The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-12
The First SIX Months.-The Results.

No proposition is more true than that which desgnaes
the 6rst six months Of administration the period OF
its weakness II is the period within which the motives
OF venal politicians developed. and the schemes OF
are Matched into lfe 1t is the period
within which aspiring ambition comes forward 10 foment
disaection 10 alter unsatisfed vanity. to age
sentiments OF revenge and TO combine every element Of
dlssension for organized opposition. II is the period
which puts to the test professions Of patriotic devotion to
principles President Pierce has passed through this Pc
Rod and in the emphatic language Of General Cass be
has "had to encounter unprecedented endorsements"
We propose pause here moment, to sec II the deve
opmen,s will enable form reliable opinion to the
success with which these embarrassments have been
met.
The selection Of his political family OF confidential
advisers involved the settlement of the general line OF
policy. as 10 official appointments, which was 10 charac.
terize the administration. 1t not enough for
President Pierce TO make up his political household Of
democrats OF sterling integrity OF elevated sentiments OF
established reputation for intelligence, OF men OF national
character but it incumbent him SO to arrange his
selections the union of the democratic party
Was this to be done by following the example OF the
convention which honored him with the nomination
or was he to disregard the significant action OF that
body and to take into his councils none but those
who had belonged TO the section of the party with
which he had uniformly acted Feeling that he owed
his elevation to The sentiment of union which had
brought the party together on common platform, he
determined 10 consult and cultivate that sentiment in the
formation OF his cabinet. He reasoned and determined
upon his not simply Franklin Pierce. but as
the chosen and honored representative OF the united dem
ocrac party The result was cabinet of homes, and
capable men, representing in their antecedents the dher
en-, sections into which the party had been divided 1t
was 10 be expected that such determination would give
offence to some who claimed for their past fidelity.
and their uniform adherence to The section with which
Gen Pierce had been identified. the lions share in the
distribution of Official patronage. He is now assaied
with far OF ferocity than Of disinteresedness
for consulting and following the cleary-expressed
will OF the united party rather than his predec
lions and sympahes. Ii is persistenty asserted that
in adopting the will of the party in preference TO his
own will, in yielding TO his Judgment rather than
his feelings, he committed fatal error which only
be retrieved by retrasng his steps and undong the
work OF the first six months OF his administration
As Presidenl Pierce adopted his policy in obedience
10 the clearly expressed instructions OF the national
democracy. and in full accordance with the cozvic-
tons OF bis own judgment, be caDno, be expected
abandon that policy until the popular judgment, well
as his individual convictions, shall be reversed II 10
waste OF labor in his enemies TO seek by threats.
abuse or caumny TO drive him from the Straightforward
execution of the work assigned TO him by the action of
the democratic party He needs no, TO be reminded OF
the nationality and the soundness OF his political
hstory--tha, nationality and that soundness have been
exhibited with answering fidelity in the practical ad.
ia n slandcr IN oil IN
mpeach his fidelity to sound national sentiments because
he recognises all democrats who give honest adhe
renee to the principles of the party adopted at Ba,i
more lie has recognised other democrats. and
none other can give to his administration honest sup
port When the Louisville Journal represents the New
York Evening Post and other such journals the leading
presses which support the administration in New York,
il bu, revives and re,eraes calumny which it has often
before resored to- These avowed abolition journals.
and because they are abolition journals, they and
cannot be recognised by the President, by any national
democrat, as supporters of the administration. Their
support Of the ticket in New York which stands
pledged to the Baltimore platform and to the policy
Of the administration only proves their disre-
gard OF principles. Whilst they support this ticket
they proclaim their hostility to the principles OF the
democratic party. and in that way avow their abol
lonsm willis, they furnish constant food for ssch wing
editors az are willing receive aid and comfort from abo-
l4tions,s They the enemies that the admins
uaon has 10 encounter and for the that the pre-
tended support which they give to democrats who are
standing upon the Baltimore platform furnishes mater-
ais to the enemies OF the administration on which 10
persst in their slanderous impuatons The admins,ra
ton Acknowledges sympathy with abolition journals
by whatever name known; il extends to them no coun-
tenance but utterly repudiaies all connection associa
ton with them but whilst j, does this, il does not feel
authorized denounce and repudiae those democrats
who are faithfully keeping their pledge OF nationality.
beca abolition journals choose for their sinister
purposes to support them The President and his cabinet
have had and will have but rule this subechas
rule IL to recognise all democrats who in sincerity and
honesty adhere the principles OF the party ~, forth
in the Baltimore resolutions and the Presidents Inau
xura This the only test which has been or can he e-
Ultimately applied. To apply test BY calling man
:. hard" or SOFT" bArnburner" or bunker" il to
abandon principles and launch into the personal
squabbles Of local factions The administration in ere
cutting it, policy knows no distinction except such AZ
rests upon a difference OF political sentiment
Upon these doctrines, and upon its acts in us,raos
Of them the administration has gone to the country and
upon the verdict of the country il is ready stand OF fall
Within the first ak months OF s existence. assaled on all
s,des embarrassed by internal well external foes
MANY OF the States have been called upon render their
;.dsmsn The Old Dominion led of. and when il vas