The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-22

wing newspapers, as having been delivered Dy Genefai
Taylor in his late northern tour, never delivered
by him. but were iabcaons manufactured and put forth
to the world in his name, BY persons who travelled In
his train. In one instance speech was by mistake,
published as having been delivered at place where he
neither made, nor attempted 10 make. a speech. We
aude to that which appeared in the federal newspapers,
and which they alleged to have been delivered at Erie,
Pennsylvania The fact is, General Taylor never at
tempted to make speech al that place He arrived
there while he suffering under an attack of the
cholera and could not and did not attempt to deliver
speech But one OF his attendants, not anticipating the
attack had previously fabricated the speech and sent it
off to some city paper to be published and it unforu
nately appeared n print before the publication could be
prevented Such the with all the speeches which
appeared in his name that was all becoming the Chief
Magistrate of great and proud nation to make. The
only genuine speeches those published by the dem
ocatc papers as having been delivered at Baltimore
Lancaster, York, and few other places
These the facts and for publishing them, ourselves
and other democratic papers have been denounced
beers of General Taylor, and legal prosecutions
limited at by the INSCRIPTIONS federal presses to pun
sh us for publishing what they know be the truth
We know that these things are Notifying not only to
the personal friends and supporters OF General Taylor
but they humiliang to the country And if high
Of duty TO the American people did not mpe to
lay the truth plainly before them, we would forbear
from making this unpleasant exposure II is due to the
American people that they should know the truth They
interested not only in maintaining the character Of
the country, but they interested in having
the head of the government who is fit and compe
tent to discharge the duties OF his high office The Chief
Executive OF this government is the President and not
the cabinet. The constitution contemplates that the
President and he only, should perform the functions Of
his Office, and not his cabinet who not responsible to
the people the President is not competent to discharge
the functions OF his Office and they thus devolved
upon the cabinet he merely filling the Office nominaly,
and giving the formal sanction Of his to the acts Of
the cabinet, in what does government differ from
directory regency, cabaa political monstrosty not
contemplated by the constitution, and not directly
countable to the people
If these attempts elevate not qualified by talent,
education experience to the chief magstracy Of the
republic are not exposed what will be the final end Of
things Shall we not always be imposed upon by avail
have elevated to the presidency OF weak mind and
ambitious purposes, like Louis Napoleon the President
of France who allows himself to be made the tool Of the
more easily to accomplish their purpose, wheede and
ole him with the idea of being Emperor9 1t is such
great and startling dangers which the people encounter
by allowing designing and intriguing politicians to impose
upon them by false promises and pledges, never intended
to be redeemed, who is wholly incompetent for the
Office OF President In our judgment, therefore, is the
high and solemn duty Of the patriotic press to unmask
and expose all such attempts to impose upon the people
But who is really most censurabe-General Taylor,
who allows these speeches to be fabricated and published
in his name. thus abeung fraud upon the people, or
the democratic press which exposes the fraud In the
mind OF the moralist there be doubt Fraud and
mposture, let them appear when they will entitled to
favor and should always be exposed and truth should
ever be indicated When before in the history Of this
republic has man been elected to the presidency who
in consequence OF his inability has been obliged
have other persons write his public letters and speeches
which he has fatheed and allowed 60 forth to the
world as his own productonsl Never before General
Taylor appeared upon the stage Of presidential asprants
ALI the letters and speeches which have appeared in his
name that have been fit to be seen, have been written for
him by others. And yet for exposing this Notifying feet
to the world the democratic press have been denounced
for having thus dsparagcd their country in the eyes OF
foreign nations But the real authors Of this hu-
mathematics who have imposed such upon the
nation, those who have exposed the imposturel 1t
that il is vastly important TO the people
that the imposition which has been practised upon them
should be unmasked and denounced than to avoid the i'm
agnary injury which would thus result TO the national
character by hushing up and concealing the fraud
To show that have done no personal injustice to
General Taylor, we copy the following article from that
able and sound democratic paper-the New Orleans Cou
in the neghborhood of his residence
and among his friends and acquaintance, who have
many times heard him attempt to speak in public and
who know that his letters and speeches are written by
others proves the truth Of everything we have said
of the talents OF the General as writer and of his eo.
quence speaker:
From the New Orleans Courier.
WING DEtLcAoY.-our wing brethren are grievousy an.
noyed the publication Of Old lacks speeches in the pre-
csc form and shape in which he delivered them. Our
wing brethren In their usual regard accuracy of
denouncc these transcripts presden
tial eoquence carcaures Of what the old gentleman
actually did say. II may be well enough for our whg
brethren, in places where the old gentleman is not known
to talk ia this way, and complain Of msre presenting
oratorca abilities. In New Orleans there thousands Of
men and women who have heard the old gentleman make
speeches in public assemblies and they know that the old
gentleman Is the most unfortunate in ne mode OF his enun
citation and delivery, and the choice of words of all the
men they ever listened to-
On the other hand, these thousands of and women
know also that the old gentleman never or smoke
pers Some days ago speech OF this kind was published
in the Picayune. where aunounced N