Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-10-31

..yyhere Does the ADMINISTRATION stand.o

"Where Does the Administration Stand"
Just before he left the Senate for the State De-
partment, Mr.. Webster, under the tutorship of the
W Washington Union, made great progress in political
science, and so happy as to earn the praises of
his instructor At present fear that the pupil has
grown negligent in his studies, and is reapsing into
ignorance. Mr.. Fillmore, whose political course Is
understood to be under the direction of Mr. Webster
is satisfied with having sgnedthe fugitive slave law,
and does not to take the responsibility Of telling
his party that has his perfect appreciation in the
stringent Of its provisions, and that he Will put
his veto any act of Congress repeating it. That
is the true remedy, according to the Union, for all
the evils with which the country is now afflicted
The administration sees clearly what it has
to do. 1t must bestir tsellto put down the excite
ment which the obnoxious law has occasoned; it
must boldly the measure with all its enorm-
ties and proclaim itself ready to resist its repeal bya
veto, if necessary. Nothing less will satisfy the
south; silence will not answer; silence is little
better than taking part with the agitators. The ad-
mlnstraton must defend what it has done, and COM
pei those who under its influence to defend it al
SO; the administration must obge its subordinates
its post-masters and sustom house myrmidons, to
preach the beauties of the new law, and convene
public meetings 10 protest against its repeal. fit
fails to do this, it is to be denounced as secretly en-
couragng the prevalent discomfort.
III. Gu
ster, the hard tasks which are set him in his new
service. We dare say that, when he provided him
self with his present set of principles, he expected to
have very easy time it. Just to come out with
speech against the Wilmot proviso, Just to frame an
argument showing that man, whether white or
black, accused, truly or falsely, of being slave has
no rig to claim trial of the question of his freedom
by jury, were doubtless supposed by him TO be the
extent of his obligations to his new associates He
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his labors He has just helped to get the whole fam
lily of compromise bills through Congress by Massa-
chusetts votes, and thus saved the country when he
is called upon to save it second time. Our coun-
try IS In such condition. it seems, that it needs sa-
wing every six weeks. We have got the law, by
the help of Mr.. Webstel's influence, and now the
administration, of which he is virtually the head, is
called upon to convict all those who are dissatisfied
with it-a task, considerably, we suspect, beyond
his strength.
The worst of the matter is, thai this modern Samp-
son, who grnds in the mill Of the Philistines is like
ly to get nothing for his pains Nobody talks of
taking him from his tasks, and making him chief
of those whom he has served; he is to be left in his
chains for life. Even then tie wings think no more
of him for the next President than they do of poor
John Tyler. Clay who fought the battle of the
compromise with great galantry and skill, marches
off with all the honors of the victory, Webster re-
manning behind with nothing but the odum The
wings are specializing on making General Scott their
next candidate, and the democrats wiIlsupport Web
ster in no event.
So far as Mr.. Webster is concerned, the admins
traon has slender encouragement for exerting itself
TO prevent the repeal modification of the fugitive
slave law. Here is his task-master putting on the
froan of slave-driver, and issuing his commands in
peremptory tone, without the slightest hint of a
reward in case they are faithfully obeyed. 1t may
same readiness the previous ones, but we cannot
help thinking that the alaory of the administration
would be qackened, if it were shown that it had
something to gain by it.-.N Y. Erening Post.