The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-21

WHEELING, Va. July Q. 1919.


SIN address you; il is better as is easier 10 deal
with something OF substance than beat the air or
wreslle with shadow. There is sense Of duty which
impels the arm in striking at an embodiment Of evil;
there is waste of time and want Of purpose in
ufing with nuly. II was once my Office to arragn
at the bar OF public opinion Tyler-but he was some
taught you, at least, that he was man. will not
raign that successor, who, under your magn impress
menr has surrendered every attribute OF the independent
to be the pageant-puppe OF the presidency Il is
not my purpose 10 deal with imbeciy, which emas-
cuates the Office Of President, for, in good time will the
people yndicate their constitution, which declares,
that the executive power shall be vested in Presi
dent OF the United States OF America" You SIR. will
live to see in the coming triumph OF the popular cause
shall sink, amid the hssings and excavations Of your
countrymen you will President OF the United States
Of America vested with the executive power, and consc
entiously observing his oath OF office, " solemny swear
that will faithfully execute the Office OF President
Of the United States" The constitution contempates no
sponsiblty, and Congress has failed 10 legisaie pun
which appopraes the name OF your puPPet President to
the eighth division OF man. And 1t will be in vain Tor
parasites. who fater where "thrift may follow iawn.
ing" to claim that his cognomen Of sod Rough and
Ready" is spontaneous tribute paid to the distinctive
hero and is Just popular estimate OF the qualities Of
The man and the soldier; for this is a second hand
phrase-the cast-of clothing venia petty larceny.
parison or contrast exists between Cromwell and the
pageant President there is identity any point OF
sm,ude between the tyrant whose type was the tiger
every discriminating mind will perceive that claim Tor
any likeness false in the first instance, as II Is rdicu-
ous and absurd in the last The claims induce contempt
and invite the application of the diminutve ephet-
Poissonas republican France practically gives
TO the race Of kings
earlier Presidents In what the likeness consists which
has been claimed by these phrases, has yet told
us Perhaps, there is "a grace beyond the reach Of
lang uage. which the political enthusiast only reach
in that moment of rapture when his hand hrs clutches
the spoils of party and the ofal OF patronage With
wings who proclaim this doctrine OF spos, II nothing
ese with the democratic party it was something beside
Although claimed by one prominent democrat as spols,
still office was distributed TO the members .. Inat party
line and the pressure OF the various and arguments
brought to bear upon individuals in Office Of the anti
them 10 adopt it-.That faithful discharge OF Official
duty 10 their country. under democratic administration,
was treason TO the wing party But no democrat com
plains for removal from Office, and do not had no
expect that your disposition could be changed
your purpose altered BY the OF the elder men,
beers Of the profession in the District and the general
opinion OF your own party. To you, sir, would
not use their offers OF service frankly and honora-
bly, rendered AS to the Office, district altorneyship,)
was one which | had refused when wing was the
incumbent, and had recommended his continuance.
Ii is an Office sought but the duties OF which
endeayored faithfully TO perform. And you will un-
destand that il is not OF my case, nor because OF the
universally OF your OF prescription, that complaint
but it is because il is classification OF the ayowed and
publicly received opinion upon which Cen Taylor was
L
TO address this ese the principal agent IN that sys
ten Of falshcaiion-the partisan Ianderer who made
soldier forfeit his Word man Of some reputation reis
dium between the conflicts OF the old parties, in which
the wing party should abandon the of the past and
one Of Mr. Caytons speeches) was the main idea which
constituted the mafer OF the political campaign OF 1913
by the advocates Of the successful candidate And you
know the crowd of endorsers which thronged the by
ways and public marts fof General Taylor.
i .Whose hoas'ty they all burst swear for.
| Tho n OF them knew wherefore"
And now might add. in the fitting language OF the sa'
This. to-. might We; but who would be deceivedi
The Greek alone may lie aud be believed"
test the impression deeply made the public mind.
most visible TO the public comprehension and, to great
extent not the least acceptable to very many was the
idea "that prescription was 10 be prescribed" Many
dreamed that that nobest guaranty OF the constitution
which protects the citizen in the free exercise and
ms n.g s% % s
IONS The bgot cannot al this day. propagate has faith
BY FIRE and faggot but Thomas Ewing, BY the sword Of
prescription, would teach conformity OF political opinion.
And this is the administration formed the model Of
Il Washington
But YOU sir are the colossal figure Of this admnis
ton, (he Triton OF the minnows) receiving the est
mate OF your dimensions from any acts Of intellect which
have yet marked your Official career, but from the ee
waited ssaod on which you perform your public s.seo
the Rue de Ia vannerie i and who. having degraded
Tyers administration with the number Of your prosep
uOnss denounced nave nedf1s having maut
you infamous; but having earned the reputation You
seem now determined TO deserve t. Were Il biood-and
prescription formerly meant death, and all you
dare do to your political enemes-the blossoms Of the
laurel which your cabinet would be tnged with
deep die would make your prescriptions the cou
val OF the proeciorae of Cromwell and in point make
the simlitude apparent But you fond OF epihes
drawn from the lives OF famous men, and OF comparisons
from the histories OF the past lei adduce important
and striking illustration TO hese times and OF your party,
where successful general civil b.ssy slandered
the last patriots OF the Roman republic BY strbuing 10
them the motives OF his conduct and the and
measures OF his successhe last add worst nhrmiy
OF perverted intellect which denounccs the motives and
anaigns the conduct which eharacierixe your public life
and the party OF which you in part the mpersonaton
And when Rome rapidly descended the path Of desruc-
ton from the date OF the historical Transaction here ad
duee, the hrelng sodiey. the hordes Of Goths Van
dals, rushed not 10 the spo OF the Eternal City with
more impodunae appetite add coarser ragecy than your
their egonsry cry Read from 80, Book III OF the Civil
War OF Cesar; already they bsgdn 10 dispns about re-
yards aud dgnifies, AID fired nc persons uic wers
annually 10 succeed 10 ns oonsuiship "A warm debate
arose in council in relation TO l. Hirus. whom Pompey
had against the Parhans whether in the next cleo
ton OF Preors he should be allowed 10 stand candidate
for that Office in his absence his friends implorng Pom
ey make good his promise he had made at his depart
ure, and NOT to suffer Am % BE- deceived ~ dfgsading on
Leniuus Spinlber openly quarrelling about the
high priesthood They even descended 10 personal abuse
and pleaded their several pre,ensons Domlus moved
In council that after the victory, all the senators in Pom
news army and camps should be appointed judges, and
empowered TO proceed against those who he'd stad IN
Italy, or pho had appeared cool. shova amy iader.
snes 10 The cause III vord. nothing ras thought o. OF