The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-23
Is the Country Content with the Progress
of the Administration.

Philosophers believe that the agitation of the
waves is superficial and does not disturb the
vast volume of waters which lies below them
In like manner our Democratic contempora-
ries regard the strife now going on in the
Congressional canvass of Baltimore-the dis
approval by the National Democrats of the
rule of appointment adopted by the Admins
tratiOn-the four column battery rebelliously
leveled by Mr.. BURKE against the battlements
of the palace, are merely whitecaps rather
calculated to animate the mariners of State
than to alarm them.
We agree to a certain extent that the evil
dences of dissatisfaction are not decisive. They
may be cOunteracted by the entire success
of the bounty system. 1t may be seen that
the policy pursued with regard to the Indians,
that sit is cheaper to feed them than to fight
them," may be equally applicable to those who
disturb the peace of our political household.
We hope so; but much depends upon the sue
cess of the system. For if that golden hook
which Mr.. PIERCE has put into the nose of the
Freesoil leviathan should break, the temerarious
navgators will receive such slap that MOTH
ing except few floating fragments will mark
the spot of their rash enterprise,
If, on the other hand, the Administration shall
be successful in their new scheme of capturing
this gigantic game, we are ready to admit that
a large harvest of political bubber will be theirs
of which none can deprive them, and upon
which they may feed for many years.
But let not the Administration or it's friends
deceive themselves. The great mass of those
to whom they owe success are now harvesting
wheat, planting tobacco, looking out for the
first bolls of cotton, planning or prosecuting
railroads, attending the examination of their
children, or preparing for the anniversary Of
independence. They may have as yet given
themselves little concern about the manner IN
which the offices have been 6lled, because
they understand that one party IS 70 go
out and the other to come in. But if it shall
appear that the offices have been so award
ed that the strife composed at Baltimore
has again broken out, and that those interest
ing varieties of the ordo DemOcraticus which
were classified some days since by the Union,
are again in full and mischievous activity.
There will be then some symptoms of discon-
tent amongst the sovereigRs not to be misunder
stood by their agents.
The next and most natural inquiry will be,
why does the Administration occupy so much
time in parting the garments Of Whiggery, and
casting lots for its official vestmentsl
Why does it lInger at the threshold of that
greaS mission of regeneration heralded in the
Inaugural?
Why have we as yet no indications Of its
foreign policy in regard to the audacious inter
ference with Cuba attributed to England?
The imminent movement of Russia upon
the long coveted possessions of the Porte2
The nnfriendly aspect of Mexico and our
unadjusted differences with her?
Such are the questions which the people
will address to the Administration; nor do we
think that the paramount obligation to aPpog
ton the spoils Will be a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of the four months which have been
almost exclusively devoted to that responsible
duty