The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-02
The Last WING Complaint.


We have quenty alluded to The singular good for
tune Of the administration in regard to the issues made
against by its opponents First. they said the Pres
dent was illibus,er This was outrageous for the
people 10 hear. and ii Hally retrac,ed Then they
said that his policy would be national tie sectional
Issues Such an accusation against The President Of all
men, was most monstrous, and though the collective
whig press joined in the cry The people. especially
at the South. have taken the matter into their own
hands. and settled j, at the bsllo, box. Then We
were treated to a absuIdity The word went forth
from leading wing presses the effect that since the Peo-
pie would not condemn the Presidents policy sec,on-
al therefore should be alraignsd al the same time
pro. slavery and fres-sosh Meantime his accuseis
shifted their ground, and passing a, single step from
the sublime to the ridiculous, began to attack the Plesi-
den, for having new carriage This list OF charges
against the administration proves, We think coneusvely
that its opponents are hard run for topics.
But the New York Courier, apparently tired OF the tn
fling OF its party associates, attempts higher strain
Crowding into its leading article Ct "Wednesday abou. as
many mslaemens OF fact it has lines. that journal
sums up lis conclusions in tn folio Aing fashion:
Prom The very Ars day of General P.erces rule moth
ing division and aiion have prevailed IN the con-
duct Of our national affairs Not single new policy has
been marked out Not single negotiation of importance
aerin Nv forwarded There is nothing - denote that this
administration fallen into absolute lehafpy, except
the sruefut throes OF its own factions
I'VE are disposed TO judge those power with all the
charity that truth Justify But we cannot blind our
selves The III effects cf divided and feeble enr,
without settled principles, without known mAx'ms oil
policy, without weight Of personal character, with
bond OF union ground oil ccnhdehce, uuui IN
nothing bur The spirit of dcod and ueachery and sutst
ing nothing but the establishment ofweakness aud con
fusion Such a administration cannot but tell moss nn-
happily upon the dignity and Of the country both
home and abroad"
II the whig press has nothing more plausible than
this 10 Say against the administration, i, should
really eschew polite. and write abou, the weather OF
course such charges produce any political ef
feet Ihof is mol expected, perhaps no, sesired
bu, the point IL, that The wing journals which venture
TO pu, forth such totally unfcunded OF the Pres
den, will lose the ear OF The public whenever Hereafter
they may wish TO The administration in earnest
That is their affair, however, not ours.
The CourieIs fret accusation is, that OF division and
vacilstion in The administration in regard TO lis public
policy Now. The fact is that of all charges this ]. the
most utterly opposed to the truth. All who know any,
thing OF The know that there any cab
ne, more united more absolutely free from all signs Of
division Than that q Pfesiden, Pierce. As TO vacills-
lion the whg journal specify single instance in
The public poIlcy OF Inc a1nlnlsuatoh IN Waieu Aatic
has not BEEN instead OF vacson, the utmost cearnets
OF view and dchnieness of purpose.
The next charge is, tina, ''rew policy" has been
maj ked out by the President Was then the popular
clamstion which hailed the Presidents Inaugural given
,oa compilation from old papers We hold, on the
contrary, that the spirit and effect OF that Stale paper
were men, and felt and wledged to be both
in this county and in Europe Half even of the wing
press has made this admission in the lulles terms The
allegation that important negotiation has been msier-
ally Forwarded by the administration will also
10 be gratuilous untrulh.
Bot its chief charge sgans, the administration the
Courier reserves to the last IL is, that The charac
ter OF the administration is telling unha ppiy
upon the interests and honor OF the county abroad
Witness, presume, the affair OF Kos,a and the sn,o
which il is admitted to have produced upon the public
mind in Europe We hold, the contrary. that the fact
is indspu,abe tina, the American name and honor
stood so high in Europe they stand to-day. When
before has the republican spirit of this country made IL
self to be heard aud felt and respected in Western
Europe-,hs very home Of despo,sm-as recently II did
10 the hArhor OF Smyrna And we doubt no, that the
gaIlan, officer who there so distinguished himself and
the American legation which nobly sustained him.
viii be the Hs TO Acknowledge that they acted mainly in
the spirit which the Presidents inaugural language had
and in the condolences that by the President, whe
could 90 speak, their would he unheslia,nsy nnt
upHnchnsy sustained At all events 10 the announced
policy OF the administration chiefly due the effect which
those act. have produced.
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