The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-09

gallant Mississippi rifeswere spared by the ire
spensible csbaI which General Taylor has armed with
the powers of the chief msgisiaey Where is Weller
who fought side by side with General Taylor and pur
chased bis glory with his precious bloodi He cashiered
Where is Lane the Marion OF the war n gnominous.
ly recalled from Oregon. Where is Captain Deany
one Of the most gallant soldiers in the FIRST rife regiment
OF Mssisspp-among the first Gas the Mssissppian well
says) under the gallant Quitman to capture Monterey
the rst under the brave and undaunted Davis 10 turn the
tide OF war in our favor at Buena visaP Captain De-
any on these occasions, one OF the bravest OF the
brave and yet he not permitted to hold the humble
post OF postmaster al Oxford. in Mississippi We might
multiply examples, almost without end, OF gaantry in
Mexico rewarded by ngatude at home and by the very
man whose aures these brave men had contributed to
weave around his brow ngraefuly ungraciousy cast
Off because they had the misfortune to be incorrupble
democrats And yet this miserable organ Of the Pres
iden-this alder abeer, and defender Of yindictive
persecution. whose columns have been filled with de-
nuncations OF the soldiers who sustained the Mexi.
can war-panderng increasingly to the party passions
and fierce vndctiveness of the cabnehas the supreme
erontery now that the indignation Of the people is heard
all Sides to cry for help to the people Of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and to remind them of their patriotic
gallantry OF bond which binds them to the rrespon
sibe directors Of this administration, who gave aid and
comfort to the enemy And as If to reach the pinnacle Of
insoence that organ, speaking in behalf Of the President
openly and unblushngly offers to bride the people Of
Louisiana and Mississippi to support the fallen fortunes
Of the administration. The men in power endeavor to
Tife with the purity CT the elective franchise; and
through their organ, they offer to purchase and buy up
the free suages Of the people Of Louisiana and Mssis
sippi by promising the Improvement Of the Mississippi
river and its tributaries nducement for them sup
port the wing candidates for Congress- and to give their
countenance 10 the party which now holds the high
places of the government The promise not to in
terfere In elections the solemn pledge to abide by the
free will Of the representatives Of the people in Congress
made by General Taylor, has been repudiated The
gan OF the Executive speaking by the authority of the
President only appeals to the people to SUPPORT and
sustain him. but he openly nterferes in the elections be-
fore the people in order 10 obtain subsevient majority
in the House of Representatives. and he offers brides and
sets forth sectional inducements in order TO rally support
to his policya policy which he conceas and whholds
from the country. Thus vanishes the last fragments of
the fair fabric Of pledges and promises with which the
people have been frauduenty deceived.
The appeal Of the Republic which called forth these
hasty remarks will be found below We epublish in
full, that our readers may and understand it, and
that they may hear the drowning cry OF this admnistra
ton We will not call upon the people OF Louisiana and
Mississippi to spum such appeal Being of the PEG.
pie we might properly do but orbear, trusting to
their good sense to its mpudence and nsolence
deserve to be treated;
MISSISSIPPI AND LouIsrANA.The compression elections
have been brought close throughout the Union, with
the exception those which shortly in Msss
sppi and Louisiana The results elsewhere have devoved
upo these patriotic States the responsibility Of deciding
what the political complexion Of the ensuing Houss Of Rep
shall be. Is theirs whether General
Taylor shall present the novel spectacle Of President
ed by unsolicited snages of the people, baied
and defeated in Of his administration by hostile
maoritics In both branches Of the national legislature
They are determine whether in contributing his ele-
vaton they designed give him fair chance conduct
public affairs npon system which sympaihizes with the
interests and wants people, whether they confer
red office upon him embafrass and annoy him. They
say and SON. whether the House OF Representatives
shall be friendly unIfiendy whether shall be organ
lied thwart and dey him, 10 aid him Ia carrying
such and reforms honest and upright Chief
shall deem necessary the prosperity and hap
piness Of the country.
We know OF no two States 10 which we would be more
willing inust the decision Of this question. Louisiana
was marshal her egion for the field when General
Taylor and the small but gallant army under his mand
were me naced on The Rio Grande by overwhelming
force. The rolls filed up with eager volunteers
fast their could be recorded Nowhere there
nobler enthusiasm, patriotic devotion,
than the people of Louisiana evinccd upon that memorable
Amidst the waving of banners and the aecama.
ton admiring mutudes. regiment after regiment
baIked for the OF strife their country
men, threatened with dangers which seemed big with
doom, avenge their fate The attachments and con-
adence which the Of that epoch enlisted and
ned yet reside in the breasts OF the people Of Louisiana
They first to leave home and family to share with
General Taylor the dangers and hardshps OF foreign
paign will they desert him They know him. They
his friends and neighbors They have been with him
the tented field and the domestic hearth Will they
lend the calumnes which have been
poured upon him in torrents by abandoning him the hard
usage Of his deirsctoi viii they suluy them selves
they who knew him, and knowing him, voted for hm-by
voting give color the charge that they
abascd themselves by elec,ng 'dolt" 'imbecile"
cpher" the Chief sagistrscy The people Louis.
lana shcused Of committing great fraud upon
the Of The Union Will they plesd gultyl Will they
Withdraw from his support the crisis Of his ortunesi May
answer Tor them, they will not 2
And Mississippi, too! Will the Of Monterey desert
their commander that bis conduct before that walled
city is denounced and condemned by those who would
defeat his administration Will they Join the ranks Of
those who rcproach and mock at him Will they not
Their retrieve the which his friends have encoun-
tered elsewhere they redeemed he field Of Buena VISTA
when within grasp OF the enemy Congress the Buena
Vista Of this day; and they now, then, the ororn
hope Of the General Will they grid themselves up Tor
another rescue and snatch victory from the Of defeai
II they rally the work, they and will succeed. The
friends OF General Taylor throughout the Union look to
Mississippi for such victory shall fill the land witt ea
ness Nor will they be disappointed We have had faith
In darker times; and speaking of those who do
most when most Is required TO be done
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