The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-16
Removals,

The Republic OF Thursday, in article upon the sub.
ect of removals, copies the following paragraph kom the
Union:
The democratic party has denied the general poll
cy of removals On the contrary, when it has been
poary defeated, and again returning power after brief
interval and finding the enemies of its and pol
icy in possession of the important and influential offices of
the government, has acted upon that policy. 1t believes
that administration which has welldefned system of
principles and wel-matured set of measures founded
upon those principles to out should employ agents
for that who favorable those principles and
and will take interest in their faithful
ton.
We regret that the Republic did not copy our whole
article from which the extract above was taken. We
declared in the article referred to, that while the demc-
cratic party held to the policy of removals. in the limited
stated it did not profess to be governed by differ
ent system of policy did by it, press, its leaders,
and its candidates, pledge itself against removals, and
them after had attained to power by such means, vo
late all it's pledges, thus convicng itself of the
arrant and brazen hypocrisy and unbushngy stamping
the brand OF falsehood upon its brow, the wing party
its organs its leaders, and its candidate, have DONE
We chargedths inconsistency this hypocrisy, and this
breach of pledges and of faith with the people, upon the
wing party and its candidates and also charged them
with being guilty of nefaous and Infamous piece
OF conduct namely the injustice of assuming in order
preserve seeming consistency between its professions
and practice that every democrat removed was not dis
placed because he was democrat but for some alleged
official moral delinquency, which the removing power
had not the honor the manlness and specify
And we proposed to the wing press the following con.
dons Of compromise upon this subject of prescription
for such tsand not udicious displacement of the po
llca agencies upon which il must depend for the execu-
ton of its measures
Now, if the wing press will come forward and honestly
acknowledge that Gen. Taylor has violated all the pledges
and professions the subject of prescription which he
made previous his election and that he has totally dsre-
gaded the reatmaton of those pledges in his inaugural
address; they will acknowledge that the leaders of the
wing party have been guilty of the breach of faith
with the people if they will acknowledge that democrats
are removed because they democ
they have been guilty of either official Delinquent
V; II they VIII make these candid and honorable cone.
sions, which in strict conformity with the TRUTH
will pledge oversefves that they will more from the
democratic press upon the subject OF prescription per
AS the Republic is the acknowledged and respon-
sible organ OF General Tayors administration, we put
the question directly to it, and ask if it will make dis
nctly and definitely the Acknowledgements required in
the paragraph above' Will it admit that Gen. Taylor
has violated all the pledges and professions which he
made previous his election and that he has totally
dsregaded the rearmation of those pledges in his
ausural address And will acknowledge that the ad
minsaton has been guilty of the breach of faith
whit people' And will it acknowledge that demo-
Gratis removed because they are democrats and not for
official and moral delinquency?
The Republic is the organ of the administration, and it
should answer directly and candidy these questions 1t
will be inconsistent with its position and the character
which it should maintain, if takes refuge from them
IN sophistry, quibble evasion Let have the plain
answers and if they consistent with the facts we
can compromise the matter of complaint the subject
OF removals. But cannot, on any account, compro-
mise the moral question involved in this breach of faith
and pledges, of which General Taylor and the wing party
have been guilty. For that intend to hold them
accountable before God and the country, and to make
such conduct infamous and abhouent in the eyes of
the people, that the leaders of the whg party,
reckless and INSCRIPTIONS they are, will not again
dare to be guilty of it.
PRINTERrN Luck.-The Boston Mail says that Richard