The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-18
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 10. lsis.

ractcr, who appear to have eniIappei nthe't
meshes, The kind healted ediIorol the Onion,
beyond the power Of escape, lave whetted
their knives again, and have, once more,
begun to pusue their iavorite vocation,
through the columns Of the common recepta-
Gle Of their editorial labors Their last des-
perate effort, in their war against pers nal
reputation, is to be found in the Union Of the
18th instant, II is headed " DisyrdceJnl
Spectacle an appropriate name for every
word Of the venomous and wicked thoughts,
which the article conveys II emboies all
the malignity Of the Father Of Lles, all his
brazen-faced impudence, all his eagelneas
for the destruction OIL every thing that is good
in human character, and It is even clothed in
the foul language, which none but 6end could
be capable ofus,ng Il sets at nought all
the requiem MIS- Of decency and proprIety,
and utters mol single truth, from beginning
to end The author Of this article must have
heart, not to be envied We give him the
cradito having produced The most diabolical
piece Of composition, both in words and in
ideas, that we have ever had the misfortune
to read and we are determined, 50 Tar as It
depends upon cur help, that he shall re-
ceive and ENJOY, 70 the full, the notorety Of
infamy, which he has 50 sedulously sought
and so triunphantly earned.
It will be remembered that this same Jour
nal, the Union, and the whole Democratic
party in Congress, at the time vociierously
denounced Gen TAYLOR, for the arnistice Of
Monterey and yet, at this late day, we are
forced to read in its columns warm eulo-
gum Of that very armistice, in order TO be
told, that the credit Of that armistice is due,
not TO Gen. TAYLOR, but solely to his associ-
ates in arms! This Union, which condemn
ed without stint, Gen TAYLOR as unworthy
10 lead American arms to victory, because OF
his kindly nature IN agreeing to truce,
when he had the enemy in his power and
could have crushed him without resistance
such was the argument Of the Unitn at the
time-this same Union, which said that
General TAYLOR had too mnchol the milk Of
human kindness in his character to be
great and successful General, now turn,
about and proclaims, that this arms
tice was glorious achievement in the
history Of American warfare, was grace
full, chivalrous, generous and mertorons act,
and worthy Of all praise, but that the credit
Of it was not due to the heroic Chief, who
dictated it, as the history Of the event de-
clares, in opposition to.the advice OF many,
if not most of his brother officers, but that it
is due TO those officers, who opposed il
Can Misrepresentation, purposed, wifnl mis-
representation go further Was ever i'm
prudence like this The utterer of this base
SANDER against Gen. TAYLOR, the coiner
of this outrageous falsehood, must have
known, that he was eliminating the Presi-
dent, must have known, that he was falsiy-
ing the truth Of history, or if he did not
know it, he has certainly won the right to
wear the cap aud bells Of the kings fool, for
the remainder Of his days None but
knave or fool would have ever been ignilty
Of denying to General TAYLOR the cred
it Of the armistice Of Monterey, ana es-
pecially Of denying him credit 70, The act
through the columns Of the same pape, that
had denounced, abused and vilihedthe oh
Hero fol being the authorof il
After having perpetratcd this outrage uE-
on truth and decency, one would suppose, thai
the author could not shy any thing worse
against Gen, TAYLOR but the reader will
be astonished to hear that this assassin Of
personalreputation does not stop at this point
Like his prototype, the parent Of sin, having
turned his back on truth and righteousness,
he continues his descent lower and lower,
deeper aud deeper into the abyss Of evil
and hurls against the head Of the
object Of his wrath, the most embiltered
weapons Of v'tuperation Fortunately, 70.
the sake Of justice, they strike the panopoly
Of, the uprightness in which the mercilul old
Chef is clad, and fall inocuous at his feet
Let US send them back to the bosom which
engendered them, and perchance they may
rend the heari Of the author with remorse,
and, we hope with penitence, for his wicked
and malicious conduct The whole article 1
is an utter disgrace 10 the Union, il indeed
any thing could disgrace that paper, ana ex-
hibits its venerable editor, as we have al
ready said, in the most f,tioble eonditionthat
can be imagined But while his position
exeites the commis-ration Of all good men,
we cannot permit the things, who arc using
him for their own base purposes and striving
to destroy the glorious reputation Of Gen
TAYLOR and his cabinet, to escape with i'm
punity,
It IS notorious, that nearly all the incum-
bents Of Office, on tie 4th Of March last,