The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-06
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A RARALLEI.

PARALLEL.
| TBr cAsuipArE ron 1862 We thoroughly agree
with gu, able contemporary OF the Conslitntonallsl,
thar " Mr. Polk is our first choice above all living
men for the npxl Presidency Ofcourse, 10 speak
| oi thar matter now may appear 70 be lille and pre-
mature. And yei IL is not 30 wholly we desire
thai from its ncipieni steps, The administration Of
/ Tayof should be compared with the administration
OF Polk We wish that the eyes OF the public should
| be moved from the one 10 the other, 10 and FRO
They interested in securing for their country, NOT
only The blessings Of wise policy at home and
abioad bui Of able dignited aud respectable ad-
mnsIration of lie government LIE, them compare,
! from hr beginning the policy N Iaylor's with The
| policy Of Polk's administration, Blu suppose that
/ policy be the same. Suppose that no changes are
made in the measures adopted and applied BY the
Republican party ard It's Republican President
Then let the people remember 10 give honor TO whom
honor Is due. Let them recolect that these meas
nrea were originally adopted and carried out against
the organized opposition Of the entire faction that
supports General Taylor and compes him to falsify
the pledges he gave 10 The people, II the country
Ia prosperous under their operation, leg them r'co
lec thar II is prosperous against the wishes hopes
policy, prophecies, and action Of me laylof wing
party Let Them trace the stream OF bright waters
back TO its original tounr. Let them not mistake
for the hand thar opened the fonn the hand that
! viii have vainly sirven to dam up the current,
| But The comparison should no, stop here. Mr.
Folks administration was mainly distinguished for
the great measures of policy It carried ont butt was
also distinguished for something more: II was dis.
inguished for calm dignity and lofty bearing before
the world It's action was akin toifs principles; SIM
pie but stately plain but powerful, and Republican
| throughout. We ARE willing to make Il the model
administration Of our government. And We know
of no man so well calculated to enact il again. a. the
man who has been tried and approved, who has
been weighed In the balance and not found wanting,
who has retired to the shades of private life with
halo of renown which mas rarely encrced the brow
OF mortal. !sarannah, Ga, Georgian, 2sth uh
We have no intention oil dispating the
right Of the Sapannah Georgian to prefer
Col. Polk "above all living men, for the
next Presidency, nor to call in question our
contemporaries taste in his selection; but
we desire to inform him, that we cheerfully
accept his proposition 10 try the merits Of
General TAYLoR's administration, by the
standard Of Colonel PoLK's administration,
and to stand or fall By the result, We are
fully prepared to run the parallel with the
Georgian, day by day, between the two
administrations, their acts, their principles,
and their designs; and ifthe Georgian shall
be able to show, by fair and manly argu-
ment, that Colonel Polk had more at heart
the true interests Of his country in his adj
minstration OF the Executive Office than
Gen TAYLOR has, that Gen TAfLoR's ad-
herence to the constitution is not closer than
that OF Colonel Polk in the execution OF the
office Of Chief Magistrate, that higher de-
gree OF Official worth existed under Colonel
PoLK's administration than under General
TAYLoR's, that Gen. TAYLOR has usurped
any powers which did not belong to the FIX
ecutive office BY universally admitted con-
straction Of the Constitution and the Laws,
and that Col. Polk did not usuIp such pow
ers during his official career, then will we
agree, that Cen TAYLOR is all that the
Georgian has made him, BY prejudgment, -
nay, that Col Polk is the President Of all
The Presidents who have administered the
Executive power Of this government, and
that all the other Presidents were rush
lights, when placed in the presence Of the
last of the Jacksons
We are as anxious as the Georgian IS,
that the administration Of Gen. TAYLOR
should be compared with that Of Col, Polk,
if for no other purpose, than TO show what
bound the country has taken in leaping from
the depths Of Polk usurpations to the heights
of TAYLOR repubicanism. But we ask Tor
fair, honorable, and just comparison. No
prejudgment, no passion, no blind likes or
dislkes must enter into the operation II
must be conducted with impartialty. The
Georqian and the whole Democratic press
know, that this Journal, Wing as It is, TAy-
Loa as It is, never refused TO do justice to
Col. PoLK's administration, In many things,
I, that administration was emmently success
fnl Our opposition to It was never iactlons'
| We have differed more than once with our
ardent Wing friends, who denied any merit
whatever to Col. Folks public acts. We
have ever thought and still think, that Col,
PoLK's administration was i brilliant and
successful one, in the wisdom il displayed in
selecting Gen TAYLOR 10 command the ar
my Of occupation and invasion. We have
nothing to do with the motive that prompted
Col Polk to the choice Of Gen. TAYLOR
II is the fact with which we deal. lit be
true, as we contend il is, that Gen. JACK.
son made Mr. Van buren, and Col. Pork
Presidents, it may he said with equal truth
that Col Polk made Gen. TAYLOR presi.
|. dent, though the acts that led to the accom-.
plishment Of the last result, were not design.
. ed to terminate as they did. Ii Col. Polk
had not done any other act, than this one o.
assigning to the hands Of General TAY.
Log the conduct OF the Mexican war
; it would nave been sufficient TO make hi
administration brilliant one. II is true
5 we have sometimes thought that it was SC
4 to be, and that Col PoLK's dislike OF Gen
: ScoTr was the prompting motive OF the act
!, but we are willing to be more charitable
and to give Col. Polk all credit for sagacit,