The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-25


land have all along hitherto dictated a neutral
attitude; it remains to be seen whether Rus
sian ambition or French love Of martial glory
will compel them to abandon it and to unsheath
the sword.
PronunciamentO of the Cabinet ON the
Movement I'm New York.
The article from the Washington Union,
which we republish elsewhere, merits, from its
rational tone and appearance Of fairness, more
serious notice than we are accustomed to be-
stow on the lucubrations which see the light in
the Cabinet newspaper To many Of the state
ments it contains we must demur; but there
are others again whose truth cannot be ques-
toned. Such for instance. is the delineation OF
the designs entertained by the Union party in
this State. The Union has described them
with perfect accuracy. In its own words, they
come forward with an open demand that the
policy of the administration shall be repudiated
and condemned by the national democracy y
This demand may or may not be arrogant
as the Union calls it-but it is made and made
deliberately and emphatically, by one hundred
thousand citizens of New York The alterna-
tive proposed to the President is even palmer
and more straightforward than the Union de-
scribes it. 1t rests with him now to decide
whether the "bolt' shall ripen into a revolu-
ton, or not The whole question hinges on the
dismissal Of the Cabinet. The movement has
gone too tar to be stopped by any influence
whatever No administration could check the
growth of the new party of which the Dickin-
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tirely with President Pierce to say whether
this party shall oppose his administration or
not If he persists in retaining his Cabinet in
power, it will take open ground against
him, and then the gloomy forebodings of
the Union, with respect to the election of
1856, and the future Of the party for which it
speaks, will be fully realized. If. on the con-
trary he acts with nerve and decision and reso-
lutely determines to carry out the principles on
which he was elected, ia spite of his advisers,
it will rally gleefully around his banner, and
the picture drawn by the government news
paper will be reversed.
The Union is right also, in stating that the
scheme" as it calls the purpose of the no
tional party, 9 originated as soon as the Cabinet
was formed" There can be no doubt Of the
fact. The selection of the Cabinet was the
first violation of the pledges contained in
the inaugural and the principles on which
Pierce was elected and the vindication of
these broken pledges and outraged princi-
pies followed Immediately after. On the day
on which it was known that Marcy, Jeffer-
son Davis, and Guthrie formed part Of the Cabi-
net, good men began to " scheme" to rescue
the country from the impending danger
But these instances of accuracy on the part
Of the Union are counterbalanced by serious
misstatements. 1t is not true that the national
party g has concealed its real designs" There
has been no attempt at concealment from the
beginning-no desire or necessity for anything
Of the kind. Every movement of the seceders
has been open and above board. They de-
nounced the free soil course of the administra-
ton. and the corrupt principles on which it dis
tributed the spoils, as soon as ever they were
manifested. Organizing themselves at once
into party on this platform, they gave due no
tice to the President that they would offer him
the alternative Of dismissing his Cabinet aud
reversing their policy, or meeting a great ma
tional party, composed Of friends of the Union
from all parts Of the country, which would wage
relentless war against him. They are now
steadily pursuing that course Where has been
the concealment?
1t is equally erroneous to suppose that the
course pursued by the new party will have the
effect Of securing permanent triumph to
Sewardism." The very reverse will be the
case. The organization Of new party, which
shall be the embodiment Of the Union prin-
cple, will be the surest method Of extirpating
Sewardism once and forever. There are many
men in the North who are ready enough to
weep over the sorrows of the negro. and give a
tacit support to abolition so long as it promises
to bear no practical fruits; but let the question
be fairly laid before them, whether they will
support the Constitution or run the risk of a
dissolution of the Union, with its necessary Sc
quel of commercial and financial disasters war,
and endless trouble, and therewill be very few
found to spouse the latter side. Now, the cree
ton Of this new party will bring the question
to the test and SO confident are we of the re-
suit, that we have no doubt Seward will be
overwhelmed, even before 1856.
The Washington Union may beguile its leisure
moments by asserting that the United States
democracy will sustain the administration
against the Union men Of New York. But we
must be allowed, in the first place, to give thede-
mocrats in our sister States credit for more in.
| dependence that such course would suppose
We don't think they would pin their faith to
the skirts Of any Cabinet whose course they
could not conscientously approve. And when
they see the principles on which the men Of
New York are organizing, and compare them
with the spells doctrine and the constructive
treason which form the groundwork of the ad.
ministration policy, we cannot doubt for a mo-
ment that they will obey the honest dictates of
their hearts, and cordially join the ranks Of the
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