The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-06-16

to prevent the disintegration of their
party, they began to seek for new ele-
ments OF union by declaring war upon
the interests of the country, and seeking
to usurp powers, that were not confer
red upon the Executive by the constitu
ton. The public mind must be kept in
an excited state, said they, and forth
with the moneyed interests of the ma
ton were attacked in a war against the
then bank OF the United States. In the
prosecution OF this war by the Executive
Gen Jackson usurped powers that were
not conferred by the party of coalitions
He led on his army of coalitions, not
only against the minority, but against
the institutions ofthe country He usur
ped the whole legislative power Of the
federal republic, in effect, and reduced
the Congress to be mere register OF his
edicts, whether legislative or executive.
He drove from office every man opposed
TO the views of the party OF coalitions
and to his scandalous usurpations. He
built up the dynasty with the same ma
terials of which its corner stone was
compounded He established corruption
in high places, and infused it into the
very spirit OF public administration.
Men came to look up to the President as
liking, and to look to him as the dispen
ser of favors, and the maker Of law. Up
RICH: thought disappeared from mems
minds, and low cunning and subservien-
cy took its place. The rule Of agglomer
ated minorities became oppressive to
degree. that its component parts grew
FESTIVE under the lnfiction. and many Of
them threw off the yoke. In that memor
able conflict between the original party
OF the Jackson-yan Buren, dynasty the
structure OF corruption received Sc
we're blow and Gen HARRISON was elect
ed TO the Presidency, not by a coalition
Of the disconnected sections of Jackson
ism with Wings, but by an absorption of
those elements into the Wing ranks.
The results of that election were blasted
in a political point of view, by the
death of the President, and the party of
coalitions rallied again and regained pos
session of the government, under their
.favorite watchword ofthe spells. Their
despotIsm soon became intolerable un-
der Col. Polk, and the disintegraion Of
the party went on so rapidly, that the
friends of constitutional government took
courage and elected a man, who pledged
himselfto restore the administration Of
the executive Office to its pristine purity
The election of Gen. TAYLOR, it is urged
by the defeated patty, was effected by
coalition Of their discontinued elements
with tae Wings, but the facts in the
case do not warrant any such conclr-
sion. Gen. TAYLOR was the representa-
tive of the Wbigs of the country, and of
their favorite vi ews of public policy. 1t
cannot be SAID that drop of water coal
esces with the ocean, when it falls INTO
it. It is said with more propriety, that
it is absorbed in the ocean. So Of the
disconnected fragments of JAcKsoN-PoLk
party. Many of them fell into the
ocean OF Whiggerv and were absorbed,
while others were driven away from
their original neucleus by the ca,astro-
phe which befel it, and laid separate and
apart, like globules of quicksilver, when
the original mass suffers violent distur-
bance. The election of Gen. TAYLOR
was effected by the Wings of the nation,
whose numerical power was Increased
by additions fiom the defeated party.
There were no coalitions of several mi
norities, as in the time of ADAMS for the
simple reason; that there could not be
any such result effected for want OF the
requisite elements. A great homogene.
Gus party-'he Wing party constituting
at least one halfof the electoral body OF
the United, was in the field with ITS
leader TAYLOR There were discon-
tents in that party, but not to a very
wide extent. Their discomfort was
more than counter balanced by the indl
vidual acquisitions of the party of coal
itions. The government is. therefore;
now in Wing hands and was placed i'll
Hlig hands by the Wing masses. No
party OF coalitions; bound together by
the cohesive power eff public plumber:
now administer this government. They
are party having but ore object in view
the good of the country. They have
no sinister purposes to subserve. The
old hero, now presiding over the nation
executes and will continue to execute,
the Presidential office, as the President
ofthe whole people and not OF party,
though he entertalns those views of pub
lie policy, denominated Wing The
country is now free from the curse OF CO
alitions, IN the executive department OF
the government, and it is blessing
which we shall not be fully able to appre
ciate. until the contrast between the con
stitutiona' administration of Gen. TAYLOR
and the coalition and usurpatlon admin
istrations of the Jackson Polk dynasty
can BE- deepened by the results OF expe