The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-02
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER ,, is4s.
Ths sIaryI.na EIso.Ion.

of Congress- and deega,es N their State legislature The
heavy reyerses which the Taylor party has sustained
since the present cabinet has been msmanagng
lie a;s whether the administration can
son,oI majority in the next House OF Representatives
and gives an unusual degree OF interest to the election of
"a. morrow The administration is making every effort
10 avoid defeat Maryland affords to the cabinet the last
hope OF an available force in the Congress- and all
the means and appliances Of power are being used to de-
feat the nominees of the democratic party Decetul
promises have been made local pejudces have been APP
peaed to- and public patronage distributed insure an
administration victory. We should not have noticed
these efforts of power to control the vote of Maryland
feeling assured that enlightened people would proper
y appreciate and rebuke hem but the leading organ of
the administration, distressing the people Of Maryland
has issued long manifesto calling them to the support
OF the undeveloped policy Of General Taylor This
manifesto from Washington (pu forth in the very pres
ence Of the cabne to interfere with the elections of
neghborng State. would also have passed over in ST.
lence the confidence that the good sense Of the people Of
Maryland would give to such mpudent interference its
merted rebuke, but that the National Integsncer be-
ing unable to give any good and sufficient reason for ss
tanning the administration assas with low and disgusting
abuse the which have pursued since General
Taylor surrendered his high functions into the hands of
an irresponsible cabal.
In England, even, it is conceded that the people have
rightto oppose the policy Of the government without
being charged with treason punished for a bold and
manly expression Of opinion. But here in republican
land the leaders Of the Taylor dynasty, improving on the
maxms Of monarchy, endeavor to stife all opposition
and establish the doctrine that neither the President nor
his cabinet ministers do any wrong An indignant
people erased from the book the Sedon laws of
the elder Adams, and now no American citizen can lose
ms liberty or his property account OF his political
opinions But since General Taylor came into power his
followers true to the instincts Of federalism have shown
the spirit Of the Sedon laws and demanded that those
who WELD the power and the patronage of the govern
ment should punish the opposition for its assaults upon the
administration, and upon the irresponsible men who sur
round Gen. Taylor and rule the people in his name
The complaints Of the opposition press of the people in
their primary assembages and of the legislatures of
sovereign States, have been denounced as worthy of the
correcting rod OF executive power and the President and
his cabinet have been boldly and shameess called upon
by their mnions to punish the free exercise of opinion
and to drive from the public service the friends of those
who disused the President and refused TO place imp
cit confidence in the cabal which surrounds him. For
these things. if for nothing else the people of Maryland
should refuse place confidence in the administration
an administration ruled and regulated not even by the
manliness of the wing party, but by in whom the
wing party, when struggling for whig principles would
place confidence. ...
The people have a right TO know the principles on
which their government will be conducted but General
Taylor concealed his opinions before the election and
since the fourth Of March, his administration dstrustfu
of the people, have cloaked and concealed its plans and
projects That administration has been in power more
than half year, and yet the National Inteigeneer.
speaking as one OF its organs, is forced appeal the
Maryland citizen, by his character as gentleman and
his duty as a ctzep, 10 give the administration "some
ohdnes-which they have not yet had-to show how
earnestly and honestly they will administer the gov
eminent for the general good Of all the people, il
Congress will bear them out in their avowed purpo.
ses" We quote the words OF the National Inteli
geneeri and although they contain pitiful and whn
ing appeal, they imply serious charge against the
administration and gross insult the people OF Mary
land. They affirm that the administration has no, yet
mad chance even show its eanesness its honesty
and call upon the people of Maryland to support an ad
ministaon which has manifested, after seven months OF
power, neither Of those necessary qualities The excuse
which the organ brings forward cannot be admitted The
administration has had many opportunities to show its
and its honesty, il those virtues had ruled its
actions But the truth is the whole movement in favor
of General Taylor conceived in fasehood and
ted by fraud and deception Men who could not hope
for prefement in the wing party without destroying the
old wing leaders, and men who willing to hide their
principles in order to asen them the people, combined
to elevate military cheftan who knew nothing Of the
great principles which divide the parties Of the country
AT the most critical period, they cheated their own
party by fraudulent use OF the telegraph when the
friends Of another wing leader were on the eve Of triumph
ing in the Virginia convention Having obtained the nom
nation Of General Taylor by malpractces at Philadel
pha they duped the people by false and fraudulent mis-
representations Of his principles II these things COM
mend the present dynasty the people Of Maryland we
mistake their feelings and the principles which actuate
them. No matter what chances may be offered to dy.
nasty which is elevated by such means il may exhibit
energy, but il never show honesty The original and
inherent fraud will shut il out from vrtuous courses
This truth is fully illustrated by the present condition Of
the administration II now covers from the public gaze.
and dares not openly what course il will pursue
upon the a-absobing question Of theday In the North
General Taylor was represented the bitter foe to the
extension OF slavery. In the South he was represented
as the enemy OF the Wmot Proviso; and section Of
the Union the other duped and cheated Of its fran.
chise And now the organs Of the administration dare
not openly the principles Of the administration on
that absorbing question.
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