The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-08

MS a'tlcleS On IioooiiPson1
tency,n and Pledges" For instance,
see how it operates as to "proscrp-
r tom Let President TAYLOR Just touch
an Ell Moore member of the Fathers"
! fraternity, and forthwith he gives us achaste
, philippe, breathing fire and birthstone, on
1.-THE prescription Of honest men, forsooth.
by the Administration, the while dexterously
/ forgetting how the streets ran blood, in I'll
our cities, while he stood by the guillotine
in the days Of Terrorism-those palmy times
4 Of g progressive Democracy"-when there
reigned in the land " the greatest and best
imam the world ever produced, and "the
sweetest little fellow" born among men, and
that most devout saint" seen upon earth,
whose memory is to be held blessed for aye.
See, again, how wondrously, and no less dis
iinctiy, the organ works, when he prates Of
g consistency He seems to forget, while
he yet remembers, that although he declared
/ if ANDREW JACKSON was elected President
Of the United States he would prove "a
curse 10 his country" yet, that he sustained
him throughout in all his measures, took
the "whole hog, brstles and all" and
joined in hozannas to " the greatest and
besto He asserted then, as he does now,
that, being Of the South, he would stand by
her rights and Institutions; and yet, grasp
ing the E" bloody BILL" then, he wonld have
obliterated from our political armament the
star of South Carolina, and no,p, glories
over Democratic victory obtained in Con
necticut through the combination Of" Barn
burners" and "Hunkers." Again shout
ing still the " South forever" he opposed,
| in 1886, the election of Judge WHITE, Of
Tennessee, to the Presidency--the South
liern candidate--and whose interests were all
| identified with the South, preierring1to him
MARTIN VAN buren,, who every one, not
wilfully blind, knew 10 be inimical 10 South
ern interests. Again: In 1910, still bawl-
ing " Huzza for the South, and down with
the Tariff" he opposed the election of Gen.
HARRISON, Southron by birth, and in heart
and soul true 10 his native soil, and advoca-
led the reelection Of the $ sweet little iel-
low" who was known to be in favor Of the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Column
bia; who had passed by his vote in the
Senate the I" bill Of abomination," and
whose public agents were, for the most part,
swindlers and cheats. Again, he denounced
the sub-Treasury, and then swore he would
g sink or SWIM with the party who sus-
tanned it. And again, q viii not say last
Il y, for the cases are endless, but you are
; tired and so am |, crying out, "JeiIerso-
) nianism versus Federalism he swallowed
without grease " Edward Liyingston's Pro-
I clamationn "Oh! consistency, thou art
; a jewel" indeed most richly priced BY
the venerable editor; for although his words
and lis actions have already been the anti
theses Of each other, and as distinctly mark
ed as would be two parallel streams, the one
running up hill and the other down, yet his
words have always been consistent, and his
actions. equally 50. What an astonishing
faculty is this faculty Of remembering to for
get, so happily possessed by the editor.
. Look again, how smoothly it enables him to
j glide along, when he comes to descant on
| the subject Of President TAYLoR's violation
Of pledges. To all appearances he has not
the most remote recollection Of supporting
any President who did not literally com
j ply with all his pledges and promises.
He, an anti-Tariffte, would have US forget
that General JACKSON did not veto the high
Tariff bills Of '2s and '3o, and yet that he
ever sustained him as true TO Democratic
professions on this subject He, an anti
Internal Improvement man, would have us
believe that Mr.. VAN buren, was as true to
Democratic professions on this subject as he
was and is to those on slavery. He, in
favor always OF an economical adminstra-
ton of the Government, would gull the
,.yilh tha ,1a, fhot fyro I'D,
istrations were rigidly economical; that Gen.
JACKSON did not throw away twenty millions
on the pet banks, and Mr.. VAN buren, suffer
his Receivers and Sub-Treasurers TO make
way with four or FIVE millions more. And,
above all, he would never have the people
recur to the fact, that Mr.. Polk, in one Of
his public annual messages declared, in the
4 presence Of all the nations Of the earth, that
the right Of the United States in Oregon
was clear and unqueationable to the line
Of 81 deg. 40 min. !" thereby pledging the
faith. and honor Of The Government to the
maintenance Of that right, and yet that he
surrendered Q deg. 40 min. Of this territory
TO Great Britain; thus sacrificing what he
believed 10 be the clear rights of the Con-
federacy, and furnishing her faith and honor.
But pardon me, my dear sir, Tor the truth IS,
since | have mentioned the name Of the
!" Saint' of progressive Democracy, and
think Of il in connection with an honorable
( regard for pledges and promises, cannot
seriously proceed. He had such a sancti6ed
and vet quisical look in denying all recollec-
ton of Hedges and promises, whether pub
j, icly or privately made, when It was not
i exactly convenient for him 10 comply there
with, as often 10 have excited laughter rather
than anger. His word was truly as friable
as an apple-pie crust. Still the venerable
editor Of the "Unioa" always believed the
cloud most wondrous Ike a camel,n If he
so declared it.
/ II is useless for me to consume more Of
/ your time in this comparison between the
editors yesterday and his to-day. Without
I further comment, you and both will admit