Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-10
"Hard" or"sOffi''


York and the renewal Of the war betwecnth'
Barnburners and Hunkers.has The following
paragraph
cit is idle to deny, that President Pierce
would lose much ofthe respect of the country
much ofhis immense populariiy.woulJ deplor-
ably impair the strength Of the Democratic
party, by committing his administration to the
schemes and fortunes of any faction. Yet, il
we 10 believe the representations OF
the Washington Union, he Is entangled. deep
ly and irretrievaby cnIangled. IN the disputes
and designs Of faction, and that faction the
least respectable anI the lie ST worthy Of con.
fdenoe OF ans In the country The Union has
even yeutuIed so far as to denomnate the free
soil faction Of Van Buren,, Dix Grover. and
Preston King the Naturalization party, and
claiming 10 speak the SEN me us Of the Pres
dent. it INDUCES in Dolly attacks on The veteran
Democracy OF whom Dickinson. and O'Connor
are the worthy chiefs THIS Course on the
part Of q journal occupying the position Of the
Union, has already excl d marh dlssatistae
Ton. in the South especially; and but for the
general beiefthat President PIereeis in no man
ner responsible for the conduct Of the Wash.
ington paper. the Adminisiraton would suffer
from the suspicion of completely with the
Barnbuner faction
''lf we are to believe The representations Of
the Washington Union y And. pray, when
did The Enquirer first learn to disJeiiere The
Union Areils representations 10 he taken
true only when they agreeable and re-
jec,ed as false, when they Disclose something
unpleasant For our part, we should think
it much more strange that the Union, issued
within stones throw Of he Executive Man
sion, aud living by lho breath Of governmental
favor, should msrepresent the President, than
that the President should favor the Dix porty.
Why, has he not already saown his good Vill
towards Mr.. Dix, by making him keeper Of
the government moneys III New York, and
as is universally believed by earnestly desiring
10 make him Minister To France Has he
not manifested his confidence in the Barnbur.
uer party, 10y giving them numerous appoint
ments Of honor and trust Docs any one
doubt that Mr. Marcy favors the "Sofis" and
Is he not next 10 the President in influence and
power, and fully possessed of his confidence
What 1toticc could he Union have To msrep
rcscn. Presidents Pierce II has supported
his Administration with unvarylng asslduity 2
Ii enjoys and eth desires T. xeeutive and gov
elnmena patronage. 1t lms been rcpuled
the organ oflhc Adminisuaion,au certainly,
no act OF the President has over di.clos, uny
want OF confidence in it. From IT'S position,
IL has means of knowing his sentiments and
preferences which neither he Enqntor nor
any other paper possesses. Is il reasonable
10 suppose that it would abuse these privileges;
forfeit these advantages; turl its back on its
friends and its own position,by contrsing and
uttering wilful aud self destroying misrepre.
sentaton of the President Is IL natural thai
1t should wantonIy provoke the hostility of the
great patron. without whose smile il cannot
live The Enquiref evidently and properly
thinks that there would be something very
disgraceful in the Presidents taking sides with
the "Soits" 1t even declares that he would
suffer from the .snspicion Of completely
with them! Why then, we venture 10 ask
does lac not relieve himself from he possbt,
OF such suspicion. by correcting the Union
imPrcsion-and acqlitting himself of VIVA,
Is more than suspicion To our minds, the
circumstances very convincing. that the
Union knows more oil the matter han the En-
quher, aud that the latter jumps to It's con
cluslon, because tho wish is father TO III,
thought"
But " halever may be the leaning of the
President, IN the lnterneo'nc War which now
rages IN New York, we are glad to see Iba
the Enquirer stands by its old alles--rhe
friends OF the compromise and The fri nds o.
the South. We nay again, and, if the por
tents do not deceive us, we aoW soon, have
use in the North for the eloquent voice and tn,
heroic spirit OF Dickinson. Once, he has lalIer
IN defence of the just rights of the South
Should that South now desert him and hi
cause when he is ballIing against tie worst
enemies she ever had. what claim may she
make TO bis further aid What assistance
can she expect from those, who, " hist they
sacrifice the m selves f., i,r losa ~ H. - -.