The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-16

elected, have appointed his friends and not
his enemies, SO understanding the voice Of
his country (This my friend admitted J
win you, then deny this right to President
TAYLoR Will You take from him the same
duties and responsibilities in the same man
ner created Surely not You cannot make
the same act right or wrong at the same time
My friend at this point rose from his seat,
and candidly confessed that, as for himself,
he thought it perfectly right that any Presi-
dent should remove his political enemies and
appoint his friends, and that, il he were
President TAYLOR, he surely would do so,
but il mas TO the interest Of his party 10
make as much capitalom Of present pro-
ceedings as possible, and therefore, he de-
nonnced them.
Now, my dear sir, che who runs may
read'' that, this is precisely the case with the
venerable "Father Of the faithful" the in
genious and sagacious editorof the " Union"
As the bel-wether Of his party, he rings
every note upon the gamut, or what he is
pleased to style the inconsistency and faith
iessness Of President TAYLOR on the subject
Of removals and appointments. Describing
the right, the truth, and the justice Of the
question-pacing his own forced construc-
ton upon the declarations Of the President
yielding himself entirely to the dictates Of
passion and prejudice, and following, right
or wrong, the suggestions Of mere policy,
he instils into the minds of his readers, argu-
ments and statements as destitute Of any SOL
id foundation Of fact to rest upon as the base
less fabric Of dream. Atfrst, he attemp-
ted 70 show that the Administrations Of Pres
ident JACKSON and VAN buren, were not
proscriptive But when met here, by the
"Nationai Whig,' and "lnieligencer' with
pages Of quotations from the "Iciegraph"
and "Giobe," the administrative organs of
those days, subverting every position he had
assumed, and proving to the country that the
venerable editor was reckless in his assertions,
with the infuriated shouts ofs'The axe in
notion "Those heads off, 'SFitz Henry
Warren," &C., &c., he retreated from this
position and planted himself firmly upon the
declaration that, "Presidebt Polk had never
made a removal for opinions sake" He soon
found, however, that this new bulwark was
more untenable than that lie had Just aban-
doned. The numerous instancesof the heart
less tyranny Of the "Modcrn Saint given
by you in the "IVhig," soon exposed the
boldness Of the declaration, and caused hiI,
tc waver. But he still fought desperately.
He published lists of the offices in Washing
ton, asserting them to be true, (and no doubt
without having "strictly" examined them
himself, since he is in the habit Of so doing as
appears from a late admission of the /" Union'')
in which he made il appear that prior to the
accession Of Mr. Polk, there was clean ma
jority Of Wings, in the public departments,
and although Mr.. Polk, (whose righteous
ness and piety the Union can never sufiici-
emily commend, for he could shed tears and
say his prayers at the very instant in which
hisihands wreaked with the warm blood Of his
victims) at first, only equalized III, offices
between Wings and Democrats, and after
wards ran UP the Democratic side to a
majority Of los, yet, all this was done
without "proscribing single man for
opinions sake" Finally, however, the
Bahimorc Patriot came out with the as
founding fact, that, the "modern saint had
not been in office three months, before he
had removed from Office in the city ofWash-
ington alone, ninety odd incumbents. And
further, that he had not occupied the Pres-
dental chair more than four months before
he had inundated upon the altar of Van
Burenism, merely in the District Of Column
bia, nearly, if not quite, three hundred Off
Gals, too honest TO support that arch hypo-
critic and traitor, This explosion blew up
the new line Of the editor But, skilled in
oil the art and strategy Of war, gained by a
long and arduous course of experience, and
wonderful in expedient he retired under the
smoke Of the battle--soon formed another en-
tTenchment--and charged upon President
Taylor want Of consistency and violation
of pledges" In this charge he encountered
the true soldier--one Of the camp and not oil
the court, sand is now held up in the face oil
both armies, trans6xed on true blade Of
Damascene, kicking impotently, but furious
ly'ln the hollow, arr regretting not half SO
much the awkwardness Of his predcament as
NE loss Of his CAPITAL.
] am truly pleased, my dear sir, to find
that the Administration is ediscarding all
"sickly sensibiities,y If il ever possessed
them, on this subject Perhaps should RAJ
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