The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-26

fasehood has thus passed into received and current
history with that party. By this species oflcgerde
main, thousands on the one hand have been made 10
believe that Daniel Webster was the head Demon Of
the Hartford Convention; and on the other, that
Lewis Case, Is some way or other saved the world
awful calamity, by killing that monster Of monsters,
| tho Quintupe Treaty
Now, at The outset Of the Wing Administration,
the design Of the Democratic managers bengto ef
feet its overthrow they have pni their iavore tao
tics In reqnison, and thus we see all the destructive
energies Of their press beginning to bear upon the
characters Of particular individuals In Office. The
President ilnhappily for them, Is too strongly en-
trenched in The confidence Of the people TO be assa
ed at present. The members OF the Cabinet too {
are like 80 many formidably bustons shooting ont
nom the main works, and afiordng little hope Of
The chosen point Of attack therefore is the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Mr.. Filz Henry War
rem This nanonvre shows more sense OF danger and
alarm, on the part Of the assaanis, than skill In
| campaigning Mr., Warren's plase Is an important
one, for the smaller post Offices come under his spe
cal supervision. The Democratic leaders know full
well how many sly, mousing. sllppery pnrty man
agers nriguors and wire pullers Of great influence
with the rank and file, they hay,, worked into The
lesser post offices all over tho country election.
| eering agents md servants Of all work They ara
very naturally frightened NJ the thought Of having
the keen, searching gllnces Of FiIz Henry Warren
directed into those sinks OF Intrigue and corruption.
They are afraid he will find out how many OF these
worthless have abused their how many have
been suddenly transformed into Original Taylor men,
| since the election, and how many hive adopted The
sancmonious cowl Of Freesoiiisn just 70 keep their
places and be ready TO return To their former work
as occasion may fnyor.
| The battery Is played of npon Mr. Warren In the
old way issaid he ieas once unfortunate II b,isi-
his maligners they therefore connect witit charge
Of fraud Here s pretty specimen Of party tnctlcs.
The first half Of the story Is trte the other hnlf -
false The calculation e, Tint The truth win carry
the lie on It's bnck, and tdye i currency with the
world. They adopt The rick of the couneffeileL
who puts In good note 10 make Tho false once pass
Let the story alone, In their hands, and In the course
Of few moniha the whole would be stereotyped and
sworn 10 by The entire Democratic press, from Dan
to Beersheeba Unfortunately for the success Of the
trick, II has been promptly exposed and the proper
rebuke has been hurled back upon the authors OF the
frand We hope this prompt refalailon Of the Sian
ders Of the Democratic press, nny exam
pie and rule for The futnre Let falsehood be met
seeming truth BY The hocnspocns ofdaily repetition.
/ There Is feature In this attack upon The Second
Assistant Postmaster General which deserves spe.
cial notice. Knowing full well the Importance Of
place, 10 have their services in The elecii0ns,
The leaders hope, by fierce assault npon Mr.. War
rem, to frighen This officer and paraize his Efforts
The same time, incidentally 10 dannt the administrn
ton itself. In respect 10 Mr. Warren, this cacrla
| ton evnces little knowledge Of the man. He has
quick intuitive perception Of right and wrong and
decision and prompiness in action, which never
rlke counsel or ienr He Is not the man 10 quail al
| any threat which stands between him and his duty.
AT the side Of The Postmaster General he is indeed
most able and valuable public officer.
The hope OF striking an alarm into the Wing cd
minislraton, which seems TO be entertained by
these ASSISTANTS Of personal character, Is most pre-
| p0serous and absurd They have utterly mistaken
4 their man at every blow they have aimed. The ad.
minisraon viii do nothing rashly nor will they be
guided in their acts by narrow and vulgar partisan
spirit But let these dark plotiers Of faction md sub
ierranean mischief remember Zachary Tnyor's re-.
| ply 10 Santa Annals demand Of n surrender on the
field Of Ruena ysta, and Then consider whether their
open bnsier or their underground tricks will be like
y 10 dismay an administration, Of which Tint same
Zachary Taylor is at the head
From The Washington sTelrsraph. May, l6, 1900 u
| Democratic Doctrine OF Pros Grip Ton Ia the
early part Of Gen. Jackson's Term.
/ In this attention 10 personal complaint lof pro,
scripilye removals. the min and only point that con
or ought 10 have The smallest weight Is altogether
lost sight Of The business OF the Public cannot be
properly and efficiently performed unless there be
full and unlimited confidence In all the OfiicetA Of
| Government, as well as genuine and cordial Coop.
/ Grafton by every individual OF The Department. u
is, we admit frequently an unpleasant, but Il IL still
the plain and obvious duty Of those Officers 10 dis
1 place many persons 10 whom loss Of situation may
DO hardship and 10 substitute in their room 0thefs
in whom that personal and political confidence 80
absolutely necessary for the due administration OF
public affairs may be safely and properly reposed.
tenure by which II is 10 be held, and no one can
fairly complain Of an electment when his time has
expired, or his services are deemed useless, I'M,
least Of ALL The fends Of the Coalition complain
when the servants Of the people do for them, In tho
promotion Of pnhlic business, what the People them
se'res did for their masters.
Il From The Washington telegraph, May 30, 1921
We have seen Them the Oppositionl approve as
the most proper and becoming thing on earth the
Il right of the Government To lavish away public mo-
4 ney in cecioncerng excursions mud defend, as mat
tiers perfectly consistent with the purity of elections
and The freedom Of our republican institutions, the
employment Of The direct influence officially pos.
sessed by the Administration secure the return al
the candidates favorable TO lis continuance They
have deplored The loss The country would sustain In
consequence Of the People disearding the chief
long the camor because The smaller abetois sent
4 after their masters. Nothing in their new creed Is
held sacred as the principle Of immunity for past
political SINS and perfect federation for those 10
come. With them II Is n most scandalous part OF
the conduct Of The present Administration 10 refuse
TO enrnst the transaction Of lis business 10 the very
!. persons whose interest and the promotion OF whose
party and princpl would be best answered by inn
peding Its due advancement; but 10 Withdraw con-
fdence from laithless, trntorous servants--ffom
those whose only merits In the eyes Of their late en-
poyers, weressycophnntic subserviency and unhesi
/ lating devotion 10 n worthless fncon~is a climax
Of ntrocity ut which their individual gorges rise In
| adherence and their uncorrnpted hearts beat with
| the most yirtu0us indignationl tessaf
/ From the same paper OF the same tate
i The changes that II has been found necessary 10
make IN public ofhces have given the Coalition prints
an opportunity 10 discharge some venom, md cry
out "proscriponln But The one IL innocuoup, and
the other passes like the idle wind. No man was
silly enoughto suppose that the most unprlncpled
among The tools and agents of the defeated facIion
The eai,niafors Of NE President, and ne slanderers
efMe People tho supported him, should be continued
heir strrdnts paid od Of their packets and entrusted
| Nth me management Of their Affairs. When The
meant that II should be thorough and complete; nor
did they ever contemplate, while they remorsd he
principal offenders from their places OF trust that
confidence should be continued to those Who, though
less In the public eye had been the fret 10 step onI
Of their places oppose The public voice, and turn
the very power and influence derived from their sit
nations held from the people against them and their
dearest wishes. 4
From The same paper oiJuly 4, 1870 NV
| Mr. Kendall was reluctant 10 dismiss Mr.. Belt
| because he understood that he had amiable and
dependant family; but in The dlscharge Of his public
duty Mr.. X, cannot yield 10 his private sympaihles