The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-06


TayOr paper yeti notices the assaults Of the Union upon
Gen Taylor and says continue TO reeite his pledges
and to hold him responsible for Ewing Clayton, Co."
IN. Herald contends that the U.ioa Is "wiialy wrong
IN its conclusions" How Is this Either the admins
,lon has committed blunde the President is not
RESPONSIBLE for the Of his Secretaries To take this
latter horn OF the dilemma would be rdiculous-and
worse: ii would violate the very spirit Of the consu
lion, which vests the whole executive power" in a
President OF the United States, and not in an irrespons
Ne cabal II authorizes him 10 advise with "the princ
nal officer in each OF the Executive Departments = but it
holds him responsible for their acts Such doctrine las
that the President is not responsible for the Of his
seretaes) is not only at with principle, but with
hs precedents OF all his predecessors That argument
will not, of course, hold water II must therefore be
eoutended that the administration hascommtted blum
Jss But the Herald takes the opposite position, and
contends that all his bunders attributable to his
cabinet and attempts to the President on
account OF their ignorance and imbecily. This is 50
plainly set forth in the following extract from the last
number Of that paper that we do not hesitate to lay il at
once before our readers:
General TAYLOR entered upon his administration with
picv distinctly laid down and universally acceptable IL
'as Of he eoyemment irres pecve OF party schemes
party schemers. The proclamation OF such policy Ell
cd ina revelation OF lS, and the country looked forward
Win anticipaons OF satisfaction to its ulfment The
people had become tired of the abominatons Of the
snoils ,yscm-they had suffered sufficiently from Il In
the punderng rogues among the party scavenssrs PEN
stoned upon the treasury and there wa: soms good ground
hope thai lie would introduce and establish better state OF
What /, tho result ailurea failure from the start
to his point distressing and Notifying failure The ad
mnistraton thus far have scarcely presented single re-
the waste and bowling wilderness through which we have
been conducted What is the reason Why is this so
accomplish r Has he any "Pary scheme. 70 build up r.
With such fair prospect before him, and under such
deai has suffered himself be surrounded by the enemy
and all his oupos, magazines, and supplies in their pos
These questions are easy of solution Gea Taylor
honest man His wishes and intentions consistent with
me Iperence in affairs, public men, and party
schene he has been compelled, to great extent 10 IN
res From his Of knowledge of the office seekers and
office holders he was compelled to leave the subject Of
one OF the of honest Pure and dis
interested in his intentions, such man apt 70 rely
case with Cen Taylor When taken up the presidency
he frankly confessed his of experience for the
onters1he had been excluded fom all association with
politics and politicians; and he appealed on this ground
Il. s aSs s
be honest and disntecsted himself and possessed OF
%"s he has
they have beta, ed and abused shametuy, dlsgraceuy
TLi. explain. the failure Of the administration The
dence President. and the fahlessness OF his cab
net The Ssers q State IN his sap,d hs AM de-
,eabe prescriptions and the disgusting system OF nePo
.i.m pursued BY Ewing. Colamer and Meredith, have
been a disgrace the government and an outrage
upon the people,, The bloody butcher OF the Home
Department turns out family to sarve to make room
q nephew or cousin, until regiment OF the hrm
qua ered upon the treasury The head oil the Treas
up bestows his Offices to his own Creatures regard
NJ ,ssfin ola alma
cabinet Of capacity deeency, and honesty; this absence
Of sspsc. o public opinion this greedy appetite for The
and the whg party The cabinet have violated the pledges
Of The President In system Of prescriptions wshog,
public Offices with whole generations Of teir kh and kim
@ the dsealt Of ~ honest mem The pepuarty o. Gen
Of ontoolery, geachery, and miserable huckser ng and
this b our explanation OF the failure -.
hat General Tayloe may yet redeem himself and his
pledges He st has the confidence of the people With
the meeting Of congess bis message defining his home
pes Then we may expect reorgaIIxation rom the
pressure Of coagre. upon the cabinet The present con-
In bad reputc. II cannot be whewashed Il Is
taboosd IL Is q couneret; and galvanize IL as you may,
it won't It's wholesale prescriptions and nasty y
the Albany journal, the Republic, and other leading
organs olhe party They are 100 papab: 70 be denied
s" d ddiosiy in .ssciins new cabinet, a. wa inii
lumber country plenty of timber Of which build a
oabinet every SIX weeks h necessary, until the proper
ment.
Here the Herald comedies everything that we have
conended for with one excspton) Wehave contended
that General Taylor went into power with professions OF
noparyism on his lips. This Taylor journal admits H.
We have contended that he has fasifed all his pledges
The Herald admits that they have been asfcd but says
iii not he that did IT, but the Secretaries whom he had
selected Bot whoever has been the author. the people
have been cheated. and they are dsgraced Is il our
fault therefore, that complain Of these ransgrcssions
Why does the Herald assert that "the ultra locooco
clique headed by Richie and his office holders are
seeking TO Disgrace the President when admitted
BY il that ''the ultra Tom Ewng Collamer cabal, with
their Washington organs" had disgraced him by "falsy-
ing his pledges ~ Why blame us, il ltey have commit
led all the sins Of which we complain II the President
does not mean TO continue responsible for their acts, why
Toes be not dismiss them
Blu, the argument goes further; and Il is this point
which constitutes the difference between the Herald
and the Union We contend that General Taylor is also
himself TO blame and that be must know he is permitting
prescription 10 be pracscd and violating the pledges that
he made We contend. too that General Taylor is moi
only responsible for continuing his cabinet but for GRE.
,ing H. Why did he select men who incapable
u doing him justice Of rejecting honor upon them
eyesl We contend moreover, that the fault is prnci
Ry in him. in his undertaking the conduct OF an adj
ninstration for which he was utterly disqualified He
admitted his ncompeteney. He knew that he had spent
nearly forty years in the camp and that he had no civ
experience or political information, to carry the ad