The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-26

10 more than mortais lovely, blest they stand,
On, | should weep my loss, but still my signs,
And fearful yield thee, angel, to the skies
From the Philadelphia North American, April 9th
THE CRY OF PROsCRIPTION.
1t is matter Of surprise that the Locofoco pres.
should assail and attempt 10 disparage those whl
have been, or may hereafter be, appointed TO Office
by Gen. Tayors Administration; for il is part of o
system by which they hope to perpetuate The pro-
scrption Of the Wing party and 70 retain the places
which they have abused, through long continued
and il-deserved enjoyment of their emolumeuts and
honors.
On the one hand, an outcry against prescription
Is raised whenever Of their number is visited
with justice ION the other they defame with equal
energy any friend Of General Taylor who may be
appointed TO Office.
Driven from power in 1910, by the voice of an in
dignant people, who were outraged and shocked by
frauds and regulations upon the public treasury
unblushingly denominated by the mild name Of 'de-
faults-so gross as 10 demand new penal provisions,
and to occasion enactments making embezzemeni
Of the public money felony, and forbid the sys-
tenn Of plumber, through extra allowances" IL is
matter OF no wonder that power should have been
regained, in lS44 by the party thus expelled through
the vilest fraud ever practised upon intelligent
and conhdng people. *,
Power thus acquired, and thus abused, which has
fattened by peculaiion is never abandoned without
desperate struggle. Locofocoism, which has thus
perpetraed, covered and protected inquiry, Is fit
assaiant when virtue ia to be disparaged or honor
and patriotism illuminated When did this fell spirit
In the desperate effort to continue power, ever shrink
from the lowest and most degrading work of de-
traction
What though the person assniled has been failhful
to every duty Of SOCIAL and public life; what though
he may have been distinguished for efficient service
and zeal in promoting the interests Of his country;
is enough, that as citizen he may have felt the
obligation, or that he may have occupied position,
10 expose and resist the corruption Of Locofocoism
10 incur the hot dispeusure Of It's mInions TO insure
70 him their vindictive canmnies and to invoke
their unworthy denunciations. Who does not re-
member how the Lobofoco presses and partisans
assailed the good and honored Harrison how they
DETAINED him soldier and sough, 10 tear from his
brows the laurels which he had won the fields Of
danger and glory proc aiming that his victories be-
ionged 70 o,her and Inferior men, and that his life,
which had been full of virtue and benevolence, was
snlled with the most revolving vices.
And when General Taylor became the candidate
OF the people, how was he also traducedl Distin-
guished by achievements which have added fame
and honort 10 our annals, which have attracted alike
the wonder and admiration Of the civilized world
Inese same presses attempted TO dsparage his merits
as soldier critcizng with mpoien, malice his mil
itary movements affirming thu, he glory of his vic
tories belonged to snbordinates, and that his adnira-
ole dispatches were the work OF other hands. Not
more distinguished Tor military greatness than hui
non q Monterrey they published afidayits and Ger
ufcates asserting thai such the nlerciless char
acter Of his nature, that he had employed blood
hounds to pursue tho poor Indian and, for very
pastime had his slaves tied up and .srttred in III
presence. Known for his love Of virtue and respect
Ior religion they yet represented him far forget
inl OF decent regard fos a that is sacred that on
the very field Of his greatest glory, he ordered his
soidiers-such was the infamous story circulated
g Yse the leaves Of the Word Of God for carriages,
and with rbald jest exclaimed, this is the way to
spread the gospel in Mexico"
The nation has rebuked these calr;aniators; and
now that ne, whom they revi.rd, has been placed
10 power by the favor Of hia admiring countrymen
Dy natural transition the caumniator becomes the
6vCOnhdQf .yt.n ah,,aaI ,<xsa t,I
rust and by tongue and pen propagated these SIAN
qerI and contributed from their salaries 70 cover she
nnd win falsehood and detraction against him
these very men are forward to fawn tad Hatter,
mat they may preserve places which ley have pros.
ntnted % political purposes and exclude those who
met their assaults, and defended him and defeated
mem, h And when, in the discharge Of his duty, he
any Oh these friends how II be expected but that
me same assaihntsA-as they illuminated him whom,
rem pogey thsy now flatters SHOULD denounce those
&ho defended him against their calumnles and thus
incurred their unforgiving hostility These attacks
are, and always will be, violent In proportion
,on 70 me active service and ability of the friend Sc
tlemen Justify cry prescription ind boldly affirm
that they never were proscrip.jse- no, never. Mr..
ro y &, administration NOT Ploserp,ve Beginning
40 did BY descending 10 he door of the Treasury
building, and driving from an humble place an
Amercan soldier Of the war of 1872, whose brother
los! ais Hfc at the battle of Monmouth and substi-
suMns sstanger, an Engiishman but recently nasa-
yer because ne was Democrat" lit endedny filling,
we hsi diving hours Of its existence, every clerk.
shp .nd almost every vacant place with lite own par
sisens and browning the whole byappointng as cad,
at West Point the son Of person in Washington who |
WINS soldier In the British army and fought against
this country In the war Of 1612-to the exclusion of
the sons Of gallant and mertorious officers in our
own army, who sacrificed their lives In defending the
national honor True TO the instincts which never
deserted MI. Polk, he appointed the son OF this
British soldier, because he was Democrat and
rejected the son Of an American soldier tacause he
How long do these men expec. 70 abuse the pa |
thence oil the nation How long 10 deceive and ca
jole, a. they have maligrea illuminated, and pro-
s;nbed we know thai there are honorable excep-
tons among onr opponents who disdain and are /
Ssgusted with the corrupt practices OF their political
associates For all such we have respect we are |
not disposed TO demand any general system OF reno
walls but we do insist that the Wing party, which !
has been so long and tyrsnnicslly exclued shall
have its just and full proportion tho administration
Of the Government, and that ncoIpetent and active
partsans shall be displaced laoan and lament as
much as Locofocoism may and will do oyer their
tall 4il
In this conaeotion, beg to invite. the attention
Ok our Locoioco friends-apd particularly ef tia
Pennsylvanan--to the following resolution adoFed
BY their State Convention, held At Iiarrsbugh, sRs
9th of March. i.s47'
esolved That the removal from The sar.sa; aisss a.
W .on 81 81 DEM principles
long been called for and IL alike demannea ~ snr
the Democratic party and the best interests Of nf
and ought not TO be longer postponed osdeiayeo
whatil Iocofocoism shouldbe tried by is own laws,
and It's own euillotine be brought into reqnisition "a
be used according to its own Draconia. rules and
principles,-as thus proclaimed by the authority OF
Pennsylvania Locoioco State Convention
RrMAsxAslE FLowEn.-The Maysyille (ky.)
Eagle, Of the 18th ins notices the blooming In
that city Of beautiful and very fragrant flower,
which IL Of unusual size. The editor says: " We
measured Il and found It's diameter four-dnd- three
quarter inches, thus making its circumference more
than fourteen inches. 1t is Of the class designated
in Buisi as the Rosa Indica Odorata Of pink color
and oval shaped leaves The plant, which was
now In full bloom Cincinnati Gazette.
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