Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-12-10
TIE ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW YORK
CONTROVERSY 80.

OO1Nl E4hO1.
We copy below, from the Charleston Mercury,
article the subject of the unfortunate quarrel
in New York. because it gives true statement of
facts which sheuld be well understood in the Soutb
We commend the article to the candid consideration
of political friends in this State, who may not
understand how utterly baseless is the cry of un-
fAithfuiness to the South by the administration
which is now raised by men who have have here
tOfore showed no unwilngness to cordially unite
with William H. Se1oard
The Mercury says:
The actual effect of the divisions in the party in
New York. is, in the first place, to put the Seward
party in heascendency in that State; and in the
second to secure the continuance of Mr. Seward
himself in the United States Senate This Is the
grand result Of the split in the democratic party,
,.nd which ever section Of it is responsible for that
split has to answer for these consequences. We
saall not attempt to sft the arguments by which
each party throw the blame on the other There
was great deal, specous enough, on both sides
but what is certain, is that Gen Pierces Admins
tration sought earnestly and continually to keep
the peace between these elements and to induce
them to act together in the support as they had in
the election, of the Democratic President The
common bond WAS the Baltimore Patforn-the
declaration of faith by the Convention which nonni-
mated Pierce and King.
We cannot for ourselves conceive Whist other
standard the Administration could adopt, or on
what other ground they could consider themselves
as fulfilling the pledge Of their candidacy Inregard
TO the great sectional question of slavery it was
pledge for peace in regard to financial questions
second only to that ii was pledge for economy
and a reduction of the Tariff Which Of these con
,iitons has the Administration broken? 1t is i'm
portant to solve this question, because it is well
known that the efforts of the Administration to
keep the New York factions from separating, were
the rretext for the open schism between them, and
foremost among these efforts confessedly was that
OF preventing the slavery agitation from being re-
Viged 1t not therefore, in this quarter that the
Administration has been untrue to the pledges on
which it was brought into Office. 1t is only by
gross perverson of the truth that there can befound
any pretext Tor sSssiing 1T in this respect, We
i,nOW President Pierce His political life has been
singuiarly direct, consistent sId firm, in the sup
port of the constitutional rights OF tie South He
stands with tie very select few in the North who
have never in word or deed been fathless 10 u.s. It
was for this reason thai he received the almost
unanimous vote of this State, As we believe he has
done nothing to forfeit this conGdenea,
In regard to the other great points Of domestic
policy we find the Administration equally clear
The surplus in the Treasury has to the utmost pos
sibe extent been absorbed N the redemption of the
sye adjustment of the tariff to the future wants of
the Treasury are known to have been assiCiGoasly
collected The popularity of the Administration is
now the only assurance ofthe South that free trade
principles will be advanced end the burdens of
commerce aleviated. In the great matters of pub
&c economy and equal taxation the Administration
have, therefore, thus far been true to their pledges
Ne believe they will continue true. They have
broken faith with no 0ae. and the accusation is
pretext 10 cover faithless desertion by others
1t was impossible to omit this general discussion
in noticing the character of the New York sGhism
The Administration is MIXED up with the whole
quarrel From the very commencement the So
called lizards" indirectly attacked it, and at every
stage Of the contest their position became more aad
distinctly one Of hostility. And this not
merely in the consequences but also in the feeling
The New York Express (whig) in summing up the
results Of the election put the following significant
intmation in italics
whatever be the results in detail, the Hunkers
show their teeth to the Federal Administration
with such power to bite-thst if Pierce holds on
60 Marcy & Co, the Administration viii soon be
without the least power in this great State"
Their organization ia here declared to have for its
purpose, either war upon the President the die
iation of bis Cabinet We have long seen this. We
have felt our plain duty not only to give the move
mant no help, but to oppose it. The fruits it has
Borne already are specimens of what might be ex-
pected from its full triumph. 1t has secured the
continuance of VIM H. Seward in the United States
Senale 1t has put New York in a position of di-
rect hostility to President Pierces Administration
and has thus thrown itself in the way of all the re-
forms to be looked for from that Administration.
1t is in vain TO say the ''Ha2ds' have not done
Ga!is The whole course of the contest shows that
shey were the disorganzers, and that the disrac-
non OF the party thing on which they were
determined They set up standard which render
eli division ineVitable-a standard founded on the
Interchangeable past. The bad faith of this proceed
ing is shown from the fact, that by extending their
test little further back in time, their own leaders
were found no freer from blame tkan those they
accused It was still more strikingly shown by the
fact that they did not even denounce the original
Barnburners 80 bitterly SIS they did those of their
own party who adhered to the reconciliation be-
tween the two factions. Mr. MARCY has been the
target of 5her incesSant practice Yet in regard to
the slavery question: it would be hard to find man
more unassailable. The most ingenious malice has
been unable during all this bitter controversy to
isteI upon him an expression calculated to impair
the confidence of the South. If there was, then,
any heart in their protested devotion to the South,
willy have they assaulted him. and in such way as
10 make it apparent that he was the first and main
object of their hostility But we have said enough
Tor tic present
KENTUCKY COAL.