New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-19
wHIo STATE NOMINATIONS.
The President and the Cabinet.

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popularity TO their own private account. Let us
make him a candidate for next President was
the natural and ready suggestOn-so natural That
dozens claim separately the merit OF originating
1t, and each truly so far as regards himseii-tnst
is, he did not borrow the idea from any other.
Few Of them knew, fewer cared, what were the
General convictions on the great Political ques-
tons " hich mad convu!aed the country-none ask
ed whether bis opportunities and requirements
bad been such as 10 fl. him for the Presidentisl
chair. They simply went in 70 win and pushed
Gen. Taylor ja< as they would have bet their
money on a horse that they supposed mo,t likely
TO win q race, withou. knowing er caring any
thing moro about him.
These originals were generally men very loose
Iy attached 70 either OF the great parties-many
Of them did not profess 10 belong to either They
tried 70 place Gen. Taylor on their own ground,
aud for time were not wholly without success
Ofcourse the independent press for such ia the
sell. assumed designation Of that portion Of the
estate Of journalism which oonceas its opinions
on the most important public questions or takes
care lot to have any)-was 70 great extent pu,
in requisition by the Taylor guerilss, and not
without effect And yet all the force that could
have been drawn together for the support Of
Gen. Taylor could rot have given him the first
Electoral Vote-could not have made him stronger
10 the canvass than Martin Van Boren-had not
the Wbig National Convention, upon the public
assurance Of the Louisisns Delegation that he
was every inch Wing and would abide the choice
OF the Wing Convention, adopted ard presented
him as the Wing candidate for President. And
these assurances were more than confirmed IN
letters written by Gen. Taylor before the close
OF the canvass.
Gen. Taylor WIS elected but to the chsgnn oil
the originals, elected as Wing. Nineteen TWEEN
tieths Of all the votes cast for him were cast a.
Wing votes ut least nine-tenths OF the whole
were so COS, because he was Wing and the
Wing candidate. The independent Taylor men'
the Kings friends. had been dwared by the
very success of the movement they bad initiated.
the President they had helped to make was
Wing IN principle and feeling the Members o.
Congress chosen to sustain bus NATURALIZATION
were, almost To man. Wings; he had no choice
bot TO form pure Wing Cabinet and desired no
other Every man elected or thought of by him
70 take charge Of a Department had for years been
known a. an active and ardent Wing.
In filling the subordinate stations, quite a mum
Der were awarded TO the Independents, as was
Just but not near so many nor so important post'
rs they felt themselves entitled to IN virtue OF their
discovery Of Gen. Tsylor's Presidential qualities
They thought themselves entitled 10 the Hons
share, but it was neither practicable nor just TO
fulfill their expe c,stcns Hence, disappointment,
chagrin, and disaHection. Every original who
has not been rendered Fat Office or JOB considers
himself an ill-used man. This is unfortunate, but It
was inevitable. 1t was not possible 10 buy tue
entire csbload at their ow estimate and sell them
at their market value without realizing q very se
rious loss by the operation.
Hence GOODNESS, sourness, disaaection in the
Administration ranks; hence furious aud most
onvenomed onslaught by the independents on
the members Of the Cabinet 1t would not look
well for Tsy lor men par excellence to head an rs
ssult thus early on Gen. Taylor they can only
fog him with dscency over the backs Of his CRbi-
net Its members are al Whigs. aud, though
most of them enlisted pretty early IN the support
of Gen. Taylor, they went In as Wings aud not rs
Independents Each original is st liberty TO pre-
sumo that but for the interposition Of such Cab
net his own transcendcnt claims would have been
acknowledged in the bostowal of a Foreign Mis-
sion a Msrshalship, or a fat contract at the very
least 1t was not possible for the Heads of De
partments to avoid the hatred OF these gentlemen
save by scceding 20 their inadmissble demands
and completely Tylerizng the Administration
making ts supporters purely personal aud cas-
ual cation of moths around Military can.
die, which their selfish fuIterngs would be very
certain soon to extiDguish.
We state these facts and iderations in no
spirit OF devotion to the present Cabinet. We
thought, last March, the selection o; its members
might have been considerably improved We think
so still The location OF so many Of them within
a few hours ride Of Washington, while bat one
hailed from westward OF the Alleehsnies and none
from the west Of the Miami, was unfortunate
Should q vacancy at any time occur, we trust the
fair claims Of the Great West will be then recon
sidered an respected. We do not dlscsss the
proprie.y Of retaining the present Cabinet IS q
unit TO the close of tho Administrs,ion-the Pres
ident will see to that. SO long as the present
Heads of Departments prove useful and accepts
Bile to him. they viii OF course be retained We
trust there Is DO man among them who would &c
sire to stsy moment longer. Bat this elsmo'
raised sgsinst them through the independent
journals is excited by their ,or rsther, by Gen Tay
lor's) refusal to TyIerize the Wing party and dis
tribute the offices almost wholly among the little
set tho Cain 10 be the original, the genuine the
nonpareii Taylor men. Nobody who understand,
the matter viii think the less Of the Cabinet for
thesessttacks. however savage aad recAles.-none
could well avoid hiking them better on this &C.
count II there bad really been any different oour,s
open to them than that they have pursued. Bu,
there obviously was not
The gross impu,atlons on Gen. Tsylors under
s,andiag and resolution implied in these attach,
on the Cabinet cannot have escaped notice. tn:
Presiden. dominated his Ministers; he Is resPou
sible FOR their acts he eSnnot efficiently and sue
oessfully periorm bis own duties II they are ~
qualified and disposed 70 render him the best pos
sibis assistance. To charge them from day TO ds.
with incapsei,y OF want of integrity 10 in effect
charge him with iaiocy or oovsraice. Ethey rs
Ideally dissent from his views. or II they prove IL
oompeien, to second and enforce them Il 10 his do
q, ~ 6ism,ss them ard choose liter and more CON