The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-23


assailed by either Of the oganS OF the administration
But the event has proved that we were mistaken The
Republic has taken up the lance; and yesterday il
assaed for the ebuke which we administered to its
reesoil contemporary, and for opposition to General
Taylor and his cabinet In the true spirit Of John Adams
federalism, the organ Of the President denounces the
ticles which we have written touching the conduct of
General Taylor with reference to the slavery agitation as
crowded with factous and seditious sentiments" and
says;
For months the Union has been engaged in sectional
acous, and disogsnzing opposition President Taylor
u has charged him with taking aboitionis Into his
cabine.-Jadge Collamer and Mr.. Ewing. While II
well aware that these gentlemen had been both most bit
ery assaed the abotoaists la their respective States
while Il knew that these man odous 10 the
free sellers Of Ohio than Mr. Ewing the free soers OF
Vermont than Judge Coamer, IL has daily charged them
with entertaining northern sentiments and feelings the
subject of slavery. and therefore with being abpitloniss
The Union has attacked President Taylor daily for the
composition Of his cabinet upon grounds which would
cude all northern from share la the administration
and compel Chief Magistrate seek all his constitutional
advisers from the southern States Will the Union point
us to nyhing In the or language OF the ee-soers
more thoroughly sectional, fsctions, and dsorganzing
We willing to contrast our conduct touching the
slavery question with that Of General Taylor and Of his
confidential organ When the Wilmot Proyso was first
and distinctly. and from that time to the present we have
maintained il openly and in the face OF the nation We
have not skulked from this question: formidable as is
nor have we sought, by dishonest and unmanly.
comudalism. dupe the North OF to cheat the South
We have stood by the compromises OF the constitution
and the rights and equality Of the States We have
deavored to stay the sp. Of aggression and under the
banner OF non-neryention. we have endeavored to
the question Of slavery from before the people, and
exclude it and the bitterness and strife which it produces.
from the councils Of The nation As the conductors Of
free press, alive to the responsibilities Of po
son and spoke frankly and without fear, and reso.
lutely turned our face against dupcity deceit and con-
cealment. We called upon General Taylor, a SER
want OF the peopleas the representative OF the States
and Of the people Of the States--to throw of his
DISCUSSES, and TO tell the American people how he
intended TO administer their government and to say
frankly what would be his conduct touching the Will
mot Proviso, the chief Of American representatives.
His position suspicious. He had endorsed the edito
rial of the Signal" which advocated the restriction OF
slavery He had endorsed the conduct Of Willard Fill
more, distinguished for factous and sectional
hostility to portion Of confederacy. His
had been at the head OF coalition ticket, made up by
corrupt union Of shareholders and abotionsts and he
had called around him coalition cabinet, whose chief
posts held by who entertained the sentiments
of dangerous and sectional faction Under these cir
cumsances Of suspicion, called upon General Taylor
American representative to act the part OF candor
and Of honesty, and denied his right to conceal from
the American people the which the American Ex
ecutive would pursue grave and important subject
which involved only the peace, but, perhaps the
perpeuity Of the Union For pursuing this course for
not relying with implicit and blind confidence the Pres
ident, and for inmatng that the king could do wrong,
we have been denounced by the mnions oil power as
comprising treason against his majesty; and the mouth
piece OF the President has the eontery TO charge with
sedition
II seems that part of our sedtous language is that
which charges Messrs. Ewing and Collamer with being
abolioniss Let consult the record The Republic.
early in its and pending the elections in the south
em States. endeavored to make the democratic party
odous 10 the people Of the South by denouncing the
efforts which were being made to heal the differences in
the democratic ranks in New York and other northern
States In order 10 effect its object, it denounced Van
Buren, free-soism aboonism and the supporters Of
the Buffalo platform aboliionis,s We accepted the
definition furnished by the Republic and proved by that
definition that not only Mr. Fillmore but Mr. Ewing and
Mr. Collamer. prominent members OF General Taylors
cabinet, were aboldonists. Now. we repeat what we
said. andwe charge that not only Messrs Ewing and
Colamer, but Mr. Meredith, and the whole wing party
in the North, stained with all the aboonism which
free soisn implies; and we defy the organ Of the
President 10 deny charge We not 10 be deceived
by the miserable bubble which the Republic attempts to
palm OF upon It's readers. We have never charged
Mr. Ewing, or Mr.. Collamer, or Mr.. Meredith, with
tsongng 10 the abolition 10 the free-soil ogani.
cation. Those gentlemen belong TO the wing party Of
the North; and the wing party Of the North is unani-
nous in lis support Of the antslavery doctrines OF NE
Buffalo platform-whch, according to the Republic, is
synonymous with abotonism-there was no need for
them TO desert their party organization in order for
ward their dangerous and sectional views Mr.. Ewing
may be odious TO the free-so party in Ohio, and Mr.
Collsmer may be odous TO the soilers in Vermont
bat assert that both OF those gentlemen are as firm
advocates Of the principle Of free sosm Joshua II.
Gddngs himself The organ Of General Taylor will not
venture to deny ths and yet has the hardwood 10 at
tempt bya miserable bubble to defend the cabinet Of
General Taylor, and in the Of General Taylor to
dupe and mislead the people Mr. Coamer has been as
consistent in his hostility 10 slavery and to shareholders
as Mr.. Giddings or Mr.. Tuck Mr.. Root While
Der Of Congress he voted for every anti slavery prop
osiion which either OF those gentlemen sustained The
Republic cannot deny this, and yet il comes forward
the defender Of Mr. Collamer, and with traofous du
pcity endeavors to make him acceptable to southern