Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-09-10

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President Pierce, il seems, is getting him.
self in hot water BY his appointments, which,
as appears. do not suit his Barnburnei
friends The Washington letter writers stat,
that the President is determined to show
them no quarter but put an end to thei
quibling and mako them 'aoe the mark
or become private citizens again. Upon thi
statement the AIJaag Journal makes III,
following spicy comment;
I Gen. Pierce was elected as 'Iunker
/ He has been 'lIunker' all bis life. lie was
put up by professedIy lunkcr Convention
which accompanied bis nomination with {
declaration of 'llunker' principles. lie wrote
the Convention a tiunker letter. The Hunk
ers' all over the country gave him their unan
imous support, and 10 them he owes his elec
lion. lie was 'lIunker' when he wrote his
inaugural he spirit of Hunkersm pres
ded at its conception, and The heart Of Hunk
erism was rejoiccd by its delivery. He was
faithful to the very portals Of the White
! House.
But about those portals there Turks an evi
atmosphere, more TO be dreaded than the
! fumes Of the Potomac marshes. 1t brings or
forgeifulness Of past obligations, and oppres
ses the brain with visions Of insane ambition
None ever entered there without feeling it,
influence, and none but clear heads and stou
hearts ever escape its effects
The President entered and from that day
it surrounded him. Hunkerism was no lon.
ger comprehensive enough to suit his ends
! He must form Grand Junction Ebenczel
Union" Democratic Party, which should com
bne all shades and stripes of Democracy il
one harmonious whole. A Cabinet was for
med as a nucleus containing samples Of al
the new recruits, but not one of the "Old
Guard" With Marcy at the head, and Cush
ing at the foot, and Davis in the middle, it wa.
compounded TO please the most iastidou
TASTE
The policy Of the new Administration wa.
like its structure. Heads Of the Wing Office
holders fell like ripe grain before the sickle
But those reaped who had not sowed Al
army Of hungry cleaners gathered up tht
plentiful harvest Barnburners' and 'Seces
sionests,' and State Rights Men revelled il
the fruit Of Hunker labors, and joined in
simultaneous though somewhat discordan
pgan Of praise to President Pierce.
The thing was doue. The Grand Junctio
Ebenczer Union Democratic Party was form
ed. 1t exists at this day,-a thing Of shred
and patches, but of gigantic proportions hel
together by the "coh csive over of publ
plumber" 1t will last as long as the plunde
does, and when it is turned away empty, wi
, resolve itself into its natural elements
"But to secure this shadow, the substanc
has been sacrificed. From Maine TO Texa
the rear body ofthe party has been shove
: aside to make room for the pretender
They are naturally indignant. and call for th,
pledges of the Administration to be redeem
ed"
1t is now understood that the propose
, nomination Of Mr.. Dix as Minister to Franc,
has been abandoned by the Administrator
r and tho prospects of the Barnburners hay
suddenly and rapidly declined. and those
the Hunkers as rapidly risen, and at preseu
they feel themselves uppermost What tn
next SESSION on longucss will bring about, n
one pretends to tell, but all stand still in an,
ious expectation.
Hunkerdom rejoices, of course, in proportio
as the Barburncrs feel detected and ca
+ down.