The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-22
From tbs Boston Post, June >
The Policy Of the Administration.


beg TO manifest itself ~ regard 10
The appointments made by The President We cay mol
with surprise because IN The ranks Of our party tse Inc
iissas action OF individuals who have been unsuccess
fu in the application will of course beiray Itself occa
iDnally in complaints and where no such feeling ex.
sts yet single facts considered BY themselves, are some
times msconceved for want OF general view CT what
has been done, and consequent Inability to arrive al
Just appreciation Of things in all their parts and relations
On the other hand The wings, pa'alyzed for while oy
their signal defeat by their dissenslons by con-
seiousns OF the popularity OF the President, and OF the
general confidence OF the county his wisdom, ntegr
~, and patriotism, beginning TO rally little as
the lime approaches for elections in the several States
The wing politicians Go not come forward with any ex
hibion OF principles Of their own, but only with cnl
cism OF the acts OF the administration. Destitute OF
strength OF their own, they seek only to weaken by ios
teng and aggravang any little disconien,s which they
may discover among democrats.
The President must OF aecessy go through The ordeal
of the temporary dissatisfaction arising OF the disl
button OF The public offices. and OF the advantage which
he other parry may lake OF such dissatisfaction occasion
ed BY his appointments That the President is msunder-
stood and msrepeseted and thai what he has done has
been done upon sound principles Of public policy, and in
The pursuit of the best good OF the democratic party and
of the country be shown by true statement of un-
deniable acs, and by brei exposition OF his avowed
theory OF action
We observe, in passing, that nothing Is idle than
the dea often presented by certain presses that the dis
Ibu,on OF the public Offices is for The time being the
principal occupation OF the administration An appoint
ment isa public fact which everybody knows Il is one
OF those personal matters also which easily noted
and which form SO large part OF the conversation and
Of discussion the surface Of society and OF The press
Mean while but litlle is known, and that lille imperfect
y, OF what is going on OF the other business OF the gov
eminent; for those things do not readily meet the pub
lie eye Measures require line also Tor their develop.
ment and cannot be undesto in their earlier stages OF
meditation and connection. The President, is obvious,
does no, deem II wise and proper to publish diplomatic,
naval, military and administrative instructions and plans
until the proper time do shall arrive; and his cab
are they should be- counsel keepers in regard TO the
great acts and OF the government which
present. as It weIe IN their germina state, and must
lore they can pass INTO consplcuousness and publicity
And thus it Is that public attention Is fixed on the APP
polnnents and those become the fertile theme OF un
charitable comment, or OF elaborate mslnerpreia,lon.
The current Misrepresentation OF various kinds
sometimes false statements TO Who is appointed at
Others, false statenens 10 the character of those per-
sons appointed and al others, again. false assumpt on
the general character oil appointments by taking up
insulated cases apart from the whole class and dsDgen
uousy representing exceptional facts as characteristic OF
the class Thus few days since, batch of alleged ap
poiDtmen's were ieegraphed from Washington 10 New
York, in The list Of which were persons alleged TO be
reesoilers. and general round OF criticism ensued
the policy OF the administration when in fact the appoint
ment had not been made, nor, suppose cuntem.
plated but nevertheless impression made
The public mind, and thus party ammunition furnish
e. Tor The use oil tue enemies OF The administration.
Thus, again, We have seen ia whls newspaper three
important consular appointments spoken OF secession
ss while IN fact they were all of the shade OF opinion
called Union men, or aud yet the public
mind is led TO false conclusion 10 The spirit OF the
government in this respect, And false conclusions.
facts abound IN all that has been said TO The prejudice OF
the administration.
The directing thought theory of the appointments i,
is for any one. who willing look the facts,
aud the condition OF opinion and OF The times, calmly
the lace TO fail 10 aIprehend; Tor II the plain, OBJ
vous, natural, necessary, unavoidable result OF events
When The democratic convention assembled al Baltimore,
The whole county was sil palpatlng under the system
OF ardent political controversy. by which each patty had
been more or less divded distracted and thus render
comparatively poweress for any object OF public good
The democratic parry was the fret 10 awake TO a con
sciousness OF ITS duty; and its members assembled al
Baltimore determined 10 reune their shattered ranks
and to lace themselves under a leader whom they
might follow with common attachment and confidence
TO assured victory TO accomplish this they laid aside
personal preferences and personal animos,ies; they
came together on The broad platform OF democratic
principles; they Tedeclared their ancient creed they
applied tue creed TO the troubled questions Of the day
a1d uion the great question o the reconcIement OF the
tie Union, especially in the relation OF The slave popu
lation OF The South, they agreed on declarations OF
political doctrine just and true that when, after
wards the wings assembled al The same place, all they
could 10 was 10 put forth feeble copy OF the creed of
The democratic party In this spirit Of united concession
for the sake Of concord OF oblivion OF past diff
ieTences and Of catholic comprehsnsyeness of policy,
they nominated their candIdalenol the choice oil this
or that faction, but as the representative OF the whole
party. In this spirit they elected him. and in this spirit
franklin Piece asCendd the steps OF the Capitol there
IN the face OF his assembled counlymen to INACCURATE
the advent TO power Of the reunited democratic parry,
amid all the glorious ecollecons OF the past and The ",
more glorious expectations OF the future which belonged
10 the scene, TO the day, and 10 the man
what line OF action In regard 10 appointments a
President thus elevated power by accamaton by the
reunited democratic party 10 pursue! Was he 10 go
back into the controversies OF the past and select the
ba,anIs OF the other side OF controversy, and
confer all The trusts oil The government them excu
siveyi To do so would have been 10 iramp;e under
foot all the principles OF The Baltimore Convention; it
would have been 10 rend asunder With his hands
the party whose combined SURFACES bad raised him TO
his post OF common head and aTber; and 10 have filled
the country with the din OF existing factions
poweress for good By weakness or division, powerful
only Tor evil, AMI that TO the very point OF the
Union. lie has not done this foolish, this mpoli;ic
ths insane Thing; and for not doing it lie nlem.
peraely assaed by those who little oompchended the
disastrous and suicidal consequences for the whole
Try itself OF what they would have ed to have done
tie has preferred 10 regard worthy OF con hdence all
who Have IN good faith stood the Baltimore platform
OF 1852, and who avow their determination TO abide by
il IN uluIe; and in doing he has judged wisely and
we'll for the North and the South the East and The West
But, ihen II ~ charged that he has appointed office
The dsunonsis OF the South aud the ree-soers OF the
North nay, charged he has done this by preference
as against the unionsts OF both North and South
This we peremptory and emphacally deny; we repel
the charge; we it 10 be false in The general and
false IN the particular, and challenge the proof We
know all his antecpdents We know how consistently
and unwavenngy he has adhered his principles through
good report and throHgh bad report We know how eo-
luently he proclaimed them the world in bs nausu-
raj address and hazard nothing in saying that he
will stand mp 10 them unnchingy, long his fathers
blood pulsaies at bis heart.
True TO The principles avowsd by the convention
which nominated hlm--,rue TO the patriotic pledge he
the country when he accepted the nominaon-true
10 the constitution he has 10 support,fue 10 the
whole people whom he officially represents he has not