Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-11-01
wednesday, Oct. 81.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF GEN

| TAYLOR.
III We resume to-day the rapid review which
we commenced last week Of the Admlnistra
tion OF President TAYLOR, in general reply to
the sweeping denunciations of the "Union" in
reference to those questions in regard to which
the Administration has yet had any opportu-
nifty to manifest its policy its principles, or its
rules Of action.
For the first ,imo ia our history, on the ad'
vent of new Administration, the accession OF
General TAYLOR to the Presidency has been
met by tie announcement Of a predetermined
opposition. In all previous cases those press
es which opposed the successful candidate had
the fairness to declare that the new Admins
,ra,ion should be judged by its merits-noi
tina, it would be "opposed to the bitter end
no .iatter what face it might wear" This in
justice is the more strange and reprehenslbls,
as tho Chief Magistrate against whom it was
denounced was one whose honesty and pa
triotism were universally admitted and whose
justice, moderation, and purity were almost as
well known to his countrymcn as his bravery
and glorious military achievements.
II Following out this course OF determined
hostility, the "UniOn" and its auxliaries (un-
| fortunately for them) took ground against the
Administration in the affair of the French
Minister, Mr.. PoussIS. In our late article
| we adverted to the shameless course of The
| Democratic presses on this su jcct siuce
H which we find, by the recent advccs from
Paris, that the French Cabinet had recalled
| Mr.. PoussIs, and were not half as eager for
| his yind.caiion and the condemnation Of our
| own Government as tho Un,en and ils allied
| presses True it is that the Un,on has larely
taken the alarm, fearing tho consequences on
| its own rashness Two weeks ago its columns
| lteemcd with Mr.. PoUssIs's vindication, and 1t
showed, from some publications, which it is
unnecessary 10 quote, strong presumptvc evil
| dcnco Of being in the confidence Of the French
Ilega,ior. | Wha, has become Of that letter OF
Il NJ. DE TocQu which the Union declar-
cd had at length been deciphered What
! wore its contents? Did it censurc the French
\ Minister; This letter could never have been
! communicated to our own Government, as i,
| arrived after tho dismissal of Mr. PoUsslN -
The Editors Of The Union, as Americans in
feeling, ought to tell US all they know about
the contents of that letter Why was it sen,
| in cipher, What was the difficulty in deci-
! pherng it2 Had the French legation lost the
key to it and if so, how was it found 2
| The U,lion announced that it Was deciphered
Did the Editors of the Union help to find the
key , Or how did they make out the con-
tents Of letter from Mr. de Tocquevllle in
cipher without the aid Of the key We wish
we could say "nous rerrons," but we are sad.
| ly afraid they will never tell us, and then how
shall ue ever get the key to these mysteries Z!
/ If there be any French organ in this country
who will condescend to answer these ques-
,ions, we beg the Union TO commend us to
him
/ Our neghbors, following the example, and
/ adhering to the language Of Mr. dc Tocque-
Il 'hIS, WIN uSsiSo VI spun ""i'hJ VIC "S''
dian OF Paris, have assaled the Secretary Of
state for his letter of the 2lst of April, re-
! questng Mr.. Poussis, then in New York, to
repair 10 ashing,on, after he had insulted
the Government The Union insisted tina,
the Secretary, after his Government had been
taunted by the French Minister with the refu-
sal to pay an honest debt-aye, and an homes,
| debt incurred under the necessities Of war, (as
if we had no means Of carrying on the war
without robbing Mr.. PoRr) )--aftor being chare-
ed with evading the payment of that debt by
caumnialing the character of an honest 'nan,
/ (pro pudor, MI. PoRT,) had dared 10 ask the
author Of this insolence to come TO W ashing-
ton from New York, and that, too, without
unnecessary delay. Now, be it understood
and remembered, that, when the Secretary
first came into office, he had followed the ex-
ample set by Mr.. MONROE more than thirty
years ago, followed up by Messrs. FoRsYTH,
| WEBSTER, and nearly every Secretary since,
Of sending circular to every foreign Minister
|, accredited to this Government, calling upon
him to reside in Washington, for the purpose
Of facilitating the transaction Of the public bus
mess. On former occasion we showed that
the French Emperor Napoleon had compelled
foreign Ministers TO follow his army for this
purpose and Mr. Barlow actually accompan-
led him in his Russian campaign. Here, our
plain republican Secretaries, commencing with
MIR. Monroe and ending with Mr.. Clayton,
have Only dared 10 70 so Gar as To call al on
the Ministers OF foreign nations to reside IN
Washington. The circular had been consld
cred for about quartz, of a century as indls
rensablc, especially because tls Sccnlary of
State il alone compelled to correspond and
lIar.a'i hu.r,,s not only with our own Mn