The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-17
The Adm,n,s,ra,lon and IL. opponen.s

The leaders of the defented party whose claims to
| the popular confidence were set aside al the late
| Presidential election are manesng a fixed predc
termined purpose of opposing Gen. Taylor's admin
isiration at all events. The over-wronght zeal Of
these ministers of partisan excitement does not pro-
mise well for their cause II rather shows mat me
public mind Is little stirred, md so well disposed to
Judge the new administration farly that In order to
maintain the usual aggregate OF party fervor IN their
own ranks the notaors must take nm unusual guam
THY Of 1t upon themselves. They must nurse their
wrath 10 keep II warm.
But violent opposition TO the Administration is
TO be expected. Attacks from the front aud on The
flank will have 10 berepeed and drec, and Indirect
| assaants are 10 be vanQushed. The Alexandria
Gazette, reviewing the preparations for warfare on
| the other side makes these remarks:
! "Since, then the opposition party nre determined
| 10 marshal their clans for four years war against
| the Administrations however much we may regret
the determination, we have no other alternative but
TO meet them with the Same resolution we have al
ways shown, and form our ranks Also glad that we
have as leader the gallant old patriot hero for
whom we have just gained brilliant political ri
nmph and 10 aid whom we feel that we shall be but
doing our duly. The victory win DO but half gained
nay il will no, be victory al all-if after eecting
Gen Taylor, we do not give him fair and manly
support in his administration OF the Government.
j The Wing pnrty should strive to sustain him both in
tho Halls OF Congress- in the State Legislatures and
| in the primary assemblies Of the people. The Wing
pnrty should rally together frmer and more uniiedly
than ever. The Wing phalanx should re as I'M
broken as II WINS on the 7th day of November last
when Its serred ranks bore down oil opposition, md
planted their colors upon the citadel OF power. we
seek no banding together OF oiiice-holdcrs and we
want no aid and countennnce' from those at the
head Of affairs We want them 10 do their duty 10
Ge country and TO let ns alone. The people elected
Gen Taylor, and tho people alone cnn uphold with
their strong hands Ills Administration"
The truth and justice OF observation which mari,
these concluding sentences characteristic Of the
able journal from whichwc copy them. Nothing
could be better said or more truly said j we are T.
tefrn
be by the officios interpretation OF those who love TO
manage too much, and who would pn mercennries to
lead freemen Save us from that II the Admins
ration of Gen. Taylor is to be sustained trnm-
Hphany as NO believe ii will be- II must be sustained
BY strength derived from lis elevated spirit Of pa
trotism and justice, and its steady adherence TO
policy adapted TO the trne interests Of The country
| Established upon such a basis, not only will the
confidence Of the people eleaye to IT, but those who
fiaht agains, II will by the causelessness of their OPP
position, demonstrate their cwn factious ends. The
strength of an opposition does not consist in It's out
| cry ind noise; In its violence and biterncss in The
power of coalitions TO obtain Offices; but II Is to be
found in the errors and weaknesses OF an adminis-
1 TRITON the n8rrowness Of tie basis upon which Its
| foundations rest and in the superior claims which
the opposition may finally show to the country.
1 There Is no greater mistake thai politicians commit
/ than In undertaking the intelligent sense and pa
,rio,ism Of The people They profess e estimate
that they such professions ms the mere means OF
| caJolng.
| Now there is nothing more certain than that the
general course of our public policy does ultimately
and definitely take It's direction from The great mass
of the people, and that il does, in the aggregate, re-
feet the general Interests Of all the parts of The Union
as well compromised and harmonzed ms the case
will admit. Our Statesmen, those Of them who are
WISE will find their account In noting ths-from
which they may learn that urasns always produce
reactions that extremes, whether partisan CT
sectional, can belong to any permanent policy; md
that more influence Is commanded by the ascertain
ment and the honest and steady pursuit Of single
measure Of really national policy, than by oil the
peddngs OF Offices that any huckster for the prcsi
dency ever engaged in.-- Ball. american.