The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-28
The Fresidsnt's Appoin tmsnts to once


Mr.. Pierce mus. appoint first. rate officers to all
theimpor.Ant positions at home and abroad. They
sho~Aa be thinkers and OF the highest Glass;
who can speak AZ we'll as write-skilful alike In
attack and distinguished alike for boldness
and forsitude. With inferior men under him. it viii
be hard to hold his position. Great genius in his
opponents, diligently exerted for conserv atisn,
with the aid of the disaffectsd, and especially if
there were an error Of principle, or An untoward
event to perplex his counses, will find Mr.. Pierce
and the party easy victims at the end Of his first
term.
In the history of the world there never wa. such
an epoch as the present. Everything is done upon
scale Of greater magnitude; and the decomposition
Of the old ideas on many subjects, and the recon-
position Of new order of things, is in actual move
ment. The world is not only undergoing INTERNAL
but external changes; our own relations to other
nations and, Of course, theirs to US, are varying
most essentially every year, and mus. be constantly
readjuated. The triumphant success Of free insti-
tutions makes not only the finest instance Of gene
raj prosperity yet known but makes US at once the
target ofrulers and the hope Of mankind, The dan.
ger to tyrans, which attends the career Of demo-
cratic confederation, has At length become 50 i'm
minont that they will probably put forward their
monarchs will soon forsshadow force; and America,
and American principles will have to stand on the
defensive, or march to the field, according to the
circumstances with which every day is big, and
which day after day must bring forth. We do not
believe any previous period Of history, ancient
or msdern, has been 10 critical and 90 i'm.
portant We are satisfied that it viii take
the ablest and best men in the democratic
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hr. Pierce should make no blunder in single
choice, Of cabinet officers, in particular. Weak
hands would soon see the helm OF State
wrenched frsm their grasp forever. The man
who has the principal interest In this great
matter, il fortunately him who has the responsible
ty, backed by all the confidence, and almost MI the
votes, Of the people.
But there 10 another reason why Mr.. Pierce should
surround himself by distinguished raen and vs. do
not mean by distinguished, accredited men merely
Congressman, Senators, ministers, secretaries, or
other officials we DO mean mon whom nature,
Independent Of position created great and true, and
who have acquired knowledge and wisdom, and
frnness, without losing energy or virtue. Nor
do we coniine ourselves to old men, nor to any
locality. The reason 10, that Mr.. Pierce comes
upon the stage at . similar, but greater, crisis
In our affairs than those which were met arst
BY Jefferson, and secondly by Jackson. 10 %.
Icy, and parties, and situation, the country is
precisely where 1t was rescued from ruin by those
wonderful men, The genius Of Hamilton psrvsdod
the administration Of Washington more than any
other, or, indeed than all other men. 1t il assert
cd that Hamilton cons.itutionally distrustsd the
people. The elder Adams pushed that distrust al
NEST to contempt, and by his well known measures
against alienase and aedition, completely unhiaged
the system Of government. Our democratic instita
tions under him, received decided dcaes. ion to
wards srisocracy, and began to descend the inclined
plane with fearful rapidly. TIE masses became
alarmed. Jefferson, who was the civil chief Of the
Revolution, and had conceived profoundly what
that great net should preceds, had, by his vigor,
csmsge, and capacity, stirred the very depths OF
popular judgment and popular passion. The author
Of the Declaration, called to the Presidency arrived
in time to stop the downward plunge Of his coun-
tys liberties. He restored the confederation to its
basis, and left /; FIRM upon II. We were then
handful Of four Ave millions-the fifth part Of
onr present numbers. and without the aid Of the
prOdgiOua discoveries which have quadruplsd human
power.
After Jefsison came Eadisoa, then Monroe, and
tben Adams .Le ycaDgcr The arst u.s. a Gale re
aeSs.s G. scG.ssen; .he second, IN iGdiJssees mind