The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-01
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posed to have the confidence OF General Taylor more
than any other in the Unon) proclaimed in this city,
and his return to Kentucky, that order of things
take place under the brave old chieitain if he
elected Prescription itself TO be prescribed
and no public officer was to be moested on account of
his political opinions.
And from the time of his nomination to his election,
General Taylor himself professed the lofty and
noblng sentiment. Often did he declare, orally and by
letter, that he chad enemies TO punish J" that he
would be "the President of the people, and not OF party"
He went far as to declare, in published letter
that he would have freely accepted nomination of
the democratic convention at Baltimore, the wing
convention at Philadelphia Thus did he invite his OPP
ponents, in office well cut TO free and independ
ent expression Of opinion And everywhere, and by all
his supporters his election advocated on the ex-
press ground among Others that public officers were not
to be moested because they opposed to him poti-
cay. If General Taylor PUBLICLY and solemnly
pledged to any course of action, it rcas that he should MT
prescribe his political opponents.
Yet what do witness in this city! Hundreds,
aye, thousands of greedy pasans who have come here
from all parts OF the country to demand office at the
hands OF Gen. Tayor-o demand that he shall prescribe
and turn out Of Office those who have honestly and in
dependenty opposed his election, and have thus done
what Gen. Taylor himself invited them to do, Not only
have this myriad of famshed expectans come up from
The cities and villages of the Union clamorng for Office
but the public press, and honorable members of Con.
gress of the wing party loud in their demands for
the prescription and removal of their democratic op-
ponents. These men, and these presses thus not only
prove their hollow hearted hypocrisy in denouncing pro.
scpton during the canvass, but they shameessy demand
9th old soldier haa 10
through the instrumentay OF the glorious military rep.
uation which he won by serving in war which they
opposed alsy his pledged word and to become the
ruthless executioner of all those In Office who dier with
him politically aft who have honestly opposed he ee.
vatloro the wing party TO power in his person. Will
that delicate and proud OF honor which we have
been taught to believe always actuatcs the soldiers bo
son. and which we are bound to believe controls Gen
Taylor. permit him to submit to such degradation Will
he distinguish the commencement of his administra-
ton by disgrace1u classification of his public pledges
We shall soon see.
But there reasons which might authorize
to infer that those who suppose General Taylor will
falsy his public pledges, and thus prove to the world
that he is the bgoted partisan, and not the proud and
honorable soldier which he would fain have the world
believe, may be disappointed Those briefly
these He his elevation to the policy of the demo-
cratic party The democratic party of the Union sup
ported the cause which gave him the opportunity
to acquire all his glory and renown soldier, and
thus secured his elevation 10 the presidency. They
provided him with to fight his battles, and re-
joced in his victories Their hearts were in the cause
in which his services employed, and his success
obtained, and they exulted in The achievements which
crowned him with laurels and covered their country with
glory. More than that-many democrats voted for him.
We believe that the sequel will show they erred greatly
but nevertheless they voted for him. and thus contributed
to his elevation to the presidency But, in thus doing,
they did not believe they voting for ultra"
wing, for who would raise to power that party
who had oppo sed them, and not only them, but their
country, while engaged in with foreign enemy.
Besides General Taylor must be conscious that the
great body of the wing party openly and bitterly
opposed to the policy which has made him Presi-
dent. He must be conscious that the wings in mass,
particularly in the middle and northern States, were
not only opposed to the war with Mexico, but they
openly expressed their ratorous wishes that he might
be defeated and his army destroyed. They desired his
defeat and disgrace, and if it had been in their power,
they would have accomplished their wicked and awful
ends and thus would Gen. Taylors political aspirations
have been buried in the same grave with his military
tame and reputation. We cannot perceive how, on any
known principles of human action, General Taylor
sympahise with party that has been guilty of such
Duct although he has received their reluctant support,
and therefore have right TO believe prori that the
President elect will not falsfy bis professions and dis.
honor himself, by prescribing the party who have op
posed the elevation of the wing party to power in his
person. but who have not been hostile to him personally.
But must confess that the signs of the times lead
us to different conclusion. We have never, in long
political experience, witnessed proscrptve spirit
among the leaders as well the masses of the wing
party, than pervades their ranks. Their thirst for
the blood political, mean) of their opponents, is
fierce and Unsuitable Many of them even indecent
as to prescribe democatsn Office the precise time when
they are to be removed This spirit of political
prescription pervades the halls of Congress, the clubs OF
this city, and the horde of office seekers who ihrong its
now crowded thoroughfares They have their victims
ma rked and their successors designated
We have no doubt all Mis- will disgust General Taylor
when he is overwhelmed (as he will be after the 9TH
of March) with proofs of the existence of such spirit
among his followers. But fear he will yield to it.
lie will surround himself with wings, ultra" enough TO
comply with the demands OF wing partisans, and he will
have yield or he will have to display more nerve and
drmness than he exhibited upon the bloody field Of
Buena Vista He has Merioans to fight here than
he had in Mexico
| We believe he will yield, and the country will be
called to witness in his poscripve admnistra-