The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
From The WASH gron Union.
TIE FIRST SIX MONTHS. THE RE-
SUITS

ration as the period oi It's weakness IL Is the
period within which the motives Of vcnial po-
iitcians are developed, aud the schemes oil dis
appointment are hatched into life. Ii is the
period within which aspiring ambition comes
forward 10 f,ment dissH chon, TO iater unsat-
isfied vanity, t. encourage sentiments ot re-
yenge aud ln coasbne every element ot dis
cussi3n for organize opp 'saiOn. II ia the pc
ROD which puts - ia t.st Professions of pairi-
otto devotion to principles President Pierce
has passed through this period and, in the
emphatic language Of General Cass, he has
% had 10 encounter unprecedented embarfass-
menls. We propose to pause here moment,
10 see fthe developments will enable us to form
reliable opinion as 10 the success with
which these cmbarrassnents have been met.
The selection nfhis political family of conf
dental advisers Involved the settlement of the
general M Of policy as to official appoints
menls, which was to characterize thp new ad-
ministratnn. l. was not enough for President
Pierce TO make 10 his political household Of
denocr Is of sterling integrity, of elevated SEN
tirnents, of estlbIished reputltion for intelli-
gence, OF men OF national character; but 1t was
! incumbent on him SO TO arrange his selections
as to cement the union of the democratic party
Was this 10 be done bY following tire example
OF the convention which honored him with the
nomination, he 10 disregard the signifi-
councils none but those who bad belonged to
the same section OF the party with which he
had uniformly acted Feeling that he owed
his elevation TO The sentiment of union which
had brought The party together on a common
platform, he determined to consult and cultivate
the sentiment in the formation of his cabinet
He reasoned and determined upon his course
not simply as Franklin Piece, but as the cho-
sen and honorad representative OF the united
democratic party. The result was cabinet of
talented and capable m m, representing in their
antec cedents the different sections into which
the party had been divided. 1t was to be ex-
pec;ed that sach determination would give
offence to some who claimed for their own past
fidelity, and their uniform adherence to the
cton " it'll which Gen Pierce had been lden-
tilted, the lion share in the d siributon OF oifi-
cial patronage. He is now assailed with tar
more of teroci.Y than Of dsintcrestedness for
consulting and following the clearly expressed
will of the united party rather than his own
predictions and sympa'hies. Ii is persIstently
asserted that in adopting the will of the party
IN preference to his own will, IN yielding 10
his Judgment rather than his feelings. he COM
mitled fatal error which can only be retrieved
by retracing his seps and undoing the work OF
the first six months OF his admin istratinn. AS
Pres dent Pierce ad ,pted his policy in obedi-
ence TO the c!elriy-expressed insructians OF
the national democracy, and in full accordance
with the ,nvctoas OF his own judgment, he
cannot be eh pccted to ahlnion that policy IN
ul the popular Judgment, as Wi as his ind-
vidual convictions, shall he reversed. 1t
waste of labor in his enemies to seek by threats,
or abuse. or caIamny 10 drive him from the
straightforward execution of the work uzsfsaad
to him by the action of the den6cratic- party.
lie needs not TO be reminded of the natIonality
and The soundness ofhis own political history.
That nationality and that soundness have been
exhibited with answering fidelity in the prac-
tical admins ration of his policy. IL is SLAM
der t. at empt O mpp ach his tidel ty to sound
national sentiments because he recogn ses ali as
democrats who give an hanesl adherence TO The
principles of the party as adopted at batumore
He has recognised none other democrats,
and none other can give to his administration
an honest support. When the louisville Jour
nal represents the New York Evening Post, and
other such journals the leading presses which
support the administration in New York, Il bu'
rsvives and rei'erates q caiumny which 1t has
of en- before resorted To. These are avowet
abolitiea journals and because they are aboli
riioa ioarna!s. they are not and cannot be recog-
nfe>i by the President, or by any nahonal deal
ocrat, - supp rtars OF the administration -
Their sIppss, of the ticket in New York which
s''hds ptrdssi 10 the Baltimore platform and
| to the P"ncy OF he administration only proves
| their own disregard of principles. Whilst
! they support this ticket they proclaim their hos
t llty to the principles If hr democratic party.
