The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-30
THE pRBsENT ADMINISTRATION.

evident, even 10 The warmest admirers OF Gen.
TAYLOR, thai he is totally deficient in those
qualities which are reqnisiteSto enable himto
maintain even an appearance Of dignity-and
respectablity.in the Presidential chair. Since
he has occupied ihe White House, we seldom
hear of him except as sort Of prisoner ot
State. in the hands OF his Cabinet. who have
graciotsy extended to- him the privilege OF
vote at their board, but who have uniformly
forced him 10 belle every pledge he gave, and
falsify every @promise he made, previous to his
election. We cannot but believe. that Gen.
Taylor has acted uuders dnress in most of tho
.sproscrptiouF Cor opinion sake" which has been
done in his name, and that he is kept in total
Ignorance OF the alnast universal disgust and
dsapprobatian which has been expressed, from
one end of the Union to the other, as to The
course he has been made to pursue upon this
subject. What a humiliating spectacle is thus
exhibited "A President the United States
the Nation choice-the second Washington
ruled by his Secrefaries-poting al the board,
as one Of them-kept in total ignorance "i
what is missing around him-of what the peo.
pie say and think Of his measures, or rather o'
the measures of his Secretaries-a servellance
exercised over him as careful as that OF fond
father over his waywaTd hoy all papers care
fully excluded which might inform him OF the
udrrous and contcmpiible part he is made TO
play in the great Wing drama now being per:
formed: whilst the weak and druded old man
himself. is a unused with the bauble OF the fresl.
den,iaI name, and semblancc OF authority
which he neither exercises, nor can scarce he
said To participate in. General Taylor's lame
as a soldier. was the common property OF the
peoples Of The United States. Previous to his
nomination for the Presidency, he-was honored
and Respected from one end of the Union TO Inc
other, and had lie been content with the iaureis'
with which he had wreathed hisbr"w at Resa
ca, and Palo Alto, he would still have been the
Nations pride and The Nations boast. But in
an evil lkhour@he listened 10 the voice OF The
tempter. Wing politicians. eager to turn MS
hard earaed fame, inio capital tor their party,
approached him, and by their insidous t1altery,
induced ihe honest old ve,eranto believe that
he might become as famous as statesman, as
he already was a soldier. Al first he frankly
told lheu, heswas ignorant of the duties, and
alioss,be r,lnduaiifie to 6il The office to which
theydesired 10 cal him. They persisted. until
unfortunately for his fame, yielded, and we al.
readyshaye, in part, the consequences of this
false, and fatal step. As yet General Taylor
has beenfept so exclusively. in The custody and
underahe control of The wire workers a, Wash.
ingtol, that he is in great measure unknown
to the people Of the United States. When we
reflect that he IS yet to undergo the fiery ordeal
of four consecnifre sessions Of Congress, with
the scrutiny Of thousands of lynx eyed pcliti.
ciansdiFected to his every movement, both pub
lie and private, we iremble for his fame and the
reputation Of our common country. II one
half thefnnors that are already afoat, as to his
ignorancs and incapacity, be true, we may
expect 10 seeasuch disclosures next winter, as
will cause The people of the United States to
blush with shame and modification, AT the pre-
dicamantin which they have been placed by the
eleyaiionsof Gen. Taylor TO the Presidential
chair. Whatsa burning and a blasting shame,
that the man whom the Nation delighted 10
honor. shoold have been permitted to be made
the piippe,, the innocent and ignorant instru
ment, In the hands of corrupt and renal polit.
clans, TO carry out their schemes of parlizan
and personal aggrandizement Of all the
disrepu,able and disgraceful actings and doings
of the sThig party, we regard this the worst
andthe most disgraceful.-Stat B1nner.
- CorroN. Months ago an increase in the
priceSofc COTTON was predicted by the sanguine,
but pafience was exhausted in looking for the
realization. Now, however, it is coming and
buoyaucy in our markets is manifest, afer The
long and gloomy depression, which is really
cheeting. The sales at Liverpool. for the
week ending the 9Th iast,, reach a remarkable
high 6Eure considering the former stubbornness
ofthe market, which refused 10 chance in any
positive manner. II may be that II $50 bales.
according To- Brown, Shipley q Co., has been
equalied on former occasions, but mol to our re.
fnemhrauce ;and therefore we argue that prices
will advance even on that reported by the
Aaesicass adyices. The speculative sales are
nearly asiarge as have heretofore in one week
beensthe trade and export Misunderstanding
24.000 bales. showing that an advance is anti.
cipated in that market which controls the price
of our great staple. That this will produce
favorable effect in our domestic markets can
scarcely admit of doubt, but to what extent lime
can erly determine. The present estimates of
the, late crop make il nearly or quite 2,750.00O
bales, which will do no more than supply the
years demand. Should the demand continue
in the same proportion for The coming year,
less than an addition of 100000 or 100000
bales will fail to meet the wants Of rade.-
Thisincrease no sane man looks for and, con.
sequenfly, prices will be up from this cause to
sonne, IL no great, extent. But another element
ofcalculation IS the injury the growing crops
has suffered by The frost of April. At first we
were disposed to consider this as,r;vial, based
moreupon fear Than fact. and urged for the pur
pose of affecting the market. Since then, how.
ever, our faith has yielded to the general &C.
counts OF injury, as well abroad as a, home,
and now believe that the growing crop cannot