The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-21


the points ~ issue. ANA proaounecs Ia hver o.
tbs administration. ID may he noticed a. =
curious coincidence trait this dctsuninat on
was nearly simultaneous with the appointment
Nv the present Cabinet u JohE \. Mason, Of
Virginia 70 the embassy 70 France. whether
these two events had Or had not any secret
connection with each other, the course taken
nv the Richmond Enquirer, at dis crisis, can
not bat be regarded az a matter Of moment It's
age character and standing give peculiar
weight TO its opinions at any time. They de-
rive especial significance at the present moment
from the ripened prospect Of renewal Of hos
tilities between North and South. and the con-
firmed incapacity Of the government TO calm
the troubled waters. Accustomed. much more
commonly than the Washington press TO speak
the true sentiments Of the South, the Richmond
Enquirer was not unreasonably expected to
assume position analogous 10 that into which
the recent policy OF the government, In reward
ing traitors and promoting free sellers 20 Office,
cannot fail to drive our Southern fellow citi-
zens.s
These expectations have been disappointed
In its issue Of the 18th, it says, in allusion to
antagonism Of the New York bunkers TO the
administration -
II Is natural that they should feel little jealous
Of the favor which the administration bestows on
their adversary and should manifest some excess OF
passion in conflict with men whom they regard
with the utmost aniDosty But that the veteran
democracy Of New York contemplate rupture with
the administration, and treachery to the party is a
suggestion which does equal injustice to their honor
and their good sense.
1t is idle to say that "a man can keep faith with
the party and yet array himself among the Of
the administration As long as the administration
is true to the principles of the democratic party, it
has claim on the confidence and superior the
allegiance-ot every loyal democrat. We may take
exception to unimportant acts, and possibly we may
not approve of every executive appointment; but
that is already traitor and only awaits an OPP
pOrtunity to desert the party who goes over TO the
opposition Oh the first frivolous pretext.
It is difficult to say whether the tone or the
matter OF this extract be the more extraordi-
nary. True. right minded men in this State
regard with the utmost animosity'' the fac
tions that are plotting mischief to the country
and ruin to the South but did it lie in the
mouth Of Southerner to charge them with the
feeling as a crime TO acknowledge frankly
that the administration '.bestows favor" on the
party whose aim it is to discover the Union,
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with which true men regard such tampering
with traitors, jealousy"
Here we have had set of men conspiring in
broad daylight for the last six or seven years, to
spread strife through the country, and make
war upon the South. Five years ago these men
took the field under special flag Of their own.
and by their detection caused the defeat of the
party to which they belonged. Their watch
word, their motto, was war against slavery
and destruction to the Southern institutions.
From that day to this they have never wavered
hairs breadth in their opinions and designs.
They are this day as steadfast and as resolute in
their treason as they were in l84s. Well, the
election of last year comes on. General Pierce
spresented everywhere as the man of the Union,
a foe to disunionists, and the firm friend of the
South. On this ground, and on this ground
only, be is elected by the people. Had their
wishes been understood and carried out, the
whole band OF Northern and Southern agitators
would have been swept to the winds in
few weeks. Cut off remorselessly from the spells,
they would have repented by the dozens in
sackcloth and ashes, and after proper period
of repentance might have been again admitted
into the ranks Of good citizens. But the very
reverse was the course pursued. No sooner was
the election over than the great secret of Gen.
Pierce's success was forgotten A platform con-
structed at Baltimore by nameless politicians,
for private ends-and so conveniently devised,
that white and black, unionists and secessonists.
loyal men and traitors of every shade could
- - la
the natural dictates Of reason and patriotism.
Not an inch further than this platform can the
administration see. The caucus meeting at
Baltimore is the only country they know. All
who can endorse its resolutions-and that mans
position must be very peculiar who could not
are received with equal favor, and loaded with
equal honors. Northern free sellers Southern
secessionists. traitors Of whatever order, stamp
OF calling, are summoned to the national feast
and greeted with impartial welcome by a 20
vernment which owed its existence to the
popular horror of treason. Peace, peace, con-
ciliation, forgiveness and peace, is the pusilla-
nimous cry Of the administration: to gain peace
principle is unhcsitatingly sacrificed
1T was the natural indignation which this
poilcy aroused among honest men in this State.
which caused the division in the democratic
party to which the Enquirer refers The men
whom it calls . desertersr and traitors" and
admonishes in so paternal strain are those
who knowing the antecedents and the abiding
purpose of the free soil and other disunionist
factions, and rightly interpreting the national
verdict Of last Nov ember, refused to join
the administration in betraying the country
and rewarding agitators and resolutely
set their faces against the sacrifice of national
principle, and the disregard of Southern rights,
at the bidding of any set of jobbing politicians
whatever. These men are not to be blinded bv
Baltimore platforms or democratic conventions
They know that above all these stands the great
duty preserving the Union; and to this, and
This only do fhov c1iDr Tbora ic M sstroosort