Washington sentinel., 1853-11-11
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Bucks Co., PENN, Nor. Z, 1853. !,
MEssRs. EDIroRs Since the unfortunate
difficulties in New York have been made a
national question by the egregious blunders
Of Mr.. Guthrie, the Washington Union has been
engaged in persistent attempts to prove that
outside of New York the question has no vital
ity-that the entire country endorses and ap-
proves of Mr.. Guthrie's course, and is ready to
sustain and uphold him. In these attempts,
the large majority which Pennsylvania has Just
given in favor Of the democratic State ticket is
cited as overwhelming evidence of the popular
ity Of the administration, and the gallant dem
ocracy of our State are made to utter a SEN
ment which they cannot endorse. The recent
election in this State involved no questions of
administrative policy. We went to the polls
as democrats, to sustain principles, and not to
endorse blndly the acts of an administration
which were still in embryo. Whatever may
have been our verdict upon the great questions
Of democratic policy, we cannot be thereby
bound to approve Of every act of the servants
whom we have chosen to sustain them, and
most solemnly protest against any such distor-
ton of the truth. That the democracy Of
Pennsylvania have the fullest confidence in the
integrity, ability and patriotism of General
Pierce, is an undoubted fact, but it is also true
that they are now looking with anxious solici
tude to see him diyest himself of the unfortu-
nate issues that have been forced upon him,
and maintain with yigor the principles Of the
inaugural in all their purity. The majority of
$4,000 which sealed our triumph in October was
a hearty and cordial endorsement of the policy
there made manifest, and not vote of thanks
to Mr.. Guthrie for his interference in the local
politics Of the empire State.
The mere question of public plumber in New
York is one with which we have no sympathy
With the chickering's and contentious of disap-
pointed applicants we cannot be induced to
share, andno one can consistently blame nsif we
find fault with Mr.. Guthrie for medding with
matters which in humber, lesser lights Of the
democracy would have instantly been denounced
as high treason to the party. If these snarles
are unworthy of the attention of the party it
SELF how irretrevably low must the fortunes Of
a cabinet be sunk, when it undertakes to force
the "spoils doctrine down the throats of its
ablest and most efficient public servants?
Judge Bronson was removed, in the words Of
the honorable secretary, for insubordination,"
and that insubordination consisted in the fact
that he recognized the doctrine Of the inaugu-
raj and dared to maintain it in the face Of Mr..
Guthrie's point blank assertion that certain
parties were entitled to the spois." Can any
one reconcile this fatal discrepancy and in
form us how we can consistently "endorse''
Mr.. Pierce's inaugural and Mr.. Guthrie's cir
cular in the same breath?
But by far the most important aspect which
the question presents, is the unfortunate issue
thus raised upon the question of slavery. In
no State north of Mason and Dixon's line
have the democracy presented firmer or more
unbroken front upon this question than in Penn
sylyania. Every indication Of danger from this
source has been promptly and fearlessly met at
the very threshold, and as consequence, we
entertain the most lively sympathy for the less
fortunate, but certainly not less deserving men
of New York, who have sustained the conflict
in the face of the most fearful combinations.
The democrats Of this State, who have so nobly
maintained their position upon this question,
can never forgive those who proved recreant in
l848, until they have some more conclusive
evidence of repentance than o mere scramble
for the spoils, and when such journals as the
New York EUening Post and Albany atlas,
the columns of which have teemed with abuse
of our greatest democratic statesmen--which
supported Gen. Pierce under protest, and which
have taken every opportunity to "spit upon !"
and deride the compromise measures of 1850,
are honored with the confidence Of the cabinet;
when the Seward organ Of the State, so une.
quivocally manifests its abolition sympathies in
behalf ofthe men whose trcachery elevated Gen.
Taylor, we have reason to fear that principles
are indeed at discount, and that traitors, be.
cause Of their power and disposition for evil,
are to be rewarded at the expense of the true
and faithful men of the party.
How long can pure party organization be
maintained under such auspices as this In
gratitude and desertion will palsy the noblest
sentiments, and poison the most generous and
correct minds and if kicks and cuffs are to be
the reward of the national men of the north,
where, in the next contest between principles
and fanaticism, will the Constitution find its
friends? Where will you find men with nerve
enough to stand up and breast the storm with
the certainty before them that their efforts are
to result in their own discontinue, and that
the servants they have placed in power are eff
fectually feeding the fame which they have
exerted every energy to subdue
These are grave questions, and demand
careful consideration. We can contend against
the efforts Of an enemy, and fight the good
fght" with courage and energy, but do not
compel us to exclaim, after all our sacrifices in
behalf of our principles, Save us from our
friends u
PENNSYLVANIA. n.