Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-26

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one thing. They supposed him Of
least capable Of selecting COMPETENT
advisers. Their acts not only convict
them Of incompetence, but ofpoli,icOl
dishonesty and corruption. Mr.. Mer
idith whowos scarcely known out Of
the city Of Philadelphia, and there
merely as a lawyer was called TO the
Treasury Department A depart.
mcnt that required a profound states
man at its head. Unknown to the
people before coming into Office they
can form an opinion Of his ability,
/ from nothing but his Official acts.
The mere selection OF such men as
Marcy Mason, or Walker, by Mr..
Poll, was a sufficient guarantee Of
their ability Gen Taylor's favorable
opinion of politician can be no re.
commentator TO his merits. lie
has favorable opinion of Collamer
Ewing, Truman Smith, and the nota>
bic Secretary Of the Treasury. Well
/ who is t,is man Merediihl lie is a
weak narrow minded man, if we are
/ 10 Judge from one of his official acts
Not long since he warned the District
Attorney Of New York, that an old
law oil 1890, made il necessary that
every essel should have is name on
The stern and ordered him to enforce
the old obsolate law, that no enc ex.
cept superannuated lawyer knew
10 be in existence. So the District
Attorney goes out and at a long dis
lance discovers the name Of the ves.
sells on the side, where common sense
reason, and universal custom has all
agreed in determining 10 be the pro-
per place. Presuming that the names
were not on the stern the steamboat
owners without further intimation or
advertisement were called on to pay
the penalty for a breach Of an old law
to which no attention has been paid
iorperhaps 40yoars. Now for some
act Of political corruption. We might
refer 10 the lawless and Infamous
system Of prescription rendered more
despicOble by Gen. Toylor's solemn
pledges to be no.party President,
and Mr.. 'Crittendon's avowal that he
(Gen. Taylor loaihed prescription.
But We waive this for the present.
We have others upon a smaller scale,
but ofthe same political turpitude.
Truman Smith, the black hearted
abolitionist from Connecticut. that
Col Harris could not defend, has
been employed at eight dollars a dan
out ofthe wing corruption fund as
smuggling MASTER and wire worker
General, to do the filthy dirty out
door work Of the party BY circulating
the gTossest falsehoOds against the
Democratic party. This is a sample
Of administrative honesty and states
man like propuety, in perfect keep.
ing with all lis acts. This is the wavI
in which the second Washington, -
is redeeming his no-party pledges
pledges to effects great moral refor
nation in the minds Of the American
sovereigns in theirparty feelings, and
party prejudices-pledges to hormo.
nize the discordant elements of poll
Teal strife, BY being himself a firm
moderate and dignifed Second
Washington, and directing all things
around him in like spirit.
Well the old General strikes outI
in another strange and magnificent
strain TO harmonic parties. His
right hand man Mr. Post MASTER
General Collamcr, Notwithstanding
the disorder and confusion Of his De-
partner, Al Washington,& ofthe ma.
lis generally throughout the United
States, has kicked these little insight
6cant matters under the table, or in.
TO the bads Of his honest proiege
Fitz Henry Warren, as being unwor-
thy Of his notice, and has gone of to
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