The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-03
The President and his Opponents.

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Co., express agents. and entitled to the conf
dence Of our friends abroad.
The President and his Opponents.
The ntimation that the President has been influenced
by desire 10 promote his party aims a candidate for
the presidency, in the numerous excursions OF himself
and his cabinet the various parts of the country, ex
cites the wrath of some of the leading wing journals
and particularly that of the Baltimore American. This
last journal anburdens itself in the following terms:
"If the unity of the democratic party be maintained
other way than by keeping up perpetual warfare
and abuse against the President and his admin
straon the risk Of outraging decency and OF setting n
defiance all public Of justice, unity we think
which the better portion Of that party will regard as moi
worth preserving all Yet thar such policy is pursued
and perseverngy and systematically pursued in leading
quarters obvious the display OF any other charac-
rersc of the general leadership OF that party.
"At this period when the excitement OF past party con
fcts has pretty well subsidized under the superior force OF
other excitements which tho attention OF the whole
country summoned and for the control Of which there
need of the best intelligence and patriotism OF the land
il 10 somewhat Notifying to see the leading journal OF
great party indulgng in the petty spirit OF actous PRESS
suited only tho political atmosphere which invests the
coarse breath Of a demaRogue.
"Perhaps We may behold in this ungenerous calumny
promonory symptom OF torrents OF viruence, now
held readiness be let loose upon President Fillmore for
course whatever ii may be, which he may think it his
His conduct thus has given for the confident
suance In this matter, when his duty calls him to act
In it, In all other matters pertaining to his administra.
on he will pursue that which the honor and the
of the country may call for under the sanction Of
the constitution and the laws We persuaded that the
intelligent public sentiment of the nation imbued with
this confidence and that in advance, nor
vupeation any tme the part
of his adversaries, will be able TO shake IT,"
At the riak Of outraging dseeney, and Of setting at de-
fanee all public of justice This is the penalty for
offenders who cannot help imagining that the neglect of
public duty universally complained Of, and very natu-
rally attributable to the pleasure excursions of the Pes
dent and his principal officers. is the result of sort Of
presidential itch which has been caught by all these dis
tinguished gentlemen. When Mr. Webster, at Dun
kirk told the inhabitants of that city how much they had
lost by that foolish schooboy policy which defeated the
river and habor BILL and the President himself descanted
upon the advantages TO be gained by the nine-mioa
canal bill; and when Messrs. Cntenden, Graham, and
Hall followed close on full OF delicate Of their
wonderful fundamentally in saving the Union and
when, about the time, in Tennessee, Kentucky,
North Carolina, and other points in the Union where cleo
tons soon to take place, prominent candidates
were put forth sing praises to Mr. Fillmore and COM
nit the wing party his eecton-,o call public at
tention TO that maxim which enjoins upon the in
cumbent OF high Office abstinence from solicitations
for popular favor TO outrage deceney and set al de-
fame all sense of justice! But. however outrageous II
may be for plain and simple minded men, the demo-
Gratis are to imagine that the President eetioneer
ing it is quite certain that neither he his cabinet
will be convinced that there is anything wrong in tours
OF pleasure whatever may be happening in the Gulf OF
Mexico or in other quarters of the world TO put in jeop
ardy the lives and property OF citizens TO endsnger
the public peace What should prevent visit 10 Virginia,
or to the mountains Of New England What harm can
there be in the Presidents taking Mr. Stuart to tell the
people OF Virginia how much of Washingtonian he
is, how much he is affected by Virginia hospitality,
aud what mistake il was TO suppose that be had
entertained any abolition free-soi doctrines Or what
harm can there be that Messrs Webster Crttenden and
Corwin should be mingng with the people OF their
make such combinations may democratic de-
fsau' Was not a proclamation already issued de-
nouncing our people who might take part in the cause
OF Cuba pirates and outlaws And cannot the wheels
of be trusted to take Of themselves long
enough TO enable gentlemen OF such grea, distinction
and much above public suspicion. to sport away the
SUMNER and nvigorate themselves for the winter cam
pagn by copious doses OF mountain wateri
Now, this sor, Of reasoning may be all right for a
party tina, claims monopoly OF decency and Of public
sense but we must still insist that il is not outrageous
oppose such monopoly in the same that the
democrats did in the days OF Jefferson and Jackson those
monopolies which the fedealss and wings had estab-
lished in the forms OF ssditon laws. high tars bank
charters, and federal internal improvements.
But in order that our readers may understand the af
fectaton OF horror expressed by the Baltimore American
at barbariy in carrying the breath of the dem
ngogue into the pure political atmosphere Of the Pre.
den, and his cabinet merely because we have venured
to remind them Of sacred public principle. beg them
to mark the following language from Mr. Fmore's Buff
falo organ the Commercial Advertiser in which. after
citing the irresponsible and unauthorized letters OF Messrs
Donaldson, of Texas, and Greer, of Iowa, this immacu
late organ OF decency declares tina, these letters show
nothing but the characteristic 6nesse and sinister man.
agement of the party"
We willing to leave il to the people to say on
which side of this question there has been the
display Of barbarsm and demagog uism. We believe
that the long continued and repeated excursions OF the
President and his cabinet this summer-in which thew
have travelled, according to some calculations tina,
we have seen made, almost many miles as would
reach round the globe inhabit--taken in conpex-
ion with their imposing presence at particular spot.
where elections about to take place. authorize