The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-11-24

looked upon hlmSeH as on q leVel Will
the companions he chooses for his asso-
ciates, and be content to receive the
same need of disapprobation with
which they are everywhere, by all good
citizens, Justly regarded. The office of
President of the United States, nor any
office in the gift of the President, can
not of itself make a man respectable
who chooses to cling TO and associate
with rowdies, disorganizers, bandits,
and partisan pugilists. Nor can 1t
make an honest man of one who is ma
turally and of his own volitIon a black
hearted and ungratetul traitor. Gen.
Pierce has yet, / doubt not, sense enough
remaining, notwithstanding the reports
in circulation with respect 10 his habits,
to comprehend the fail force and truth
of this assertion. No one, genture to
say, whether he be political opponent
or partisan supporter of the President,
was inclined to find fault with Gen.
Pierce. On the contrary all were dis
posed to regard the incoming admins
tration with spirit of iberality, so far
as its policy and its acts entitled il to
approvals. His inaugural, as declara-
ton of the principles laid down by Gen.
Pierce for the guidance of his admin
istration, was generally well received.
No part of the American people ap-
peared to be particularly dissatisfied
with the principles it embraced, or the
manner in which they were declared,
except the Van Buren, factionists, and
the barnburner bullies, who recently
came here with their short boy COM
panions, and, as they declared, "by au-
thoIity from Washington" broke up the
democratic convention. and converted
the quiet town of Syracuse into a dis
graceful arena of pugilism and slung-
Shot dexterity. These desperadoes,
who, in 1s4s, defeated Gen. Cass by
uniting their strength, such as it was,
with the abolitionists, (whom they sub
sequently betrayed,) and the renegade
wings who joined that detestable coali-
tion, manifested at the time of its ap-
pearance deal of uneaslness and dis
satisfaction with the inaugural of Gen.
Pierce. Entertaining the disorganizing
sentiments they do, they had some rea-
son for apprehension, for those of their
ilk not then in the secret OF the pro-
gramme of the President believed,
with the democrats who had always
stood by the compromise measures and
the constitution, that the sounding de-
clarations of Gen. Pierce, as put forth
in his inaugural, really meant some
thing. They thought at first, as did
the true friends Of the President, that
his political antecedents were such as
TO entitle him to belief as man OF
truth and veracity. They had not the
remotest idea then that Gen. Pierce
intended so soon to repudiate, by his
own suicidal acts, the principles he had
laid down in his inaugural. They never
dreamed of such foolish absurdlty on
the part of the President of the United
States, for the reason that they were
not then apprised of the Presidents Po-
licy. which was not in any degree de-
veioped in the inaugural. With the ex-
ception of this singular clique OF NAL
contents, who have subsequently been
so much warmed into executive favor,
people generally were satisfied with
the new President, and wished well to
his administration. 1t appeared to be
the settled opinion Of conservative,
well demeaned men of all political
parties, that the country had made a
fortunate escape from the mischievons
designs of the opponents OF Gen. Pierce,
whose candidate for the presidency,
though highly honorable veteran SOL
dier, who had fought gloriously in the
cause of freedom, was supposed to be
50 much under the control aud dlcta-
ton of certain whig freesoilers, as IN
case of his election to endanger, by the
policy his subtle advisers might induce
him to adopt, the stability of the Union,
and possibly upset the government
How little did men of this opinion fore
see that by the election of Gen. Pierce
this country was likely to fall into the
same difficulty which they SO assidu-
ously endeavored to avoid by the rejec-
tion of Gen. Scott. When the famous
came from Washington, set
Of resolutions endorsing it were intro
duced into the Assembly BY the Hon.
D. B. Taylor; but the speaker, being
rowdy, unscrupulous short boy, who
had no regard for the rules of the house,
and accustomed TO rule with palpablel
injustice towards all the members whom
be failed to corrupt and inyeigle info
his deceptive political meshes, inter-
posed such obstacles to the efforts of
Mr.. Taylor that II was long time be-
iore he could get his inaugural endorse
nent resolutions up for consideration.
When he at last succeeded, and brought
he question of their adoption to vote,
he short boy speaker left the chair,
With all his barnburner bullies, and
led from the House with as much pre-
,ipitation as people living in tropical
climates sometimes quit their dwell
ngs at the sound of an earthquake!
They would not vote upon them at all.
They regarded them as directly in con-
lict with their political faith, the arti-
lies which were to be found in the
Buffalo platform; but no part of them
could they, at the time, discover in the
Of Gen. Pierce The resoln-
ions of Mr.. Taylor, endorsing the in-