The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-13
Prom The Richmond Enquirer, Oct u.
Tss Truth Coafssssa.

Ths Tsssh Confessed.
wegvs below an article from the New York CouIet t
4 leading Taylor oTgan--as one Of the most fenaA
developments o. this .Hsroic Age u Is true. Inc
Courier Processes 10 examine the course o. ne ssh.y
~ bearings upon the p1ospsss q 70 ,ns actual sond
ton Of things u Washington, a. disEIase' sf;s.
strange viz that we have nov q me nsaI 80 la..
and shiss, members Of kis own party mo, o. % be
made The Courier attempts 70 snow nal ne mlscs
tunes o. The ghs Party w iss would make is
bseye the greatest blessings ascribabie 10 the
waste that the cabinet have made oil nearly al the party
Eruresss summary) and Il further alleges that very
many errors have occurred In the besiowa OF Office =
psrience and knowledge Of politicians and politics that
his regency has been marked by system Of "neposn,
dsgraceul in all governments and finally, freely con.
at least have been rendered papsbe, under the
listing administration than under any OF lie ptedecessos
The bitter fruits q the elecloa OF General Taylor. "a
soldier. Mr. Bolts truly said, predicted BY the
democratic press. are now being realized, according 10
the evidence of his wamest supporters. Bred in the
camp. wherein he spen, forty years Of his without
which have passed through the ordeal OF this
great country Of progress aud improvement-never hav
study q sosernea, and y The issas praSpIes Of Se
paiest is not strange that In his sudden and pre-
mature elevation 10 civil power he felt himself com
INTO the hands Of selfish ana cunning ministers and
has committed the numerous plumbers" over which
his most jealous champions grcan in bitterness Il
laundering locomotive giant steamship the man
agemeni OF child. as 10 intrust with "a mere soldier
the helm q great nation. few months have shown
the folly Of the movement The administration have ex
hibed the greatest .bundersr at home and abroad.
party victorious in November last. has in few months
whigery serve only to tell its melancholy history In
every point OF view, the nomination not fit to be
made Ahero in the Mexican war taken up by those
who had denounced him "cut-throat and butcher
was elected TO subserve their vile mercenary party
ends and the crumbling ruins OF their parry around them
exhibit the W9st signal ss,naion On thelr ekery and
from the New York Courier, which speaks in very sig
nihcant terms:
The cause: for .hs are numerous. Promnen. among
them the the President mple minded soldier,
all unused e mere parry affairs and totally unacquantea
esn me men w q the a H Al
which party y managed were as familiar as the duties Of
they into power they we've acquainted with men 10
every State and every city, and Ia the country,
who best entitled receive the minor Offices gov.
eminent; and their own knowedge Of the leading po
for themselves nnaided by the cabinets who should re-
csys the p principal aPPSSn.men.s b the gt Of the
whom apply TO obtain the necessary enable
them 70 decide wisely They always knew who consu-
ted the actual as well as the pretended leaders every
State in the Union and their TASK therefore, deciding
90 General TaSo was .ss az easy Ba nor
us on the day he first took his with his cabinet
70 take his seat with cabinet composed Of aeneme"'
every one Of whom stranger him ten days pre-.
vious; whose persons even he has SEEM
"Under these crcumstances--iotall unacq TAINTED with
the local politicians throughout the Union and ABSOLUTELY
unable to make from personal knowledge those leading
appointments IN every State upon which The fitness Of all
kncedge necessary to enable him to determine between
the conflicting claims OF prominent asprantsand so I'M
acquainted with the relative standing of men in their
reecye States be utterly unable to determine who
io hn the truth and who were basely all
VAC dd not agree with them sentimens-s strange,
lei thzf u..klr tk-.. 4
PEELED, IN his desue 10 do night throw upon The re-
scuve heads Of Departments large share of RESPONSE
appointnens which President taken from The poiti
Clans OF the country would have necessarily made him.
SELF upon knowledge acquired during party training
OF winch Zachary Taylor cannot boast, and which did
not apperain his Secretaries who were not
candidates for the presidency
III y perfectly manifest that MIR. Clay, Mr. Webster
General Cass MT. Calhoun, and others, well every
man who has reached the presidency, have acquired a
precise knowledge OF in every State of the Union
not belong the members OF his cabnet-none OF
whom have BEEN engaged in a race for the presidency
IL therefore followed that his cabinet was not able
10 make up his deficiency in party knowledge and con.
sequently VERY MANY ERRoRs HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
BEsrowAL or OFFICE IN EVERY QUARTER OF THE UNION
notwithstanding the best exercise OF all the knowledge
and discretion possessed by the heads OF departments
prominent among the errors in party view-for il is
IN party aspect and its bearing upon the elections
we are considering this questonwas the attempt get
nd OF herce contentious between different sections OF the
wing party by disappointing both, and giving the Office
in dispute TO third parry, or TO no party candidate
or what Is termed moderate politician. A better knowl
edge OF local politics would have determined the action
oil the government in favor OF the applicant who really
represented the wings OF his locality; but ignorance Of
such knowledge. often deemed wiser TO take third
and the political evils and local disseusions grow.
ing out OF this course, nnumerable Ii well in.
tended and IN ignorance OF the true pursue
was fat wiser than TO have appointed the favorite OF
mere faction, which would frequently have been the case
when acting IN the dark. This course has, therefore
been very extensively adopted throughout the Union
the n Al q N.
most active political friends, at the same time that the
appointment OF subordnaies devoves cases upon
men as ignorant OF the claims and services OF political
individuals as the General and bis Secretaries Wiser
and less scrupuous Presidents would have appointed
wiser and less serupulous agents TO fill up the ap
pontmens OF the governments and thus for party pur.
poses and TO accomplish party ends, would have dsrib
u'ed 'he patronage OF the government dseeey, AT
The time that those who did the work and bore The
brun OF the recent presidential struggle and who were
entitled TO consideration would have received the re-
wards to which, IN a party point of view, they
Justly entitled
Nov, far be II from us 10 charge that The public has
suffered from this proceeding On the contrary we do
not doubt but the public gamer by the adopted
Tor the public officer who thus calls TO his aid his imme
date family not only knows their fitness for their several
will insure faithful discharge OF their respective duties
But while the public is thus benefited and the business
al the government certain be better discharged by ths
system OF sEPoTrsM, no sensible can shut bis eyes
10 its ruinous effects upon the party which suffers its
practice. II cools the ador, dampens the zeal and par
ayzes the action of The efficient aborers OF the party
aud when the hour OF contest arrives they are not found
OF from the ranks Of their opponents are the
natural conscouence Nl.t.