The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-15

returns in Greeles's Almanac.
The Cabinet and the National InteIIigencer.
We copy the following from the National In'stigeater
Of yesterday:
.'The official journal is discreet II has % learn the
value Of silence IL should provoke discussion
tender point Sunday las, certain change in the cabinet
confidently reported, and upon alleged authority so
respectable that il obtained general credence We our
selves heard several express their belief in the
and being, moreover thing not IN tseli totally
incredible, though it et distant readers know
that such a had obtained credit here. Many be-
heyed IL because they Thought IL not improbable others
because cot ientIy cife uated and doubted
il only the privileged lew who had access TO the high
est stead OF hhdng IL officially confirmed in the
next number OF The U"to", every body antic
paed that print doggy indignant the report and
official baton qae loy this Journal in par
tcula for having given any counenance whatever 10
runors Of change dissensons In the cabinet which, so
far from having any found aon in truth, We're roforoiy
the very opposite Of ts truth
..We were glad eatn, and fastened express be
lief of the fact bel3fe the testimony OF the Union
6ed it to u.s. the cabinet Of the President forms har-
,nopious council. The respectable gentlemen who com
pose il certainly far as we have the pleasure OF
knowing ,hem unworthy OF their posts, either as re-
yards public or personal character
The above extract forms the commencement of ar
,cle in which the wing organ, after affirming that the
cabinet IS perfectly harmonious goes TO declare that
1
reason Of the "aneeedens" Of lis members, which
"anecedents" the Ia'eH gntsr in the same breath de-
clares 10 be such as make these gentlemen both in pub
lie and personal charac'e" worthy of their posts and fit
conservatives Of she entire democratic party of every
section" which united in the support OF President Pierce
Leaving the IstEgefetrl unrave this tange of self
contradiction lis pleasure. and TO show TO ils readers in
its own way the good reasons why such gentlemen SO
situated and being ia perfect harmony, should yet forth
with break into quarrel, We cannot but remark upon
the GOODNESS with which the whg organ now undertakes
10 lecture US upon dscre ion and The value e silence
Twice. and twica only, has the Intelhgeneer, which
values silence hight, opened It's mouth to speak OF
the President his policy and his cabinets and upon both
these occasions, judged by It's own s@tfoowlng con-
fesson and apology. placed itself in predcament OF
blunder and Inconsistency of which schoolboy-
not TO say grave purity organ-should have been
heartily ashamed When the Presidents Inaugural
appeared, the lntetiigeneer took ten days TO think
il over and then came ont with an elaborate pro-
test against il as piece oil startling hllibus'ersm We
at once exposed and reued the charge and then without
delay the Intsgneer cornered at every point by our
ply came down fit upon its knees in avowed con-
triton and apology etrscted all il bad said. upon tie u-
dicrous plea that It's ten ys examination OF the lnau
gura had been superficial; and wound up by proclamng
the foreign policy of that document TO have been conceived
and expressed in The very spirit OF Washington him
sefw This the iaieiigenee,'s first departure from
its highly valued policy OF sllence and submit, tina,
i, LETT that journal and he Union attitude towards
each other rarely exhibited in the of two party
CANS Scarce month elapsed, when the Ia'eligeneer
again opened its mouth TO speak, and this time it
caught up and commended to public attention and
fdence the absurd rumors of the streets, to the
effect that the cabinet had quarreed, and was dis
solved or the verge OF dissolution Twenty four
hours suced both TO convince the IaegsHesr how ri
dcuously had been duped, and TO bring forth its own
spontaneous confession that IT had spoken IN matter
of this gravity not only without any solid grounds OF
fact 10 sustain it, but also in direct opposition TO the we'll
known truth Of the case All this excited our asonish-
men and in copying the Inegmcer' article, we said so
And now forthwith the Inieiigencer comes out with the
full and repeated admission that every word we have said
iswe known to be true by all who know anything OF
the matter, and prefaces iis admission with lecture
10 us upon the value OF discretion and silence child
which has twice been badly burned may naturally enough
warn everybody within hearing 10 keep away from the
FIRE On any other idea tic Iatcgenee, caution 10 the
Union is nexplicable.
One other point in this somewhat singular business
deserves moments attention II seems 10 be the policy OF
some OF the open concealed opponents OF this admins
ua,ion assa il by utterly false representations of It's
want OF harmony sometimes in this view directing Their
assaults upon individual members OF the cabinet We
should be SLOW to believe that neghbors OF the Intel
Rgeneer would lend themselves 10 such tactics. BE this
as il may be- however, cannot compliment our neigh.
Dor upon any display OF prudence or adroitness If such
has been lis purpose. Macauay tells us of statesman
whose policy consisted in "a series Of false oa,hs" The
National Istslgeneer, upon this view OF the affair seems
TO have imagined that il could aid the opposition TO Pres
len, Pierce by rapid succession Of forced seconra
dictions
Something in a Name.