The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-08-09
The Present AdmiAistration-


times both, aud no matter how fully any par
ticular form q government may have been
the choice of the governed yet among those
so governed, have always been found enemies
to the persons in charge thereof, in place and
power, who we're ready TO blame, to asperse
and charge upon the rulers, the vilest Of mo
tives and the worst results from their actions.
The history Of the different administrations
which have held the reins Of power in our
own country. will not afford an example Of a
state of things different from the above, aud
we think a knowledge of facts and calm, cool
reflection, with willingness to understand the
truth, viii convince most persons that full and
ample reasons have existed for complaints
against the effects, 1--WE will not now asperse
the motiyes) Of those who, under whig rule
or misrue, have directed our national affairs
from the first Adams, down to the decline Of
whig rule at the close of the last adminisira-
ton. But we are getting rather ahead of the
pointwe intended to approach first, and we
may revert 10 this again. q
SO far, the only breach tried upon the plan
Of Gen. Pierce's administration, has been an
attempted complaint of Southern wings, be-
cause as they asserted, "Free-solers" were APP
pointed to Office and of Northern rnembers of
the same party because Secessionists" were
recipients Of Executive favor. We will notice
the last objection first, aud we ask in all honor
and honesty, and with some anxiety that we
may have response Of some sort--that the
whig party or press, will point out one single
individual appointed to office by President
Pierce, who either is now or was at the time
of such an appointment in favor Of disunion,
discovering the bonds which unite these States;
nay, further, we challenge them to point out
one appointee who did not support Pierce,
and in so doing adopt tho Democratic Balti-
more platform, thus pledging himself to quiet
aequiescence, in all the late measures of adj
justmeut to cease any and all agitation, and
by every honorable means sustain the inter-
ests Of our Union as it now exists. Opinions
formerly entertained upon questions in to-
tally different state Of public feeling 90 for
just nothing in this investigation. We ask
to be referred to such an instance, and until
this can be done, we think it mere waste of
time to say word ABOUT this objection to the
Presidents policy, whether urged at the north
or, as has been done in some instances. by
fault-inding Southern whig journals. There
is one part of this question which it is neith-
er honest nor honorable in our opponents to
urge, or rather insinuate as they do, and that
is, that all the men and measures of the old
State Rights party were therefore necessarily
for secession; but as it is about the only sup
port to which in their desperation they i'm
agine %, vain imagination } they can cling,
we will let them alone to find out their mis-
cradle error.
Well, we take it for grantsd and shall do
so until proofto the contrary is brought, thati in
the above proposition we are correet-that no
seeessionist has received otfice-and therefore
we use the argument against the other part of
the objection, and assert that no abolitionist
has been appointed in the same way, nor any
old free-soiers, who did not so far give up
their views on this point as 90 stand on the
same platform mentioned above, and thus
prove themselves NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
We ask again calm investigation Of the
course Of the present Administration, and
then we ask any thinking man what seems to
be SO fas the policy in reference to the slave
ry question Plain, honest unvaruished
truth viii reply, the policy has been to quiet
all agitation, to compel all parties to allow it
to remain just where the Compromise left it
and the acquiescence Of the people proclaimed
it ought TO rest. This cannot be denied. The
Baltimore platform was framed for this end,
and when Franklin Pierce took his stand upon
it he knew full well the consequences of that
step and so far be has proved himself the
man, first to know what's right and then "go
aAead,m
But one thing more is true, that in many
parts OF the Northern States the frec-soi oues-
ton had at on time assumed such prominence
that It is a hard matter to find men of either
party who were not in some way or another
connected with 1t. Let ms be understood here
as using the term Free-soil in very different
sense from that Of Aboitionism, formany per-
sons in the South are apt to use them indis-
criminately; while the truth is, theres many
an honest well-meanng man in the northern