The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-06
THMe UNION,sn PROPOsITION.

II those pledges IL his inaugural address; ii they will
acknowledge that The Leaders Of the Wing party have
been guilty Of the breach Of faith with the peo
pie; II they will acknowledge that democrats re
moved because they are democrats, and not because
they have been guilty Of either official moral dehn
qucncy, II they will male these candid and honorable
confessions, which III strict conformity with TN
truth, will pledge ourselves that they will hear ne
iron, the democratic pross upon the subJe't 0
prescription pc, S. Union Of yesterday
The proposition Of our contemporary !.
based upon false assumption, and therefore
cannot be acceded TO- II assumes that Gen
TAYLOR has violated his pledges, that he
would not prescribe men for their political
opinions Now, we deny that he has vio-
lated his pledges m this respect, and we de,
fly the production Of evidence TO the con
trary Our neighbor will point to the an
nouncements Of removals Of Democrats from
Office, which have been made by the public
press, US sufficient proof Of the allegation
These are no proof at all, except of the
facts which are made BY the announcements
themselves. 1t is entirely an inference, that
the parties removed were prescribed for th.lI
opinions; and it Is a violent inference too,
in the face Of the declaration in the lnangu-
garal, that capacity, fidelity and integrity
should be the only standard, by which mems
pretensions, to be retained " OF appointed to
Office, shall be measured or weighed The
pledge Of the appointing power, who has
made this declaration in the most solemn
manner, is surely entitled to more confidence,
than the passionate and hasty drawn infer
ences Of the opponents Of the appointing
power It is much more reasonable to be-
iieve that Gen TAYLOR does not violate his
Inaugural promise, than that he does violate
it The probabilities that he keeps his word,
at least, are on his side, and against the pre-
sumpticns Of his opponents to the contrary
The nation will sooner believe, that Gen.
TAYLOR is executing his Office, in the mat
ter Of appointments, npon the basis Of his
Inaugural pledge, than put any faith in the
bold and groundess assertions OF the Union
and its political contemporaries, that he is
executing it, in violation ofthat pledge. Gen
TAYLOR is, in the nature Of things, entitled
to more credit, than his opponents can be, up
on the general principle Of credibility, and
particularly when the latter's assertions are
the fruit OF mere differences
We say, that the Union's proposition is
based upon false assumption, and the Union
knows the fact, il it knows any thing OF has
any concern for the truth II Is fully aware
Of the utterly corrupt and inefficient coidi-
ton Of the federal official corps, if it is aware
Of any thing whatever II knows, that the
whole body Of civil federal officers is obnox-
lsus, more OF less, to the charge Of either
want Of entire capacity to discharge the pub
lie trusts, Or very loose ideas and notions Of
official integrity or an absence, in great
sr or less degree, Of that fidelity to the pub
lie service which is the browning glory Of
every public servant Again, it knows, if
lis conscious Of any knowledge whatever,
that eighteen twentieths Of the federal Off
ces are even now filled with the adherents of
ons party, and that this state Of things is
direc fly in the face Of the pledge, that Gen.
TAYL Or would not be party President
The .Jnion knows all these things, and
knows further, that Gen. TALYoR is bound
by his pledges before and after the election
and at the, Inauguration, to!change these me
nd rs ,nr tbopo IaCortr ,,, fl,o
organization. Of the federal official corps
And yet IN the teeth Of these obvious facts,
it undertakes to charg eupon Gen, TAYLOR
violation Of his word and promise because he
is determined to- keep that word and promise !!
We ask, whether this be fair dealing on the
part Of our opponents But II goes further,
as if impudence could possibly 90 further,
and asks US to admit the truth Of their allie
cations, which have no tIul. whatever in
ahem, with the promise, that il We agree TO
s1Make ourselves utterers Of aialsehood, we
ahall not be tainted with the confession I,
We know not which to admire most, the
biazen- faced impudence Of the proposition,
or the presumptuous manner in which it IS
ma de 1t is evident, from the tenor Of the
leading article in our neighbsrs' Journal,
from which the above extract is taken, that
they aue. getting tired Of the foolish warfare
which they have beea waging against Gen.
TAYLon, personally and politically, because
Of his appointment policy, and that, in pre-.
pairing to withdraw from the field, they are
anxious, il possible, to purchasa.an cxemp-
ton from the consequences Of their own
folly, by inducing us IN come to parley
with them, but we shall do no such thing
The Umoa, the whole Democratic press o.
the country, have been and still are IN the
wrong, upon this subject. They are in :
false position, and they are beginning to see
and to feel it, They have charged base lie
apon Gen. TAYLOR and his administration
throughout, They knew, at the time, they