The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-29
Tho President Elect.

In his recent letter to the Board of Aldermen
of Boston, General PIERCE observes that the
courtesies extended to him by her citizens he
attributes to no personal claims upon their re-
gard, but to ''that principle which is uppermost
In our hearts," the basis of which is the sssa-
credness of the Union" He adds that he
looks with confidence for the support of patri-
otto men of whatever party in his endeavors to
support the s.union of the States" and the
supremacy of the laws"
These sentiments would seem to indicate an
intention on the part of the PRESIDENT to ex-
clude from his Cabinet both Buffalo and Nash
vile Conventionists. The conspirators who met
at Buffalo raised a party, and made Presiden-
tial nomination, on the ground of their indy
ing hostility to slavery. They uttered senti-
ments, formed combinations, and sought to
foment spirit, not only calculated but design
ed to ALLEVIATE the North from the South and
the South from the North, and to bring about
the dissolution Of the Union. We must i'm
pute to men the intention of producing the re-
suit to which all their actions and principles
tend. The men who embraced Mr. G1DDINas
on the platform at Buffalo-the Buffers, VAN
BURENs, and DIxEs--ought not to find favor in
the eyes of any PRESIDENT in whose heart the
sacredness of the Union is the principle upper
most.
When we turn to the Nashville Convention,
we find case no less marked and decided in
its character. The object of the men who met
at Nashville was the dissolution of the Union.
This was their open, avowed purpose. The
mere suspicion of such purpose drove from
public life in New England the able and lead
ing men who took part in the Hartford Con-
vention. A mark was set upon them for the
rest of their lives. Even man so brilliant
and eloquent as HARRISON GRAY OrIs-from
whose lips words flowed like music-in all re-
spects highly endowed by nature, and highly
improved by education man born to be the
favorite and boast of the people-even such
man was cut down in the midst Of his career,
from the fatal fact that he was identified with
the Hartford Convention, and that that Con-
ventlon was suspected of reasonable designs
against the union of the States. We do not
believe that the people of the South are less
patriotic or less attached to the Union than the
people of New England and we believe that
the same fate is preparing for the members of
the Nashville Convention, and all it's aiders
and abettors, which pursued their predecessors
in Hartford.
General PIERCE, by the terms of his letter,
excludes these Nashville Conventionists from
all participation in his counsels. He promises
In effect to maintain the supremacy of the laws
and the.unlon OF the States, and calls with con-
fidence on all patriotic men to rally round him
In so sacred cause. But the Nashville Con-
defied the supremacy Of the laws,
and plotted for the dissolution of the Union.
They established newspaper here as the organ
Of Drsunion; and the halls of Legislation re-
sounded daily with their reasonable outcries.
Can General PIERCE take such men for his adj
'isers2 Can he admit one among them to his
cabinet Can he, consistently with the letter
which we have cited, permit his administration
0 be tainted with any such connexion?
We hope that the PRESIDENT elect will act
p to the spirit of his professions. If he repu-
late the dlsunlon elements which surround
Inn, and form Cabinet of patriotic and conser-
Eatlve men, who are not crazed with abolition
n secession, he will deserve the confidence and
the support of patriotic and conservative men
in the country at large. If he pursue differ
ent course, and surround himself with Fire
eaters and Abolitionists, he will find the con-
sentative and Union-loving spirit of the masses
reused against him; and he will soon be the OBJ
Ject OF strong and ardent opposition.
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