Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-18


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business beerold experienced manufacturers o. hoe, VIZ
WORKED them off 20 order and furnished any kind or quantity
for their country cusomers and genorsy, NOT he
public Offices OF the United Staes in the vanoes sections Oh
The Union were the branches OF issue nom WHICH 'hs ~
currency was put in circulation -
Tayos administration slander and de'amaton which had
been before habtua but measured IN tneh Terms asumec
character Of peculiar violence and iefoc - 10 woneerS
Gen. Taylor was deeply inenched IN the hearts and affections
&c the neoue and msst be dislodged His character was
bold marked and decisive, such as commands the adnkra-
on Of friends and alarms the fears and excltes the hted OF
n;es Ipst depeciatetand destroyed Hence
the full aood tide Of party fury wssiet loose at upon him
and his administration. It is wonder The dash
fecv against the bold pomonoy which breasts the deep
sea- while hey roll smoothly the soPng beach and sink
AZ not say that every oficehdlder who was removed
nl.ced himself in the situation with Gen. Lane
either in class degree. Macy, however, fall within the
same class There those who manufactured the false
cency and those who gave circulation knowing 1t to be
false or who reckless Of its truth alsehood Gene
ray each one who could say write offensive or insult
ing thing said wrote according his capacity and those
who could do nehe attended to the distribution OF the bes
newly made and placed in their hands Some were the pre-
siding officers Of political meetings. the movers OF insulting
resolutions Indeed the oehoders formed throughout the
United States an organized eectoneeng corps paid out Of
the public Treasury. Talk Of prescription IN removing from
he respected himself il he regarded his friends who had aked
much upon his fair fae could hold neither ohca nor So
ca intercourse with whose daily business was thus to
slander and vlify him.
nj. af course impossible to classify all cases, and
fer them in general these several but do
not know or believe that there single removal without
evidence establish causes, such as have nam
ed, or some other equally cogent.
All the cases in which sufficient reason could be
made out Gen. Taylor uniformly refused TO remove The
Senators from Iowa will recognise one marked case in their
-.ssk ~, Vnruo oUd
Wisconsin than all the combined, whom he absolutely
refused remove much to the dissatisfaction OF his friends
in that section of the country because they could not bring
home to the officer any abuse OF his Official salon Whe-
ther he committed any not do not know II was not
proved that did, and Gen. Taylor would not remove him.
The charge Of prescription made against the admnistra
ton of Gen. Taylor is therefore false charge He never
did carry out the Democratic doctrine OF removal from ccc
for apinion's sake.
The Senator from Iowa is right in the heavy and indignant
which be passes upon the man or men, whosoever
he was whosoever they were who taught the doctrine
the vctors belong the spos and brought its evils upon
our country. agree with him in the principle urged it
here in place many years ago, not in the same choice
figures and phrases for they had not yet found their into
the Senate chamber But to these do not object were
idle to dispute about tastes since agree principle and
it is gratifying find that that is the The point
which he maintains maintain 1t requires but change Of
phrase and change Of names, to make concurrence
complete. In the abstract proposition agree exactly
namely that those who brought this evil upon country
owe heavy responsibility to the nation and to posery
The Senator from Michigan CAss) does not touch this
question He is wise has lived too long, and the past
is too fresh in his memory. He satisfied with stouty
maintaining his point from which there is danger Of his
being driven lies far out of the range Of my argument
The the resolutions amended BY the Senator
from Kentucky, carrying the inquiry back to 1925, will
show those of who do not remember who that
planted the tree from which you reap such bitter fruit
In the of 1924 there four candidates for the
Presidency Neither Of them elected by the people, and
Mr. Adams came in BY vote OF the House OF Representa-
~ half tha yoopln md ha.
leve more than half the ocehodes in the United States,
opposed his election When he became President, did he
remove any from Office because he opposed him Not
man In the terrible of 1928, very large proper
ton of the ocehoders probably full half opposed the
election of Mr.. Adams, and supported the rival candidate
for this far as ascertain from the records Of the
times he did man. In his there
four removals. which involved the action Of the Senate
Then until the commencement of Gen. Jacksons Admin
istraon, in 1929 there had been prescription there
no wrongs be Ighted-no injuries to be avenged The
fierce passions Of had yet become enlisted in these
contests and justice did not require the nteposon OF the
avenger But 1929 the full blown mischief burst suddenly
upon us in all its intensity. The Government lkened
to city taken by storm, and delivered to page The
detestabe doctrine "fo the sicors belong e spo was
openly avowed and, far my knowledge extended
fully and effectively acted The policy and purpose Of
the triumphant party was promulgated through the country
by words and signs II general ceep Of all the officers
In 1866 the Dutch Admiral De Ruyer sailed with broom
at his masthead and his flag, show that he intended
to sweep the British navy and commerce from the
our whole land the broom appeared the
top Of each hickory pole above the flag of the Unon peg
nant sgn indicative Of the feeling ndusousy excited and
seduousy cherished The admontion of the mad Timon
to Alcibiades, ,.
Let not thy sword skip one,"I
was universally and Internationally regarded There
large destruction of the just hopes of and the dependence
of families
Before 1929 there contests for oice-here VIC
tory and there deabut they touched the higher objects
of ambition only the love Of distinction and power, the
a. onfx uhaea
support Of his family But that time the appropriation Of
the spois term descriptive it and alarming in
cluded every thing remember well the opening Of the
fearful daa and the sad Impressions which rested my
mind in witnessing its then present. and looking to its future
consequences felt that the origin of stupendous
evils to my country, and looked upon it as would have
looked upon psgue-spot the breast of venerated
parent And it in our history when malg-
nan poison infused into the body polite which ply
scian has yet been found potent to eradicate The poisoned
is still there and be eecuay extracted by those
only who nfxed It. But from that quarter there is at pre-
sent but little hope Do err in supposing that 10 give you
power let you seize power this day, the prescription
of past years would be at renewed in all lis intensity
may be mistaken, and hope am. these resolutions were
offered and speeches upon them made in sincerity and truth
with view to put down vicious and false principle Of
action and not merely public indignation from the
real authors of the mischief and point against Others
change indeed going where may produce the happies
effects From 1922 year after year argument exhausted
on this subject, but felt to be idle. We talked to the
whirwnd the tornado. You deaf tie sea aud
blind its rocks NoO your and eyes opened and
your tongues unoesed The prospects of reform there
fore bghtenng Our Democratic brethren begin see and
trust that time and close observation will show them