The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-13
Number AZ :
From the Washington Union.
The Result thus far.

Inauguration. Most OF the great 0ihces OF the
country have been filed The work Of or
eanizing the new administration Of the gov
ernment all over the country and Abroad
work infinitely more arduous in this country
than in any other-if not fully done, is yet 50
far advanced as TO indicate clearly the princi-
pe and policy in which it is to be finished.
The necessary preliminaries Of the change Of
government thus accomplished n public re-
port, generally credited. has gone forth that
the new administration released in good mca-
sure from the nocdful tolls belonging to the
distribution Of Offices is about to concentrate
its energies upon the grave questions Of pub
lie policy which the position Of our country
now presents.
At no period since the second election Of
President Monroe has any administration, af-
ter its first critical day Of trial has past, stood
so strong before the people as at this moment
stands the administration Of President Pierce.
On grounds Of principle aud policy there is
hardly serious show Of opposition anywhere
What there Is Of opposition rallies almost ex-
clusiyely upon a mere personality-objection,
that is, to the men whom the President has
appointed to Office. Plainly this IS at no time
a sufficient platform for an opposition party
II becomes altogether ridiculous for such
use, when, as in the present instance, the ap-
pontments, taken as a whole, afford, BY al-
most universal admission, far more than the
usual guarantee that the duties Of the public
service, both at home and abroad, are to be
faithfully and ably performed, while the very
charge against them proves that the compre-
hensiye principle controlling their slection has
recognized and appreciated every section and
interest in the united Democratic party In
fact now, for the first time since Mr. M0nroc's
administration, state Of things has appeared
III which it is seen that, if opposition were
somewhat more vigorous-if there were moro
signs Of pressure from without-the Demo-
cratic administration and party might DO
even stronger than they are to day. We arc
told Of Wing army Of observation Is
Democrats. scdulous for the ascendoncy Of tho
Democratic party, we should be quite willing
now TO see that army embattled III the field.
But save for guerilla fighting in the States,
there is littla hope Of it. As national or
ganization, the whig party is not only dead
it il fossil.
Tie cause Of this stae Of things is worth
noting. Grant that Wing principles have be-
come obsolete, Or at least ont Of date grant
that the Whig administration has become odi-
Gus; grant that the Wing sarty had fallen un-
der the control Of scctionalism, while the peo-
Die saw that sectionaism was at war with all
their highest interests; still you have not ac-
counted for the absence Of any cilcctual oppo-
sition to President Pierce. There Is always
in this country nucleus Of opposition. The
1 foreign relations and tie internal condition Of
the country present an abundance Of issues.
upon which it might have been expanded and
consolidated That, instead Of this, it has
been. and now is, 50 rapidly disappearing, is
due. as we think, mainly to the character Of
/ the President himself the circumstances under
which he came into power, and the manner
| in which he has responded to The popular ex-
pectation.
The President had not sought his Office, nor
labored for it, nor expected it. That fact was
known to the whole country and it sunk deep
into the popular heart 1t was a new fact in
our political history. 1t was fact which tue
people were glad to see. They were to have
a President who in the early prime Of his
manhood had preferred private to public life.
II inspired them with confidence in advance.
When the people rive their confidence, they
are always apt to give it fully. There was
another element in the case. A statesman
was presented to them who had never Stunned
a poiitical responsibility or for moment con-
cealed political conviction. This, too, was
a capital fact in the eye Of the people. u
take The responsibility" was one Of the chief
incantations by which Andrew jackson sum-
moned to his aid the potent spirit Of the De-
mocracy
II i unnecessary now to say in what bold
relief these traits Of character and these ele-
ments Of craftsmanship stand out IN the Pres
ident's Inaugural Address. That paIer would
not have been the signal andiunexompled sue
cess which it is acknowledged to be, if, with
all its calmncss, gravity, and comprehension.
| il had not also been Of all the lnaugurals-al
circumstances considered-ihe boldest. The
same sef-rehant spirit appears in the Presi-
dents choice Of lis confidential advisers. That
subject has been much discussed. We do not
propose to continue the discussion. The very
general sentiment Of the country is that tho
President chose wisely, though 20 choose WISE
", from the great Democratic array was no
secondary achievement Of executive genius.
But no man doubts, or can doubt, that, con-
sidering the condition Of the Democratic party,
the choice was 10 q very unusual extent the
Presidents own act, or that his selection i'm
piled a very definite and determined policy,
aud clear. comprehensive, and courageous
view Of al the duties and responsibilities OF
his position 1t is equally clear that the same
policy has been seen in the subsequent and
subordinate appointments.
The people believe that the same resolute
and deliberate spirit-the same disinterested-
ness, energy, aud sense Of right are to bo car
ried into the administration Of the government
both in its foreign and domestic affairs. They
are satisfied that as the President comprehends
what is due to to the American people from
foreign powers and from their own govern
ment. so he is surrounded by men Of various
and well-tried ability to carry his views into
effect. On this popular confidence rests the
present popular calm. On this rests the abb
sence Of organized opposition. 1t may well
be doubted whether the bulk Of the Wing