the democratic fold, where
they will be welcomed as brothers,, and aid in over
throwing the party by whom they have been led astray
and who would humate and disgrace them by requiring
them to support principles in which they do not believe
and acknowledge which they never intended to
recognise.
But, encouraged by the success which attended their
game of dupciy and hypocrisy before the election, the
designing men who control the administration of Gen.
Taylor may imagine that they still keep up the sys-
tenn OF delusion which they have devised, by merely
giving the Offices TO their followers while they remain
silent to measures office being, in their estimation,
the great desderatum of their active adherents II
such be the policy OF the administration, we think
will soon be made sensible of its mistake The Office
seekers but among the interests of whgery THAI
camor for reward The administration has the monopo-
lists and every other class of punderers of the substance
Of the people, to reward and satisfy Capital grim and
inexorae stands by its side demanding its pound of
flesh The manufacturers must be silenced by an in
their productions The banks must be gratifed with the
possession and OF the public money And contractors
and brokers must be appeased by pouse expend
of the public money for internal improvements, and
for every branch OF the public service order that specu
laon may revive, and the business of shaving prosper
All these interests will be down upon the administration
like flock OF furnishing wolves camorng for spols and
plumber And the demands of this hungry and voracious
pack will be difficult to resist than the importun
ties of the ofceseekers They will not be resisted The
administrations sympahizng with those interests in prin
cpea feeling will crafty them. II could not resist if it
would. And hence the country may expect from the adj
mns'raton of General Taylor which not TO be ultra,
but mild and moderate the most thoroughgoing and de-
cided wing policy. The General himself, however i'm
portani he may have been in the battlefield, will be no
more in this whirlwnd of wing elements that will bese
him than the fly upon coach wheel. He will wonder
at the tempest, and may ater himself that he has raised
il but he will find that he has the magicans power
TO alay it,
We say again, reoiced that the true character
OF this administration has been fully developed. The
democratic elements which helped raise it to power
will now separate from il, and again acknowledge the
laws of political affinity, by recombining with the demo-
cratic party The ISSUE therefore, is again between DE-