The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-12
The RepubIic.--The administration

Receipts nom either oil above wall be good.
Tie RepubIic.--The Administration
Thanks to the impertnen pedanuy OF the R,,,bg.
newspaper we have at last a betrayal OF the prOeinls %
It's existence. Not TO capricenot TO the necessities NJ
desperate yet alone TO instructive proDso
sity to the rbald and the fasemust we attribute ba,i
corrgibe repugnance principle by which the edor,
columns of the Republic distinguished from eyer
other journal of respectable preension. The RspubI
has found maxim OF morality in the School Jor SandI
and, adopting the expedient Of Lady Teaze, makes
sacrifice of lis virtue" TO secure its reputation" We
must do the Republic the justice to acknowledge that
pursues lis object with commendable consistency OF DUR
pose and that it surrenders its honor with an alact
ty which belrays Just appreciation OF the value Of
the sacrifice Should II fail to win reputation will
not be because OF its reluctance 10 make forfeit of
virtue.
An article in the Republic OF yesterday illustrates
once the sort of reputation which it covets, and III,
means by which il proposes 10 achieve its object Til,
editor OF the Republic is frivolous scrbbler who's.
highest ambition is neat epigram, an ingenious faIa
cy. well turned period, felicous alluson He
delights TO impale honor pun and TO crush truth
between the extremes of antithess What il his
reading is confined the British Drama. the Letters ofJ
MUS and Graham's Wugazins--is it not possible to
make up for poverty of learning by frequency of quota
lion, and cannot ones limited resources be REIN
forced by the pllage of obscure authors and unread
books The of The editor OF the Republic esiab
fishes the practicabiiy of this expeden Chiefly the
smart hits in stock comedies, with occasional para
graph from such rare books Dr. Johnsons pamphlet
on the seizure OF the Falkland Islands, constitute the
material with which he has constructed the well.
won reputation OF a political charlatan and literary
coxcomb. Unless the malignity OF the partisan be
reckoned among the qualities OF journalist, the ed
tor of the Republic mistakes his vocaonhs talents are
adapted rather to the of girls than the nstruc
ton Of men, Yet he fances himself the Jupiter Tonans
Of the press, and in the wantonness Of his imaginary
triumph not only decks his own columns with the argu
ments of his adversares but undertakes by the offer
ou BILE rates to bride journals of respectable circulation
advertise his wit We feel every disposition to aaus
the amiabe vanity of the Republic and as the pressure
of congressional debate precludes the possibility of
pance with lis request, we tender it instead the spon
taneous acknowledges of just appreciation Of The
imperturbabe impudence with which il perpetrass
plagiarism and persist in falsehood. No doubt hs
dainty dandy of the Republic will criticse the
OF our language, it is famous trick OF his TO quae
about the terms in which oh aracerlze his conduct
When he mends his manners will purge vocab
ulary and if he will consent to stick to the truth
shall not be under the disag eeable necessity OF remind
ing him OF bis lapses
In the Union OF Thursday admonished the demo.
cratic party of the danger Of being deceived by the byPo
critical friendship which the Republic and other wing
journals professed for the administration We but re.
peated the ancient warning OF TUeo Dansos; and 10
truth there abundant Tor suspicion and dis
trust Take the Washington Republic as specimen oil
its class does anybody credit the sincerity Of such Ian.
gusge this in the columns Of The quondan organ oil
Truman Smith and Fitz Henry Wauenl-
"We believe that the Pfesiden, firm and fearless that
he is neither 10 be coared bulied. He has the
spect of old opponents by the cnuucaon of sentiment
which meet their cheerful concurrence, and adherence
10 which viii their loyal and generous attachment
The public have not forgotten the systematic efforts
made by this Journal to persuade the country that
General Pierce abolilionsl they forget
them so long IFS columns perpetua,e the perjury
OF Foss and Fogg.
No paper in the Union malignant In its as
sauts the private character OF General Pierce than
the Washington Republic. No paper was more base and
filthy in its aspersions his courage soldier and
his honor No scandalous story could be s,are
and no Infamous accusation be imagined for the put
pose Of blasting his good name before the country,
that the Washington Republic did seize upon with
avdty and propagate i, with additional circumstances
establishment and aggravaton. Since the election
franklin Pierce is Just what he before the election
His Inaugural Address is but repetition OF sentiment.
which he had often expressed before, and declan.
lion OF principles TO which his whole public life bad
been devoted. He is changed in nothing His char.
scter to-day is not more bameless and honorable
Than when il was made the chosen mark of the
vindicve vituperaiion OF the Washington Republic
Nevertheless, the journal which but four month,
ago pursued him with the feroci,y OF tend deprecatm
his intellect and uaducing his character processes TO-DAY
" concurrence in his sentiments" and loyal and
generou. attachment 10 his person The whipped spant
could moi iawn and whimper in such abjeet style.
Ia any aspect the conduct OF the Republic exhibits
meanness to which it is humatng to believe that hu'
nature could descend II il really eaterains the
sentimeIis OF respect and attachment which i. fegns
what mus, be thought of its SYSTEM Of SANDER and o.
traction during the canvass Our suspicion was Just
Adulation may lnger upon its lips but hatred and anger
ankle at ts heart 1t the sarb OF friendship
conceal the dagger Of the assassin.
The Richmond Times and Cabinet sa1aris'
We spoke yesterday Of the unreasonable structures Of