The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-27

This task proscrponI has been executed generally b,
President Taylor with eminent TACT Judgment and dscrm
nalon. Personally, nearly all the applicants were un
known to him. He had therefore, rely exclusively upor
the representations Of friends. Republic.
Before the election, when Gen. Taylor ostenatiously
proclaimed aloud that he noparty man. and woult
disturb for his political opinions- and when Mr.
Clayton in his place the Senate. declared to the naoI
that, this account, wings and democrats could consist
emily vote for him. because he belonged to no partyw,
had right 10 hold both Of these funconares RESPONSE
BILE for fidelity to these volunteer declarations Gen Tay
or no sooner seated in the chair than the work
prescription was commenced, and continued till every
public officer Of note from the ST. Johns to the Rio de
Norte, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was sweep
from Office
We were.soon told by the organs and hireng apollo
gsts OF the Executive, that these pledges were given
merely by Gen. Taylor but that the President left all
these matters his Secretaries who were alone respon
sble and that the President himself had nothing dc
with such details The mask is now Off and we are told
that his task proscrpionl has been executed general
ly by President Taylor with eminent tact, judgment
and discrimination" For once the imbecile organ has
Numbered out the truth and have right 10 hold the
President responsible the admission OF his own chosen
witness
Such recorded declarations followed by such reckless
disregard and contempt of public pledges are not only
calculated to bring the Executive into merited contempt
but tend to denoraze the whole system of government
If the highest officer under the constitution can violate
his pledges with impuny, his subordinaes, all the
country, will claim similar exemption from all moral
obligations, and system OF loose morals and easy virtue
will be likely TO prevail in official stations far and wide
According the theories of the monarchies OF the Old
World, the King can do no wrong but such is not the
genius OF our government The members OF the cabinet
ephemeral and nothing, while the President is,
and ought to be, held responsible to those who have
elected him. Clothed with full authority he is the last
in the nation who ought to shrink from responsible
ty. But President Taylor is the very man who under
took, his hook, to proclaim liberal sentiments.
His plighted faith is record There is no mistake on
this point In his letters, before the election, there was
no reservation, mental nor constructive. He was a
no-pay man, and had neither friends nor enemies 10
consult Did this mean anything or nothingi Was il
intended to be verified II so, it honest but proves
extreme mbeclity the part Of the President in the
result On the contrary il it intended to be ver
fed it shows base derection of duty and good faith
for which there is apology We tender to the apollo.
giss OF the Executive either horn of this dilemma al
their option. Why should the President of the United
States be exempt from the common responsibility Of
honest and air-minded 1t will not be pretended
that he did not volunteer these pledges Has he redeem
ed them' We say emphacaly that he has not, and we
challenge contradiction from any respectable quarter We
want evasion mental reservation Did or did moi,
the President substantially absolve HIMSELF before the
election, from all obligations to party and did he moi
imply the idea that should be disturbed for polii
cal opinions The celebrated DIR. Paley wrote chap
on white les" and concluded that to communicate
The idea Of lie, calculated TO deceive, equivalent to
downright lie OF the darkest hue This was the artful
lie that communicated in the declarations referred
to. He therefore stands convicted by the great moral
list in selecting mode OF the darkest hue" to deceive
the people Of this glorious republic Let him, therefore,
take the responsibility before the nation AT the time he
wrote his eectioneerng letters, knew little OF the
members OF his cabinet as body. We looked TO him
alone. and there is for attempting make HE
cabinet the scape goats OF his NAL administration Al
any rate, his chosen organ has placed the response
bity on his head and there LEI il rest till the peo-
ple in their might shall rise up, man, and place
able and high. minded men in power