The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-19
The Heal aud ths Ideal Gsasral TayIes.
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political world which do always reach YOU Lass ia
vored people OF the prov,ocsa We know that f.rces
great republic, look verify like grave and legitimate
drama We know that the most grotesque masks are
down in the distance to the smooth and pleasing outlines
OF genuine respectfully looking counenances We know.
loo, that politicians here have real tangible coporea
istences while, TO the wondering natives IN the interior
the frontiers, their form and scmblance are merely
imaginary And such happens to be the state Of the
case ~ hs lawyers would say win our present veneer
You are, have no doubt. aware that they have two
emperors in Japan-one to take care Of civil and the
and the other the Mekader. The first a most potent
monarch Helhas real tangibS existence; and so has
the latter SO far as flesh and blood are concerned hut he
of account being confined to his religious coister.
and occupied with religious ceremonies and the CONVEX
saton OF women.
existence in these glorious and enlightened United States
the present time, under the figure and form OF the
President" Although your name is Greene, hope you
Taylor who makes inaugural addresses receives foreign
ministers, delegations from sovereign States municpa
ties. and trades corporations to whose saluatons he re-
Plies in well woded and appropriate speeches, is the
real General Taylor who was elected by the people
President OF the United States II you do entertain any
greeneu Of all green chaps away down in Yankeedom
| can you thai the real General Taylor whose
corporeal substance does actually occupy the White
House, very efficient parsonage from the General
Taylor who figures the newspapers the President Of
the United States The General Taylor who lives in the
possessing all the properties Of matter. viz: form.
weight, inertia, color, &c., while the General Taylor who
figures President in the newspapers, is mere IDEAL
fictitious being. The former is OF no more account, as
far the presidency concerned. than the Mekador ot
Japan. The latter (the ideal mani is the real President
the lagoon of the republic of the United States of Anne
rca-the President of the newspapers par example
General Taylor the President elect on his way to this
city, made many and appropriate speeches.
General Taylor made none, if he essayed to make
speech it was very different one from that which the
IDEAL General made, and which appeared in the news
papers the speech actually made.
The real General Taylor was invited before his inaugu
ration to visit the people of Geo getown, they hones,ly
supposng that he was General Taylor. the President
elect He accordingly, and addressed very ap
popatey by the Mayor OF this city. and might have STAN
Inered out something in reply The ideal Generals how
spoke very different style from that 81 the real bona
file General So understand was the reception of
"ceI 10 The real General at the Kits House the ideal
General always appearing as the spokesman in the news
papers.
the real General by Mayor Seaion. WHO made an up;
popsale address the occasion And the real General
words. IN ga. % see ss s washing
ton-pleasant day to-day think we shall have some
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would not allow the address to go out in this forms and
accordingly it fixed up in very decent garb. and
sent forth through the press another affair altogether than
the real speech of the real General.
One example more. committee from Virginia came
here the other day to present sword to the real General
whom the people elected President The National In
tegencethat curious antediluvan fossil, which stands
forth the impersonaton of the stupidity OF genuine
conservative whiggery--formay announced that on
Monday last the presentation would take place. But the
General was ready Colonel Bliss had not got the
reply to the address ready and the General had not com
a % ann a"a ns
so far as the language and manner were concerned and
the General made reply This was real affair The
good old held the speech prepared by Bliss Cor
somebody ese) in his hand and tried to read from it, but
not being familiar with the handwriting as his own.
he made bad piece Of work 81 it But ne continued TO
accept this speech and let go forth to the people as the
speech Of the Presidents but he. the ideal General hal
the ang h ns The ea
eral Taylor read his reply and firm and manly. ur,l
he to the paragraph wherein he was Obliged 70
alude to the compliments paid to himself What ne SAL
not only appropriate, but said with deep EMOTION
that sometimes checked his utterance See "ion Coz
respondent of the Baltimore Sum- April 25th With tbs
explanation, the ideal General allowed the speech to 30
forth as that OF the President.
The truth is-and it is well to tell the truth to the
American people-Genera Taylor is utterly incompetent
for the place he now occupies He is very far inferior N
point of capacity General Harrison,
and incompetent as he was And every candid and M
partial man. who and hears him speak or converse.
goes away from him with that notifying conviction
deeply impressed upon his mind. 80
is this incapaciy OF Gen Taylor for the duties OF the
presidency in which be found the true of the
shameful and shocking violation Of his solemn pledges OF
which he has been guilty since he came into the Pres
d
scrupuous men by whom he is surrounded ne would
be honest and redeem his soemny pledged word ne can
not He cannot do thing move an inch as President,
without their aid He is completely at their mercy, ana
they use him without scruple or remorse ms mortlfy,
ing fact is becoming daily and more apparent, and
soon the whole country will awaken to realizing sense
of its painful truth
To the real patriots Of the country, to the true lovers
of democratic institutions, the fact that man has been
elected to the great Office Of President, with scarcely one
qualification to beft him for its high and solemn duties,
is not only notifying but it is alarming. It disgraces
our country, and bellies the capacity OF the people Tor self
government But it is pleasing enough to the monachlst
and arstocrat They not who is the toeum tcnens
of the throne, the presidency They are willing, nay,
would prefer, that it should be weak woman or an inn
beetle mana Queen Victoria Gen. Taylor. In
either the monarchica theory of an irresponsible
king and responsible ministry is cxemplhed.
designed to draw parallel by contrasts between the
first and second Washington, illustrated in the powers
of Gen. Washington and Gen. Taylor but my limits for
bid will. however, add, that the prescription goes
brsky Heads fall daily here in the metropolis as
well as in the distant provinces think the number OF
removals of democrats than equal the number during
the time under the sanguinary coonskn dynasty OF
1871. AGAMEMNON
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| May ID, lS49.
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