The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
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FOkIkAnTs
 A consePo6asas ef ths Nsw York Hes.ld, vhs
 visited the White Heuss sAsul the middle of July, Profsssss to give hss impressions of the Second
 WaahingtOa- He is saEieisusly complimentary ts Osd zaek, and Kiyes him credit fer mach more rood ssnns than sxpsrieucsd observers have rensurcd to alIsw hin bui in ths same proporiisa ss he spares the President hs scoarTss his eahinss. li is ia,- Peiaie ts reconcile what this nsaa s.ys of GsnsraI Tsyisr uith the SPtnson which his Secretaries,
 vhs sss hiia every day sad kssw him better, arc said to entertain of him: sv
 ~ispsak of him tsays thas gssereas champion, l as snaR, not ss . staissman.s fupoa that point the Iesst said the soonest mesde4.l "That h~ k honest aone dOusss whiIs his best friends. ay. l the members of his eabsnOt-sbey. perhaps. mnes 1 than any ethers-vsew him zs they weuid piece of putty in the hands of the iRgeaieas glzzer-now fesaa, nov square, nov heightened eat, now fat. tened down, now rolled over, now softened with itt< oil, untSi made te suit to nicety the wishes ef the expert operator. Witk this trath nc msn Is beSter acguai1ied tlsaa Secretary Ewing, the St St of the administr1tion. CT Mr. Meredith In fact the whole cabinet have 6BgeF not In the pie bui in the patty. They alI workpbst the leading spirits are Ewing and Meredith Reverdv Johnsan rec~ive6 shot from the President which gave hiu pt4ialy to understand that the GeaeraI was fo be mouiced by hfm only @ far, since which time fhW Attorney Ge1eral has thrown himself upon hia dignity and Is eeakned to the dalses ef his ofice The whole nation feels that Geseral Taylor has beeR made the t0ol ef his eahsnef-a body of men with enc exception. sctaated by desire to advance their awn selhsh purposes. wifhoat regsrd to the interest of the Presidsni the nfry q; iarss- This 1t weaId be nhsnrd to attempt to conceal or deBy; but t has arisen, mol from any inertaess ou the part ef the President. uawiiisgness to set, bat simply from a disfrust of hts own powers It has, with truih beea charged spen hfn that he has allowed himself to become mere cipher in the ad- mSnissraiion ef the government, and the complaint of the people is that they elected the Preside and not his cabinet, 10 offler, him, and him alone they blame for the mai-adsninistrsiion of those whom he has drawn aroand him, aud by whom he has allowed himself io be irsnmeied and controlled waking to the contsfion of things the Presi dent, the sequel will show. has cetsrmincd to assert his pr.rogatve; although En doing he has already given offence to the Attorney General and other members of the ea5i1et, and which, as seom.
 sg events east their shadows before. may serTe as a warning in one quarter. and consolation to the public; for aies< there Is very great change in the course pursne3 by the cabinet. there will be- ts quote the language eG the old General, "a basting uDe.' :"
 As another evidence of Old zack,s blindness. hi. iufaiastiOn and his folly, II has been put into his head, thai he is to secoRd term Aoa saiis6ed with 6isgraciAg his eoaRfry ence, he has been so- cited to otEer for seeaad time See with hat sim plleity he eonieses to this straRger who writes in the Herald: "The old General. in speaking of the efforts that were made by many throaghoat the eoauiry ts learn his vices upon different subjects before his smiRatoE for the presidency, expressed himself io the purpose in saying that he saw throa-t the mo- tives of some of inc big politicians; they prefen6ed to b. very friendly, bat they oaly wanted to buf him of, which they couldn't do He had, he said, been lsteiy urged to consent to have it understood among his friends that he would HOt be unwilling to ran secopd term'-t somebody has been soap ing his Exee'lency.)
 .I told them that was in the hands of the peo- pie; they brought me 10 Washington, and as long as they think proper 10 keep me here. wi remain, and serve my country to the best of my sbility and when they get tired of me. vii thank thern for the favors already shcRa, make my bow, and 20 home again.
 " The simplicity of the answer to these who waited upon him, and his iBgeaieasness in making it known te me, proved how free from faesss was ki< character"
 StlSitcUy js the more correct word; or, rather, imbeeiiiiy- Can Gen. Taylor seriously believe in what his hatterers would persuade him, that the people wish him Hgsin to kll the chair DAai wss once gracec by WashiBgtoa and Jederssni It is really too ridiculous 10 be graveiy treated; but the moral of the whole New York letter is, that the good old man has gvea himself up to lhe manage meat Of a set of men" who have passed themselves of upon the Second Washington as a parcel of EosooSs aEC GA2t2tef AbS co af11e nee be ID them. yet the people have confidence ia Zachary Taylor, bat not in his cabinet" Who, tisen Is 10
 bell the cat3 Who IS to touch the cataract aud open
 his eyes and cause him to dismiss these intrguern | in his eabinetl And who, thsa, is to furnish him ! with another cabinet, aRa preveat hs running the
 sanls ron 3d cf imposition from them that he suffer
 ing from the present oael The fact is the evil lies deeper. IL is these hnmbag V higs who have przc- tised an egregious fraud upon the country in ! taking up military aspirant whom they had pre-
 vio asty aea0u ncec and ho disain ished tn var which they had declared tc be everything vile
 and oatrsgeous, and eleciing him to the most re-
 sPonsible ocs in the most enlightened country and i age of the world. They have thus hambugged the people; and they have eisgFaoed the conntry by
 placing an Incompetent Cief Magistrate al the bead
 of aairs; and to add to the elnzx of their trans
 gressiOns. these whig leaders have induced him to
 violate the mos, sOiema pledges which they aied
 upon bim to make. 10 obtain the power which he i,
 now grossly abasing No greater humbug was
 ever perpetrated in thls coaairy. and no party was
 eyeT held to more fearful responsibility. No wou- der the people are deserting his ranks-uo wonder
 the results of thc late eaecsas are tiar so fear
 fully Agpinst them. Had the most of the elections
 taken place this year instead ef the last General I Taylor would have been thrown inle ae=yiesbe | minority ef Congress.
 "HoaOr io It0~ rAom Hoaor is Dss "-The ] Boston Post says: Major Gen. Appieton Howe. |. i charged with the execution of Coz Briggs order
 requiring lhe IudePenAeai Cadets ;o perform escort
 and guard duty ior Gen. Taylor, the hero of Baea
 Vista, upOn his vlsit b Boston. Fms Is the Gen.
 Howe who, refusing to take part ia funeral honors
 to Capt Geo. Liaeeia. who feI upon ,ha; glorious
 field, said the m whica he lost his lie oagi Co I eocss hiA Eiaas, iHs.1ad ef AosoT. ALI luAo G.s ! sAsagsd n l." Now the pabGsc w.ll see whether
 sis gsnvaI who cOad insuf the asbes oG the heroic deadof Massachusetts, will wiIl noi lck the dust frc tAe kccss cf tie fortunate sEsEs.os 5f 5asisfs 2 mi wi dksuNASAg n4 aAfFo0A~e hA | said, was "a scheme tc Fefpetssie and extend slavery" We shall see whether t IS exfefyded over the territory of little soul. ILoH. Democrat. 1 Col Wsz0.-Oar readers Aiil remember that one of the charges aIseg~d sgsins; Col Weller by I HOsaee Greeley, in tho NsH York TsibaEe, and copied into every whig paper in the United States was his taking with han 10 CAsgTes and Panama . SozSsn of ili fame Now, what wii the honesi aud eAEdid portioa of the xosnmanifY thlnk wien fhrx