The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-22

We regret that the course OF events has been such az
10 give the family quarrel in New York consideration
entirely dispToportoned TO it's real Importance but BY
regret that il has been the occasion OF calling
forth in distinct The policy Of the administration
relation to appointments TO Office and the southern ques
ton. The express pedging of the administration 10 an
nhexibe adherence to the Baltimore platform by Secre
ares Davis and Guthrie, and Attorney General Gushing,
has removed the shadow OF anxiety upon the sub
ject We question very much If any other could
have been found or any other cabinet composed,
acy suited 10 the times The party of the nation had
been Jared all TO pieces by the conflicts OF the three four
years anterior to '52, and all The elements then
anew TO the democratic party, and the election Of Pres
dent Pierce was the result All proessed TO be sincere.
Hence. in the formation Of the cabinet and the appoint
ments TO ohce an eye had TO the general good of
all, and NOT TO the particular good of any Every man.
Therefore who subscribed 10 The Baltimore platform was
President turned deaf ear TO the complaints that this
was an ultra southern man, that reesoer, another
an old ogy and and looked only the tac they
were Baimoreplatlorm men that was all The passport
requisite. II Old feuds are TO be renewed The admins
ralon rs IN no way responsible il has washed its hands
clean Of II The coarse abuse OF the cabinet and the
covert nslnuaiions OF some pseudo-drmocrac papers
against the President lar from inspiring the public
mind with high estimate of the rectude OF purpose OF
ne factions 70 whose interest these papers are devoted
he very journals that charge upon the administration
the sin OF appointing abotionsts 10 Office in place
OF the true friends OF the South. also charge that the
extreme ultra southern men preferred to the more
one column might be inferred that the President
an aboonis Of the deepest dye, and sorted only with
SUCH and from those in another column il might be in
fered that be was ultra pro-savery man, real
head and bloody bones Such glarng Inconsistencies
laughabe, and demonstrate the lack Of ecnde of pur
pose in those who speak of the administration in this
reckless sort of manner Prominent among the pape RS
arayed against the administration is the New York Her
aid. at first presumed 10 advise the President TO the
policy he should adopt in distributing executive favor
and lis advice being discarded il kept striking here and
there. like teased snake and the breaking of lac
tional strife in New York, and the contempluous
met, gave il an opportunity 10 vent its penup spleen
The pointed approval OF the Of The admins
tralon by The great body OF The people, if not enough
to put to silence the complaints OF such prints is quite
sufficient 10 the President that he doing exactly
what the people expected him TO do. The removal oil
Mr.. Bronson not only proper, but urgently demand
ed, and it was certainly right that his there
for shoad be made public, which is done very forcbly
by Mr. Guthrie. Our sympahies. it is true, for
merly with the party to which Bronson fit to
attach himself but we by no means 20 the length OF as
sumDg with them that he and they the only true
democrats in New York. The fraternal embrace which
they extended 10 their brethren OF the opposing faction
last year should have esopped them from Trying now
entitled alone 10 executive favor The system OF poscrp
attempted 10 be set up by the Bronson faction
contrasts strongly enough with the professions, entrea
ties and congratulations OF last year.
The small interest felt in this State in be quarrel there
delers us from saying much that would like to say
upon the subject We sincerely trust that the President
will continue Just he has commenced, and strip every
Office holder who dares 10 depart from the compact OF
1852 OF his Official robes