The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-22
POLITICAL.
From the Boston Post.


the Boston Post
The wings and Prescription.
Out of Office the wing party have never failed TO pro-
scribe prescription. No language be framed more
severe against il in theory than they have uttered; and
they have charged the democracy-falsey charged
itthough-wth pursuing IT. That the charge IS lalse e'
the wings in office in the custom houses, In the post
Offices in the departments at w ashington testify Sell
ting this charge Tor the present. however, ASIDE lei u.s.
now the gulone MOVING S l; our We dsab, much
whether anything more shameful can Dc hunted up III
the annals OF party
wing denuncation against the democrats then was II
their alleged proscnpnye spirit; was not iheit al
legged 0s2oils system /" What the inducement held
Out to democrats to desert their party and put in Harrison
Was not that this system was to be done away Take
one out of The hundreds of solemn wing declarations OF
1910. Take extract from he declaration Of prtncr
pes made at the great September wing mass convention
on Bunker HILL
alt was during progress OF the late administration
Maesnte that the was M de ia Senate
regard public Offices, ihe spois OF victory belong
,be paIy that pcst eon1 az righIay struggles for
es and smoImsn W. psole.t asa"sf s"e,r%es "n,sa
Stimulate The passions 10 the pursuit Of p'bfie trust
Take one more declaration OF Websler's, as he was
eechoneering IN 1910;
81 DO HONOR 10 VIRGINIA BECAUSE HAS, THAN
ANY OTHER STATE REJECTED, DIsowNED, DlsAvowED
THE POWER REMOVAL FOR OPINIONS SAKE"
Such are specimens of the avowals made by the whig
party in reference to removals IN lslo. And coupled
with these declarations the wings again and again alb
jured party and called on ALL GOOD MEN AND TRUE
PATRIOTS THROUGHOUT THE UNION FOREGOING ALL con-
sIDERATIoNs OF PARTY, TO rally in their support"
Such the profession OF 1910. What was the prac-
ce' Need recall the doings of the thirty days of the
Harrison administration Need we recount how shame
full was the prescriptions Need we portray how pledges
that carried the Mugs INTO power were Knocked with
remorseessness OF feeling and with desuton OF moral
principle up 10 that time without anything approaching
parallel in history! Political intolerance
savage Men prosituted the little brief authority
which they got by enormous deception, to reward their
friends and TO punish their enemies with callousness
that seemed astounding.
But all this-yea, more than all this--has found its
parallel The same political party played with success
The political game of profession and are following
II out by the monstrous inconsistency IN practice
The wing profession OF lSis more positive,
was oftener repeated soemnly averred. than
that of 1870 Democrats who nominated, who support
ed, who voted for General Taylor, and scto elected
hm, read his many declarations contained IN steady
stream OF letters, begun the battle helLs OF Mex
leo, and continued from his retirement at Baton
Rouge, though they were the words OF an honest,
firm, patriotic man, who said what he meant and
throw himself into the of the wings They regard
ed his words pledges We have heretofore published
all these words, and recall few of them 90 In no
permit myself to be the candidate of any party.
OR YIELD MYSELF TO PARTY SCHEMES have no
party projects to build up-No FRIENDS TO REwARD-No
PUNIsH-nothing 10 serve but my country I"
If elected would not be the President ri party
would endeavor 10 ACT INDEPENDENT OF PARTY DoMl-
NArIoST ~ But what need ,of multiplying these quota,
Taylor They proclaimed upon the election as his
rule of conduct and after his election they confirm
ed ratified cnched by the words of the inaugural 81
SHALL MAKE HONESTY, CAPACITY AND FIDELITY indis-
pensabe prerequisites to the bestowa OF Office; and the
ABSENCE OF EITHER or THESE QUALITIES SHALL BE
DEEMED SUFFICIENT CAUSE OF REMOVAL" III all tins
does constitute pledge against political prescriptions
pray what language could constitute one? If all this
does not contain to the country that the
President would not act the spoils system. pray how
could he go TO work to give such assu<ance When
all this is Observation-Disclosures ii is remembered, too. how
Taylor accepted democratic nominations-how he sad
he would have accepted the democratic nomination
at Baitimore-how he pretended to hold the wing party
at arms lengh-bave not the country right TO hold
him, an honest man, 10 his words
And now what Is the practice OF ls49 that follows this
profession OF lsis' To answer this; look at the daily
record of removals from end OF the country the
other. Fz Henry Warren's scythe cuts wider swa,h
than his illustrious predecessor Butcher Ewing has
grown savage by fasting than Frank Granger 1t
is not pretended that the thus enoved-,he hun
dreds Of them-are not honest. capable or faithful To
pretend this would be to add TO monsrous political in
consistency wholesale personal libelng. No; il is Eot
much pretended that the displaced ncuubents pros
utued their Offices to partisan purposes, OF not
obligng dilgent, trustworthy The head and front
OF their offence is that they democrats who thought
Iaylors nomination. support, and election, things not fit
10 have taken place The for these removals
partisan cast And the reasons for the appointments. too,
OF the same cast. They party reasons Men
daily put into high places. not because they have chaac
ter ability TO adorn them, because they have pec
liar capacity TO fill them, not because the community
want TO them there but because they bawled the rS
and longest, and lOudes for Zachary Taylor for Pres
spoils system is carried out with horoughness boh
the reoros and IN the appointments. unparalleled even
by the wing parallel of 1870
Now, is OF Tor General Taylor, or for Cen
Taylors supporters, charge all this the cabinet
This base business cannot be showed the shoulders
of an abstraction. The doctrine that the king do
wrong will do well enough in Great Britain but it will
not so down in this country-a least with American
democrats Hence the people will look to the response
Bile manto Zachary Tayor-to the President He is the
real author Of these removals and appointments, and
Judging of them they will try him by the touchstone of
his own words and solemn declarations II there is any
harmony here between profession and practice, that hon
erabe men stand up and defend, should like to
see pointed out If there is here approach
common honesty, should like to it described Ii
character be maintained i'll this way then farewell
anything like confidence in political profession But the
people will not overlook this shameful violation of
pledges They will charge to the wing party that their
opposition to prescription was hollow and hypocrcal-
that their promises were made only to get the of
power-that their deception glarng and
that they the party of false peiencesand that they
are unfit to govern this country.
The FOREIGN POLICY OF GEN. TAYLoR.-The Wash
ington Union reviews the correspondence of Mr. Clay
ton Secretary of State, with the German and Danish