The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-10

official information to the public, we shall
be able to do full Justice to our task q
Justices b. X. MoKsELL and JOHN j..
SMITH called on the President of the Uni
ted States, yesterday, TO ascertain when il
would be agreeable to him to receive an
official visit from the Justices Of the Peace
for the county Of Washington. He named
Wednesday, at one O'Clock. On this day
the Justices and the Mayors Of this city and
Georgetown will meet at Wizards hotel, at
half-past twelve O'Clock, and thence proceed
in body to the Executive mansion
The preslden, begins enrly TO repndiale tho doct-
rnes Of the ALLISON letter. and in the most offensive
way BY threatening the peoples Representatives
He trH interfere and eyince his royal displeasure
forsooh, should the Free Soparty manifest dellbe,
rate purpose g Prsyen, any civil government n Cali
ening Is in bad taste In any President but especially
In one who has been In the camp oil his life and who
has never known BY experience, the privileges, du-
ties and responsibilities Of civil voter or Represen-
tatiye. Representatives Of constituencies, who
would prefer, that no civil governments should be
established In either New Mexico or California, 10
the passage of law by Congress permitting or aa-
horizng slavery In thos, territories, take heed Of
the warning thus timely given you II you value
your peace, and wish TO avoid the fro,.ns of the
Wing President Of the United States, do nof>iere-
after oppose any such amendments as that Of WALK
ER's, and, more particularly, be shy Of the pmol
roriso the devil is reported to be Of holy water
But why this threat against the Free Soil party,
more than against certain Southern agitators2 Hns
the Free Soil party threatened the integrity Of the
Union more frequently than cerain Southern party,
that II should be singled out for Executive dspleas-
ure1 Have not meetings been held in many Of the
Southern States, at which Il was boldly declared
that unless slavery be permitted 10 exist In portion
Of the territories Of New Mexico and California, the
South would be compelled 10 resort TO arms to en-
force her rights and If needs be, dissolution Of
the Union Have the Free Soil party gone further
than that And are there not Southern Represen-
ratiyes In Congress- who would deliberately prevent
the formation Of civil governments in California or
New Mexico, before the Wilmot Proyiso should be
applied TO them by law2 Why not threaten portions
Of the South rs well portions of the Free States2
Was hs hrea, pa, forth q he present lime e IL
Congressional election that comes off In thar State
this month and 10 blunt the weapons of The Demo-
Gratis Whatever the motive that prompted the
threat. think II highly imprndent well a. i'm
proper and also at direct variance with the doctrines
of the ALLISON letter. Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is very easy for the Cincinnati Enqui-
rer to indulge in such assertions as those
which abound in the above quoted paragraph
from the last number Of that journal, but il
is not so easy to produce evidence of their
truth. We should be exceedingly pleased,
if the Enquirer would tell US when and show
US where, the President has threatened the
peoples Representatives. when and where
he has said, that he would interfere and
bring to bear the power Of the Executive
against the Free Soil party, if it should ex-
hibt disposition to prevent the formation Of
civil government in the Mexican acqusi-
tions' We have read every line, ever ut
tered by Gen. Taylor upon political affairs,
that has found its way into the public prints,
and we have no recollection Of any such
as those alluded to. by the En-
quirer twill not do for that journal to
ascribe to the Old Hero, the lucubrations Of
the public press, to fasten upon him the
opinions ofthis or that newspaper, and then
quote them in evidence against him upon
such a subject as this. Such evidence would
be inadmissible in any court Of law. 1t is
worse than hearsay testimony. There is no
privity between the parties to make il even
SAVIOR Of admissibility--nor can any be es-
tablished by any possibility. We deny, that
any such threatenngs as those asserted by
the Enquirer have ever been made by Gen
Taylor. The onus is upon the Enquirer TO
produce the proof.
The Enquireris right in saying, that such
would be in violation Of the doc
trines Of the Allison letter, and this consid-
Grafton alone ought to have induced that
Journal to pause, before it INDUCED in such
unfounded charges against the President.
He is not the man to turn his back upon his
promises His life and actions ought to have
satisfied the Enquirer Of that trait Of charac-
ter, and unless it had the proof Of the threat
enings before il in print OF in manuscript, it
ought rot to have made the assertions above
quoted. The peoples Representatives, no
matter what their opinions, need have no APP
prehehsion, that they will ever be interfered
with by Gen. Taylor. He is too much
man Of constitution and law for that. They
may rest secure from all intrusion, directly
or indirectly, by the federal executive. The
Allison letter is their shield. Free delibera-
ton and free voting in Congress will be UNI
der Taylor, what they have not been for
twenty years last past. They will be free
indeed
The question, propounded by the En-
quirer--Why not threaten the extension Of
The Slavery party as well as the Free Soil
party, it appears to US, ought to have per-
suaded that paper, that Gen. Taylor could
not have made any such threatenings, as
those enumerated, against the Peoples Rep
resentatives Both parties are obnoxious
TO the considerate public, because Of their