The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-19

The AssatIants OF the Administration.
The furious dounderings and frantic efforts Of The IRA
ducers of President Pierce and his administration remind
us OF the desperate struggles OF The whale alter The har
noon has reached his iie and which indication
tbs, his last hour has arrived The susion OF Cooley
Syracuse was his death spout The blacklist outpourng
OF its venom preceded the death OF the Old Guard"
Lester talked loudest just before be skinned alive
One by these scorpion assailanis will die by their
own Meanwhile. coincdent with their ASSAULTS
the great democratic party Of the Union-n whose
these bad brawlers have assumed TO speakhaye been
quietly rendering their verdict in favor OF the admnisa
tiou acquiltng il in the most emphatic manner of the
charges brought against il, Where popular elections
have not recently taken place. public opinion has been
equally manifested in less uneQuivocal-in
the voice Of free press, the faithful interpreter OF the
popular sentiment and popular will.
Nothing that has occurred since The accession of Pres
dent Pierce have surprised any familiar with hu
man nature and the history OF politics. The ranks and
rear OF every great army contain many mercenares and
camp followers who not what banner they enlist
under, and only follow lis victorious lead in the hope Of
securing punder. The very men who are OF the least
Importance in the fight clamorous for the spoils
The best Of the rank and file OF the political host,
hen disappointed OF obtaining any allotment in the dis
trbuon OF offices, ian affair in its very nature poduc
tive Of Disappointment quietly acquesce in the result
and prove BY their consistent support Of the adnnisa
lion they have contributed TO elevate that they
tuaed BY motives above suspicion. II is among the
cenary camp followers ready follow any standard
that promises good nay and plumber, that canors,
mungs, and threats arise at the close Of the campaign
The sehshness, insncerity. and treachery of these
men are manifested by the time which they select for
their assaults ard they betray themselves by their hot
haste They allow no time for an administration to de.
veop It's plans and carry out its policy, but denounce
before il is fairly seated This has been the case with
the present administration. The endsh howl of denun-
citation up before the of the inaugural ad
dress had fairly died away nay before the very lips that
had lauded that address could frame coherent ephes
denounce il. Low backguards, enraged that the Pres
dent would not descend their level and take them by
the hand, him Of sinking from the high dig
nifty OF his exalted position down TO the low level OF
blackguards" From the many, very many men quail
fed BY talents popularity. and political knowledge TO fill
the highest Offices in the gift OF the Executive, hear
On the contrary, these very men are among
the Presidents irmest friends and warmest supporters
Even prominent candidates for the high Office he
flls-such men as Cass, Buchanan. and Douglss--do
not. BY word or act. counenance any dsparagemen OF
their fortunate competitor; and The assailants of the
President will wait in vain for any encouragement, from
such quarters
The head and front OF Gen. Perce's offence is in the
fact that while the faithful servant of the people, he is
not the agent OF any clique His enemies recognise in
him, with rage and dsmay, the old Jackson sprt-tha
spirit which is determined TO ask for nothing that is
not clearly right and to submit 10 nothing wrong" He
has been assailed very much that old veteran
sailed before him, Jefferson assaled before Jack
and il must be confessed that he has met his sssal
ants much in the same spirt-quailing not wavering not
and looking to the people and posieriy for his reward
II would have been very easy for him to have escaped
the most vrulent attacks that have been made against
him. had he chosen to sacrifice the welfare OF his
stiluents. few strokes Of the pen would have given
this Office Washington, that scamp con-
suaie on the Mediterranean, another heling and pros
tituie journalist foreign embassy. Much might have
been pardoned him the OF expediency and tenn
poary poliy; but how would be have stood in The sober
second thought Of the peoplein his own estimation
The nature OF the assaults TO which be has been sub
ected shows the unprinciped or unreective character
OF his assaants He had hardly taken up his residence
al Washington before the sancy OF his private rights rs
citizen invaded, and he was abused for having
handsome carriage and hoses-the gif as it happened
OF few persons New England including some poli,.
ical opponents. After petty magnancy had exhausted IL
self in few mean attacks of this description he was
next assaed for feature of Lis policy which will well
bear the test OF vesiigation-a liberal and enlightened
tow ards the great body OF the democracy He
early manifested determination TO establish political
amnesty-to heal up all differences in the democr ATTIC
raaks BY oblivion OF past mistakes and errors and TO
admit 10 fair share Of the results OF victory all who in
good faith adopted the declaration OF principles by which
that victory realized. The very title OF the meas
ures ratified by the Baltimore PLATFORM Com omis
Measures-indcated the in which they were to
be efecually carried out in their application 10 the ma
tonal administration. 1t was by generous abnega-
ton Of personal passions, pejudces and anmosi,ies
that these measures became the law of the land II
would have been violation OF the spirit OF compromise
il heart burnings, differences and errors aisnced and
laid by those measures bad been revived and re-
animated by narrow, illibea and proscrp,ive course
on the part OF the President. That his policy would moi
meet the approval Of uaists was 10 be exnec,ed
as matter OF course. There is class of men who
says Macaulay "are not reasoner, but fancers whose
opinions, when sincere are not produced accord
ing to the ordinary law Of intellectual births BY induction
and inference, but equivocay generated by the heal
OF fervd empers out OF the oveifowings OF tumid inn
aglnaiions" Bu, this liberal policy commanded The gen.
eal acquiescence of the parry Ii was essentially damn