Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-25
The Administration and the Free
SOilers.

a passage in his letter accepting The nomina
ton for the Presidency. which they chose Il
consider promise on his part not 10 overlook
in the distribution of offices, the free-soil por
ton of the wing patty. The injustice of thi
construction was exposed at the lime, and w
advert 10 it now only TO revive the public re
collection ofthe horror with which SJuiherr
Democracy pretended to regard the idea Of re-
warding and honoring these enemies aud revi
lers OF our institutions. The apprehension lha
SEWARD. would be appointed TO some post un
der The government was q source OF the mos
deadly anxiety 10 Ihem-so much as, IN
TRUTH TO seem the chief ground oil their oPpo
silion TO Gen Scott Remembering the ndig
nant and patriotic terror with which III phan.
tom idea inspired lhem,onc might have suPpo-
sed that ii would only be necessary Tor Gen
Pierce 10 exhibit the slightest weakness To-
wards the freeeoiLers for them to rush upon
him and tear him into political atoms.
We gave some extracts the other day from
a speech of Mr.. Cooley. democratic Senator
OF New York. to prove that the free sollers
and aboiilionists arc 9tcrdiy rereliag IN ad
aainistratirc hon0ysdad fdroy." Lack ofspacc
compelled US 10 cut short our quotations IL The
exclusion of few choice sentences which we
now supply.
Mr. Cooley read the celebrated letter from
Gen. Pierce to Major La)y, which obtained
him tho the nomination, and relied on
through the canvass as conclusive Of his sound
ness on the question oislnvery, and his irrecon
cilable hostility 10 all abolition agitators and
their schemes. lnllis letter Cen Pierce. de.
clared iha' he had "!onght the bat 10 in New
Hampshire upon the Fugitive Slave Law; Thai
"if the compromise measures are not to be
substantially and firmly maintained, The plain
rights secured by The constitution " Ill be tram
Piled in the dust'-and protested that he would
"never yield tc a craving spirit lhot from coa
siderations IF policy would endanger the Tn
ion" "if (said hc)weof The North, v ho have
stood BY the constitutional rights Of The South
ale 10 be abandoned 10 any Hac aC1t5ng goii
cy, the hopes Of Democracy and of the Onion
must sink together"
Mr. Cooley can not see how de,l ralions of
this character tally with the " holesale appoint
mens of freesoilers and harnburners Which
from considerations Of polcy, the admin >,ra
ton has made.
Hapethe old line Nationai Democracy he asks no,
fought the battle the Fagi nc STARE Lar terc IN A. y
against he nea1ioas aascrpDoas rcregodcs ,rhon G,a.
Pierce IS oe1loaJiag pih o6ce8 and Aoaors--ihs
highest in has giRl Her not Die, Foprcr an his fol
iopers he open eaemie, Of Tie Fusire Slarc lar oad
= MI A.
sdea hat they are mol ataeaj Of llose p,eas,r,2
They and thei, Bngaio ys1torp ,iea1s ar he suora
enemies and he Haehcar1ed dcfamcs If al arlo trer
from frs 10 last fteaiig those measures aud rho OPP
posed AMI successfully dcea1ei THRU tcirla schemes 10
break dawn The Unjoa a7 pa reason hare ron to sup
pose them any more faporaty inclined II heart 10 sustain
those measures nor than wte deyopeniy 2ccarede de-
termination dsotey and disregard em; 10 resist them
Nth all the aHshey could command 2 None ar ,rlot
Then wly appoint Suci 10 pocf and iaqpo,on
places IN oxidation # ery that go hare gipc,
that you rouia 'never yied a crorca spirit hat from
consideration Of policy, 'eonld enaangerAe Union
Mr.. Cooley. farther. quotes the language OF
the Inaugural on this question and then pro.
ceeds:
with these just declarations still SOUNDING
IN the nations ears, 'tingng, sir if you p, ase
the President, among the first of his appoint
nens. raises up to the surface of Executive ia
vor and honorable distinction. John A. Dix
and his e-the-upon follow ers-the Buff
ato platform men of 1913; who. with Martin
Van Buren, at their head and his son John a
their tail, broke down Il Democratic paIt,
with their ieverish ambition and their ,morbit
enthusiasm calculated to dissolve the bonds %
law and affection which unite us For all y
aohich peyfd'Oas coaducf II seems they are to b
literally rewarded with tie latest places !,
the Presidents g.fii Is this The ready ano
stern resistance, that General Pierce assures
the country he will nterpose' to prevent re
volt, to save the Union2 ifso, in tho impress
i've language ofthe inaugural,'let not the foun
dalton OF our hope rest on mans wisdom; bu
in he nations humble acknowledged Deepen
dence upon God and his overruling Provi
dence'
dix and the Adas clique, with John VA
Buren, Tor their bottle holder, stand precisel,
on the same ground they occupied in 1913
never having renowned nuhliclv mr. in any n, h