The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-27
Ths clIma1 OF political D,shoasssy.


The old federal party had some pretensons to candor
and respectabty. They conceived bold designs, and
carried them out with energy OF purpose. which, while
provoked the dspeasare Of the people, commanded their
respect Believing "man to be incapable OF sefgoyern-
melt" they boldly avowed it, and sought. by means Of
construction to remove power far possible from the
masses A man who obtained subsistence by the
.sweat OF his brow" could rot find time, they believed
by reading and reflection, to form such judgment of
public matters as make him safe depository for the
political power Of the country, and therefore none but
the erich and well born. were admitted into their theory
OF government II is well known that these were the
sentiments Of the "old federal party and by them advo
Gated in the convention which formed our present cons
tuition. They entertained them honestly, and continued
TO do long there chance to engaft them in
our present form Of government They failed and patriotic
STILL they conceived themselves and indeed may have
BEEN they Immediately set to work to do indirectly what
they had been unable to accomplish by other means
Here commenced that system Of construction and implied
powers deemed by them necessary to divide the people
into classesthe poor from the rithe singh born
from the lou bornthe few from the manythe governors
from governed Whatevermay have been orginaiythe
real sentiments Of this party and how long. honest in
thing eyident they have been constantly degeneraing
until they have become utterly unpincped and dis
honest that they have forfeited beyond redemption the
respect Of the democratic party, and Disguised
large'number Of their own upright parsans We verify
believe that the present so-caed "whg" but "federa
party WILL after the lapse Of this oeiagon administration
sink into suchutter soingnes, that will not serve the
useful purpose, SEQ nomine" il at all, for many years, Of
restraining the of the dominant party should il
be disposed to go to any How utterly degraded must
that party have become when tceases even 10 be check
upon its opponents in power when ii has ceased to an
the saluary purpose Of opposition party in free
country
In the contest with Jefferson the federal party was
reckless bold daring manly They fought for the
government OF the country upon the strength of their pc.
litca tenets They were beaten; and ever since they
have been changing and abatng their platform of
principles in wise other hoping to gull the people
into belief Of their nallibty In 1910 they "stooped to
conquer they rolled up their shirt sleeves. and otdsmo
Grated the democrats they employed coon-skns cider
gourds log cabins, and humbugs generally in order to
make the people believe that they not that
old federal party" which had ever derided their nte-
yence and capacity for self-goyernment. One short
month dissolved the charm and unmasked the g club
looted gentleman to the hearts content Of the nation
Who will ever forget the bloody prescriptions of that
abominable administration Who will ever forget the
q extra session" at which the master-spirit OF Henry
Clay ruled triumphant and evolved that batch Of "fed
eral" measures which, in part, arrested by act Of
Providence, until the democratic party proper regained
the ascendency and made all glorousi Who can ever
forget the incidents Of the Harrison campaign. the
cealnents the non-committasms the duplicates. the
the tricks, the Janus-faces and all the expe
dents put in requston by interruptions and wicked
foe to cheat the people
Though cheated in 1910, the people reced the error
in 1874 The glorious which followed this TIL
umph OF the popular cause, among other things made
prominent in the ranks Of the army soldier: from
mere colonel by democratic policy he becomes gen.
era This Telict of the old federal party thought the
chance good to profit by the popular cause. so
that, notwithstanding they had opposed the Mexican
war; and were reeking with treason" they selected
as their candidate General Taylor, man who had
earned all his reputation in that war Here commenced
fraud SURPRISING all other frauds-the most wicked
atrocious, and vile that ever perpeIated in this
country, not excepting the famous bargain" between
Messrs Clay and Adams. The Harrison campaign, with
all its disgusting and foul enomiiies, dwindes into in
significance compared with il General Harrison was ia.
ken up by the party Of that day. put in charge of
mittee and run into the presidential chair with shout
and hura He was the acknowledged candidate Of the
wings on all hands. He never said that he would as
soon accept the nomination at Baltimore as at Phiade
phia He never said that he was not an "ulira wing"
Prescription to be proscnbed' but he never bound
himself with the hundred pledges OF General Taylor. In
TRUTH all expected an ultra "federal" administration from
General Harrison.
Not so with General Taylor He had bound himself
to moderate administration OF the govemment-to po-
lca federation Of all sorts; and this notwithstanding his
nomination by the anti-democrats What has he done
Look to his cabinet look at the sweeping prescriptions
they have practised In all parts Of the country depo
Gratis have fallen by before this ruthless scourge
Instead Of moderatng party feeling il destined to run
higher and stronger than ever. The Republic General
Tayos organ) is daily occupied in pennng the grossest
ISLANDERS against the democratic party is going back into
all the filthy Of times past to bedeck itself in
manner suitable TO the taste OF its employers From all this
II is evident that neither General Taylor nor the wing
party meant what they said before the election and that
therefore fraud backer than any heretofore has been
pepeated before the eyes Of the people, which they
should indignantly reprobaie
AT another time we will follow up this subject, and
endeayor TO show. in some other aspects, the pabe
condition Of the successors to the "od federal party
At present we must be done with them. ,,