The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-01

CORRESPONDENT OF the State Department, writing Tor the
confidential organ OF the Secretary Of State in Phila
delpha.
Administration Assaults upon messr.. Clay and Web
The cabinet. In IFS blind desperation, determined
to form perfect union between its supporters and the
soil and abolition factionsis who have brought the
country into imminent peril by their wicked and disor
ganizing doctrines. The people have driven the imbe
Gle caba to the WALL yet cngs power with eager
and tenacious grasp. In England respect is paid
10 the will Of the people than is accorded to the will of
the American people by the weak and misguided men
who have fixed an ndelible disgrace on the admnisra
ton OF General Taylor When British ministry is de-
feated important question, it considers that it has
not the support OF the nation, and, without waiting for
Parliament to vote want OF confidence, resigns its
authority, so that new ministry may be formed which
will reflect the national will The present adminstra
ton has only been defeated in Congress- but the peo-
pie in all sections OF the Union from Maine to Texas,
have emphahcalIy repudiated and condemned it. Yet
still the cabinet thus repudated and condemned, holds
TO power with desperate grasp and urges the doc
ne of action, that the nation may be driven to
the verge Of civil in order to profit by the perous
exgences which may spring from its reasonable policy
The opposition to the cabinet is not confined to the
democratic ranks. Its weakness and laundering in
efficiency apparent that ii has even lost the
confidence Of large portion of the wing party
yet it still persists in its course; and with mere
fragment of the wing party, and that the worst
and most INSCRIPTIONS, il has entered into coalition
with the freesoers and abolihonists and the united
forces making even upon that portion OF the
wing party which win not bow the neck and bend the
knee to the in authority and sustain them in their
efforts TO drive the nation to the verge OF civil
correspondent Of the Boston Courier proclaimed the fact
that there intestine connections in the whg ranks
and assailed the conduct Of Mr. Clay His letter was
republshed and endorsed by the Albany Evening Jour
nal-,he organ of Mr. Seward-he Mr. Seward. being
in the confidence of the cabine-and Immediately the
whg and free-so press follow suit and spring in concert
like wellirained pack. at the kentucky statesman
Some Of them bitter in their denunciatons Of Mr.
Webster ALSO but they assault Mr. Clay with peculiar
and especial bitterness We have already given extracts
from the Albany Evening Journal, in repubishing the
correspondence of the Boston Courier We now lay be-
fore readers from an article in the Rochester
Democrat. to show that there is decided movement
bring the soil influence OF the North TO the sup
port of the cabinet, and TO render Mr. Clay and Mr.
Webster obnoxious having prevented the triumph Of
the action policy by advocating prompt adjustment
OF our present difhcalles
THE ApxIsisrRArIoxAie letter which originally appeared
preEs and as Is exciting some aiieatio we copy il at
length. IL Is characterized by ability and an
which, any may have SEEN have been
running IN opposite dectons NJ least refusing
nluga and form united whose
an unaded opposition could NOT have resisted
is perfectly true As all with ecoilecs that the nomna
Ton Of General Taylor looked upon with GOODNESS BY
Mesrs Clay ard Webster, and thar this for proda-
ced Chilling eiec; upon The WING party This was naiu-
divided between Messrs Clay websisr, Scott and Clay,
ton all OF whom possessed their confidence. IL not
therefore, surprising that they felt disappointment
lection Of eader-a disappointment the more keen
because II regarded the extinguishnent Of oil
denda chair But with patrioiic sacrifice Of personal
wiss, the great mas OF the wing electors rallied the
ice, they rejoice III wing President who has fnIaed
their highest hopes, and whose administration has
Of M ss ss . q ss noa l s :, b
statesmen Whose fidelity wing principle had been proved
lunouessioaed even BY The Opposition His ina uguraI ad
dress MS annual and special messages well the gene
"a POLICY Of ne adminssuop have met with the warmesi
General Taylor, before and after his election avowed the
sidual who happens occupy executive chair ought
control the action Of Congress upon questions OF do
his policy such viii tranquil The country apon
exciting question, and when there Is overwhelming ev
uohcS ~ " P-ofs,s
many outside Of the whg party accept and sustain H.
that obligation part Of Congress vhE
portion Of especially adopt and Il be mani
Test thar when that policy only not adopted, but
conssr protests less satisfactory great the
by distinguished wbiz leacers urged wish ordinations
ZEAL and Supported by the great body OF the opposition,
distract divide the
which, all fair and just measures, and all proper
occssn should be brought 70 the aid Of the adminssfs
uon
No rnsn doubt that had Mr.. Clay and Mr. Webster
erefsed their great ahusnes n syof q TIE "a
Of Congress weeks ago and the business OF Congress, in
al o beng clogged by attempt Combine il with
incongruous subjects, would have been proceeding
usual