The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-14

The Cabinet - DoOmsui
In using the expression which have adopted as the
head to this article. confident that we state only
what may now be regarded as " fixed" fact The
cabinet is. indeed, doomed When the prominent wing
papers Of the country admit into their columns such ar
cles as copy below from the New York Express. We
hazard nothing in asserting that the fate OF the cabinet is
sealed Nothing save it. 1t must go out, bag
and baggage" individually and as unit for if Of
its members bs retained, il will only leave faint be-
hind which will poison and corrupt any new cabinet
that may be installed but il will dissatisfaction
among the friends Of those members who compelled
to retire, and very probably lead them into opposition to
the cabinet by which they have been superseded
The members Of the present cabinet therefore. will all
have to retire, aud proclaim but inevitable fact
when we say The cabinet is doomed,
The causes Of the downfall OF the cabinet too APP
parent to require much comment The first and most
prominent cause estimation, the incapacity and
nexperence OF the man who nominally fills The Office
Of President Of the United States These deficiencies in
General Taylor now very generally admitted by all
who have had personal intercourse with him, and
have for suppessng their candid and honest
opinions Unfortunately for himself, unfortunately also
for the wing party but unfortunately for the coun-
try Gen. Taylor has the intellectual capacity the
cessary knowledge Of the duties OF craftsmanship, the
degree OF experience m public affairs, and acquaintance
with public men, to enable him to administer the gov.
eminent successfully He has not. as Gen Jackson had
the genius to foresee and provide for the exgences Of his
position the sagacy to penetrate the objects and designs
Of the selfish who surround him, nor the decision
and energy Of character to give his personal i'm
press to his administration. Hence ne has been
compelled by the necessity of his situation, to conde al
most everything pertaining to The duties OF his high Of
flee to his cabinet Instead Of attending personally to
the business which every President should know and I'M
dersand in the first instance he has thrown everything
upon the heads of departments. No citizen could ap-
proach him on business without being uncerenonously
referred of his Secretaries; and OF the rules
prescribed for Executive action, has been publicly sta.
ted by his friends was 10 have everything brought
up before him by Of his Secretaries He thus put
himself in situation to be deceived and imposed upon.
He has been deceived and imposed upon hence the
bundes Of his administration, not only in matters OF pol
icy but in the exercise OF the power Of appointments to
Office
His cabinet have also been untrue to him. They pre-
vailed upon him to commit the first great by per-
suadng him to falsify his pedgesTo PLIGHT.
ED FAITH WITH THE PEOPLE. Whatever he or they may
think, and whatever the INSCRIPTIONS wing press may
say we tell them plainly and boldly that this has been
one Of the potent Of the overthrow OF his
administration. When General Taylor emerged from the
fire and smoke of the battle of Buena Vista, no man
was more popular with the American people. All par
ties admired and honored him-he democratic party for
his patriotic services in the Of his country; the
wing party because they believed he was wing, and
would become an available" candidate for the presi-
dancy H. do MA nd IN mi
people, to the effect that he woud be party President
The people Of all parties believed in those promises
They could not believe that such could disregard
his word and deceive them His cabnetpersuaded him to
violate these solemn assurances which be had given to
the American people They persuaded him not only to
become party President, but the proscnpye party
President whom the country has seen They per-
suaded him to prescribe the patriots who supported the war
in which he all his martial honors, and the presi
dency ITSELF and TO take to his bosom and confidence the
men who ,ratorously opposed that war; This act, OF il
SELF Disguised the American people And in this act is
to be found one Of the prominent of the premature
fall Of his administration.
As have said his cabinet have been unfaithful TO
him and to his true fame and glory. Perceivng from
a short acquaintance with him. his incapacy and mex.
peence they avaed themselves Of these defects TO wind
about him the web Of their balefu and pernicous inhu
ence. They saw that he was not the man who could
comprehend and control the vast and complex machinery
Of the government which he had been called to pre-
side and hence they persuaded him to surrender the
real powers and duties OF his Office to his cabinet while
he enjoyed its substantial emoluments and its empty pa
gean,ry With these he have been content, un
I'll he has been aroused from his dream Of presidential
ease and self satisfaction at the imaginary Of his
administration 10 the stern realities of his situation
And now he finds everything about him tumbling into
ruin He finds his popularity vanishing like the va
pous Of summers morning He beholds his admins
aon Frustrated in defeat hardly the first year Of its
existence has elapsed He sees with amazemeni his
confidential and trusted advisers accused before the
try OF acts which, II proved upon ,hem must PROSTATE
them personally well as politically. He hears the
thunders OF the baotbox pronouneing their doom in
almost every State in the Union. And, what must be
trying Than all, his political friends turn from
him and his administration with oahng and contempt
and join in the general denuneiaon OF his cabinet Such
are the realities 10 which General Taylor has awoke
They not the specrcs conjured up byThe inge
nuity Of artful party opposition They real, sub
santa, grim forms, which he meet and tina, will
not down at his bidding.
The state OF things which exists, and the events
which will soon inevitably take place, we have long
ioreseen and predicted. They have come, and