Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-13
TAYLOR DEMOCRATS LOOK AT
THISl

ihc i"ioWirR dcclaratlon OF lndepcnd-
encc, taken from the Western Press. pub-
li'hed at Mercer, Pennsylvania, is so
graphic of the faud by which General
TAYLOR came into power, and his abuse of
1T since, that we cannot forbear to Inv it
tc!o'c tho country:
DEcLARA'IoN OF lSDEpENDENoE BY
DEMOCRATIC TAYLOR NJ .N.--When in the
course OF human events i; ccomes nccrs-
snry for the fiermcn of lhi, country to
dissolve the roli,ical binds which have
heretofore corrected item with any of
the leHding parties of tie county, de-
cent respect for the opinions of their rcl-
low-cltlzens seems to iequirc at their
hands declaration of the causes which
have led to their separation.
We, thc:eGo:c, who voted last fall for
General Zachary Taylor, hereby declare
our determination to several political con-
nection with him. and the party by whom
he is controlled, for the following, among
many other reasons:
He has proved recrcHnt TO all his plcdg-
cs:
lie promised rot TO lie a party President,
and to avoid all party schemes We, lie
has chosen Cabinet composed entirely
OF The rankest and most obnoxious Whips:
lie has promised to allay the vi lencc
OF party descriptions; yet prescription
has ragged with fcrcencss unrrecedcnt-
ed in our political histo'y;
He promised to max, "honesty. capa
city, and fidelity" Il e three great ,eQui.-
i'es for political prci.,ment yet he has
removed urge number of honest, up
light, and competent men and given their
stations to those who disgrace them;
He has discharged from office some of
the most gallant and heroic soldiers of the
Mexican war, his own compatliots in arms,
and the brnvesi Spi rs of the war of 1912:
He has discharged from Office poor wild
ows, that the scanty pittance from which
they eked out Il mcag,e subsistence, might
go to reward the political services of
brawlng coons;
He has appointed to high official sta
tions men who have always be. traitors
to our country-blue-light federalists in
1912, and advocates of Mexico in our re-
cent contest;
He has surrendered to Wing Cabinet
the whole control of the affairs of govern
ment. deferling 10 their will in all things,
and virtually acknowledges himself to be
mere cipher.
He has shown himself to he uttcly and
totally incafoble of performing the duties
of his Office.
His entire political history fo;ms Sc
lies OF contradictions. of shameful viola
tion of pledges, and of hase prostitution
to party schemes, unparalleled in his
tory.
Believing, as VIC now do, that his carly
letters were wilful attempts To- deccive the
people, and considering th,t his .urse
since his elevation has abundantly proven
him to be politically dishonest, incapable
and antaithfal, we fe,l constrained to re-
gard him as unworthy of the position he
holds, and the course Of political muneu-
yring which elected him as despicable
and dishonest scheme, to place in power
the wire-workers and schemers ofWhig-
gerry, behind the cloak of his military
achievements, and ", therefore rcnounce
all connexion with Taylo.ism. hencefoYth
and forever, and hold the party that sup
ports him, rs political enemies. and in the
ordinary transactions Of life. friends.
And for tho support of his declaration,
and to nd the country of the curse of
laylioism. with IA firm reliance upon the
justice OF our cause, and in firm convie!
ton that truth is mighty and must pre-