The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-12-21

IND ,ih portion OF his own friends, Ia consequences
49, .,ooosod opposition 10 The union OF the parry II
- tboua b that man who had resisted Tue union eo1'a
- ,he best III preserve H.
R %, ithstxndng bese plausible views the concia.
!, drawn from them was unsound, as the result has
49, II overlooked one consideration Of paramount lna-
20 Wit, the great difference at that time In The
80, and spirit OF the Two Democratic sections
1Wbe,her itaesmsn should have seen IL or not, one
a. es,,a M the the President selected Gov
20, Marcy for member Of his cabinet Instead OF Sii
nkoson the fate OF the domocratic union IN ms oaa II
- h., OF the administration Itself, was sealed mol mat
S.,ary of State has advised the President 10 give, or
later has given. offices TO the i'ee'soi section
n he party than IL is entitled TO- MI DICKINSON n9ht
~. advised tho giving Of even more aud y would nave
IAN regarded BY his friends as evidence OF magnanimy
hs from bis position, sinister ana seiish aesiSh 70 n
.rv i'm puted to Governor Marcy
with The light cast upon the detection in New York
!, ,b,ss deliberate and authoritative admissions, we IN
vita special attention to the following communication
tn me Editor ofths Uns0n'
communication signed Vndex. in the Washington
snne, of the I7,h instant discusses New YORK poi'cs
scoses as by authority, the grounds OF the recent
cs,,lon of a portion of The democratic parry IN MAJ o
rom ,hs regular Organization de frankly se'' a'uo io
ne,ence set up Syracuse, and iaify conceoes a' ~
u.s. handed upon the omission by the PRESIDENT 70 APP
-, NJ DicLinson TO a place In the cabinet. In this he
msn,ains tAa, tho President committed great anu u
a error He susains the wisdom OF me 'ennlon Of me
o sections OF tho party in that State IN ioS ana declares
IA became ne riect and pieto in $780, lie admits
h. he section TO which Mr. Dickinson was attach was
h., than the other section and he lustihes the
pocy aud propriey of the union while he discoses
covert design of the national section OF eliminating GER
lain from the party shorn Of ihelr sieh'h ~ some
fuIura period, when sumceht coh'o' eo"'o w ooasa
of the united body.
This 10 brei but fair epome OF the arcle referred to
The writer does affect conceal predetermined de-
,yn 10 brenk up party in Ne" York, as consequence
Of tho ON ssion by Pesden' to place Mr. Dickinson IN
Inc cabnsr He above The shallow pretence that the
,acsders at Syracuse driven from the convention by
appebensons of personal violence, and boldly avows-
What in fact. manifest TO all close observersthat the
design dsunion was formed in Consequence OF an act OF
,bo committed six months before that convention
..hsld Was this &C OF the President an error The
democratic party profsaes to DO founded In principle
il no, based personal preferences or questions Of expe-
doucywhether this or that shall administer the gov
smmen Tho distinction between the political parties
!. Invader and lies mach deeper. The battle which
was fought and by the election OF President Pierce
had for its obyso, higher and nobler aims than the
selection individual in preference 70 another There
is no pe,ence the reformation OF official abuses'he
restoration economy and honesty in the administration
the public funds. and the management THE whole
ohinery government conformity with the honor aud
character becoming republican ins,iuonshsve BEEN
or are not likely be, efficient and well conducted ua
inon had been made member Of it. Does the democra
cy OF these gentlemen find its limit in man Surpose
II thar in this in lance The selection OF Mr. ok
inson would have been beer than that oil Mr. Mar
cy does that jusiiy which has thrown The State
oil New York the hands OF party avowedly hostile
ademocr admin oil the government But the
supposed error OF the President Mr. Marcy
wisely selected in preference, as well on account
of superior personal fitness grounds Of party
expediency Tho position Of Mr. Dickinson in New
n,h To-
friends in the STATE conceded have been in The mi
noy in The patty whose union he had opposed The tone
and temper Of his against those whose views
OF the slavery question had not changed with his
such ense nder bitter and personal hostility His pc
cuar friends and most ealous those who
felt the necessity OF reiorsin the adm nation of pub
lie finances but on the contrary, they were distinguished
for the harmony OF their opinions with those Of the whg
party these questions, both in the State and national
governments. The battle which had for years been
tanned in New York on her fnancal policy conceded in
It's objects with those which President Pierce came into
power On these questions Gov Marcy sound while
Mr. Dickinson If Judged by his associations, the OPP
posile HIS selection would have favored the friends
State and national plumber, and would have disguised
the Of the sound and radical who
supported President Pierce, not because he a com
promise man. but because his whole political history
showed that no a sound and radical democrat
10 favor OF honest administration of tho government
and opposed all of public plumber and spccia
privilege ior the benefit Of the few the expense Of III,
many.
Here, ifthe whole truth could be exposed, would be
found the OF this hostility the pre-.
cnt administration. Ii commenced with his inaugural
where be bold forth promises Of reform congenia
democratic heart OF the nation and when, In the pro
greS Of events, as these promises began be real
lied by sautsfy reforms In the departments il
became manifest that they were made With honest de
termination to carry them into effect then IT tina
cesin gentrm~n found that the democracy Of the gov
eminent was no, Of their stamp There is perhaps nc
State in the Union where public spells have been brought
to bear 30 severely, under various disgues, upon the
isnds Of sound and denoc administration OF govern
msnt, In New York, and where Influences have
been more successfully resisted with victorious results
open and secret ioes tie who 10 sound State de
era, 10 democrat nowhere Democratic principles rse
first manifested in the broad field oil internal State polio
and he who svors adm hostile to THESE prnci
pies In the State. aud cIa'ms to be national democrat
simply politc.l ebsnrdity
NEW YORK.