The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-12
The New Presidency OF Willard Fillmore.


The New Presidency OF Miiiard Fillmore.
The accession OF a new man to the Presidency,
in the person of Willard Fillmore of New York, in
this extraordinary crisis, and in such a sudden and
unexpected manner, has, as might be expected,
created a deep sensation among all classes OF the
people, and produced great commotion among
the different clques of wing politicians in Wash
ington, and various other political centres ia the
various States. This commotion has been indi-
Gated already through the organs OF the old cabi-
net. in various ways, particularly in New York,
Albany, Philadelphia, and Washington Accord
ing TO the most reliable accounts from Washington,
the general impression in that city is, that the
cession of Mr.. Fillmore will work an entirely new
change in the personnel of the cabinet; and that the
policy of the new government, well as of the
President, will be more in harmony with that Of
the great wing statesmen and leaders in Congress,
Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Webster, and their associates, than
was the exclusive policy of the late President and
his cabinet. Such a course of policy cannot fail
to exercise favorable influence on the slavery
question, and the passage of the compromise bull
before Congress.
The organs of the old, retten cabinet in Albany
and New York, seem TO think that Mr.. Fillmore
will feel himself constrained to carry out the pro-
gramme marked out by the cabinet in regard to the
slavery question, and known as the administration
plan. Thurlow Weed says, if, like Gen. Taylor,
Mr. Fillmore will resist the extension of slavery,
and uphold the banner of freedom, if he adopts
General Taylor's measures, and vindicates his
policy, he will support him. The The Courier and
Enquirer, of New York, squns in the same drec-
ton, and seems to think that Mr. Fillmore is bound
TO throw aside his own opinions and his own views,
and follow out those of the late President and his
cabinet. This is unreasonable, and would make
Mr. Fillmore a mere instrument or agent in the
hands of others, to carry out policy which he
might not choose to adopt. II is very well known
that the administration plan has not the confidence
of the leading wing members of Congress, and that
to persist in it, will be to keep alive the agitation
which is disturbing the country, and prevent set.
Element of the slavery question for perhaps indie
hnits time The executive department of a GO
vernment like ours, must harmonize, more or less,
with the legislative; and in suggesting that Mr..
Fillmore should follow the plan and policy of Gen.
Taylor, the organs of the cabinet show that they
do not understand the peculiar workings of nsti-
tutions. We have seen the result of Capt. Tyler's
not acting tremendously with the intellect of the
wing leaders in the Congress of his day, and the
cabinet that is going out, committed precisely the
same mistake that Capt Tyler did, and would, in
short time, but for the death of Gen. Taylor, have
produced similar result.
From the foundation of the government to the
presen. time, the workings and action, of our GO
vernment have, in great degree, resembled the
great operations nature and the economy by which
life and existence are carried on throughout the
world. No government at Washington, no exc
IN,
cessfully conduct and manage the affairs
of this mighty country, without the existence, to
certain extent, of harmony in feeling and in action,
between the executive in the White House and the
intellect in Congress. The great error which Cap
tain Tyler committed, was, that instead of uniting
his official influence with the great intellectual
power of Congress, welded by such men as Henry
Clsy,sa other leaders Of the wing party of that
day, he separated that Influence, kept aloof from
Congress, and thus produced the disturbance in the
action of the government which characterized his
administration. If he had pursued an opposite
policy, such We have indicated, the result would
have been far different, and he would have retired,
bearing with him the gratitude and respect of the
whole country, instead of going out of Office in the
way he did. With the manifest error committed
by Captain Tyler, and the results TO which 1t led,
still fresh in the recollection of the country, we
have seen the cabinet, within the last year, com
nit the same mistake, with their eyes open, and
almost shpwreck the administration Of General
Taylor, for the want of that harmony between the
executive and legislature, which must, in some
degree, exist, in order to carry the government
successfully. The policy pursued by the cabinet
of the late President, not yet removed, has been
gradually producing the same result and the same
state of things which followed from Captain Tylers
mistake, viz: an entire estrangement between the
executive and the legislative branches of the
government.
The organs of the cabinet, and their friends here
and elsewhere, are already beginning TO indicate
their wishes in this respect, and to hurry Mr.. Fill
more into the mistake which Captain Tyler, as well
as the present cabinet, committed, and which, in
the latter instance, was beginning to produce the
con sequences which marked the Tyler admins
uation. But we have the fullest confidence that
MIR. Fillmore has more drmnsss, energy and nerve
than TO follow any such advice, or to commit such
mistake an that to which we have referred We
have no doubt that he will find it the best and safest
policy, for the success of his administration, and
the welfare Of the country in the present crisis to
consult and harmonic with the leading members of
the wing party in Congress- with the great inteec-
tua power Of the wing party. II he do 30, there is
little doubt that the slavery question will be set
tied before long; that the country will be tranquil
lized that disunioniss, factoniss Of all kinds, will
be silenctd and that his administration OF the
government will be popular as il will be success
ful. The eyes Of the whole nation are rivetted on
him. lie can render himself one Of the most popu-
lar Presidents that occupied the White House,
or he can make himself one Of the most unpopular.
lie holds in his hands the destiny Of the wing party
and Of the country.
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