The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-08

From The Le~isviLs Journal.
The Whig Admi slratson--Th Presidency.
We confidently claim for the present Admins
tvation eminent success in conducting both the
foreign and domestic policy of the Government
We need not make an array of facts and have re-
course TO an ingenious argument to prove this po
sition. We have merely to point to the fact that
moderate and truly patriotic men of all parties
have concurred in eulogizing the present Admins
tration. to show that it has succeeded in an emf
nent degree in giving satisfaction to the country.
Indeed, il is remarkable fact that the Admins
tration has received cordial thanks and ample tes-
timonies to its efficiency from distinguished men
of the opposite party. In but very few cases has
this heretofore happened. For the most part ad-
mnistrations have met with continued and bitter
opposition from those who were unfricndly, but
that ofMr Fillmore has extorted lofty tributes from
lips very unused to uttering praises of Wings and
Wing measures. In the Senate of the United States
the most distinguished members Of the opposition
have conceded to the Administration wisdom and
efficiency; and this attestation to its merits has
been echoed through State legislative bodies, and
re-echoed by the moderate of all parties In all
sections. Had this Cancellation Of the opposition
been brought about by compromise of Wing
measures, then il would have been achieved at the
sacrifice Of integrity; but it has been extorted by
the display of degree Of ability and patriotism
which il thoroughly national. The Administration
has not been actuated merely by desire to pro-
mote partisan interests, but, with patriotism that
is not circumscribed within the limits of party, il
has devoted itself to the great business of securing
the highest interests of all the States and Of all the
people.
The test to which the Administration has been
~tad~ Of he
cal history. Had the Administration fatered in
its good purposes, or had it for one moment lis
tened to the voice of faction had condescended
to do only what 1t fancied would be ofvalue to the
party which sustains IT, then it would not have do
served, and neither would it have received, half
much Of the united appreciation Of the people. But,
with an eye single to the public good, it has pur.
sued onward and upward course and, with
out being intent on pleasing any particular class
of men, it has succeeded in winning the admira-
ton of vast majority of the people of all sections
It has proved itself to be fully equal to the occasion
in the most perilous crisis through which our
try has been compelled to pass.
That the conduct of the Administration should
be source Of just pride to the Wings is what was
naturally to be expected. The Wings of the Uni
ted States. generally, we think. regard Mr.. Fill
more and his Cabinet as eminently worthy of the
high trusts which have been confdod to them.
Further than this, the Wings point admiringly to
the Administration in illustration of Wing princi
Piles and ~ affording the best practical common
tary the spirit and doctrines Of the Wing party
They think very properly that the selection of Mr.
Fillmore by the National convention in IS48 az the
Vice Presidential candidate has turned out to be
great national blessing. He is thorough Wing.
in feeling and principle, and yet he has not been
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of entertaining those broad national views in which
partisan bitterness is swallowed up in an all
engrossing patriotism. He il able, honest, infexi
bly, just patriot without sectiona!ism and states-
man without any narrow partyism. And his CO.
adjutors in the Cabinet worthy to be associated
with him. Each one of them in his separate
sphere of duties has proved himself to be entirely
adequate to tho station he occupies. There has
been very little complaint made by Democratic
members Of Congress or by Democratic editors Of
the manner in which the business of the various
Departments Of the Government have been con-
Quoted during the Presidency of Mr.. Fillmore.
We not only 500 the great merits Of the Admin
stration in the quality and degree of the ndmira-
ton it has received, but also them reflected
from the peculiar species of hostility which it has
engendered The bitterest and most vehement
hostility which has been manifested toward the
Administration has come from ultra men-from
men Of factious prejudices-from men who are
not heart-whole the great subject of Union.
The Administration il hated by all the traitors
and disunionists of all sections Of the country
with bitterness proportional 20 the irrepara-
BILE injury il has inflicted on their bad cause
Tho northern abolitionists have exhausted the
vocabulary of invective in their fierce ankle
ty to make it appear that the Administration
has ad thc heat into IF tho
The secessionsts of the South have shown them
selves to be rich in the language of vil6cation in
their efforts to blackcn tho fame of Administra-
ton as unquestionably patriotic, prudent, and wise
as any that our Republic has seen. We are sorry
to add that some of the btterest vitupcraon the
motives and the conduct of the Administration has
proceeded from men who call themselves Wings,
and who have essayed to effect what ia impossible
by combining the qualities of Whiggism with the
vile promptings of q miserable sectionalism. They
have tried TO construe Wing principles into ram
pant anti slaveryism, and have bitterly denounced
the Administration because it has been guided by
the spirit and teachings of the Constitution and has
boon neither pro- slavery anti slavery, but Who'll
ly and purely national
But the odds and ends of parties. however en-
Uttered their malcdictions have been, have been
altogether inadequate to the task of convincing the
people that the Administration has exhibited any
wan of those great qualities which have made H.
lustrious the most revered Of former administra-
tons. An overwhelming majority Of the Wings in
all the States proud OF the Administration and
satisfied with what it has done.
So far as the opposition of the Locofscos is con-
cerned, no one who has closely observed 1t can
have failed TO remark that it has not generally been
characterized by ferocity, and that, even where it
has been biterest, il has been vituperative rather
than argumentative. II would sadly puzzle the
shrewdest enemy TO make out catalogue of bad
deeds Of which the Administration has been guilty.
Indeed, we challenge any opponent of the Admin
istration to show instance in which il has been
either unwise, inefficient, or unjust.
We are satisfied that the Administration has sue
ceeded in endearing itself TO overwhelming ma
jority Of the Wings, and has given satisfaction to
large majority of the candid and moderate Demo-
Gratis There 10 moro acquiesence political topics
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