The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-02

their councils that the dying words Of Clay,
Calhoun and Webster, would be their guiding
rule in their government Of the country-and
that. in whatever circumstances they were
placed, or by whatever difficulties surrounded,
they would ever remember that their elevation
to power was solely due to the public apprecla-
tion Of the conduct of those great statesmen in
1850, and that they were now called upon to
tread in their footsteps unswervingly. This
ought to have been, this was the public expec-
tation when Gen. Pierce took Office. How
comes it, then. we repeat, that in a few short
months the letter-writer to the Cabinet feels it
incumbent on him to pledge his honor that he
and his colleagues are not trampling under foot
the last legacy of Clay, Calhoun and Webster?
The answer is easy We find it in the re-
cords Ofothe administration. We have dis
missed free soilers say they and the ayowal
of this tardy recognition of their public duty
is complete confession of their previous fault.
They have themselves, in their admission that
the public cutlery compelled them, in certain
instances, to retrace their footsteps and dis
miss free sellers whom they had appointed to
Office, supplied most excellent grounds for sus-
picion, and most excellent reasons for protesting
their innocence. If their acts had not showed
them to be favorable to disunonists, if they
had not admitted the truth Of the public APP
prehensions by undoing their own work, there
would have been no necessity to set Caleb to
write ungrammatical letters
So much for the past Let US look to the
present and future The administration is de-
termincd to ''crush out, (this is Cushing-ese
tor suppress) the dangerous element Of aboli-
ton" Accordingly Caleb lectures Mr.. Froth-
ingham and few poor fellows viii probably
lose their $1,000 or 81 200 year in Boston
But what has been done in New York. How
stands the great principle" which is fas-
tened in the Presidents mind like corner
stone" Gushing csc again,) in the Empire
State? Was it in consequence Of the .mnoya-
bic convictions of the Cabinet on the atrocity
Of free soilsm that Martin Van Buren,, Coch-
rane, and Fowler, were appointed to Office here:
Was it owing to the Presidents belief that an
alliance with free sellers was inconsistent with
personal honor, the welfare Of the country and
the permanoncy Of the Union that these men
who, till within six months Of the nomination.
spent all their energies in opposing frustrating
and throwing contempt on the compromise
laws and only consented to waive their dis
unionist tendencies then for share in the spells
were raised to posts of honor and trust Was
it from fear lest the Union should be shaken
by abolitionists OF factionists" that Bronson
was dismissed? The rule which applies in Mas
sachusetts ought to govern here. Iffree sellers
are to be placed beyond the pale Of official
favor there they surely should not be chosenas
the elect here. And if the administration wishes
US to place any faith in its professions ofGdelity
to the Union and the compromise. it mGst Go
something more than instruct Caleb to write
laundering letters and try to put down abo-
lition hy raising up abolitionists.
We can tell the Cabinet how they could dis
pei the suspicious which arc gathering thick
around them and regain some shadow OF re-
putation for loyalty. Acts alone not words
can effect the miracle. If they would stand
rights hefore the united people Of this country
they must second the just demands OF the
South and take measures to strengthen the
equilibrium Of the constitution by proposing
the admission Of southern California and
portion OF Texas to the Union as slave States.
This would at once throw down the gauntlet
both TO the aboltionists here and to their
foreign allies and would convince every one
that General Pierce's administration is sincere
and faithful to the country. All other plans
but this are mere claptrap and deceive no
one.