Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-26
CHARACTER AND MOTIVES OF TIE oPPo-

TONERS for placenot one word of dsapprobation Oh
dissent was heard in censure Of the Administration
Tho Whig press was sullenly silent or compliment
tary The whole country greeted the new order Of
things with satisfaction and with the best hopes tol
the future. The composition of his cabinet and the
principle on which he dispensed the executive pat
ronage, met with general appreciation as the sys-
tenn of policy which Mr. Pierce propounded in his
inaugural address.
The course of the Wing press and of Wing poll
Clans at this uncture, so extraordinary as to
excite distrust of their good faith and suspicion oil
some deep scheme of opposition which would develop
its designs at the proper moment few credulouS
people were deceived by the smiles of the enemy,
and began to think in good earnest that he harbor-
ed no hostility and would, in the future, be very
tame and harmless beast. We heard it said that
another political cycle complete, and that re-
volving time had brought around second era OF
good feeling" There were some, however, OF less
impulsiYe nature and less confding dlspostlon, VINO
did not yield to the pleasing deusion. There were
some who knew the enemy well-theSe were Che
veterans of the party-men who had 1ought against
Whiggery in the day of its glory and VINO now stoou
over its PROSTATE body-who understood its tricks
and devices its aints and stratagems, and who knew
its ineradicabe Interchangeable hatred OF the men ana
measures of the Democratic party These sagaclous
Democrats were not msled for moment by the
smiabe and friendly professions of the Wing press
The hypocritical smile disclosed the ready fang-thc
outstretched arm displayed the lurking dagger, and
observing men saw that the blow would come at the
first unguarded moment
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party attempt to confront the whirlwind of cnthu
siasm which bore Democratic President to the head
of the government. They saw the necessity OF a.
waiting some reaction in popular sentlment-Whlcn
would as surely occur as the pendulum tails Dack
from an extreme point in the of oscillation. They
did not dare to show themselves while the story OF
their recent maladministration of the government
was vet fresh IN the public mind. They SAID: Let
US bidc our time. Let withdraw for the present
that pressure of opposition which YIELDS the Demo
cratic party into one compact, lnprcgnable mass
Let us secretly foment disaffection In their ranks
Let iname the anger of this disappointed Office
seeker let us fatter the ambition OF that restless
spirit and let us throw bait to yonder willing
traitor. In this way shall divide their forces,
cripple their strength, disarm their suspicion and
then We may fall upon them with chance OF some
better fate than would meet if we undertake to
assa them in the hour of their triumph and OF our
defeat" There was cunning in this stratagem, as
indeed there must be in the policy of party which
moves precisely as Seward pulls the ropes. And,
perhaps if the impatient and inconSlderae zeal OF
subordnates had not anticipated the signal of their
chief he would not have to lament the total and dis
graceful miscarriage of his plot.
1t is perfectly manifest to every candid mind that
the present opposition to the Administration neither
originates in any honest impulse nor stands on any
substantial ground. The Administration has done
nothing to provoke the hostility of those who |
but yesterday among the loudest in its |
praise Every act of President Pierce since his IN
has been in strict accordance with poll
~
tal, drew from the country universal eXclama-
lion of approval. The ingenuity of press more re-
markabe for fertility of resource than for scrupulous
statement can invent no prctext for IFS hostility to
the Administration that is not equally contemplate |
md absurd We may not recognize the propriety
IF certain appointment-we may condemn the tone
IF treasury circular, but man, not incorrigibly
bent on against the Administration, will allege
my such trivial cause for joining inscriptions
md vindictivc opposition. The political conduct of
men of dignity and intelligence is determined by
egard for principle but the Glamour of the opposi-
ion originates only in the reckless luminosity of par
the less respectable resentment of ba1ed place
hunters.
That the Wing party would seize the earliest mo-
nent for onslaught the Administration, was
he expectation of all who knew its character and
aw through its designs. Hostility from that quar-
er neither surprise not regret. But that mon
laiming to be Democrats should be driven, by the
ase resentment of disappointed greed, into treach
rous conspiracy with Wings, is what only he could
elieve whose theory of human nature makes it Ca
able of any depth of degradation. But it seems
here Bennetts and Testers ready to plunge with
nerve even into this abyss of infamy
he one had the aadacity to aspire, from the pit
there he lay like out cast devil to the high posi-
ion of Minister to the court of the most polite ma
ION. The President shrunk with instructive horror
rom the corrupt claimant, and he now strives to
FOUND the foot that spurned him. Before yet his
ager aspiration had encountered the harsh repulSe
an indignant REFUSAL he despatched the Admins
ration, day after day, with his vena hattery. That
iplomatic appointment concerning the proprlety OF
-hich there is more doubt than about any other
ne appointment of Belmont to be Minister at the
Iague-received from the New York Herald
ecial and apparently very earnest commentator.
his is now in the hour of eager revenge, the very
ppointment which the New York Herald selects to
enounce in the bittereSt terms of ccnsure and re-
roach l. OF Lester, it is not becoming in respec-
lbIe journal to say than is sufficient to indicate
is character. He too, unsuccessful applicant
,r diplomatic appointment. He too had achieved
bad eminence though in a less degree. The re-
ords of the State Department bore testimony to his
lfaIny and to his untness for official trust. By
which would brook no repulse he got
n interview with the President and wrung letter
-om Cushing But he could not get the place after
rhieh his soul yearned; and now he too is yelping
the pack of whipt ours.
Such are tho men who wage the hercest warfare
gainst the Administration. But, their fury is as
armless as their motives selfish and their char
cter infamous. So long as the Administration can
aim the confidence of good and intelligent
len it may scorn the assaults of reckless partzans
nd tho base mercenary crew of renegades and Hes
ans. Richmond Enquirer.
TnE LOVE- OF HONE It is only shallow minded
defenders who either make distinguished origin a
latter of personal merit or obscure origin matter
personal reproach. Taunt and SOOTHING at the
anble condition of early life affects nobody in this
onntry but those who are foolish enough to indulge
thein, and they are generally fcie nty punished
Y the Published rebuke. A man who is not asham-
Of himself need not be ashamed of his carly con-
tion.
1t did not happen to me to be born in log cabin,
ut my elder bf6thers and sisters born in log
lbin raised among the snow drifts of New Hamp-