The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-11
Gen. Cass and tho Administration.


Ttoy Of Oregon. in the place OF Joseph Lane resigned
Z Gen. Cass and the Adninistration.
The opposition 10 the administration, which has been
manifested by that portion OF the New York democracy
who sustain the course OF the Albany Argus is based
upon the allegation that the President has ecognsed
and paironzed as national democrats many who sup
ported Van Buren, against Csss in lS4S. II is insisted
that the policy well the duty OF the ad
epudiste thosc who stood on the Buffalo
platform in 1885, and TO bestow its patronage upon those
only who then occupied national grounds in The support
of Gen. Cass. Ia other words those in New York who
are loudest in cendemniog the policy OF the adminslra
ton are the who prove their nationality by The
fact that they Cass in the contest of lo4s.
We concede Tue soundness OF their argument far it
goes 10 establish their own claim TO orthodoxy the
sectional issue; bnt beyond this il proves nothing. We
have repeatedly exposed the ialiacy and inconsistency
of the inference that those who for Van Barren
s4s necessarily to be repudiaed in 1853 But our
offset now is not 10 repeat The argument often made,
but to present, the subject in another point OF view
Ii the allegations made against the President In New
York are well taken by the Cass men. then we risk
nothing in saying that General Cass of all men living
has the most of complaint He is no, the man to
forget or neglect his friends he is OF heart and
soul aud If his friends unjustly dealt WITH he has
tie moral courage well the capacity 10 and
repel the aggression. Will any of the New York
democrats. who pernacious Their condemnation
of the policy OF the President charge that Gen. Cass u.s.
could be, indifferent 10 the treatment OF his feads
Does any of them doubt that il his friends had been
unjusy prescribed he would have failed TO discern it,
and to denounce The injustice in unmstakeable terms
II is well known that General Cass distinctly notified
President Pierce before his inauguration that he would
accept Office but that be should his term in
the Senate. OF course, then. be has had cause 10
complain on his own account But this fact would nau
rally make him more solicous that justice should be
done 10 his friends Ia declining to take any place him
self hs left the field more widely open for bis friends
The question rscurs Has he stood silently BY and wit
messed the injustice which is alleged have been done
to his friends in New York; We repeat that he is not
the man to submit silence to such treatment; and the
fact that he has made demonstration OF dssasfac-
ton is conclusive that he does not regard the pol
icy OF the President in the light in which il is
sailed in New York. Blu, General Cas- has not
been silent, he has watched the, OF President
Pierce with deep soicilude he has witnessed the
saul,s made upon him for recognising national demo-
Gratis all who took their position honesty the creed
the policy adopted by President Pierce in the most
quivocsI terms. We make this declaration with full
knowledge OF the facs-we speak by the book when
say that General Cass cordially and thoroughly approves
the policy OF the administration We say further, that
he will come into the Senate the warm, ardent and de-
voted personal and political friend OF the President This
is not conjecurenot inference with ha, frank
ness and fesressness which have characterized the
great statesman OF the Northwest he has given his
qualified testimony; and II his friends in New York
have any respect for bis opinions. they may be fully
sured that whilst he regards the position OF President
Pierce rs having been envroned with unprecedented
embaassments. he is satisfied that his policy has not
only been wise and patriotic, but In fact the only policy
which could have proved successful. The coune OF
the Deroi, Free Press. from which have pablshed
many able articles. might have been referred to
cusve in regard TO General CASES approval Of the policy
OF The President; bu, having the fact in shape
more imposing. choose TO avail ourselves Of H. ~.
sour New President % -Putaamn Magazine.
The more viruIeot and dscredted portion OF the wing
press has Tot new ally. The Richmond Wing. with
it's coarse railing agains, "Pierce'-,be New York Til
buae, with its crazy BoxxAe Of fsl.ehood abou, the
Presidents carriage and coai-the Louisville Journal,
WIN lu uueAAhpieu ahu s'okeuo' auoS'o"s s"'o"S'y
Of calumny about the appointment Of aiiorA-have all
found worthy coaduor their successful attempts 10
degrade the press OF the county. Putnam's Mag
azine breaking the contrac, with Subscribers which
promised them respectable literary periodical for Their
money, has picked up some disappointed ofbce-sesk
err. and set him 10 abuse the President OF the
United States and his cabinet in style and spirit
which would not be- tolerated in a decent ward meeting
OF The opposi,ion party and TO have been picked
up in the lower sort OF its po,-house hauns OF course
the Magazine itself has utterly lost by this pro-
ceedins and IL hereafter il shall make a reputable and
cl,any appearance before the public. s patrons will be
forced 10 regard the fact accident
Strangely enough, those in charge OF The Magazine
have not thought worth their while to conceal the mo
iipss in which their writer his spte They have
LEI him bb the rnih thai be took up his pen TO de-
fame the President and the democratic party and the
country merely because the President did think him
fl TO hold Office. Here 10 his language Denouncinr, in
terms OF unmeasured psrsonsay. the PresdenA
appointments, and specially mentioning responsible
the presses which have made themselves conspcu
Gus in this SORT of cIamor agans the President. this
writer Gays:
tho % me tIme whom such nomIns lions made.
there before President have been informed
by good authority young Of the highest dc
.e,tyouso ~us or HoroaABK rAxI-iEs who had
.erved the re public without reward thought of reward.
In It's darkest d.ys)of conspcuous talents. Of "osul'ed
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