The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-07-12
An Organ out Of Tune.

Ihe w dsnlngtOn CufoHs tho oi6"" va s''o
Administration, like Rachel weeping for her
children. will not be comforted, because Wings
do not whinc over tho wholesome decapifa-
ton by the Government, of Whig office hol-
dcrs.
Il thinks they ought to follow in democrat
ic" footsteps and join in concerted howls over
the headless trunks Of their friends which tho
executive guillotne is scattering broadcast, and
in view of the fact that they do not, boldly
charges il upon them, to make out case.
The Evening Post thus chides its brother
cf the Union: .ra.
"We have heard nothing of any whig COM
plants about the administration, except from
the Washington Union. That print has been
laboring with superfluous zeal for some time,
to make the country believe that the President
has about as much as he can do to got along
against the current of opposition which the U.
Mon is helping him to stem. The fact is no
better evidence of tho strength OF the adminis-
tration could be required than may be found IN
the slightness of the impression which tho
Unions constant defence of il has produced up
on its popularity We do not see but il is just as
strong now as it was before the Union COM
menced telling tho country what nobodyeise
had heard Of, or would even have suspected,
that the wing press of the country wns making
terrible ravagos upon It's character we ro-
member onco to have heard famous wag OF
this city say, during the closing year OF Tylers
administration that he felt that his country
was safe, for. said he, "a Tyler, can stand eve-
rything." We may say with equal proprety.
and an administration that can stand the kind
of support that President Pierce has been re-
ceiving of late from the Union, is equally be-
yond the reach of danger.
Thus it is that ''compromise' President
has to depend on Free Soil organs for his de-
Tenders. The only groans wo hear over the
appointments Of MIR. Pierce, come from the
throat of tho ironhearted Democracy, who
make the land vocal with complainings. Hav-
ing put on their armor to defend tho Union in
ertremis, as they were led to believe it was.
from tho schemes of FREQ Soilers, they stand
appalled, to see the very men they were cau-
toned against at the receipt Of Gu toms and
basking i'm the sunshine Of Executive 81 iles
The Fredericksburg .Ne,cs-an organ of the
Old Dominion--the State that first discovered
tho prcserver Of the Union in the person OF
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, thus ex-
processes itself over the ostrncism ofthose who
have borne the heat and burden of the day:
"The motive was evident enough. But tho
question is, whether the preservation of the
Democratic organization should be the leading
object of the President. For our part we had
supposed no would make it his aim TO promote
the national welfare. Whether that can best
be effected by elevating to Office tho most ac-
tive opponents in the Union, and setting aside
those men who have nobly labored for its pre-
servation and perpetuity, is something bont
which there can scarcely bo doubt. 1t is
virtually bonus to disunionism at the expense
of loyalty. 1t is tho encouragement Of dsor-
ganizers and factonsts, and an extingnisher
to laudabe patriotism. What prominent
Union man has received officol With tho ex-
ception of Mr.. Buchanan, none. The whole
influence and patronage of the Government
has been used to break down the Union party,
This I NAV nav be- necessary q Rnd Free F1illsm
cratic party-and if President Pierce und8f-
stands that this alone is the mission OF his ad-
ministration, he has succeeded perhaps, indif-
ferently we'll But il the Democratic party re-.
quires such expedleDts to sustain it, we would
venture to suggest that it is not worth preserv-
ing. Unloss able to stand on its own merits It
should not be permitted to stand at ALL
"This is "Burk-ing the President in earnest.
Such rebukes emanating from the State which
first nominated him, and seconded in the move
mcnt of Mr.. Burke in tho convention OF New
Hampshire, arc significant signs, omnus Of
the fate of that party, which, "unable te stand
upon its own merits, should not be permitted
to stand at al"