The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-04

THE UNIC
Spain has few great Names and that cast that
Of our representative into the shade The distin-
gulshed msa whom rurnor assigns 10 France Will DC
head and shoulders taller than the automats that enelr
Gle the OF The Emperor MIR Vroom will maintain
the dignity OF the American name, IN the learned
and accomplished court OF Berlin So, too, OF consular
appointments in the main. II the officials do mol
oumanage any antagonist they may encounter ana over
come any difficulty mistake the national character
and the Do those who question the hness OF sueh
appointments look al the material sent miner oy ru-
rope represent It's commercial and naionai
excellent and accomplished men, but oeioIe "ho" we
are not expected to stand awe-strcken
AT the head OF all this diplomatic organization is
placed The clearest and strongest intellect OF The country
lndomabe in energy Secretary Marcy Is also enc oil The
most accomplished of statesmen. He once, we
know learned in the languages; but we suppose hIs
later life has been turned rather the acquisition Of
ritoy than OF tongues He is fine scholar profound ju
rist, and an accomplished writer Astute prudent, and
thoroughly American in sentiment, haler OF humbug
and alse pretence, he will inspire and invgorae
diplomacy with tone of higher nationality than il has
yet known, and fmness the real that il employs
no odensiyeness of word accent.
When the history OF the is al some distant day
written the part which European nations may have
that the writer may point 10 the attitude which this re-
public assumed under General Pierce, It's stability and
wondous prosperity, the growing empire 1t established
the Pacific and the great enterprises which gave II
the mastery of the Atlantic and Pacific, and placed in
its hands the eins of the commerce. and power, and civil
ization of the world.
From the Boston Post
THE ADOPTED CITIZENS AND THE GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION.
1t is profitable result of happy characteristic of
counymen that the discussions and disapponments OF
individuals rarely long permitted to 9tict the
public mind While the country is well and wisely gov
ernedwhile the interests of all classes equally pro-
tecied-whe the treasury is safely secured from fraud
while the honor OF the country maintained IN our IN
tecourse with foreign natonsand above all, while the
constitution is preserved unmatiaed and ntacthe in.
lgues and disappon,menls OF ambitious not in
danger of being crowned with 1t is in this
noblng reality that the true patriot hnds his highest in
centve to patriotic duty 1t is this which inspires him
to fearless action 1t is to this he must turn whenever
malignant combinations unscupulous parllsans seek
feer to alsy his exerons Tor the public welfare
and, therefore, TO attack honest administration on
count of official patronage is always graceless always
thankless, and often desperate and degrading task Tor
any man TO undertake
II cannot be expected Of course that the present ad-
mnstraon should escape censsre for intrepidy dis
the moment however when General Pierce assumed the
eins of government the nation has felt abiding conf
dence in his integrity and his patriotism Every day
serves to increase his hold upon the popular affections
His own glorious inaugural, proclaimed amid concur.
renee of approval and applause has been gdly adhered
to- and, deeply it has sunk hio the minds and memo
lies of men, the 6teliy with which all its pledges prom
Use fully be carried out will be entirely equal public
expectation. Coming into power with many hopes Il
fulfil or TO d:sappoint-wh many wrohgs TO tight
with many abuses TO correcthe boldly threw himse
upon the Justice of his counymeD, and eloquently re
echoed their sentiments in the ennotng declaration
which sgnaliZed his accession TO power. What he ha
accomplished is the best assurance OF what be will &C
compsh hereafter His appointments, beginning with hi
cabinet counseors and running through every nerned
official grade, large in their number and extended il
their influence upon various localities and interests hav
been made with dstng abiyand sagacy, and hay
been received with general and wide spread satisfaction
His thorough knowledge OF menhs intimate acquain,
ance with the relations of sections heretofore temperate
separated from the great OF the democracy-hi
quick perception Of the ability and oh aiacter essential Il
the faithful performance of duty-bave been display
throughout and have been kept constantly 10 sight
his ayowed determination TO unite the great democratic
party upon the inpershab.c principles by which he
his election and by the light OF which that party vii
move onward 10 the uhlment OF the destiny that await
it, Where many distinguished names have been pre-
senled Tor his CODsiOeIdtOn, NHtte
was the inevitable fate OF numbers, degree Of complain
is natural and yet the aoquescence in the judgment
President Pierce has been general and so cordial
be without precedent in political annals. On the ohe
hand il would be strange indeed, il among those wht
have been successful capous criticism and party
could not find enough TO crafty their craving Tor cen
sure or TO feed their appetite for SANDER.
Among the interests which prominently contributed Il
the election OF General Pierce ia November last was thu
vote of the adopted citizens II is sublime spectacle
The exodus OF the Old World to the New-and il was
significant, tribute 10 democratic policy, and sgnhcan
expression of trust in The faith which invites the op
pressed of other nations TO refuge these shores that
in despite OF the appeals Of opponents, and in disre
gard Of The batteries Of the wing presidential candidate
thev rallied TO the standard Of General Pierce with
thusasm as deep the affection they felt for their father
land and as wide as the dominons OF the nation they
had chosen for their own This had not been the frs
nor the only manifestation Of their fealiy to great
public They had fought every battlefield in which
The rights or the honor OF the American people had beer
involved From the first sword which CLEANED al Lex
ing,on TO the las, gun which flashed at Chepulepec,
they had given their best blood TO their adopted country
They stood by Prescott ADD Warren at Bunker Hill BY
Washington al Trenton and al Valley Forge by Marion
in the South, and by Wayne in The North, during h'
seven years war for the rights now enjoy They
were with Scott and Brown, and Jesup in the secon,
war OF ndepe Adence on the British frontiers They were
with Jackson New Orleans, and were led by his vic
torous sword through the peril of the Indian IL
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