New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-07
TT See To-day's Supplement.
".NO FRIENDS TO REW.aRD = NO
ENEMIES TO PUNISH"

Gen. Pierce, if the telegraphic report of his
Inaugural be correct, has paraphrased the above
celebrated political phrase, and adopted its SEN
aiment as a rule of action. He is thus reported
ia the summary telegraphed
Having no implied engagements ratfy he has no
srds 70 bssor nor resentments to remember nor any
persona whes consult in selections for ocal stations
When we read this, we involuntarily exclaim-
Cd, Angels and ministers of grace defend us !
What does this mysterious declaration portend /?
We have no doubt our expectant democratic
friends to whom we had just rendered our con-
gratulations, have been completely mystifed by
this Presidential announcement, and are busy
in cogitating its probable meaning or drift. -
- Gen. Pierce says " he has no rewards to be-
stow What, where are all the Offices? Are
they to continue to be held by the rascally
wings Are the long suffering and long fast
ing democratic patriots to be forbidden, now. to
enter into the Canaan of office, and driven back
into the desert, in which they have already
wandered four weary years, exiled from power,
plumber and plenty Are they only to be al
lowed to put their necks over the official stalls,
to die Of envy at the sight of some well-satis-
fed wings munching the fodder from the public
racks Are they to throng to Washington only
to waste their money upon railroads and steam
boats, hotel-keepers, cab-drivers, imbibing men
of influence" etc.-to receive polite bow from
Gen. Pierce with his regrets that " he has no
rewards to bestow TO feel the full agony of
the :" aching void in their pockets-and return
home with profound pity or sovereign contempt
for the sublimated ideas of the new President (?
Was it for this democratic patriots worked,
shouted, spent their money and voted for Pierce
and King, and proved "Old Chippewa"
swindling peculator, a coward, abolitionist
Have their voices wasted their sweetness on the
desert air, chilly in the echo of those words of
fearful import, "no rewards to bestow". Has
Gen. Pierce grown too " virtuous" to give the
. cakes and ale" of office to the thirsty and
hungry expectants who are crowding into the
big house at Washington
Such would appear to be the melancholy re-
suit towards which Gen Pierce's declaration
looks. His declaration is mere parsphrase of
that attributed to Gen. Taylor, &C. No friends to
reWArd-no enemies to punish Our demo-
cratic friends will remember how they delight
eddy construed this as the plain English, to
them of sc You shall stay in office y and how in
dignantly they recalled it, and how bitterly
they denounced sc Old Buena Vista,' when he
relieved them from the fatigue of public office.
Is not all this recorded And now, if they do
not express pious hope that Pierce will abide
by the Law of political morality, as they laid it
down for Gen. Taylor, we shall hunt up some
old democratic editorials, strike out Taylor"
and insert F" PIERCE" and show them that the |
case fits to nicely. But, Pierce even goes fur |
Their than Gen. Taylor, and adds to the extrem-
ity of democratic woe, by declaring that he
" has no rewards to bestow." The city has been
carried, but there are no spoils for the victors.
This we take to be the plain English of General
Pierce's language.
But to make this conclusion still more direct, |
the report says
The President acknowledges his obligation to the masses
OF his countrymsn, and to them alone.
So, Gen. Pierce ignores any special obliga-
tions to democrats and presents his thanks to
the masses" Though unit of the said masses
we doubt our right to share in the aforesaid
thanks, as we have an indistinct recollection of
something like an election, at which we voted
for Scott and Graham. However, we have no
objections to be friendly (wonder if Pierce will
not give us the U. s. printing y and to let by
cones be by-gones.
We presume matters will be arranged some |
what in this way Except making the division |
somewhat more equal than it is, Offices will, in |
this city and elsewhere, be filled by the present
incumbents; the U. s printing here will be diyi-
led out between the Crescent and the Delta. tho
lormer obtaining the fat jobs. In this case Gen.
Pierce will be entitled to the fierce groans of the
hungry and disappointed democrats, to one full |
and undivided term of office, and to assurances
Of our distinguished consideration