The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-07
Policy OF the Administration.


number of questions, which it omitted to
answer. They occur in an article which
is marked by the peculiar suavity and ele-
gance of style which distinguish the ex-
Commissioner of Patents, who never uses
his pen without proving himself "perfect
gentleman" Who but a perfect gentle
man could have congregated together in
single article such patentable combina-
ton of adjectives as 'jesuitical," "false,"
degrading" ''corruptng," "hypocriti-
cal,'' {" hollow-hearted," ''disgraceful, ;"
''grossly violated, "discreditable, ""cow-
ardly," "craven," and ''ignominious.
In sober earnest, what must have been
the associations of writer who cannot
discuss public question without employ
ing such language towards his political ad-
versaries as Billingsgate would be ashamed
to send to Newgate' Though the senior
organist has been turned out of the Senate
Of the United States by his own friends,
he has not so entirely lost caste with So
ciety as to consider himself at liberty to
lay aside all propriety in his language.
He remembers the time when he hoped he
might live to become gentleman; and
this recollection induces him to study
little decency, sometimes, in his express
sions. His associate, we presume, never
contemplated any such prospective eleva-
ton, and is only too happy to mire along
in the soil and slime of low ideas and Of
fensive words
So much for the language of the article
to which we refer; and now few words
in reply to its questions. We should pre-
viously state, however, that the Union
now insists that the Administration has
developed system of public policy. To
pretend the contrary, it says, sis as Jesuit
cal and false as it is craven and degrad-
ing" This is capital. We were under
the impression that no paper had asserted
quite so stoutly as the Union that the
Administration had no policy whatever,
and could not be prevailed upon to
adopt any policy. 1t yields this ground,
and now Indignantly asserts that the Ad-
ministration has policy, and that the
Who's are cowardly and craven enough
TO deny it. Then it propounds its inter-
rogatories.
:" Has it (the Administrator not for
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invoking the applause of the country for
its management of our foreign affairs,
(which has been but continued series OF
fatal blunders and ignominious subser-
'viency to the wishes and desires of the
monarchists of Europe ,"
Fatal blunders Ignominious subser-
viency TO the monarchists With men
who make assertions of this kind it is idle
TO think of reasoning there is no reason
in them. Is there a person living who
believes that the old man of Buena Vista
is capable Of trucking to any of the Euro
pean powers He refused to open our
dock-yards to the foreign friend Of the
Union-the envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary of the German en-
pire. He demanded and obtained the
surrender of Rey. He took early steps to
recognise the independence of Hungary.
He refused to disgrace the American navy
by reprimanding one of its officers on the
application Of foreign power, and dis
missed It's minister when he undertook TO
enforce so impertinent a demand with in
suit. He refused to dishonor the Ameri-
can name by acquiescing in the illegal
equipment of hostile expeditions against
Cuba. On all these matters of foreign
policy President TAYLOR has pursued a
course marked alike by dignity and spirit
one that commends itself to every Ameri-
can heart that is not gangrened by hatred,
malice, and all uncharitabeness.
"Has itno policy with regard to proscrip-
tom Is not the removal of nearly every
Democrat from office, in violation of the
solemn pledges Of General TAYLOR, reite-
rated and confirmed by nearly every
press and orator OF the Wing party in
the canvass, one Of the measures of pol.
{ icy adopted by the Wing party and the
present Wing. Administration Thu:
again inquiries the foreign organ. To thi:
we answer, that it is not true that nearly
every Democrat has been removed from of
fee The Offices are not yet even equalizec
between the Wing and Locofoco parties
We regret to say that there are still more
Democrats in Office than Wings; and that,
al the present rate of removals, four years
will not be more than sufficient TO produce
an equalization in public employment, anc
TO give the WHIGs fair and reasonable
proportion Of them.
Again, the Union asks, 'Is not the re-
peal of the tariff Of 1916, or its vrtua
notification by the repeal Of the ad raLo