The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-19

nominee Of Mis c0htenfson, and zoe deem proper 10
assure the Wigs Of the Union, that zoe desire The
nonimation and election Of General TAYLOR to The
Presidency other than national grounds"
By this statement made to the conyen-
vention, under these circumstances, Gem
eral TAYLOR, in the face of the Wines and
the whole people of the country, was COM
| mitted to CHANGE OF MEN AND
MEASURES, if Judge SAUNDERS was au-
thorized to act for him in the premises.
| General TAYLOR did not consider change
of men or measures inconsistent with his
| action as the President of the people. On
the contrary, he is acting as the President
of the people, then, only, when he pursues
the course which he deems the welfare of
the country to demand.
With these pledges-ef Judge SAUNDERS
before him, General TAYLOR, under date
of July Is, accepted ue nomination Of the
WING convention; and in his letter of ac-
ceptance he said, that 1'should the selec-
ton of the Wing convention be con-
frmed by the people, shall endeavor
to discharge the new duties then de-
volving upon me, SO as to meet the Just
expectations of my fellow-citizens, and
preserve undiminished the prosperity
and reputation Of our common coun-
| try The acceptance of this nominal
ton, in the view of Judge SAUNDERs's
statement to the convention, was, of it.
self, a sufficient ratification of the ex-
press promise TO seek to promote the well
fare of the country by CHANGE OF
MEN as well as ofmeasures. But we are
not left to any implication from acts on
this point We have the positive written
assumption and ratification of this pledge,
in his letter to the independent Taylor or
ganization of Maryland; in which he took
ground that broke up the independent or
ganization in that State, and resolved it
intoits original elements. In thisletter Gen
eral TAYLOR stated that on their way to the
Convention, his friends, Judges WINcHEs-
TER and SAUNDERS, called upon him, and
that he held conversation with them on his
position that he felt his honor and inter-
ests safe in their hands, and authorized
them to act for him in the premises.
"Under the general authority, then,' he
adds, in letter to the Independents of
Maryland, "thus given these gentlemen,
Judges WINCHESTER and SAUNDERs,)
shall deem whatever statements they
may have made to be right and proper !;
and, confident in their integrity, and in
the sincerity of their friendship for me,
shall sustain them without qualification.
now, therefore, take upon my own
shoulders the responsibility of the acts of
the Louisiana delegation, and am pre-
pared to stand by their consequences in
their length and BREADTH" In the same
letter General TAYLOR stated that he did
not erpect or desire that any Of his friends
in Maryland should do violence to their
own sense of right and wrong by support
ing his election, while they believed he
had changed his political views.
As to what is meant by GO change Of
men and measures" and the necessity Of
their keeping company, il is not necessa-
ry for US to say word. This subject has
been so ably treated in its extreme rigor,
by an authority of the highest considera-
ton with Mr.. BRADBURY and his friends,
that we shall only copy single document
in this relation-not as asserting to all its
views, nor adopting them in their full ex-
tent. We apprehend, however, that no
one can read the following letter Of Mr..
Amos KENDALL, and reflect upon il, with
out arriving at the conviction that General
TAYLOR would not have answered the
"just expectations of the country" if he
had done any thing less than he has done
and authorized in the matter of removals
from Office. In our humble judgment, if
any party has reason TO complain, il is the
Wines. As il is notorious that many Wings
have complained quite as gravely of the
Administration for not turning out enough,
as the Locofocos have for turning out al
all, we suppose that General TAYLOR has
about hit upon the "golden mean" But
we are wandering from Mr.. KEEDALL's
letter:
"FaASgLIS MILs, (Ohio,) Sept 3, 20.
''To reform measwss, there must be change Of
men." without change Of men, fraud cannot
be punished; delinquencies cannot be dctectedj
unlawful allowances cannot be stopped; improper
modes Of doing business, and irregular practices
in ofice can never be corrected. DO not all Offices
belong 10 the pcople' What right have the in
cumbents 70 them than others' No wrong
is done 10 the man who IL removed, for nc IL dc
prived Of no right II is the duty Of the President,
and all others 10 whom the people have entrusted
the power, 10 remove their subordinates whenever
they believe the public interest requires H. So
fascinating IL power, and 20 corrupting the long
possession ofoftice that believe the chances for
pure administration would be much greater. were
limit q eight or ten years prescribed, beyond
which no man should be competent TO hold any
| Of the subordinate Offices at Washington. II IL
the policy Of office holders 10 create an impression
that their offices private rights that they
| wronged when removed; that they haps righ 10
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