The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-27

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!. certainly gives General Taylor pleasure % witness
.uch peossstss arising under his administration The
rAuLf Is wfrH Law THE Looofocos PASSED, fok
NO orHsR xxAsox USDkR HEAVEN THAN FAcrIous phskk
TO gMsAHsAss GENERAL TAYLOR. II WAS DIRTY LOCO
POGO TACK. AND NOTHING ELSE
Thseharge is here directly and specifically made BY
General Taylos organ, speaking as we are bound 10 De-
eve by the express authority ofGeneral Taylo that the
law OF the last session OF Congress, limiting the sxpendi
ture for collecting the revenue from customs to VI
struggled through and passed by the democrats Tor
the purpose OF embarrassing General Tayors adminstra-
ton We will not comment upon the low language IN
which this charge is couched nor will we contrast
with Gen Tayos professions of Difference to the repre-
senaves Of the people Our purpose is to demonstrate the
utter alsehood of the charge itself. Mr. Walkerthe
predecessor Of MIR. Meredith in the Treasury Depart
ment-was the author Of this law He was--as the
Republic must have known when It made Its false
charge-anrious that the ao should be applied TO The last
ss well to the present admlnistra'
ton He believed that change ought to be made, and
he recommended such change to Congress athe SEES
sion Of 1s45-46 again at the session OF lS46-47; and
again at the session Of ls47-'4s, when it was pass.
ed by schig House OF Representatives, but fail
ed for want Of time to pass democratic Senate.
Thus find that this measure, which the Republic
with its habitual disregard of truth, denounces as
f" one Of the meanest and palriest tricks which To-
cofocoism has ever pepetrated stimulated by factous
desire to embarass General Taylor" recommended by
Mr. Walker the first year that he entered upon his duties
and called to the attention Of Congress by him every
suitable occasion thereafter, law which should be
M. D,ILs hafo human
being entertained the idea that Gen. Zachary Taylor would
ever be the President Of the United States Yet the
Republic has the unbIushg mpudence to assert that law
recommended by Mr. Walker before General Taylor left
Corpus Christi was intended to embarrass General Tay
lor's administration. But further: the Wing party
commanded decided majority in the last House OF Rep
resentatiyes while the democratic party commanded
decided majority in the Senate AT the first session OF
that Congress, the ohig House passed the bill which is
now complained Of and made it, had the Senate con-
cured applicable to the administration Of Mr. Polk as
we'll as 10 the administration of Gen. Taylor Was the wing
majority in Congress actuated by acous desire to en-
barrass' Mr. Polk And further the wing party had de-
cided majority in the House Of Representatives at the last
session. when the law which is now complained OF was
enacted Does the Republic mean to say that majority
is not responsible for legislation Does 1t mean to
charge the legislation OF Congress upon mnony! rel
this must be done before the law which we are consider
ing can be denounced as g ocofoco trick" intended
"to enbarrass General Taylor" This measure was, as
the record proves pressed upon Congress by Mr. Walker
before General Tayors administration was thought Of
even before Mr.. Webster pronounced General Tayors
nomination as s'not fit to be made" 1t four times
recommended by the late Secretary of the Treasury, in
official communications, during the first session of Con-
gress after he was appointed to the Treasury Department.
and he continued to urge it at every succeeding session
So much for the veracity of General Taylors organ
Mr. Walker calculated that the present Secretary of the
Treasury would be relieved from portion Of the bur-
dens which were charged against the during the
last administration The expensive revenue cutters
which were ordered during Mr.. Tylers administration
imposed burden OF several hundred thousand dollars
annually which had TO be paid out OF the revenue Dlr
he should be enabled to reduce the expenses Of collecting
~. .,,on hv ,h.t .mount at least We have NOT in.
:, .s -. .,' :. - ~, - :. -. .ss.a
iormauon sumcieh' 70 enaoie us !" eaS na sum s"oa'N
be allowed by law but we have no hesitation IN saying
that Mr. Meredith requires much larger sum than Is