The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-14

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dissatisfaction amongst the conservative masses
OF the Democratic party in rega.d to the sy.-
tenn of paci6cation adopted on pcs;dsn,
FIERCE. 1t is indeed hard task to satisfy
all No sooner |oes the Dsunionist depart with
the price OF peace in his pocket, than the IToo,
Democsat, who has been under ,,,,. =, ~,
serve the country from his destructive doc
fHHes' complains that ii is poor encourage.
me"' tor political fidelity to see those who
nave caused our political troubles clad IN off;
clai rsses and carrying palms of victory in
'"ea nanos. Ii is difficult to compose such a
s'rife without the most persuasive .nne,l
1nus when Mr.. BuRxx expresses the hone
sne' the Administration ''wiil not center too
many favors on those who support the plat
Ofn TOT one purpose and spit upon it for an
other the Administration NAV replv: INV
dear friends, do you not see how admir-, NV
.ne new system works. Do you not see that
niessfs' CAMPBELL, SouLE, and their friends
"qu'esce perfectly in the Baltimore platform,
ana are willing even to ACCEPT Office under a
e'efai Government which they once regard
." aS ffaught with unmtigated injustice? And
90 you not see, ON the other hand, that the V,x
hURENs, ex-senator DIX, ct ali, in the North.
stand pledged to obey the Fugitive Slave law
As part OF the Baltimore platform, though
tney opposed 1t as the law of the land? Is
1t not evident that the true way to stop the
mouth OF macontent is to fill it with pa
And that, If the patronage only holds out, the
country is safe2''
Perhaps, descending to special evidences OF
the superiority of his system, the PRESIDENT
may give The cases of the wonderful cure
wrought upon the political inirmities of the
Hon. Mr.. THOMPSON CAMPBELL, of Illinois
and the Hon. Mr.. MALoNEY.
We copy from the New Orleans Doilv
Crescent:
me following interrogatives were prooo.nded
q TO Mr. Thompson Campbell, of Ilinci., and also 20
Iir' haioney' both OF whom answered them in
the Affirmative, and were elected to Conrr,.. :,
that State;
l. "WAl yeu, if elected, vote for and cordially
support a bill prohibiting slavery in the Terri,o
ries Of TIE United Statese
" VIII you vote for and support a bill abolish
an slavery IN the District of Columbia
VIII you vote for and advocate the repesl of
of Coasresss '''"''
T. Twill you advocate and vote for the election
Oh Speaker OF the House Of Representatives whc
shsH Do willing to organize the committees of the
House so as to give the free States their Just inu-
snce Ia the business Of legisiatiens'
10 those questions Mr.. Thompson Campbell re-
turns the following unequivocal answers:
10 the hrst snd second heterogeneous answer
nnsquvocaify in the affirmative
% 40 tne fourth and fifth interrogatories I,nsver
hnnes'tatingly in the Affirmative"
Ane appointment of these gentlemen {, Office
snows very clearly the Freesol atinittcs of Presi
dent Pierce. MIR. Campbell has been appointed
Land Commissioner in California, with salary IF
So'Uoo per annum, and Mr.. Maloney Register Of
the Land Office at Chicago, also profitable office
Mr.. Long, another Freesoiler in Illinois. ia an.
pointed Register of the Land Office Mr. snow
brook, also Freeseiier, takes the Collectorsbip at
tnlcago, with large salary, These persons for
many years nave pandered to the Abolition senti-
ment,
ihomas Hayne, Freesoiler, has been appointed
District Attorney for Illinois. The duties Of Uni
ted states attorney of a peculiar and serious
moment The laws of Congress are to be enforced
through his instrurlentality Has fugitive sIs vs
oeen arrested and his owner assailed by mob il ia
tne dusy Of the attorney prosecute the rioter, To
convection. How distressing indeed to witness the
awkward attempts Of Freesoiler TO yindcete the
Fign' OF property against the highsr fa,c' and the
rights of mankind
All oil the Offices in Wisconsin have been select
cd from the same 'sstagnant pool'' of co,rnnt,o,
and all these officers directing the energies of
tneir mlnus to accomplish the overthrow of South
crn Institutions
IN New York, MIR. John Cochrane, the ''bIood-
KIN oil Oerrit Smith notoriety of the Buffalo
platform, full and deeply dyed Abolj,ianist has
oeen appointed Surveyor of the Port
Mr.. Isaac v Fowler FILE the responsible Office Of
Postmaster of New York city. This gentleman
was Incipiently a Barnburning Abolitionist He
opposed General Cass aud voted for Van guren
ana Adams He assisted in breaking up tn fret
meeting called al Tammany Hail to resssi the VIi-
moi prociso. He denounced the Compromise
measures, which General Pierce in his Inaugural
maintains az strictly constitutional and ought to
be enforced.
Now, the Usssn has challenged any one to
show an Instance in which any appointee Of the
present Administration has refused to abide BY
the Compromise which has been embodied
IN their platform We infer. therefore, tina,
The gin OF office is the price Of peace and that
the dissatisfied Democratic conservatives ough,
not only to De satisfied with this plan of caulk-
ing the leaks In the ship Of State with com
missions, bat ought TO rejoice that in surrender
ing all 10 buy off those who have twice deprived
them of the spoils-once by their opposition to
the nominee, General Cas-, and again by
taking the spoils principally to themselves
they have an ample reward in the patriotism of
the act. ltisa novel system of disarming our
opponents, by preferring them to our friends.
We have often known an amnesty to be granted
TO the disafected, but never before the principal
honors OF the State. We hope it may succeed;
and we sincerely think that it ought to open
the eyes of the ultra conscientious citizens of
the North, and the super-sensitve patriots of
the South, that those who have melted them to
condemn the Union and oppose the laws, are
accessible to the appeals of official emolument.
When the leaders are taken, like GoRGEy,
from the head of the column or the walls of the
fortress, the followers disheartened, and
they will in future scrutinize with more care