Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-08-11
Gen. TAYLoR,s ADMINIsTRATIoN

elected Will not be the mere President of n
party"
No doubt can now remain as to what sort of
Administration we have at Washington This
mo party has fully shown that he is solely in.
hueneed by party principles, preudices, and
schemes. His pledges before his election, and
and at his Inauguration, have been shamefully
violated and broken, and he has given uncon.
trovertible evidence of his entire subscryiencv
to his Cabinet. When asked as to his reasons
Tor any action, he answers, they the Cabinet)
outvoted me. Never before have we heard O 6
such downright subjection to the will of 9th.
era; and he, who is in name the head of the
American Republic, is in fact blank. The
prescription for opinions sake during hi3 sbort
Administration has been larger by far than
ever was known since the establishment of our
government; five hundred being turned out of
single department in one week; and the press
being so strong, letters of dismissal could not
be written but had to be printed. Can it be
supposed that all, who have received their
walking papers" havebeen dishonest unfaith
ful and incompetent No one, not even the
strongest supporter of Gen. Taylor's Admins
ton, would dare make the assertion "The
democratic party is in good health" now and
these waliiings outs" will conduce greatly to
improve it, and tell fearfully for tho whig rule
and prescription in the next canvass. We com.
plain not as to "no party" prescription, being
nothing more than we expected, and shall be
greatly deceived if removals are not made
wherever democrat holds an Office.
The policy of the Administration has suifi.
cicnt!y shown that it is against the South. A
majority Of the Cabinet of Gen. Taylor is
formed of men who are the bitter enemies of
the South--of men whose only merit is their
uncompromising hatred to Southern Institutions
--ot men who have sided and voted with Gid
dings and Hale--of men who advocated the
passage of Gott's resolutions to allow the NO
groea Of the District of Columbia to vote to
abolish elavery in that District. And when
we recollcct that the President decides his
measures by the vote of the Cabinet. what
can we expect from his Administration I'm.
less he does take the Wilmot Proviao into his
own hands and act with tho South. be is on
posed lin toto to Southern policy. What has
the South gained by his electionl Nothing,
but lost everything. We may expect the full
quota Of wing principles to be fastened upon
us--that the Tariff Of 40 and q general ava.
tenn OF Internal Improvements will be adyo.
Gated and carried out. Nothing can save US
from these measures except the Presidential
veto" and Gen. Taylor has expressly declared
that upon these subjects, "the will of the peo-
pie as expressed through their Representatives
IN Congress should be respected and carried
out by the Executive" so that our only hone
to be saved from this ruinous system has been
sundered' and we are opening our eyes when
it s too late
The leaders of the whig party at the North
any that the election of Gen. Taylor by the
votes from the South was n virtual acltnow-
ledgement of the Wilmot Proviso, for that Gen
Taylor had pledged himself not to veto it il
passed by Congress- This whig triumph has
wakened up from their trance, all the bitter
enemies of the South, and they now strut
along the political arena with an air of AFRO.
gance and mastery. They give the South plain
talk and throw off the mask; for our part we
prefer this to that hidden, mysterious manner
in which all theii objects and principles were
shrouded until recently. As fair specimen
we would refer our readers to the letter from
Gov Seward, now Senator from New York.
which we published last week He tells us
That the whig party is "well prepared to re.
press faction" and that it "is the only marty
that has adopted the rsALrEyAprr rights Of
man." and ia "well qualified to divorce the
Federal Government from slaye' '---"all enliobt.
ened, sagaeious, and candid mep can see that
the period has arrived when slave.y ought not
and cannot be protected by the power or in,
fuence of the Federal Government" He saws.
Il rejoice that The first permanent Administra.
non which the whig party has called into pow.
er' has fully and completely indicated i.e prih,
ciples' Its wisdom, and its patriotism
Here we have fair intimation that IL ;t;s
necessary, that this party win reeort to force
to repress the Southern faction, and that this
ia the policy of Southern President. elevated
to Office by Southern votes. Was il for tb;s
that Taylor was placed inpoweri Does this
correspond with the pledges made before hi,
electioni VIII the South sustain the A IN, ~.