The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-08
r,,r PREsIDENT AND HIS CABINET. !

THE AMI 111O NA0114
Within the last few weeks it has beenquite appars
~, that great change has taken place In many quar-
~ in the impression entertained Of the present adj
~Sinstration. An idea that the President has given
no much power to his cahinet and acitly permitted
,Sem to accomplish their own purposes, begins to
nreya Now, no doubt 1t was quite matter OF
necessity that great deal of discretionary power
shoud have been reposed In the hands OF tne
Probably the action of General Taylor In THIS resPec
has differed very little from tnat pursued Cy every
,rd ~ naso;ss to nunish" Yet with all the pu-
tv of conduct attributed to the President, and an
bonest and genuine dispostont to De guided by strict
Tectude in the administration OF the government,
i.o otion of the people, and considerable portion
Dress of both parties, seem to have lost respect
for his character and station. Whence springs this
strange revolution in public sentiment and public
feeling We are very strongly inclined TO suspect
hat the present cabinet have been more intent upon
gacting their own individual aims-that, true to the
nstincts of that class to which they belong, they
have been more desirous of building up sectional
naries and rewarding the services OF replenishing
he stomachs of their own political and personal
friends, than of advancing the reputation of General
Tayor's administration and the public interest. 1t
would appear that they have regarded the President
az fair game-as tremendous god-send-asa mirac-
ous daught in the political net Predestined for their
sDecial benefit. They seem to have estimated this
have, shrewd, energetic, thoughtful old man. if
he we're akin to that jolly, good-natured, silly, hum
buqged monarch, who has been immortalized in
song: n. .-...
"Old King Cole was a merry old soul, -e.s.
And merry old soul was he:
He called for his bottle he called for his glass,
And he called for his fddlers three"
But one object apparently actuates the cabinet in
GENERAL and that is provide for their friends. The
department. of the Secretary of State has been man
aoed with some degree of ability and dignity. But
the egregous blunders of the present head of the Post
Office Department have properly provoked the scorn
and Indignation of the intelligence of the country.
Nor has TIE Department Of the Interior been in a
much better predicament. The Navy Department
has nominal head, and the best proof of its efficiency
is presented in the blunder made about the Frank
lin expedition, which ordered one day and coun-
termanded the next
Gen. Taylor's administration is seriously assaled
His success has been put in jeopardy. From the
causes to which We have alluded, public confidence
begins to falter. With the prospect now before u.s.
no can hope for majority in Congress in favor
Of the present cabinet. That is quite certain. What
is to be donei The hero of the field of Buena Vista
must come up to the point at once. He must him.
self comprehend the real nature of his position. He
is not party President, but he has been used il
he were party President. The only safety of the
President is, to relieve himself from the embarrass-
ments and difficulties into which he has been pre-
cptlted by men who have placed him In a false
position, and made him appear to have violated his
own frank, voluntary, and solemn pledges. He must
be himself the President. He cannot be ignorant OF
the proper mode of freeing himself from the danger
Of false position; and who doubt his nerve to
use the appropriate means at the appropriate time
He knew how to manage Mexicans-h also knows
/ how to manage mules. NeW York Herald
The above is from Benefits Herald, neutral
paper and one of the first to predict Gen. Taylor's
election. These truths have been forced out of the
Herald, and coming as they do from such source.
they entitled TO the serious consideration of the
Whig party. Bennett says Gen. Taylor knows how
to a"manage Mexicans and mules''-but for any thing
beyond that, he is evidently not prepared to answer