The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-19
F,om the N.v York Eoenins Post, No.. II

The Trials OF President.
II was once remarked by a gentleman who bas
since obtained deserved eminence in the literary
world that he never believed in the doctrine Of
tai depravity until he taught a village school. II
there be any other position better calculated to in
cucate that dismal dogma than that of village
pedagoguc, we fancy II must be that Of PRECEDENT
elect OF the United States
From the very day the ton of General Pierce
became reduced to a matter Of comparative Ger.
tainty, down to the present hour. he has been dog
ged from city 10 city, and from village 10 village,
from his Office to his house, from his house to his
barn, from his barn to his kitchen, by horde of
predatory politicians, determined. at every sacri.
ice OF convenience or propriety, TO make an carly
impression on his mind of the value of their ser.
vices in the late canvass, and 10 show how largely
they contributed TO its suspicious result.
some s" IN Committees, some go alone, some
with letters, SEINE without, some with newspapers
containing reports of poor speeches such men
always mako poor speeches--which they had
delivered at Little Pedlington hickory pole
raising; and some with patent at.trap or man.
moth pumpkin to present or cahibit--all 20 upon
one pretence or another to Concord TO see General
Pierce, and all expect him to give them his en-
tire confidence; to toll them, with the understand.
ing that It snail go no further, whom he hnAde.
termned to Sc ect for his Cabinet or, if his 3clec
ton has not been made, to aid him with tn cir
disinerested advice. All feel equally at liberty to
discuss with HIM the future policy of bis admins
tratlon, and to tell him what course, and what
course only will give satisfaction 10 the free and
independent electors Of Little Pedlngtsn. .
These interviews usually begin and end with the
remark that Gcnerai Pierce owed his nomination
or his election, both, directly or indirectly, to
no nf -.
speaking. We have understood that more per-
sons have already claimed the credit of having
nominated, or secured the nomination, of General
Pierce than there were members of the conven.
ton This man talked with SO and 80, and brought
him to terms Just at the seasonable moment; that
man engineered such a refractory State with un-
paraieled sagacty and discretion; another made
the speech which settled the business yet another
prevented Pierces name from being brought for
ward too soon, while others prevented its being
held back too long, and 30 on.
All these pretences for sharing the responsible
ties Of General Pierce in the formation of bis Cab.
met, and in conducting the Government after his
Inauguration. are presented under all possible
guses but the truth. Every ina gnable art or
device Ia employed to impose upon him. No one
tells him the truth. No one means what he says,
or says what he means. Incidents apparently the
most trfng are found tocover the deepest schemes.
and men usually candid and direct now systema
tically employ to him the language of hypocrisy
and deception II few months experience like
his do not give General Pierce orthodox views re.
specting the depravity of the human race. then is
he sustained by philosophy either more or less
than human. .,s..s.
We incline to think. however, that all this Jun.
ketng, speech making, travelling, lying. and
trickery, is very badly invested In the first place.
no one knows better than General Pierce that he
was beholden to nobody for his nomination or his
election He was nominated, not because he was the
hrs choice ofany one out of New pshire, for he
was not; lea use he had striven to be nominated.
because he had not; he was nominated because the
convention, after five days. balloting, could nomi
nate no one else. He was elected, not because he
was individually popular with the electors, for be
was not sufficiently known to be particularly be-
loved beyond his native State; neither was he sup
ported through fear that his defeat would prove
fatal to his existence, for he had shown on MANY
previous occasions that in his estimation neither
the true dignity Of manhood nor the highest en-.
joyments of life depends upon official distinctions
of any description; he was elected because the peo
pie could not do as we'll by electing either of the
other candidates; he was elected because his past
political career Satisfied them that their interests
in this Government would be more wisely con.
suited and carefully guarded by him than by either
of his competitors Hence his unparalleled ma.
jorities. He is behodcn to particular affection
or regard to him in any quarter for this most fat.
tering result.
All this General Pierce knows, and, in no impro.
per or ungrsteful sense. doubt feels. No Preci.
dent was ever elected since Warrington, we pre-.
sumo, so entirely unshacklcd by obligations or
pledges Of any kind, beyond those which every
man gives in every relation of life, to live and act
consistent with himself. General Pierce will enter
the Presidential chair if he chooses, emphatically
his own master. He owes service or reward to no
man; he is bound TO advise with no one, further
than may be necessary to enlighten himself in re.
gard to his duties OF the advantage of such
position. no one is probably more scnsbe than he,
nor Ia any one less likely than he to forsake it i'm
providently.
For these reasons, if there were no other, we
should advise the muitudcs who are passing
slecpiess nights from apprehension lest some one
shall get ahead Of them in the confidence of the
President elect to give Themselves no concern
Whatever, at least until after he reaches Washing
ton. General Pierce will not submit himself to be
bound hand and foot by promises or pledges Of any
description, until he is compelled to be; and the
chances are that all the certificates exhibited to
him now will DO lost, and all the good things said
to him by asprants to Executive appointments
will be forgotten long before he will have any oc.
cason to consider them.
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