and in thai way avow their own aboitionism,
whilst they furnish constant food far such whig
editors as are wiling to receive aid and com
fort ON aboli,ou;s's. They are the wnrs
enemies that the administrator has 10 cncoun-
ter, and for the reas sDn that the pretended sup
port which they give to democrats who are
staining upon the Biltiino.e platform furnishes
materials to the enemies of The administration
on which to persist in their 81 nderous imputa
tons The administration acknowled res NJ
sympathy with abpliti, N ,urnas, by whatever
name known ; It extends 10 them no counte-
nance, but utterly fepudiItes all connexon OF
association with theln but whilst it does this
it does t feel authorized To denounce and re-
pudiate those danlc wha are faithfully
keeping their pledge of nationality, because
abolition journals choose, for their own sinister
purposes, To support them The Presideu
and his cabinet have had and wlll have but n
rule en- this suhj-ct--that rule is to recognis,
all as democrats who in sincerity and honest,
adhere 10 the principles of lh, party as So
forth in the Batiunre res luions aud in th
Presidents inaugural. Tnis is thu only les
which has been or can be legitimately applied
To apply test by calling a man a" hard" o
6 soft "a 's barnburner' or {. bunker" is t
abandon principles and launch INTO The pers oaa
r squabbles of local flctions. The administrative
: in executing its policy kncw no .s,inctjon ex
cept such as res's upon difference Of pol.tica
sentiment
Upon these doctrines, and upon its acts i
: illustration of fthem, the administration has gou
10 The country, and upon the verdict orthe cour
try it is ready to sand or fill. Within th
first SIX IN 1nhs of its existence, assaied on a
sides, embarrassed by int rnil as well as exte
mi foes, many Of the States have been caile
upon to render their ud rmcnt. The Ol
: dominion led off, and when it was announce
: that She presented a unanimous verdict, the de
c mocracy Of the Union hailed the result
most suspicious beginning to the new edminl
e tration The policy of hc President was the
:. as distinctly known as it is now In due tin
|. North Carolina, Aiablml. Arkansas, Kenuck
: tennessee, all came forward to endorse {!
judgment Of Old Virginia At still lller p
r Rod California aud Georgia rendered the san
d verdict, aud only on yesterday / re great Stat
of Ohio and Pennsylvania delivered their potc
ic judgments, and we doubt not in the san
,e way. Let it be remembered that Presidel
Pierce was elected upon The Union sentiment
v: he democratic party Ii Is policy has been ei
a phatically based upon the sentimen' al
al the result OF the popular Judgment is, that
every State in which the democracy has spok
at the ballot box they have proclaimed their a
IN kerence to the Union sentiment. We may NJ
ar ask those querulous friends who would nave I
he President to retgace his steps, 10 break up
d. Cabinet denounce all who were once ffee-so
re, ers, VIVA better result could they have desire
as President Pierce Is sustained in his policy
he an unbroken chain Of stubborn facts gather
IN from the ballot boxes from April, 1853, do
in 10 the present moment aud every fact p
of claims the wisdom of his policy Under su
IN circumstances, he may yell disregard the
le. s,ults of those enemies who seek 10 embarr
his administration IN It's onward career of
umph. Contrary 10 the experience OF form
adm mnistrations-cantrar TO the wishes OF
~. political enemies-contrary to the fears of
ISa friends President Pierce has had the pre-
,oo salts action of passing through the first
@ '@oS months his administration; and instead OF Fl
-, ing the democratic party dlsniembered, its 1
- - sbroEen up, its organZltion destroyed,
% - its encipies rising into power, he can look "
.p unalo3ed gralihcation upon the unbroken ch
oio of brilliant victories which have signalized !,
,to ,', period OF his term. Judging the future by
- - past he can 90 forward With renewed CO
,51 as dence looking for the s,me devotion to pri,
.oI pie hereafter he has witnessed with g IN
w w satisfaction heretofore.