The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-24
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 The piedxss of Cen. rsylsF ssd ths rrofsssions of the Whtg party upan the suhjsCt sf prescription for opsntons sake are ssill fush in the pabc rrc- oseeiioa. Connexions of tho vtstatIon of eli the promises they made on the snbjsct the whie papers gre new driven strange ezpedents to justify the sets of the present administration They feel that an attempt st justification is necessary order to rescoe their frsss5s from the indignation which violation of solemn pledges must necessarily create Tee xaeYt te shit the responsibility by dTa wing unconstitutional distinction between the Executive and his cabinet, Is shallow aftlhee thai cannot mislesd the people. 0pe of the prominent objects in the election cf Gen. Taylor was said to be, an entire change in the mode of conferring sppoiut- menis. as to prevent the removal of competent men from office for mere difference of political sen timents It was in vain that democrats urged the Justice of the rule laid down by Jefferson, in com pliance with which an administration should cali io ifs aid the friendly services of those stimulated by coincidence of views to promote it's policy and ] uphold it's principles. That rule met only with whIg denunciations. We never deceived by Inc eeetIoneering professions of our opponents; yet il cannot be doubted that many voters were. Already a number of removals ehsxs been made in direct conflict with Tsy0rs oft repeated pledges. and Il becomes the duty of heaest men to hold him re sponsibia forevery such act The best interests of free government demand that public servants shall be held to a rigid fHlhinient of the conditions which they are elevated to power
 l. matters not, ss far Taylor Is concerned, whether democratic administrations have set the example which he claims to be now following; for he succeeded in the canvass by pledges to reverse the democratic rule. What his opponents may have done in this respect affords neither justfca- ton nor apology for him. The question to ha de- tsTmined is-has he been trne 10 his own dectara- tions or has he reckIessly disregarded lhem' The answer demanded by the people will admit neither of prevaricaioB nor subterfage. The constitution coufers upon the Executive the initiative in al! re- movals and appointments. It lodges the executiye power in one man-the President After pro- traeied debate in the convention which framed that instrument, decision made in favor of stHgis and against plural executive. All of the reasons which induced that decision apply with increased potency to existing affairs. Hence the excuse that various pfoscrptvc acts are to be ascribed t0 the different members of the cabinet snd not io Gen. Taylor. IS merely attempt to deceive us into for getuness of the obligations imposed by the consti- tution in order that his violated pledges may not be called up in judgment against him. He is alone responsible for those acts, aud he cannot escape that constitutional and moral responsibility by saying that he has failed to discharge his duty, or has abJicated portion of the executive power in favor of creatures of his own making. His cabinet is composed of adniseTs of his own choosing. If they do not carry out his policy, he can substitute others who will. They cannot oyerrnle him. or dictate what Ee shall do. As long as they are per miited by him to act in official capacity, he is sponsible for their acts. There can be no escape from this conclusion. 4 nd certainly 1t Is but poor compliment 10 him 10 declare that the Inau who shuuned no danger on the battle heid, shrinks from lust accountability in civil effairs
 A very little knowledge of political history would have taught him that such men as Ewing in the cabinet and Warren in the Bureaus. would give ! proscFiptiye character to his administrations un- less their viruent partizan dispositions were con troied by him. If he refuses to exercise the neces- sary check upon them. he virtually asseus to their conduct and makes it his own.
 twill seem strange to the attentive observer Of passing events, that the very mea who but few months ago denounced the democratic doctrine, DJ& refer to il as the only correct rule of acton and quote Jefferson to prove it.-Nashu,iie tHioa.