The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-24


rod Of that celebrated republic, that striking con-
rast observable in the conduct OF candidates for Office
oil power and before and after obtaining them tbex
seldom carried in the latter the pledges prom
ises In the former -Gsaera H1yrIsons inaugural adir,
General Tayo''s pledges and promi'ss ~hsn candidate for
o6fee.
81 will not be candidate of any party or clique
The good Of all parties and the national good would be-
my great and absorbing aim" 'I occupy the Whits
House. it be by the spontaneous of the people
&c. that could go into the office untrammeled, be
the Chief Magistrate of the people, and not Of party"
"I am not willing be candidate OF any party or 10
pledge myself any Political creed, save that which
springs directly from the constitution, &c "l have no
private purposes accom- psh"-" no party projects to
build up" no enemies punish" ''if elected would
not be President Of party" 81 would endeavo
to act independently Of party domination"
II i, were necessary for purpose, we could multi
ply extracts from General Taylors pledges and prom.
ises while he was candidate for the presidency We
venture to say that in the most progae times Of the
Roman republic candidate for public office ever
more pouse in them, and probably none has prof.
tied by them To these promises and pledges and 10 The
confidence reposed in his sincerity and fair Intentions
General Taylor is undoubtedly indebted for his election
1t is now no longer doubt that General Taylor has
widely departed from the he soemnly promised 10
pursue when he before the people for their suage
II he did not intend TO carry out what he then promised
can he hope TO escape from the mpulaton of having
risen TO power by false preences If he has discovered
that he adopted an impractcabe theory, and has been
compelled to abandon it, he it to his reputation now
and hereafter to make the best apology he for bis
change of views. The pervading impression that Gen
TAYLOR was an honest man-that he firm in his pu
poses, and would perform his promises-was the sum
total of his civil qualifications for the high office 10
which he so mcdssny aspred That he talking
without political experience when candidate, every.
body knew and that he was saying things which would
embarrass him, was scarcely less obvious. That be
meant to fulfil the expectations which he labored to
raise many believed, and perhaps more doubted Asst
has turned out it is certain the wings understood biz
character better than the democrats The former early
discovered either that he did not intend would not
be able 10 maintain the positions he had taken, and
thereupon adopted him their candidate. His facility
of surrendering position after position encouraged them
to hope he would become all that they wished 10 maxi
of him. He was permitted under their skillfu any
adhere far to his first declarations as was neceaT
TO secure portion of the democratic votes, and yelb
qualify them in such manner to obtain the support
of the wing party AT first he party man then
a whig but not an ultra wing. He would be guided
his policy by the examples OF the earlier Presidents
This subterfuge left him free to act the influences
operating on him might dictate-to pursue the worst
the best policy which the country has ever known
Then the question arose TO the composition Of BID
cabinet, |, was .ooa discovered that "the trammelsd
patty xhi-h Il had made such show in knockingd
before the people while candidate, still upon bin
Elntn. democrats IN various parts Of the country had
DOC 2asA 10 sssr credit for sagacity-favored his cleo
hon; but nos OF them was thought OF for cabne
zyg.1a1axstA1- The cabinet must be composed OF whRs
.rz. saere 10 be ultra wings among them
wzs a. krx, helevei-perhaps the notion may be Sill
chsrashed-,aa, some OF them moderate wings. "D
their fruits shall We know them but il is certain hI
Others are the mos, illberal and Proscrptive para
which could be found in the country. That the fasi
cation of the promise, that the cabinet should be con
posed of moderate wings might be known throusha
the land a man was selected for conspicuous poala
in it who. as a member OF General Harrisons cabin
had earned for himself, in few short weeks. the
during sobriqu<t of .tae butcher" What has been da
since the administration has got agoing, and what
prospect according to the givingsou of the Office se
and the whig organs, is too well known 10 need con
ment.
What was said OF Gen. Taylor, so much to his cra
as a military man-,hat he surrenders-appean
be, in his character politician, entirely reveS
He has surrendered. either willingly or by compuls1
nearly all the strong positions which he held on
day Of his election. Whether Gen. Taylors admnisI
ton shall be proscrptve non-proscrpve is Of ds
and without reference to his position before the publ
matter of no great importance Who shall be
incumbents of subordinate Offices is of little mOna
compared with the effects of the threatened, and in
executed policy Of removals, upon the character Oh
Taylor himself, and upon that of our country. DID
before his election, pledge himself to one couls'
resolved 10 take another Numerically the opc
Has he risen to the highest Office in this country
false pretences! Is he to stand now and forever b
with bad faith towards the electors Of the United 81
or have they, like the tickle Romans, been duped.
pledges and promises of candidate for Office max
it, Whatever the hungry swarms of Office seekers
say, who, like reptiles on the banks OF the MIR
crawling about the White House and the depah@'
whatever the wing presses which subser's'
these Office seekers may say to the contrary H'
Taylor and his cabinet may be assured that these
errors; but they will neither forget nor forgive dell
bad faith. General Taylor cannot be so regard
his reputation as not to know and feel that, win
sands who yielded hearty support on account
pledges and promises, his sincerity is under suf
If he intended, as the charitable are inclined to TIM
did, to adhere to these promises and pledges, hyp
to the influences which have urged him to violate