The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-10
IGNORANCE, when II has purchased honor,
Cannot WELD it, Dnchess Of Matgy.

tipuOrunce.
Canno, WELD i" Daeheis Of Macy.
In an old pamphlet written by one Mr. Toland, we
find the following account Of George the First ON his
first coming to the throne:
"This Prince understood English so III, that the only
method of between him and his ministers
was in bad Latin On coming 20 the Crown 81 England,
he told his ministers that as he bnew very niue o. me con.
entirely in their hands, and lie governed by them. linen,
added he you become completely answsabie Tor all that
aOur Second Washington" is no slouchng imitator Of
the elector Of Hanover. And, although we would not
run the parallel far to assert the inability OF our
Chief Magistrate converse in good, wholesome Eng
sh with his cabinet we do doubt that in his CONVEX
sation about State affairs, his cabinet fnd il all Greek
as did Curran's jury Of Dublin shopkeepers.
rest OF mankind, admire the stubborn courage and
dauntless ardor of the old hero OF Buena Vista As a
soldier he has gained aureis which VIII ever De fresh
and green; they have been nobly won; they may be
proudly In his present position, his lncapacy
and necency sources OF regret to his friends and
objects OF Iidcue to his political adversares There Is
but one opinion among those whose opinions Of
any worth, that General Taylor is wholly incompetent 10
perform the duties of the high Office that he occupies
aeas 81 military o discipline and drill The machinery
government has been found too complicated for an I'M
Outstanding exercised beyond The evolutions OF
battalion or regiment WIN devonon 70 me military
profession not TO give time for even the
ercse of the rights OF freeman at the ballot box It was
not to be expected that he should have had either the in
enato1 or the tune TO aevoe 70 ine requirement q a
called therefore, to position, the duties OF which be
felt himself incapable of performing, like George the
First he throws himself upon the cabinet OF ministers be
had called around him conscious Of his inability, she
puts himself entirely in their bands and governed by
them" II is vain to deny that such is the position occu
pied BY the individual who. through the misguided and
mistaken enthusiasm OF the people, has been called to
the highest Office within their gift
The cares OF Stale do not agiiate him. Amusing him.
self with morning excursions TO the Washington Market
purchasing vegetables butter and eggs, and achieving
reputation most rare domestic economst-startng
group of wondering agrlcutnrists by his skill at the
plough ta-receiving New York delegation, with Sen
ator Seward its head, who have come all the way IRON
the Empire State to present him with silver curry
for Old Whey-ready upon all occasions TO exhibit him
thus runs his time away While matters so pregnant
with importance as those we have Just enumerated
absorbing the attention OF our Chief Magistrate, ms
cabinet ministers are
Tho helmsmen of the State"
The intricacies OF cabinet dplomacythe exciting ques
tons that foreign courts have started and foreign courts
wai setie-the agitation which threatens to dismembr
the States of the confederacy-tbe system OF prosenp
ton which at disgraces and degrades BY its ex
hibiton OF violated faitha are uncared for or lightly
thought OF, by the incumbent Of the presidential chair
They do agate him. for the best OF reasonsthat he
has laid the weight and responsibilities OF government
upon his cabinet she has put himself entirely IN their
hands, and is governed BY them"
..Aud little he'll reck IL they let him on,
With his martial cloak around him."
He has never felt the truth so forcbly experienced by
his predecessor that uneasy lies the head that wears
Crown" for the OF State are not his caresneithe
are its anxietes
Such indeed is the President OF the United States and
those who know him best at Washington viii not fan
to confess that the portrait is by means ovedrawn.
Such too was the elec,o George Louis, upon his as
cending the British throne.
was the consolation OF the English monarch-and II was
So The royal maxim, the king can do no wrong, is
founded upon this principle Of resting the responsibility
upon the shoulders OF ministers. We apprchend the
American President will not fare in this respect well
as his royal prototype. He may rule through his minis
ers dispense patronage hur from Office neglect the duties
OF his station but there is maxim known 10 republics
which will enable him to evade responsibility. The
people will hold him to strict account and even now
the results OF recent eeconsare but the muerngs OF that
indignation which hereafter gathering in its full force
will sweep from Office and from power the present weak
and corrupt administration. W.
BURIIscToN, ~ j.