The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-09
TO THE EDITOR or rHE NATIONAL VINO.
ATTICUs TO THE PRESIDENT.

ATTICUS TO THE PRESIDENT.
NO H.-NEw SERIES.
Having in my first letter addressed myself TO the
sovereign people, ] AXE leave now to appeal TO you
the President of the nation. For doing offer no
other apology than that which is afforded by the af
fectionaie regard, which entertain for you person
ally and the confidence which repose in your hon
esty and patriotism. As to the distinguished seryi-
ces which you have rendered your country. In times
past they not necessary to be referred TO- as they
never can be forgotten. Since the time Of Washing
ton, man ever came into the Office of President Of
The United States, under more favorable auspices
than yourself You Were literally borne upon the
shoulders OF your constituents into power The en-
thnsasm that marked your career was not the cncu-
lating enthusiasm Of political demagogues, but that
which sprung from the heart of an admiring, con-
fiding DISTINGUISHED, and devoted public They saw
in you embodiment of all that their Imagination
pictured Of the true qualities Of the executive Of the
nation Your honesty man questioned your
decision, firmness, and earessness every man knstp
Your fidelity in the past was established your fdel-
ity In the future undonbted. You magnanmously
came into Office without any pledges, incompatible
with an honorable discharge of its duties may, if l
have read the annals OF those times rightly, the chief
argument that was used against you by the politi-
cal sraegisis all Of your adversaries and some Of
your friends was that you perseveringy and pertina
ciously refused 10 make pledge; yet non when
you are firmly seated in the chair Of one who was
first In war; first In pence, and first in the hearts Of
his countrymen !" one whom You adopted as your
prototype and glorious erempLdr; almost the first
thing that is done, at least by those who were mimi
cal 10 your elevation, is to dstort and peryert the
frank and candid exposition of your views into the
character OF pledges which you could never have
thought of and which they propose TO use either by
appropriang the offices in your gift to Themselves
or attribnng their disappointment to your breach
Of faith. In either way their purposes answered.
though not equally answered. If they can impugn
your character it io itley Office it
is better. II matters not how many thousands Of your
fast friends who Stood firmly by You in the hour Of
exigency, remain nnrequited. II matters not, that
these men, whose claim TO favor rests only upon the
most determined hostility, should have already under
other dynasties, bdftened and taHenea upon the Of
fees of the government They are like the horse
leach, perpetually crying "more more !" So that
they thrive II matters no! who suffers. Their pros
perity springs from the adversely Of others. The
nation may groan, but they still laugh. They ri.
umph in their overthrow, and when they full they
fall upon their feet and ieicitate themselves upon
the agility that escapes all injury while II secures
reward. @
Now, sir, in saying this, have said no more than
yon and the whole world know; but may have said
more than you might think it consistent with your
position TO say, have done so, because can read
lily conceive, that man who has freely exposed his
breast TO the storms Of war; in generous devotion to
his country however armed he may be in the justice
of his cause, must nevertheless, feel somewhat pain