The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-18
The National IntelliHencer.

Yesterdays number in defence OF the proscrlpve spirit
which has been already manifested by the cabinet
In d,chargng this task, OF course the "Union" is
sailed with choice specimens OF official wit because it
condemned the post office removals. We pass by this
forced wit No one has anything to fear from such
pontess weapons when they are so feeby welded In
common with the members of the democratic party we
have never pretended to such refined purity nopar
tyism. We believe that the principles of the great
publican party have practical and controlling in
0uence over the operations of the government, the
government will not eecually guard the interests and
promote the welfare of the people. This firm and abb
ding conviction forces u.s. by every patriotic impulse, TO
use every exeron in the defence and support of those
principles We are thus naturally and necessarily at
tached to our party, because honestly believe that
our party struggles for the good of the country. We
have therefore, high and patriotic to wish that
every rgbtu influence may be brought to BEAR in order
that the great which believe intimately
connected with national prosperity may be sustained
and built up and made strong the confidence and the al
fections of the people To accomplish this result we
have always gone before the people themselves, and
frankly stated to them the principles of constitutional
construction and the of public policy for which
we commended This in former times considered to
be the only honest and straight forward But it
seems times have changed The party of which the
National Intellgencer the chief organ until the 18th of
June nsr intends to reform the ancient ideas of honesty
That party has principles for the public eye but it tells
the people that it is above all parties that ii has nothing
TO do with party divisions party schemes and that
twill regulate the affairs of the country uninhuenced
by such considerations The will of the people ex
III
gress may be federal TO day and democratic Tomorrow
or democratic to day and federal Tomorrow must be i'm
plcy obeyed so that it be not clearly unconstitutional
nor expressed with undue haste No-partyism is too
spiritual give its active support to any system OF po
cal principles or to any doctrine of public policy Po
cal principles and doctrines of public policy the found
atoms upon which parties built, and noparlyism
can have nothing to do with hem and entertain
knowledge of them And in selecting its agents 10
sst in administering the government, "no partyism" de-
caras before the people that looks only for honesty
capacity, and fidelity and that it has ''no friends to
ward and no enemies punish" Putting out of view the
bold absurdiy of building up party on no-par.y
doctrines, all these catch-words sound well enough
A portion OF the people were deceived by them at
the last election but not majority, however Yet
sufficient number deceived, three candidates
in the field, TO give plurality of the popular vote
to the Taylor electors The embodiment of no-partysm
is now Preslen, of the United States He elevated
TO that high office partly, too, through the agency Of
democratic votes which he obtained by his pledges and
promises Under these circumstances have right to
hold him strictly the uhlment of his often. repeated
assurances His organs may be dexterous, and may de-
fend him by gross ephes and by choice specimens OF
special pleading, if he depart from the line marked out
by his pgh,ed word but defence can succeed, for
is admissible. His assurances have been given to
the country, and he depart thereom, and his
friends him before the people Even if it were
true, yet is no justification for prescription in him,
that in past times the democrats have denied to the
wings full share of the public offices. He, forsooh
is no-party man. He has declared that he will moi
be bound to carry out wing schemes, and that he
will have nothing to do with wing complaints. he
expressed as much willingness to receive the nomina,
ton Of the Baltimore convention that of the whig
convention, and of the native Americans of either
Under those circumstances, what has he to do with the
past history of parties He did not allude to that sub
jec when he made his pledges before the peoples and he
has now no right to take it as qualification OF his
pledges when the tine for performance comes upon him
The poscrpive spirit charged upon General Jackson b,
the Editor of the National Integencer is no ustica
ton for General Taylor. We have yet to learn that the
hero Of New Orleans included in the list of the
earlier Presidents in whose footsteps General Taylo
promised to follow Besides, General Jackson
party man. He had fixed and ascerlaned principles
which were made known to the people when HI
went before them for their sufrages The people, II
sustaining him, sustained those principles. He hae
some excuse, therefore, for dispensing the patron
age OF the government to give the weight of oica
influence in supper. Of the principles which the people
had sustained in his election. He had made no promise
to do otherwise He did not forfeit his word if h
were as proscriptve the Integencer afirms. Blu
The people did not either sanction condemn any system
OF political principles whea Gen. Taylor was elected
majority of the people did not sustain his election Their
were three candidates in the field, and the maorit,
against the Taylor electors than one hundre,
and fifty thousand The new President has not. then
The plea to urge that his principles sanctioned b,
the people He had but one for them to sanction. an
>hey tailed to sanction that position But if he ha
made known his sentiments, and if majority of the PEG
pie had sanctioned them, prominent among them tn
pledge that the rule of parties should be ended, and tina
we should have prescription for opinions sake
All we contend for, then, is, that Gen. Taylor, ahoug
he was elected by minority. shall make his words good
or meet the consequences of his failure to do so.
The lncllgencer, after making the defence which W
have examined, urges the additional excuse for Genera
Taylor, that under all administrations new appointment
are necessary from day to day. especially in the Pos
omce Department, TO fill the vacancies which con
sanlly occurring from death resignation We hav