New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-10
Grave Truth fifty Spoken.

The Charleston Mercury, the leading organ of
Calhounsm, in commenting on the transformation
of The Globe into The Union holds the follow
ing language:
"Mr RLAs has been undoubtedly OF the ahlcs ed-
torn the country and attached sincerely. doubt
to principle, shut tho time, In his way OF wr
tRg coarscevsn scu rlousdcvocd TO party, proscrip-
tive fius OF fsvorit hating the virtues
Of enemies With HIM party WAS ars middle and last,
and fidelity IT association OF men, not an ernboc
rsrt Of faith constituted his ideal of orthodoxy
Hence when State sovereignty came In conflict with Jack
Son, IL when II camo 10 support Benton, II
the OF pure Democracy. Rut let this pass
The tendency Of the Globe has to make the iRtss
Of party usurp the place Of lis iraps.-and very Oh
vus result has been convert all the Offices and eS
penditures Of the government. INFO grand party treasury
out OF which an OF demagosues Is 10 be fed Sac
nn army exists both Sides multitude who create
nearly n the dtsgracefll turmoil Of eiccions aud
whsc soe inevest In pocs Is noioousy the hope Of OF
nee; who deuand prescription when they and de-
nounce it when they are i who strule In the
day 10 uanmer their violence aud one party
to the oher, and by their shameless 20 rrinc
pies bring good cause Into contempt and lead TOO
nany to eoacinde mat all party are only dis
gusrd ue between eemaSosues FOR gain, of onc,
Who DOES that This oeeonise more the
Case and elections assuming Character OF
stro mercenaiics fr pay We will no, stop argue
that The 0oysrnmen, OF the country corrupted
and the public liberty endangered; that Is manifest,
The affairs OF the Government will come 10 DC distributed
among men who have faith " houor-whose life is 4
ylarng aud >hamelsSs he-wao have already sod tnem.
selves for gain and whom pecala would
scarcely be lose OF character. Aud Ia most cases. these
eemaSo2ues arc nRaJ. from ignorance for the duties Of
oco. Thc education Of politician Is truly
bic preparation sor The bnsne an accountant. And
this Incompetence has led and Will continue 10 ,ad 10 the
multiplication ef Offices. Thus because country Is rs,
wropged putting sdle and ignorant men In Office t mus;
DO further budecd by increased expense rs remedy
Thrs TO mako party services" tho qualification f,r
place Ia 20 insure that we pay price for
very Dad articla.
In every aspect It Is ccrruptng and dangerous rule
Looking at merely in this lght tina, IL Is trying mca oy
fse standard and The m!schievoCs ansniIty Is ap.
rarept To examine candidates for the degree o! in
civil engineering Mdshlpmen in agricultural CHEMISTRY,
would no, be thought very wise-eut this Is worse
q. testing the fitness of candidates By the!r proficiency in
an essentially immoral artthat OF innaeocinS electors
nv s,irrn, up the bad passions OF men. To make prosn
tin the uasaport TO fashionable society, would scarcely 30
moro ftaI to the OF than 10 make coarse
and noisy demsgnsuisn the qualification for ofce would
be 10 the purity Of the We have NOT yet done
With this subject-
All this (says the Richmond Whigl is excellent
Hhig doc,rine, such as we hsye been preaching,
for wears. in our feeble way, We will do the Mrr'
cury the Justice To say, that we believe 1t has all the
while entertai1ed the opinions here avcwed. II
and lis party contracted them during their connex-
ion with the Wig party and theoeh they per-
mtted them to lie IN abeyance, as II were, during
The hs, lew years, they have never ceased TO teel
their Justice and their truth