Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-26
View York Affairs.


,rho ,d,m,n,ine, or Hard Shell, party In New
York have effected thorough orsanlZa''o"' anu
from present appearances are about t" col,''e"''
,;,,o- w,r not only against the Sott Shells ana
S..,o,.rv GrruEIE. but against President PIERCE
himself It is certainly high time that those VINO
onnose the administration upon any question: stouiu
direct their assaults at the responsible heau anu
NOT nrofess the most obsequlous deVo'io" " '"'
President, while they denOnnce the ac's vi "''
subordinates and chosen friends ana au'D''e''
The maxim that ''the King can DO no slO"9
nov no sound doctrue in Great Britain, ont'l'
has never been recognised in this country as ap-
,,ieasle to our Chief Magistrate
The first regular meeting of the Adamantlne
club of New York city vas held on the i4'h IN
slant. JAMES Il. BRADY, Esq, President OF the
club. delivered spirited address upon taking the
chair and was warmly applauded by the audi
ence. Ia the course Of his remarks, nc ai'"deu
"a the executive in the following spicy terms
oPr,nkln Pierce and Mr. Guthrie have no un-
.o,;s6ed claims on this country Inc eAIs'e"0e
tslont, ofneither is essential to our progress or
U,,sner;tv We could fill their places to-morro"
Ffx;,b a6ler and better men. Aad we here warn
them that if they continue to be led oy the WY
and corrupt Marcy, we will assign theh' anu an
Ohio mite with them in their desplca0ie poitleal
trickery to the impotency which they VIII So E'c"-
ly deserve" 18th,
Mr.. BRADY proceeded 10 spesk.Of the o6se"r''y
of the President and Cabinet in manner whicn
contrasts rather strangely with the accounts OF
Gen. PIERcE's distinction which were published
and spokcn from the stump daring the canvass
He said
..Jf men. who but for US and our devotion would
have been obscure citizens, turn away IRON US III
their power, we will patently wait I'LL that pow
or comes back to the people, and then see 'lal II
be applied to punish lngratltude While II re"aruS
fidelity. Loud Applause"
The Richmond Enquirer is evidently alarmed
at this demonstration, regarding it as the COM
mencement of hostilties against the Admlnlstra-
ton. Notwithstanding its avOwed sympathy with
the Hard Shells and disapprobation OF MIR. UUrH-
stE's letter, that paper sustalns the AdmlhiSha-
ton through thick and thin. We entirely concur
with it in the following sentiments:
sit is equally idle to discriminate between the
President and his Cabinet, and to protest our de-
yotion to him while we make war on his cou1den-
tial advisers. He and his Cabinet are one, Their
acts are his acts-their sentiments are his sentl-
saents. A blow at them strikes him, and we mnst
prostrate the President before we can reach those
who but follow whittier he directs"
What becomes then of all the denuncauons di-
rccted towards members of the Cabinet OF late, on
account ofEher views and acts, not forgetting the
sueeches of Secretaries GUTHRIE and DAVIS
no the Pacific Railroad? Undoubtedly they
fall mon the Presidents head-"their sentl-
men,s are his sentiments" But the Enquirer de-
cares for itself and the Southern Democrats, that
they will stand by the President and regard the
New York Hankcrs "as traitors and Geserters'
should they proceed to join the enemies oil the au-
ministration. Dickinson and his associates 'tra-
tors and deserters, ;" and VAN buren,, DIX & 20,
faithful Democrats! What think the Southern
Democracy Of that
While these movements are progressing, 'he
New York press continues its comments upon MI
GurusIE's letter. The National Democrat, re-
ferring to the Cabinet, says, its temper, "as evInc-
,d by Mr.. GUruRIE's letter to Mr. BRoNsoN, IS
30 offensive, so ridiculous, SO contemplate, and
every way so defiant to the public sense OF decen-
cy and justice, that it will be impossible for it to
stem the tide of popular Indignation which is eve
rywhere heaving against it," And even the
Eccning Post, the leadsg Freesoil organ, is out
against the letter. Unfortunate Mr.. GUTHRIE
that can please nobody except those who are
willing to smother their principles for the sake OF
office The Post says
"Ths rule laid down by Mr.. Guthrle-that OF
adherence to the Baltimore platform-is disgrace
fully illiberal of itself. The Baltimore platform,
our readers will remember, was not adopted oy
the convention which nominated Mr. Pierce IN
such manner as to give it any weight. 1t was
not debated, it was not put to vote III such way
as to afford any indication Of the opinions oil the
majority of the memberS-it was brought forward
at the very moment OF adjournment, when many
of the members were gone and others were going
out at the door it was not heard by halt the peo-
ple ON the floor, and not voted for by half the rest
That any grown man, in particular that Mr.
Guthrie, who is grown man, not only IN person
bnt in intellect should bring forward this bugbear
of the Baltimore platform every day In the year,
like Chinese bronze airing his ugly wooden idol,
is folly for which we can hardly account"