The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-02

the public interests
We publish below article from the Detroit CON-
mercia Bulletin, which shows that the of the
present administration, during its brief three months Of
power has been such as produce the general impress
sion that the President has shifted the burdens OF
eminent from his own shoulders by dividing the duties
of his office with the irresponsible men whom he
has called around him. Recent developments from wing
sources when taken in connexon with the conduct OF
the official organs here in Washington, hardly leave
reasonable doubt that General Taylor is not virtually
and practically the President OF the United States, al
though he has been elected to that high position and
has taken the oath of office II hardly be questioned
that he shrinks from assuming his proper response
bility by laying important matterseven appointments
before his cabinet, and allowing the members OF that
conclave an equal voice with himself, which they
so efectually as feer and control his official action,
and override and vote down his views and opinions
When the democratic press has expressed proper
and patriotic anxiety on this subject, and has demanded
10 know the truth falsehood Of the various rumors in
that behalf has been denounced by the parasites of the
Executive as insolen and has been mpudenty told
that the manner in which the President discharged the
functions imposed upon him by the constitution none
of its business Our political creed teaches that all
that officers are but their trustees and servants and
are at all times accountable to them But seems that
this sound maxim of republicanisn finds no favor
among the no-party followers of General Taylor. is
impertinent it seems, during the reign of the "Second
Washington inquire into the acts of public servants
and the people have right 10 scrunize the manner in
which their government is administered by him to whom
they have intrusted the highest Office in their gift How
| he howe muc
it may be inconsistent with all correct ideas of popu
lar sovereignty aud all sound principles OF republican
government, we must confess that it is in unison
with the course pursued by the wing party in the late
Presidential contest, and sanctioned by those who sup
ported General Taylor candidate brought before
the people, who either had opinions upon political
questions or having them, refused to make them known
to the people while there nothing in his previous life
which could throw any light the views which he enter
tanned Of the constitution the policy which he believed
would be most conducive TO the public welfare. He de-
manded by the position which he assumed that the people
should take him upon trust and humby hope for the best
This was near approach to the doctrine, which is the
essence of monarchy, that "implcit obedience" is due
from the people to their rulers We cannot, there.
fore, be greatly surprised that men who pursued
the course which the no-party whig Taylor pur
sued in the late canvass, should now, when their
military chieftain is the civil head of the nation,
carry out their crude ideas OF implicit obedience and
denounce as mpertinent those who ask for information
as TO the division of power between the President and
the members of his cabinet, and nsoeny say to all who
inquire into the manner in which the Chief Magistrate
discharges his official duties, that il is of theirs
But we tell the administration and its supporters that
have San appeal unto CBsar"-that the people will have
voice in this NATTER and although they elected Gen
Taylor to the presidency that they attached to their
republican institutions than they to any man,
even If his brow is green with laurels There is in
tegence enough among them to know when public
fdence has been misplaced and manliness enough to
condemn, despite his military fame, any President who
intrusts his proper functions to irresponsible men
| From the Detroit Commercial Bulletin.
81 take the responsibility said the patriot Jackson ~
shrink from responsibility, said Gen. Taylor before the
election The former acted in unison with his declaration
and g,ined the admiration of his friends and commanded
the respect his The latter has lived up his
manifesto of political courage, and consequently neither
friend foe admire respect him for his ndepend-
encc. From hi. first assumption Of presidential duty the
President has hrown the responsibility upon his cabinet
| Knowing the embarrassment which such relation must
CREATE the cabinet have far tax advantage Of the
properly belonging to them but conferred them by
the President, reject the application for office of the
personal friends of the Presdendsrsgard his preferences
and the expense Of his popularity and his administration,
appoint the most iukewarm supporters OIL the fhiadepha
nomination, the offices he had designated for his earliest
and best political friends The of Fuller who worked
harder than any other individual place Gen Taylor
where he is OF the fragrant instances
where not only the personal choice Of the President
thrown asde-totally disregarded-but in which the
strongest claims Independent OF the Presidents favor,
were made to yield the pretensious of Ultra Clay
man, and whose support at all Of General Taylor,
pending the attest Instances OF the
same abundant, that they almost equal in
number the appointments which have been made. In
some OF them, indeed, it is plainly manifest that with
the cabinet the influence of outdoor undersrappea
political whipper-in greater than that of the President
We have evidences of this in the that up
from the rank and file of the administration party, and
from many o. their presses too-and strange say neither
wing OF the wing party satisfied. Ii Taylor be
appointed, the Clay and watipisfs IL either
one of the latter is successful the other join in
the cry against him The discomfort is increased by
the knowledge that the President in many overud
by his advisers that the goodness of his heart renders him
ooopen the wiles and schemes OF the aru and vindc
tive politicians who surround him The Washington core
spondent of the Baltimore Patriot that General Taylor
was anx Gus to appoint General p. Sken Smith the PHI
adephia colecorshiP but the conflicting preferences
the friends of the administration overruled him is also
said that the President urged the appointment of another
gentleman to the Office Of postmaster the city Of Ba