Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-17
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

of the New York election, presents an
other chapter of Colonel Benton's forth
coming book relative to the political his
tory of Oregon in Monroe's time, and
also;presents its readers with sundry elab
crate scientific articles, including Paris
letter on the culture of Cotton in Algeria.
The Unionrepublishesf from the Charles
ton Mercury an able article on the result
of the New York election, in which the
editor, speaking Of the position of the
Administration, says:
'We cannot, for ourselves, conceive what
other standard the administration could adopt,
or on what other ground they could consider
themselves as fulfilling the pledge of their can
didacy. In regard to the great sectional
question of slavery i. was pledge for peace
to that, it was pledge for economy and a re-
duction Of the tariff. Which of these condi-
tions has the administration broken? 1t is
important to solve this question, because it ia
we'll known that the efforts of the admnistra
ton to keep the New York factions from sep
arating were the pretext for the open schisn
| between them, and foremost among these eft
| forts, confessedly, was that of preventing the
slavery agitation from being revived 1t is
not, therefore, in this quarter that the admin
istratiOn has been untrue to the pledges on
which it was brought into office. 1t is only by
gross perversion of the truth that there can be
| found any pretext for assailing it in this re-
spect. Weknow President Pierce. His polit-
cal life has been singularly direct, consistent,
and firm in the support of the constitutional
rights of the South. He stands with the very
select few in the North who have never, in
word or deed, been fnithless to us. 1t was for
this reason that he received the almost unani-
nous vote of this State. As we believe, he has
done nothing to forfeit this confidence.
sin regard to the other great points Of doples-
tic policy we find the administration equally
clear. The surplus in the treasury has, to the
| utmost possible extent, been absorbed in the
redemption of the public debt; while the ma
terials for the comprehensive adjustment Of
| the tariff to the future wants Of the treasury
are known to have been assiduousy collected
The popularity of the administration is now
the only assurance of the South that free trade
| principles will be advanced, and the burdens
Of commerce alleviated. In the great matters
! of public economy and equal taxation, the al
ministration have, therefore, thus far been
true to their pledges. We believe they will
continue true. They have broken faith with
no one, and the accusation is n pretext to COW
! ct laltnlesS ueseruOn Dy oIneTs.
The editor of the Union discusses the
Cuba question further, and also hammers
away again at the National H,telHgenccr's
views of the New York election, saying ::
1t seems that the IntrIigcncer has at last
become the champion of /" southern rights -
and therefore rejoices in the triumph of g the
| compromise or conservative democrats over
their free-sOil adversaries,; & especiaHg when
that triumph at the same time placed the
wings In power When we ana'yze the Joy
| of the Intciiigenrer it amounts to this the
compromise or conservative democrats have
refused cooperation with their late allies, and
thereby have placed the wings in power and
TOR both reasons, but % especially the latter,
the lntrtiigenctr rejoices. We are not op-
posed to the rejoicing of our neighbor, but we
| are opposed to his calling those democrats in
New York g free-soilers" who refused to unite
with the Inteiftgencer in 1852 to place the
national government in the hands Of Seward
ism, but chose rather to support General Pierce
on the Baltimore platform. 1t is gross per-
version OF language and rank injustice to call
such democrats Z" free oilers;'' and when the
charge comes from an editor who used all his
influence to elect Gen. Scett. tho injustice be-
comes offensive. But We are still more opno-
sed to the claim which the IuteiGgencer Gets
up to peculiar guardianship of - southern
rights" We are satisfied to let the southern
democrats speak for themselves on this subject:
and, II We have not greatly misunderstood
their voice as spoken through their late cleo
tlons, they will have no sympathy with the
lnteAtgencer in its joy" especially when
that JOY arises in so especial manner from
the triumph of Sewardism.
'But the IntetHSencsr does not stand alone
IN its JOY The New York Evening JOurnai
another champion of {! southern rights" is
about as we'll pleased as our neighbor. and
sees in the result bright future for Seward
ism"
The Sentinel continues its Z" independ-
ent support" of the Administration, devo.
ting its leading column to defence OF
the purposes of the meeting of disappoint-
ed otfice-seekers held in this city on Mon
day night last. In the course of this ar
tlcle the editor makes sad mistakes. Thus.
ne evidently labors to create the impress
sions that the Sentinels report of the pro-
ceedlngs, wherein the resolutions are rep.
resented as having passed, is correct:
whereas, there are full three or four hun
bred witnesses of the fact that they were
never even voted On by the meeting. The
editor is wrong again, in attempting to
make the public believe that there was
preconcerted purpose of breaking up
the meeting on the part of those opposed
to its proceedings. The truth is, all the
Indignation manifested there arose from
the display of disingeniousness ON the
part of the disappointed oflice-seekers
They made it as clear as the light of
the sun, that they wanted to bring into
disrepute the measures for which the
President is responsible, and at the same
time sought to conceal the fact that thew
were thus assailing him, by protesting
ardent devotion to him personally. They
went there to stab him in the back. and
their purpose was so glazing, as to excite
the Democratic masses who were present
to open expressions of indignation. As
for the Office holders in the room, not
more than half a dozen at most partici
pated in the proceeding of the meeting:
which, is remarkable, in view of the fact
of the large proportion of that class ot