The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-30

lowing words 1.-THE Personal OPINIONS OF THE INDi-
vIDUAL WHO MAY HAPPEN TO OCCUPY THE EXECUTIVE
CHAIR OUGHT NOT CONTROL THE ACTION OF CONGRESS
UPON QUESTIONS DOMESTIC POLICY" This repudiates
the example of the earlier Presidents. 1t casts to the
winds the precedent of Washington. Madison, and Mon
roe and the known opinions of Jefferson, while it con-
forms to the action only of the two Adamses and of Mar
tin Van Buren,, Yet the qualified veto is plainly given to
the President by the constitution, questions of do
nestle policy The words conveying that power are plainly
written in that instrument But the wing party with Gen
Taylor at its head and the Republic, somewhere in its
ranks insists upon it's practical abolition In order to induce
the people TO join in the crusade against the constitution,
the wing press teens with disgusting cant and rampant
radcalsm. Insidious appeals made TO popular sove
egnty, filled with hypocntca reverence for the popular
will and simulated dread of " the oneman power" in
order that the popular mind may be so deuded as TO
sanction and sustain party in destroying the work OF
me Sopereiga peope-in removing every check and all
limitation from the powers of the government and in
giving TO the federal Congress unlimited control over the
authority OF the States and the life liberty, and property
of the citizen But this question has been sufficiently
argued The abest statesmen in the wing party-men
who, in the storms of State look down upon General
Taylor as a giant looks down upon pgmy-have en-
deavored induce the people TO destroy the great
sentative principle of the constitution, and have been
sgnaly rebuked The wings and abolitonists that have
united under the present administration, and banded
themselves together under Taylor and Fillmore, in a
crusade against the veto power will not be more sue
cessful The people will through the transparent
designs OF the enemies of their institutions and bring
upon their heads heavy condemnation.
The third principle of the Allison platform is the eg
mate offspring of the second 1t is in the following
words:
Ihnd-Upon the subject OF the tariff, the currency, the
improvement of great highways rivers, lakes and har
bors the will the people, expressed through their rep
resenaves in Congress- ought be respected and carried
out by the Executive.
The veto power is TO be abolished, and Congress may
legisate Congress may please legisate the tariff
the currency, and the improvement of our highways
rivers lakes, and harbors wholesale bid, truly, for
the support of any interest which might wish to asen it.
self upon the public treasury 1t is definite enough, too,
when confined to General Taylor; but will not answer
for aparty platform without enlargement General Tay
or may conne himself to the mechanical labor Of
signing congressional edcs, and he may leave questions
of domestic policy to Congress- yet when the wing party
comes before the public, il must state the character Of
the legislative which will be framed for the presden
tia signature whether the independent treasury will be
destroyed anu u HdtluHdl UdHk Observation-Disclosures uic
revenue system will be abolished and protective tariff
enacted-and whether the of the government
will be expended on our highways, rivers, lakes, and
harbors The Republic the force of these ideas, for
in its pRospEcrus' it runs up the banner of protection
and internal improvement 1t avoids the bank and alb
stains from any mention of financial scheme but the
bank follows as necessary consequence OF protection
and internal Improvement And it should be borne in
L..t ~ h.
placed upon protection internal improvement Will it
condescend to inform the country what of pro-
lection it advocates Will the present highways alone
occupy its attention, will new roads be opened Will
the surplus only of the public be used or will
the of the government be anticipated and the
national credit be resorted to- When these questions
are answered. them and not till then, the Republic may
pretend to have constructed portion of platform.
The fourth principle of the Allison platform is some
what singular 1t commences thus:
Fourth THE MEXICAN WAR;. The Mexican war
then full s,opa dead halt. Then few truisns about
in the abstract; but not one word in condemnation
of any particular contest The trainers of the Allison
platform had not the efrontery to make General Taylor
denounce the Mexican war. and General Taylor was
ashamed to denounce il in the face of the nation He
knew that he went to the battle field willingly He
knew that he indebted to the Mexican war for his
fame warrior and for his hopes of the presidency
He knew that the wing party had denounced that war
unholy, and had given aid and comfort to the public
enemy that whg leaders had pointed out him and his
gallant army robbers and murderers and had called
down the vengeance of God and man upon him and his
followers, because they had maintained the honor of
their country in that Mexican war He could not he
dared not denounce it, He knew that such conduct would
call down upon him the Just Indignation of the gallant
army that stood by him the banks of the Rio Grande
and of the thousands of volunteers who ocked to his
standard in the hour of danger Yet for political pur
poses talked of peace, order that his political
friends might contn to assa the democratic party for
indicating the national honor And now the Republic
enarges upon the text, giving it point and drectness
Well, be it so. The day will come when those who
sympathzed with Mexico will pray, fer venty as the
friends of Great Britain who assembled at Hartford that
the past may be oberated from the memory of the peo
pe and despite their horror of conquest, they will eager
ly claim their share in the honor of having added the
golden valleys Of California to our possessions
So much for the Allison platform Our readers can
place their estimate the worth of that structure
The Republic does not pretend to place much value
on it, without the supplementary declaration of Judge
SAUNDERS and the props and stays of the new organ
The Republic says that when the Philadelphia conven-
ton assembled, "a sentiment prevailed that the political
Views of Genaral Taylor were not sufficiently eyncit