Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-19

The Union further contains an article
from the New Hampshire Patriot (the
Presidents home organ) loaded and pre-
scented as though evidently by authori-
ty," in which the 80 independent supper,
tiers" of Pierce here and elsewhere are
shown up in rather slaring colors. As a
full and satisfactory explanation of the
view which the President himself takes
of such of his supporters, we proceed to
quote literally from the article in ques-
ton:
g. The very men who are of the least impor
lance in the fight are most clamorous for the
spoils The best men Of the rank and file Of
the political host, when disappointed of OBJ
tanning any allotment in the distribution of
Offices, ian affair in its very nature produc.
tive Of disappointment quietly acquiesce in
the result, and prove by their consistent sup
port Of the Administration they have contri-
buted to elevate, that they were actuated by
motives above suspicion. 1t is among the mer-
eenary camp followers men ready to follow
any standard that promises good pay and
plumber, that clamOrs, murmurings, and
THE selfshness, insincerity, and treachery
Of these men are manifested by the time which
they select for their assaults. and they hetray
themselves by their hot haste. They allow
no time for an administration to develop its
plans and carry out its policy, but denounce
it before it is fairly seated This has been
the case with the present Administration.
The fendish howl of denunciation went up
before the accents of the inaugural address
h,l g.. l.oI Loro Al.
lips that had lauded that address could frame
coherent epithets to denounce it."
'.The head and front Of Gen. Pierce 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 dismay, the old jackson spirit-that
spirit which is " determined to ask for nothing
that is not clearly right, and to submit to no.
thing wrong" He has been assaulted very
much as that old veteran was assaulted before
him, rs Jefferson was assaulted before Jackson;
and it must be confessed that he has met his
ASSISTANTS much in the same spirit-quailing
not, wavering not, and looking to the people
and po,terity for his reward. 1t would have
been very easy for him to have escaped the
most virulcnt attacks that have been made
against him. had he chosen to sacrifice the
welfare of his constituents. A few strokes of
the pen would have given this cormorant an
office at Washington, that scamp consulate
on the Mediterranean, or another hirelng
and prostitute journalist a foreign embassy
Much might have been pardoned him on the
score Of expediency aud temporary polity !;
but how would he have stood in the " sober
second thought of the people-in his own
"After petty malignancy had exhausted
itself in a few mean attacks of this descrip-
ton, he was next assailed for a feature of his
policy which will well bear the test of investi-
gation-a liberal and enlightened course to
wards the great body of the democracy He
early manifested a determination to establish
political amnesty-to heal up all differences
| in the democratic ranks by an oblivion of past
mistakes and errors, md to admit to fair
share of the results OF victory all who in good
faith adopted the declaration of principles by
which that victory was realized. The very
title Of the measures ratified by the Baltimore
platform" Compromise Measures '-indica-
ted the manner in which they were to be
efectually carried out in their application to
the national administration. 1t was gener-
Gus abnegation of personal passions, prejudi-
ces, and animosities that these measures
became the law of the land. 1t would have
been a violation of the spirit of compromise
if heart-burnings, differences. and errors
silenced and laid at rest by those measures
had been revived and terminated by n mar
row, illiberal, and proscriptive courae on the
part of the President But this
| liberal policy commanded the general acqui-
escsnce of the party. Itwas essentially dem
ocratic in spirit. An opposite course would
have been essentially aristOcratic in spirit
Exclusiveness is as odious in politics rs in
social life. Fer what purpose are our presses
our lectures and addresses, our Legitimate
means of popular enlightment, provided, if
| arrived at certain point, we are to shut the
! doors and sternly forbid the entrance of any
new proselyte within the pale of our church
| More especially is it our duty TO welcome bach
those who have been led astray by false lead
ers and false lights.
"This feature Of tho Presidents policy has
been most grossly misrepresented and design
ing men in the disguise of democrats have as
sumed a most illogical deduction from thes,
premises. The charge Of free-soilisn wa.
! brought against the administration BIZ not i'm
maoulatc self-styled democrats in some quar-
| tiers, and the presumption of free-soilism wa:
! used in other quarters as a seduction to wa
vering and weak-minded men to favor the To-
cal elevation Of unprincipled individuals
! And now because this double game Of Oper
enmity and private intrigue has been exposed
! by the only means open to the Administrations
to adopt-because members Of the cabinet
have seen fit to annunciate the possibility OF
Misrepresentation, boldly and frankly and un
mistakably, the sentiments and policy of the
administration, it is charged with defiance
| of precedent, a want of dignity, and as.umI-
| ton Of unwarrantable authority,
ut is evident to all who have watched the
progress Of polite al affairs since the commence
inert of the present administration. that all
| the assaults on it have proceeded from inter
| ested individuals, have been characterised by
gross maiignity and mendacity, and have
failed to prove single deviation, on the part
of the President and his advisers from n sim
gle principle laid down in the Baltimore plat
torm-the great magma charta of the existing
democracy.
The Sentinel is upon "Manifest Des-
tiny" this morning, and "Old Fogies''
and Anti-Progressives;;' and manifests
Pickwickian Indignation against those
who translate its peculiar - Independent
support" to mean neither moro nor less
than opposition to the Administration.