The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-31

Aihood ta eefend theco of GenaFnt Taylor, and Bark fc& shs sFnmbs tilas may fail from the govern meat iabls have raised the cry of persecution and sitter piteOus lamsnlatIons over the ingrstude and wAntcf ecurtasy with which the democrats through out the country have assaed the "spOtIess rsPuia- tIOn'' of the Second Washington" They claim for him that ths irath, honor and honesty. which, previous 10 bis election won the admiration of the people, is stI aatlsniShed. They endeaxof to jus. tify his official acts by citing the examples of Jack son, Van Buren and Polk, and assert that these ex- ecatives had made the same promises as those made by Gen. Taylor during the last campaign cOnse- queBty that this immaculate 1mitater of the tear Tier Presdents' is to be censured than they for his prOscriptive policy. Are these things true Then has the present administration been greatly wrOnged, and the democratic press have but little justification for the bitter erceness of their attack upon Gen. Taylor and his cabinet But they are not true. Every candid whig must acknowledge, while he bushes at the confession, that the hero of Buena Vista and President Taylor are far different men; that the pledges of their candidate have one and a been shOckingly violated, and the blind con. fideuce cf an admitting people wantOnly abused
 Instead of ingratitude and want of courtesy ia the democracy. what they call persecution is but the just retributioa of an outraged community. It Is the inmentation of the people over their disap- pointment. inc vail of nation over the deeeitful hypocrisy and pettifOgging trckery that has dis graced the country and enabled little and uudeser- wing men to creep into high places of power and trust.
 We have yet to learn that the doctrine, that "the king can do wrong" is republican maxim. or that the elevation of of the people to even the highest office in their gift places his character or his acts above the scrutiny and criticism of those who conferred that station upon him, In this country the people the source of power; the President, their agent, is responsible 10 them for the manner in which he performs the duties as- signed to him. The democracy are q part (and when left to their own sober second thoughts a greater part) of the people of this Union; and as any encroschments upon their rights and liberties it is the duty of the democratic press to call theiI attention. seriously and without mincing words, tc the unworthiness and ncapacity of their servants That opprobrium and ridicule have been heaped upon the executive and his advisers, by the demo- crats in every part of the Union, is true; 1t is the natural consequence of weak, hypocri,cal, and corrupt administration. Struggled into the presi- dency by the vest arti6ces, by gratuitous and un- called for promises and pledges, Gen. Taylor has already proved himself utterly inadequate to the duties oI his station; too weak, fdthless, and un- principled to redeem single one of those oft-re- iierated promises by which he or his trumpeters swinded the unsuspecting ani credulous voters. Thinking to avoid the responsibility he was eager to incur, he has parceed out his duties to men as weak and incompetent as himself Regardless of his most solemn pledges, or deterred by the supe- rior crafness and corruptness of his cabinet he has done all that he promised not 10 do, and left undone everything that the people seriously assured should be done.
 How far is he justified in this course by the ex- amples of Jackson, Van Buren and Polk7 They were candidates of the democratic party; they were advocates of democratic measures; as such they elected aud, under their administration, most honoably to themselves and most bene6cialIy to the ! country, were those measures carried out. How was it with Gen. Taylor7 Willing 10 become the candidate of either party; willing 10 receive the nomination of either the Philadelphia or Baltimore convention, he was brought before inc people as a paragon of honor and integrity, pledged and com mitted, as firmly us men can bind themselves. to recognize distiaetion of party; to prescribe no for his political opinions; to protect the rights of the south, and to leave Congress alone the entire free, and uncontrolled legislation of the country. This was the platform" adopted and dictated by the wbigs, by whom he was nominated; no issues were made up, measures were once spoken O. ; but, with this glitterng, mysterious aud unmeaning veil they sought to cover up the hideous deformi- ties of their party. How has the President carried out the principles f they may be called princples) of the canddatel He has been less than four months in the chair of State, and not democrat Is left in office from the heads of the departments down to the lowest tde.w waiter Their places have been filled with the most rank, rabid, and uncomprom- sing wbigs. He has introduced system of whole sale prescription that has alarmed aud disgusted many of his warmest supporters; southern man and saveholder. he has taken into his embrace the widest and most reckless fanatics of abotionism; :; and now, to complete his entire repudiation of all his obligations, through his freeso ''maa of all work,' Truman Smith, he demands from the peo- pie ia Congress entertaining sentiments of public policy similar with his own" in order to enable him to carry out his measures.(7)
 Are the people not to be told of these thiDgsi Is the democratic press to be gagged, to remain silent when such outrages are perpetrated1 During the campaign mild and manly opposition oharac rized the democracy. while the whig party were heaping upon our candidate all their accumulated venom, vile falsehoods, aud unmeasured unmerited abnse It is now time 10 expose and lay bare their hypoc- risy and corruption, and blush of shame and self. reproach should mantle the cheek of every editor who prrsumes to defend such practices, while that press would be recreaut to its duties, the mOni- tor of the people, which does not crticse severely the of this administration, and hold them up to