The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-01-12
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

The election Of franklin Pierce to Presiden
cy Of the United States, 10, in every way we
viewit one. .ofthe mos, important political occur.
rences that has h,ppen+d in the world since '4o.
As the event strikes US Of hardly Inferior sig
nifcance TO the plrbiscitam which has Just res
tored the French Empire and the two CONCUR
rent facts seem to us to loom together through
The horoscope of cur foreign policy in rathea
hopeful conjunction. j
'After the second Of November prophecied
ID MEL Webster on his death bed, sslhe Arheri-
can Whig party shall live only in History
The second day Of November amply verified
his assertion by the almost unanimons vote Civ.
en- for President since the election OF Wash-
mgton. Twenty nine States out Of thirty-one
returned the Democratic ticket The whole Of
he South, the whole Of the West, and the po-.
Pulous and progressive Of the New England
suites pump q for Pierce-Vermont and Mas.
sachusetts alone returning Whig Electors. The
result indicates great party catnstrophe-and
the grealer, because Winf Id Scott is an ex-
tremcly able and popular man /; an accom- ,llsh-
I'd and distinguished general; a respectable po-
iitican and, on eyeiv personal point, unex-
cep'ionable. THIS only makes it the more ma
nifest, however that his party is utterly sqnel--
ched: and the victory, in this point of view,
needs nStaing to complete IL. i,
And the time is when an administration 80
instituted in America is chilled 10 a transcens
dantly great mission, The demise OF the Wing
party is not the sole influence 10 strengthen it
and to quicken 10 its action. II attains Office as
the last Of the great Statesmen of the pas. 4 n.
Grafton has been laid in his grave. II has sew
politics to inaugurate--old places to fill. 1t is
challenge tothe genius'and ambition Of coun.
try; and not without occasion. For it,las veiy
serious difficulties to contend against Not TO
speak OF domestic questions, II succeeds to three
or four c0sus tcIi-Cuba, The troubled relati
ons of MeIico,the yet unsettled Fisheries, and
Lebos negOtiaiioDs--o of which will in all
probability, breed n war before Pres't Pierce is
long tenant of the White House. It is
strong Government, thank God and the rela.
ton of America to Europe needs strong Gov
eminent at Washington. Her tasees should be
closely bound together, and her axe sharp anu
weighty in whatever contiDgency y may arise
1t is recognized that the Irish. vote has been
largely instrumental in this great success, and
we observe that the English Journals murrnur d
little over the fact. Fhe Irish vote it is we'll
known, has been invariably dewocratic, but it
has had stupendous influence at his election.
And if rumors have reached IS from tolerably
authenic sources be true this inf uence is likely
to be emphatically recognized in the new M
nistry. 1t is said that Charles O'Connor one Of
the most emnt mt lawyer, IN the Union, the 81 n
of refugee Of 80, and member Of the Irish
Directory of AZ, is to be Attorney General, and
that Shields, who is an old friend and Comrade
Of the President in the Mexican war Qhey got
their commissions of Brigadeer,G ,Generaltogeth.
er from Mr.. Polk) is to fill some Cabinet office
probably that Of Secretary at war. How proud
we should be to see the first soldier and the first
lawyer of our race, and two such thorough hear.
ted lrishmen in American ministry Ne
app'ehend 1t would be Of very tyh ofnen for
the Anglo American alliance.
In any case we believe that Gen. Pierce must
select bis Cabinet among the statesmen hostile
to England, and, Of course, friendly to Ireland.
In The debates regarding the Irish State .iso-
ners and the Fisheries, the senators whdtoo
the warmest part were the Democrats, and sew
eral of the most eminent among them, men
with Irish blood in their veins We therefore
confidently calculate upon Wholesome Irish ir
auence in Gen. Pierces administration. ..4'
1t is grand position to be the Chief o! sRepub.
lie, Elect Of the unmanipulated ballot boxes Of
twenty nine Sovereign and Independent States
-of, we dare say, twenty millions, at least, Of
free born n''American citizens. Purple and tiara
fade in the lustre of that simple diguity. The
man who wears it need not envy Gar, King, or
Kaiser. He has a grander mission than any
other Ruler of men upon the earth. Heaven
and men OF good will enable him to fulfil i:
worthly Dublin Nation IT