The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-26

,,e was fought. under the Of Whig but unde
,bs united names of "Tayior and Fillmore"
The democrats were asked for you the indie
ndent candidatethe candidate of the pcople-as the
man who had friends % reward, enemies punish
in fact Zachary Taylor, who, in of his election
would not be President OF party but the President of the
whole people.
And with your letter in my hand, addressed thousands
If nv democratic fellow and the security
YOUR unbroken faith, stated that you could not in any
event become the President much less the creature of
party Upon your own solemn declaration, honestly ad
voeated you ''the President of the whoe people"
Ibid not os indulge the thong h that you could
ever become the centre of mere party administration
Had told by yoa that you would become the
head Of administration made up OF wing politicians,
could not any have advocated your claims
youd you received the of hundred
in Pennsylvania
Now General the smoke of the contest has cleared
.way You the President Elected upon the faith
your solemn pledges, you are at the head Of the govern
Have you fulfilled these pledges Ask your own heart
call back iron purpose, that clearsouled integrity
which bore you through the carnage Of Buena Vista
survey faces of cabinet, and the faces of those
parsans your cabinet who White House
for the spo OF office. Answer ne! have right to ask
nm answer You pledged your faith me- an humble ct-
zen believed you, and told my fellow tina
YOU had broken word and could forget
morrow what you pledged to-day.
Was that letter Of July a. which bore through Penn
syvania, only cunningy devised tablet Was it your
intention send me forth the of the people with
ali in my mouth To vouch for your nde pen9ence Of
party" in October, in order to find you in May head
Of a cabal of party Did you make dupe of me-
so might become your agent in dipping and swind-
ling my fellow citizens into the trammes of the whg
parry
You know that the wing party of ITSELF by its own
sues could have accom- ished your election You
know that the wing leaders, fresh from the slaughter of
Henry Cayof that who has for twenty four years
sacrificed to whigism the best instinct which God i'm
planted his naure-could have elevated you TO
the presidential chair
secured you by the force of your posi-
They not bought with silver, gold the hope
of Office, but to you by your pledges.
And now, sir, you will allow me to ask you two
questions;
In part of your aminstrato these democratic
votes represented
Among the army of odice-hunters who besiege the
doors OF the White House, how many of your democratic
supporters you discoverl
Sir the truth must be told and as supported you earn
esy and sincerely will speak the truth with un-
courtly frankness
Your election has fruitful only discontens and dis
satisfaction. Elected in the of the people, you
surrounded by advisers chosen from the anhood
of the WING party, but fom its verie hacks and trmmers
These advisers seek entail upon the country
sal SCALE system OF error and msTue such dsgraced
the the shameless expenditure of the Grard beques
by the wing corporation of Philadelphia.
Had you been elected a WING, and upon the strength of
any known wing creed, would complain Is not a
painful thought that you the of the people, should
there in Washington the leader of the fragment
a psry-as the embodiment of a whigsm like that of
Henry Clay, which its principles and fights its battles
in the sun, but of a whigsm which works in darkness,
gather. strength by unhoIy coalitions and builds power
upon-broksn pledges?
And now, sir wash my hands Of the last of po-
htcal Taylorsm, my regret that acted the
part which your pledges made act, you least
admit with the OF Oiice-that
have always been among that humble band who, work.
ing well and long for you under the impression that they
also worked for the good of their country could ask
accept office at your hands; for those hands which
free Buena Vista-free in the late campagn-are
tied by the rammes which have ahionad from
the very ruins Of the WING party
GEORGE LIPPARD.
To President ZACHARY TAYLOR.