The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-09

menus, Vi Whatever shnde, nue., or character, thAt
where General Taylor 10, there are his Cabinet; ;
that wherever no will be, there will they be; and
boldly predict that not only will the present and
future efforts TO the bonds Of fidelity and af
lection between General Taylor and the members
Of his Cabinet end in discontinue 10 the inter
meddlers concerned. and all our opponents. but
that General Taylor will go to the end of his
administration with the able and upright states
men who now enjoy his confidence in 80 high and
deserved degree as his constitutional advisers.
And in making this prediction know what say,
because ] know the character and views of the
parties of whom speak. They have but one pur-
pose in view in the administration Of public af-
fairs, and that is, the faithful execution of the
laws, and the duties assigned to them by the
Constitution and the laws. There is and there
has been perfect harmony between General
Taylor and every member Of his Cabinet all
points of policy; and as the sole purpose OF Gen.
eral Taylor is TO execute his Office with fidelity
and to the best of his ability, and his Cabinet
agree with him upon this point, they will continue
2 to be, as they have been-A UNIT. There is no
one point--I speak what ! know-upon which
they can differ among themselves with the
President, or he with them and hence the impos
sbty Of the relations of these faithful counsellors
and statesmen with their illustrious chief be-
ing disturbed or broken by the cunning arti-
flee or blind rage Of the opposition, by the evil
eye pretended friendship Of the discontents.
General Taylor knows that the rigid performance
of official duty is the only high road to ultimate
success and hence he heeds not the complaints
or denunciations of the politicians, the path of
whose interests and ambition the VERY RIGID per-
formance of his duty is constantly liable to cross
and does constantly cross. Having done his duty
faithfully, he fears not the verdict Of his country
men, who placed him where he is, in the exer-
cise of their sovereign will. In these sentiments
his Cabinet cordially coincide; and hence, too,
bond of official union that is indissoluble.'
Now, without consulting member of
the Cabinet on the subject, we venture to
say that there is not gentleman connected
with it who would not ,repudiate and con-
denim this publication. We cannot there
fore but most deeply and sincerely lament
that such paragraphs as the above have
been scattered broadcast through the press
by writer's whose relations to the Cabi-
net, or particular members of it, have in
duced the public to believe that the
sources of their inspiration were under
stood. The motives of these writer's are
good, no doubt, and their zeal is laudable;
but we fear that their zeal sometimes out
runs their discretion. For when such par
agraphs as the foregoing appear in letters
which denounce members of Congress for
soliciting Offices, and then swindling the
Administration by not swallowing its mea-
sures whole-or which throw out intima-
tions that if compromise bill is carried
through the House of Representatives it
will be through the influence of bribery
who can wonder that The patience of men
is sometimes severely taxed, and that
powers of endurance, camel-like though
they may be, should sink under the ac
cumulated burden'
Our readers cannot fail to observe the
extraordinary tone and temper of the let
ter we have quoted, and its assump-
ton to speak for every member of the
Cabinet. And what is the nature and eff
feet of the communication, stripped of its
verbiage' Unveiled, it purports to dis
close combination or conspiracy, on the
part of the members of the Cabinet, to
adhere to President TAYLOR, under any
and all circumstances, reckless of conse-
quences, and without regard to public ext
gencies or agitations. ITO him they will
De sun-fowers, though they may become
hemlock and nightshade and cypress TO
all the rest of the country. General
TAYLOR having selected his Cabinet, !" the
letter in effect says, ''it becomes his high
duty to keep them in place, (rather than
in power,) if the world comes to an end;
and he'll do his high duty. 1t is scan
dalum magnatum to say one word against
member of the Cabinet; and every one
who does will be denounced as disap-
pointed partisan, soured ofhce-seeker,
an intermeddler in matters that do not
concern him, and one of OUR oppo-
nents. As General TAYLOR means to
do his duty, and his Cabinet mean TO do
the same, il is impossible that they
should ever do wrong thing, or an un-
wise thing, and quite impossible that
they should ever differ on any point un-
der heaven. All the complaints that
are circulated are in consequence of
General TAYLoR's having had TO disap-
point INSCRIPTIONS men in the rigid per-
Torrance of his duty"
Such is the letter done into plain Eng
lish, and what we desire TO know is, who
may be the ct" who speaks in such ar
rogant and nsolent tone, and who dares
thus confidently to predict, and menace,
and denounce. Cannot the writer see
that such menaces and predictions, made
at the moment when, at his o,on request,
the conduct of one Cabinet minister is
under the investigation Of a Committee of
Congress- are in the last degree iniuri-