Washington sentinel., 1853-12-14

drive out of its ranks all freesoilers and aboli.
tionists. On the contrary, the Union has been
courting most eagerly, most sedulously, the
Buffalo platform men of lS4S-the men who
deserted the democratic party in order to carry
ont abolition principles. Such charge from
such source is.absurdly ridiculous.
The Union tcks its head under the wing OF
the administration. II attempts TO connect ITS
fate with the fate of the administration. Within
the last two months that journal was forced 10
come out and admit that it was not the organ OF
the Executive. Now it says that its defeat was
| caused by 'spolitcal considerations Indeed, 1t
| strives TO make its defeat an administration de
feat. Is that so? Does the Union mean TO ostra
else every democratic member ofthe Senate who
sustained the publisher Of the Seatiaelf Is it
authorized TO do that? If so il will find that
it has entered upon a task that it will never
accomplish for with a fair field and without
outside interference we could have beaten the
Union three to two in both houses of Congress
We had nothing 10 promise. We had no
patronage to distribute. We had no threats
for the timid-no spoils for the corrupt-no
places for the ambitious. Why then are we
strong? We are strong for this reason. The
whole country demands the existence Of a
sound, independent, and fearless democratic
journal at the seat Of government. The people
are disgusted with subserviency and servility.
Subseryiency and servility have been carried
SO far that the public will not stomach it any
longer. Firmly welded to the democratic
faithfully resolved to sustain the administra-
ton when it is right, yet animated by stern
determination that neither power nor patron
age, nor threats, nor persuasion, shall move MS
from our purpose, we have established an
independent democratic journal in the city OF
Washington. That is the secret of our success.
We annex the Jnions article:
Public Printer to the Senate.
By reference to the proceedings in the Senate
on Yesterday, it will be seen that Beverley
Tucker esq.,, the proprietor of the Washington
Sentinel, was elected printer to the Senate. Mr..
Tucker received twenty-six votes, and Gen.
Armstrong seventeen. On behalf OF Gen. Arm
strong, we tender to his friends in the Senate
his warmest gratitude for the confidence ex-
pressed in him by their votes. Whilst he has
regret at the disclosure of the fact that he has
not secured the confidence ofall the democratic
Senators, he has no personal complaints to
utter against the course which their feelings
have dictated. He freely comedies to every
Senator perfect freedom to follow his own i'm
pulses, and, in his turn he claims the same
right. The Union has stood faithfully by the
democratic administration, and the failure Of a
democratic Senate to make its proprietor the
printer of that body will produceno other change
in our course than to incite us to renewed and
increased efforts to maintain the ascendency of
democratic principles by sustaining a demo
cratic administration. We have no reason
to believe that the democratic senators who
united with the wings and abolitionists to de-
feat General Armstrong were actuated by per-
sonal opposition to him; nor have we any rea-
son to suppose that it was the result of personal
objections to the editor of the Union. We are
forced to regard their course as dictated by po-
litical considerations; and as our support of
the administration has been constant, earnest,
and Jealous, we can attribute it to no other
motive than opposition to the policy Of the ad
ministration. Having heretofore sustained
that policy against all assaults, whether from
wings, abolitionists, or factious democrats, we
shall neither abate our zeal nor modify our
energies under the present circumstances. We
know that the President stands immovably
upon his p,licy, and that he will not be driven
from its faithful execution by any combination
or coalition that may be formed, however for
midable it may seem to be. He looks to the
approval of his countrymen with confidence
that never wavers and the people in their
sovereign capacity have never failed to sustain
the President who leans upon them for sup
port"