The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-22

crepancy Of conduct in the positions could be &C
counted for only upon the hypothesis that he was IN DOM
positions governed and controlled BY the men VINO were
about him his advisers and assistants Is hlS denied
by the two organs and champions OF the administration
Will they deny that towards the defeated enemy IN Mex
leo Gen. Taylor generous and ioroeafiNss no.
they will not deny that. And Will they deny mat the
most sweeping and ruthless prescription has been carried
on in bis name against democrats during the two months
of his administration And have they, have any OF
the friends of Gen. Taylor, degree OF hardihood 80
daring and unblushng to say that this ruthless pro-
scrpton Of democrats has not been carried in viola
ton OF the solemn pledges OF Gen. Taylor voluntarily
made before his election, and in substance reiterated
his inaugural address,
AS inconcevsbe il may appear to all soundly
constituted minds, and revolving as it may seem
10 all high sentiments of truth and honor this de-
MED! 1t is denied not only by the two organs OF the
administration in this city, the "National Wing" and the
National lntellgencer" but also by the thousand ad
minsration presses scattered through the land. and
oy the unpfincipled politicians Of that party who be-
siege the administration for the spos of office. No
is removed "save for cause" and not for political
Offences says the National Wing And the same SEN
tment so atrociousy unjust to the democratic party is
e-echoed in the Integencer, and through the wing
press of the country, with few honorable excep.
tons. Thus do they attempt to evade the pledges and
promises by which their party and its head are bound, if
they acknowledge the obligations Of truth and honor
Thus do they seek to quiet the conscience of General
Taylor in whose these pledges and promises
made And thus do they endeavor brand with disgrace
and infamy every democrat who may be removed from
Office No democrat prescribed! No one removed ex-
cept for dishonesty. fahlessness, moral delinquency
What infamous libel is this upon than half the
American people II the administration its organs and
its mnions bold and daring enough to such
infamy, bold and daring enough to proclaim it to
the world, and no denuncation shall deter from our
purpose.
| We said in article of Tuesday last that General
Taylor had repudated the functions Of the presidency.
Is it not sol Will either Of the two organs deny it
They do. indeed. They rash and inconsiderate
enough TO deny anything, although the truth Of il may
appear clear the remainder Of the world as the sun
at MONDAY. But again ask, is il not SO Has not
General Taylor epudated the legislative functions of the
Presidentl Has he not in subs ance, il in TERMS re-
pudiated the veto, the great instrument by which the
President exercises his legislative power' Was it not
proclaimed by every whg press from Maine to Georgia
in the canvass Was not the reputation of Legislative
power alleged to be of the great reforms which Gen.
Taylor was introduce if he waseectcd In six short
months after these pledges made will the organs of
the party that made them deny them, and thus insult the
memory well as the intelligence of the people!
Then, in respect to appointments to Office has not Gen
Taylor repudated the functions of the President Does
he receive applications for ofce' Does he not refer
everything of that kind to his Secretaries Do not the
Secretaries select all persons appointed Office Does
each member of the cabinet have equal vote with
the President at the council board Is not General
Taylor often voted down by his own cabinet!
And has he not, in all that ariless simplicity
of character which does him credit as a man. hon.
esty admitted that he has but equal at his own
council board THAT he regards his cabinet like court
martial, where all the members have an equal voice
and that being thus voted down on occasions he
cannot always oblge his friends Is not this repuda
ton of the functions of the President! And did any
other President ever submit to such humiliation Did
the "Firs Washington" yield to such degradation
and permit men at his council board who rrespon-
sble to the people, to exercise in his Aame the grave
and responsible duties which the constitution imposes
alone upon the President! We dare say the .'orsans"
may deny all these things hough they have directly
done it YETI but the atmosphere Of this city is full OF
false rumors proceeding from wing sources if they are
not true. These rumors back upon u.s. too, in
echoes from the wing press of the country.
Now, in view of these Facts, do we do General Taylor
injustice when say he is unequal to the high duties
Of the presidency Has heno with modesty the most
praseworhy, admitted his dstrust of his ability to
execute the functions of his high Officer And dill not
Mr. Webster say that he thought of General Taylor
"pretty much he did of himself" and that
his nomination was one "not fit to be NADER And
TO be assailed in the banditi dialect of one
organ, and the elaborate viuperation of the other,
because, in the spirit of fireman. dare to proclaim
these facts to the American peopefacs which every
days history Of this administration adds still stronger
color of TRUTH Nay it but yesterday had it on
unquestionabe authority, that wbg recently an editor
in the wes declared day two since, in Washington
that he had come to General Taylor but should leave
the city perfectly Disguised with what he had seen here
that he found the President utterly disqualified for his
office and that it was impossible, with such head for
the wing party to stand together And is the patriotic
American press to be muzzled, because the sheroc"
administration has made its ADVENT If it be the policy
OF the wing party to elect to the presidency man whose
previous occupations and habits of life unfit him for its
high duties, and thus compel him surrender at discre-
ton to set of officers created by himself and not directly
accountable to the people, thereby establishing an ire
sponsble caba to ''rule" they saw in the name of