The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-17

FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE ~, 1856
Hon. MIR. Hillyer, Of Georgia.

Hon. Mr Hiilyer, OF Georgia.
We refer our readers the letter in another portion Of
this day paper explaining The views in which this dis
tnxuished gentleman before his constituents as
candidate for reelection 10 Congress IL is powerful
and patriotic appeal for the continuance OF that union
and cooperation OF all democrats upon the broad princi
pies of the national democratic platform, TO which The
democracy owes Ills present ascendency, and by which
alone its power be maintained
The Democratic Party OF the Nation in Con-
ventiOn Assembled.-Their Platform and their
Instructions.
Long before the last Democratic National Convection
assembled the utmost anxiety manifested ia every
quarter of the country that the democratic party should
be united and after the passage of the compromise meas
in 1885, efforts to this end were made BY
democratic statesmen who had supported those
ures, as well as by those who had opposed them. The
arguments employed 10 rally the democratic masses
to the standard of reunited party were used by both
Was il right that al time when democratic principles had
been SO successfully applied the administration Of the
governmentn the collection and disbursement OF the
revenue-ln the equalization of the exchangesin the
safekeepipg of the public moneysiR the acquisition Of
territory and in the vndcaon Of the national honor =
for itself the gratitude Of the present and Of the future
should allow itself 10 be broken into Fragments thus
bazardng the application of the hereses OF the wing or
federal leaders in the administration Of the government
for another term OF years!
The last Democratic National Convention was the off,
spring of this universal sentiment. Franklin Pierce was
the candidate for President, chosen in this spirit and
the day that him nominated the national demo-
cratic platform erected upon the broad and deep founda
tons of The constitution of the United States The whole
country demanded the union Of the whole democratic
party and these the responses TO almost undi
vided public opinion
As we said on Wednesday, there were no objections 10
the delegates who composed the National Convention,
to the candidates selected by it, 10 the platform pro-
claimed The Slate-righs men, who differed from others
in regard the Compromise advocated franklin Pierce
the best pledge tina, could be given 10 the South, and
in his anecedens and in his history the high
ofhis sincerity and his rmness The barnbuners hailed
The sentiment OF unon which pervaded alike the country
and the convention, as the end Of dscord. anG rallied
upon the candidates and the platform in the spirit that
ucipated assured triumph And, to crown all. those
who controlled the National Convention. and who
were especially committed TO the principles OF the
compromise measures, quoted this al-pervadng har.
mony the strongest trba ate that could be paid TO
great constitutional doctrines General Pierce was elect
ed President by the votes OF all and he carried
into the executive chair by party less united upon
himself than consolidated upon principle
The duty nlrusled TO Franklin Pierce was distinctly
laid down, and all who might read Bu, il
manded its iufmen', which called for great frmness
apnu disrre he of, IN 4,
could not be evaded or dsregarded Individual hopes
and personal wishes have been disappointed before this
and will be disappointed again The dispensatios of
patronage is always ditcaii task and il the Demo
cratic National Convention had not in emphatic tones
unanimously pointed out 10 General Pierce the path he
should pursue, the work would have been one OF peril
Gus responsibility, But when patronage is distributed,
not TO propliae the dsaected reward the consist
en' bu, to the highest interests OF the county at
home and abroad and at the time indicate the
purpose OF democratic administration TO obey the en-
ample of the great council of the democratic party and
TO consummae in good faith the reunion OF the democ-
rscy Of The county upon national principles then il may
be used for wise aAc patriotic purpose.
The leading whg papers in the different States, alive
to the importance OF alyng their scattered forces and
anxious to make one srugge to what they
have abused and lost devote themselves with charac.
'erisc vruence to the misrepresentation of General
Pierce. The Louisville Journal. The Richmond Wing
the Nashville Banner. the New Orleans Bulletin, the
Buffalo Advertiser, the New York Express the Boston
Atlas, the Albany jour nal have already embarked in
this crusade upon his administration. We are almos,
grateful TO them for tbeir early an,agonsm. Fore.
warned is foearmed The violence Of their assault and
the reckessness OF their accusations establish the value
OF the administration to the country and to the future
Alarmed, al first. by the mpregnable position assumed
by General Pierce in his inaugural message, and over.
whemed by his repeated oval never to desert the
great principles OF the constitution, they clutch,
with the desperation Of dying men, the slighes,
hope Of again reaching power VIVA, a task they
commend to the whig party o the country They see
its measures overhrowp It's ppostion grea, doctrine.
turned against itself lis aequiescence in the re.i-ess
force OF democratic principles and they look back al
their sectional and separating counses-,t their Al,
stous coalitions with every faction Of the dsyat their
apologies for the frauds upon the treasury and not con-
tent with this, they seek 10 rally the party they have
degraded by their policy to crusade upon an admin
s,raon not quite four months in power-ths crusade to
be conducted not apon great principles , because these
wing papers not pleased forsoob, with the appoint
ment OF General Pierce
But the democracy of the nation rely upon the
6fmness and the vigilance of the administration Of the