The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-17

s.iion of ils paironsgs. iavoIyes choice bstwee en-
friends equally worthy and dsseIvng-it involves mis-.
and d@sppointntns, and often leads 10 bitterness
and dsafectton. There is undoubtedly increasing
desire os Office in this country. The competition and
suie for almost every place strong, and in many
stances means are resoled to Tor The purpose OF nu
encing results which anything bul lair and from the
nature OF The case the appointing power - more or less
liable 10 imposition and mistake All these things max es
the dspensaon vi Official patronage by an incoming all
minsiraton matter Of great delicacy aud extremely sm
barrassing
The present national administration have had to. sn-
the fullest extent these perpex King difficulties
and far The State OF New York is concerned. they
have been much increased by the peculiar condition OF
the democratic paIly glowing out OF the divisions which
formerly existed. and the deep feeling and Teseni@enls
consequent ihefefrom. f SiH9 q. s5t.
For almost every Office at the disposal Of the executive
the departments in this State there many app.
cans and. what was king and yet unavoidable about
them they IN almost every instance classified either
belonging 10 one other oil the old sections OF The
party This ought not 10 have been, yet SO II was and
in almost every instance the President was met and the
claims OF this urged and that one opposed, because
in ls4s subsequently,. The applicant belonged TO one
SIDE the other Of The division which then nnIoItuna!e
ly existed in the democratic party OF New York. We
can al glance the peculiar embarIassmenis which
such of facts threw around the President and bis
cabinet. All these sections or subdivisions had COT
daily united. and in goo faith, and with real enh
supported General Pierce They had carried the State
by united efforts by unprecedented majority. and be
could not turn TO this section or to that aud say, II
cannot recognise you as portion OF the party; can
extend to you fayos give 10 you any oil the hon
emoluments OF Office" Such course would
have been wrong in principle and base IN practice,
and no honorable and fair man could ask or ex-
pecl il from the administration. The principle adopt
ed by the President and which has been rgidIy car
red out. was The only just and proper oae and that
equitable division between the two sections, to
recognise all who subscribed 10 the Baltimore platform,
and who had in good faith supported the ticket dem
ocrais and equally entitled 10 confidence and favor We
ask. in all candor, what other rule could have been
adopted and acted upon by General Pierce Could he,
The representative OF the democratic paryas an hon
orabe man, who desired 10 deal fairly and justly by all
have discarded half of that party in this State! We
have hesiiaacy in answering that he could not: that
such conduct his part would have been outrage for
which there could have been no excuse, and which
would have evinceA both haseness and ingrattude.
Are we told that by appointing men TO office who sup
ported Mr. Van Buren, in lS4S, the administration thereby
approve endorse that movement! Nothing be
more unfaT--no inference more untrue.
The organization OF 1S45, known the eesoi party,
no longer exists. In 1850 abandoned entirely and
those who composed il were formally and cordially united
with the democratic party OF The Staeuned not upon
the free coil Buffalo PLATFORM bu. most clearly and dis
ncty The principles OF the national democratic party,
union of the frce-so section with the democratic rary
was made alter full discussion and fair understand
ing, and by The adoption OF Iesoluaons unanimously by
the State convention representing the democratic party
OF the State, and which had been regularly and dnly
called In $780, in 1851, and in 1882 the democratic party
has been unit in New York. during all that time
il has stood firmly and unfiinchingy upon the national
platform, to which the democracy OF every Stale paid al
leEance, and of them earnestly and honestly
than the entire party OF the Empire State There then,
now nor has there been Tor three years, Tree sop
party in this State, and those who that there
rst commit the OF asserting what is untrue and
then upon that false assumption some OF them bring
cusatons against The national administration The charge
assumption thai free sOi.ers appointed TO office by
General Pierce lacks the fret element OF accusalon
viz the existence OF such party IN this State Were il
true thai! such an organization existed, and il from il
General Pierce had selected ndy duas for places OF honor
and profit, then might fault be found and declared
but in The absence Of the facts and directly in the face OF
them, when charges are made, urged aud repeated that
In esoers are appointed to Office 1t looks like gross
ignorance Or what is perhaps nearer the truth. capous
ness, spleen, and disappointment
Looking at The facts OF the with full knowledge
OF the real state OF things, and the acnal condition Of the
party in this State we say, and mosE emphacaly too,
that Gen. Pierce has acted in the distribution o. Offices,
fairly and that other woulI have been manly
honorsble He has acted ugoa me fat that no free
soil" party existed in New York; has regarded the
ganzalion unwisey made in ls4s exploded and
abandoned He has looked 10 the party and it
was in the campaign which elevated him 10 the presiden
cy, and has taken the Just and honest position that all
those who honestly subscribed TO the principles OF the
Baltimore platform, and who in good faith adhered 10
and supported the organization founded upon if,
bers OF the democratic party in good sanding and as
titled TO be so Treated.
No democra, has right TO complain OF this policy it
equitable, II is accordance with justice, and ~
Tying out practically The union 40 cordially entered INTO
al Syracuse in $780, and which has since been faith
fully maintained BY all parties 10 IL Those Of us who
formed the regular, Cas-. portion Of the party, may not
complaint our own acts have forec'osed from FAULT
finding; for set the example, we helped to form
the union, and have given an earnest OF our honesty
and good faith ia several elections thus instfucng Gen
Pierce by conduct to divide his patronage. to deal
fairly and literally by all, 10 make distinctions be-
tween former sections OF the party. He has taken
our word, has followed own example, and shall we
now turn about and accuse him oil wrong doing Again
answer but rather lei rally around and Iceland
the administration Tor carrying out good faith the pn
cpIes and practices which had commended 10 it, For
one, have sympathy with those who unite
in the cry against the President for appointing soil
ers" to Office there 10 neither truth justice in the
charge, do believe IL is made with any honest
tive good design. That mistakes have been made by
the appointing power individual quite proba.
BILE but they do not belong exclusively 10 this TO that
side. In the distribution OF many Offices, il would be
strange II unworthy were not occasionally selected
or II injustice not done and then TO deserving
men, Such results are inevitable, and form ground
OF opposition or complaint.
The idea that Gen. Pierces administration is TO be
overihrown here elsewhere, for dealing fairly by all
the members Of the democratic parry. and for distributing
s patronage without regard to the exploded and abandoned
those who cherish the idea will in due time ascertain
Some men who cling to the party for the sake Of ONCE
and who have failed TO get il. may retire disgust
and may sci up wall OF distress and cry out Stree soil !"
'ree soil !" but the will thus be moved or
Affected bat they will stand around the admjnisiraion
because OF its ius'icebecaosa seeks to carry great
political principles. and 10 adopt and practice sound gov
ernmenia policy, and will sustain il with all the strength
Of honest purpose which belongs to the American de-
mocracy, and which 20 trumphanty carried General
Pierce 10 the presidency. They will laugh 10 scorn
The croakers about ''free-soil," and will bid them
10 carry their groans and crocodile tears other mar
kes than to the homes, of the party, who de.
we have now, and never had, any sympathy
With or love for The free Aoi parfv of 1918 In thai