The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-04
EDITORS Correspondence.
From our regular correspondent.l

From our regular correspondent
NEw YoRK. Oct. 2, l045.
The moderation and frmness which have char
acterzed the administration, from its commencement
down the present time, have had the effect TO gain
the confidence and win the admiration of the people.
In all sections Of the country, the prudent and re-
fecng Of all political parties acquiesce IN the general
administration Of public affairs at Washington.
And in the course adopted by the President IN fore.
slaling the movements Of Mexico In her meditated
sudden surprise and invasion ofour territory, and IN
maintaining our boundary on the banks of the Rio
Grande, his course will meet the appreciation, and
receive the confirmation, of the American people.
Future Developments will but establish the wisdom
and prudence Of our Executive.
predict a popular career TO the present ad,
ministralion. That President Polk could have sue
ceeded in giving satisfaction to ALL even of the DEM
ocratic party was not TO have been antcipa ted He
may, in the outset of his administration, have ur-
intentionally overlooked the claims of some, and
unduly rewarded the pretensions of others. This,
too, was an event not beyond the bounds Of possi-
blty.
Some who may have possessed qualifications for
office of an undoubted character, may have been
falsely represented by enemies, in the character OF
friends; for, be it known, that there is no man
whose intellect places him IN rank much above the
station of scavenger, but is sure to have his
enthusiastically to use him when it may suit their
selfish purposes, and eager to traduce and aban-
That President Polk may have been imposed upon
by misrepresentation in some few cases, is posi-
BILE. In such cases. no blame should rest upon him.
IL such have occurred, we have no doubt they have
been as few as was ever known for the same period
in any former administration.
What the people mainly look at is the purity OF
motives in their chief magistrate They know,
ito err is human" but if man errs from
pure motives--if his errors lean to his country's
good, or are intended for the best, they will
sustain their President with mistaken and unwa-
vering confidence. 1t was their just belief in
the purity and honesty of General jackson, that
sustained him through every change and trial of his
political life. While the people thus trusted, no
combination of FEDERALISM no of the demagogue
nor exertons the part of moneyed interpretations
could for one moment withdraw their confidence
from his support. "Through epii and through good
report J" they believed in the purity Of his patriotism
When appealed TO against him, their uniform reply
was, that "He, like other men, might sometimes err
BUT HE WAS HONEST" This was the rock on which
he STOOD and from which all the storms of political
strife failed to move him. So 1t is with President
Polk; the people believe in the purity of his mo-
tIves and the sincerity of his patriotism; and
thus believing, it will be difficult for the wings Of
Massachusetts, or elsewhere, to organize any seri.
Gus opposition to his administration.
The Journal of Commerce, you will perceive,
publishes letters oflate date from Buenos Ayres and
Lima, Peru. They, however, contain no further
news Of importance, beyond such as have been al
ready received.
The taxable property Of Brooklyn is assessed a,
about S23 ,000, 900.
The population Of New Haven is ascertained to
be about II 1000, against about 1900 in 1910.
The population of Toronto, Canada, by late
census, amounts to about $4,000.
Receipts of revenue at this port for the month Of
September in 1874 and lS45 have been as follows
For September, 1884,. .S24S8, 72l Il
For September, l645.. 1915, 800 81