The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-28
Communicated,



Under the head Of "Our New President" we find in
Putnam's Magazine for September maliGns nj attack
on the President OF the Uni,ed States
Such ARTICLES do injury to franklin Pierce, Tor
they impair in the least degree the Of his
administration. He viii siAnd or fall by his
He will be judged BY The success Of his measures in the
promotion OF the great interests Of his country So Of
himself personally and OF his appointments to Office.
The conduct Of those who have received oicA from his
hand will show whether he has judged wisely In his
selection OF the public funetonses General declama-
lion against the President has other eject than call
up the indignation OF the Presidents friends against his
anony nous assaiiahte. ftaNa
The friends OF General Pierce were prepared 10 find
the dspteca,ing attack upon the Chief Mags,r Aie- They
know that though the organization oil the wing party Is
brok en- M that it is for time only The spirit which
the leaders OF this party stl survives; tina,
spir, is Of man. worship TO their great men, united
with contempt for leading democrats Honestly, per-
hans in come there belief that the n,ry is safe
only under a Webster Clay; and they AK with a
sneer "Who is this Mr.. Pierce An unknown man, a
democrat, an accidental President Mercy The ooun-
y =, This is the wing spirit and feeling, and who lie
there who has no, read the expression Of The feeag
Be il 80 we feel convinced that before his term ex.
pires the President will convince the world Of his strength
and competency The general attack and denuneialion
neither troubles him his friends. Let ths whigs, II
they please begin their assaults when and where they
please let them do openly and boldly, under their
names, in the political journals voe in the House
or Senate chamber ready to meet The issue.
We have towards open political enemies very differ
ent feeling than we have towards the writer OF Putnam.
There ia ueachery about him. He presents himself
literary man he abuses the President under the false
petence OF being jealous for the public morals be coats
his venom with honeyed words, and muggles his political
spite into American households under the cover OF =
popular literary periodical
What has he brought fosihs This. and this only
ia n man he writ
of Putnam does like Marcy and Cnshing htesas be
did not appoint literary men-scboars men who speak
many languages (ike himself perhsPs>to the promi-
nen political positions because he gave ofhces 10 dem
ocrats 10 place Of retaining the whig ncumbens This
is ALL except passing sur upon the inaugural
nication Of the President
The very facts this writer brings TO support his posi-
ton are the facts which, apprehension, clear
ly demonstrate the strength Of this administration Had
General Pierce been eak. wavering and irrcsouehsd
he been unfit for the otce-he would have done lust
what Putnams writer says he ought 10 have done He
would have had q mopgrei cabinet, in which there
could have been no harmony and unanimiy. He would
have employed literary for promnen, oices, for
which, most generally. their distractions unit Them.
He would have dreamed OF political millennium;
tanned wings in oce betrayed the democratic party
and failing TO secure the cooperation OF the whixs after
four years OF agonyhad he lived through the termhs
would have retired his native State disxraced.
man totally disc usHed 10 discharge the duties Of Press
dent OF the United States.
Thank God franklin Pierce has too much streug,h
OF charactertoo msch political ci'y,o fall into this
error He was not taken 10 by the temporary lu Of tho
whie warfare. He 10 not vissonary-does not dream
OF perfection He kaows well that though an homes,
whig and an honest democrat resPect each other.
that they never can agree principles men; that
IN. difference between them radical and constitutional
Our new President il by origin education. habits OF
mind democrat He believes that the democratic
procple which has made this country what it is; and
that ,s future prosperity depends that organization Of
The party which will make It's north wing and south
wing a united army. Right or wrong. our nov Presi-
den, is in sympathy with the party OF progress He feels
that the success OF the principle OF seigovernment de-
ponds on The ervo and unanny Of democrats, and be
acts accordingly.
The writer in Putnam speaks Of the dsgaceinl seran
bic for Office on the accession OF General Piece 10 the pres
ency Ia the writer silly 10 suppose that the evil
az these scambles ia not well known 10 the Pesden,
a. n his own selfi We heartily sick and tired Of the
tvanr OF moral reosmsrs. We ready TO ADMIT thai
they ere most excellent tmany Of them, Al eae
Int they are 81 vivid theo.
tteay correct il you please, bat they always seem 10
forget that this government, would be destroyed II the