The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-26
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
rRIDAY moRNINe, AUGUST 70, lsos.


We were much pleased 10 with The Hon. w lluam
s. Ashe Of North Carolina, on yesterday. He appears
10 be in fine health and, OF course. the great majority
by which he is returned 10 Congress has put him IN
fine spirits, is has taken lodgings q, Browns tio'el
We learn that the Hon Loren r. Waldo. the energetic
and accomplished Commissioner Of Peasioas. leaves
Town this morning on short visit 10 Connecticut.
Samuel Cole, ESQ., chief clerk of the bureau has been
by the President in his stead in the
mean lime.
/ We gladly embrace the occasion 10 say that this de-
parmsni CT the public service has been con6ded able
Industrious, and upright hands. and that in the prompt
aud careful discharge OF arduous duties no public officers
have higher claims the approval OF the public. ts
The Position and Course or tho Administration
4 itatge.i IS as,. thus far. x e.u aaa. esf
II can we think no longer be denied in view Of what
has taken place since The inauguration that the admins
traiion has stood the ordeal consequent upon the
houncement OF It's policy and the delicate and difficult
task OF the distribution Of office, and has thus far been
umphan,ly sustained by the people The time appears
oppoune therefore, to consider what it Is that the in
,esen and patriotic Of the people have demand
ed aud are now demanding. from their government. and
in what respects the administration has responded TO the
popular expectation.
Prominent among the exigencies of the time when the
Pesden, assumed his Office, undoubtedly the de-
mand throughout the country for sach an administration
of the government should give all possible guaranty
that the domestic peace of the Union should not be dis
turbed by renewal Of the sectional CONTROVERSY In
this demand believe the best and most considerable
men OF all parties united They had the sectional
controversy threatening TO destroy the blessings OF the
Union, and even striking at the pemanence Of the Union
itself The popuous and powerful North, which draws
large share Of its prosperity from tina. freedom Of
tercouIse between the States TO which the Union and
the domestic peace OF the Union are alike essential,
and the South which in the aggressive agitation Of
the slavery question not only The invasion Of its rights,
but the obstruction of its saeiybo,h Of these sections
were throughout the masses of their people, and in
large irrespective OF partisan combinations and
partisan Leaders, impressed with the conviction that
capital want of the whole country domestic tran
GUILTY. and thai this could only be secured by Withdraw
ing the subject OF slavery from national politics through
the maintenance of final adjustment Of the sec,iona
controversy which had just been adopted The advsn
tage OF the democratic party in The was tina
this policy in regard slavery had long been recognised
as fundamental point in its national organization Tn.
courage. cordially, and zeal with which the Presiden
pledged himself 10 The maintenance OF this great demo
without effort or os!eniaon, be invoked the whole
broken tenor Of his ublic lie the guarantee of hi
sincerity and conslsncy that purposeconciliated Il
him beforehand not only the favor. Blu, the corvc
. tons Of Thousands throughout the country who
but for this fact would have been found arrsyed il
their old partisan associations sgains, his admins
iraon Since his advent to power, the President ha,
been fortunate enough find his wing assaants direct
: ipo fhe brunt nj their IN pOi
where at this moment his hold upon the popular conf
dence is the strongest There may be intelligent wings
in the country who entertain honest doubts about the
wisdom and expedeney Of the policy oil the admnsra
lion in other respects; but no out Of bcdlam in
bIs heart and conscience doubt that the administration
of franklin Pierce is be and must be- in far the
sectional issues concerned, thoroughly national as
ministration. Indeed, the wing journals which have
mos, furiously assailed his appointments have been
forced TO admit that they recognised the democratic party
as arcs DIV united and gave evidence OF deiermina alton
10 keep i, united on that broad national ground For
the whg journals TO make before the people as
TO the appointments predicaicd upon such policy was
TO court in advance the popular Iebuke which they have
encountered II they had sought through the whole po
Itical field for one accusation against The President
which above all others the people would deem utterly
false and futile hIs very accusation upon which they
relied-lbal franklin riercT was hnching from bis
pledges of nationality would have best answered that
condition. and have been the swi:iest itself
with The humiliation Of exposure and public contempt
Never there issue dsastrousy chosen. ID
Bot deep and wide spread and long accommodating force
in the popular mind the of another great pub.
lie exgeEcy in national affairs 10 which, alone
the judgment OF The American people but in the Judgment
Of foreign nations aleo the adm nsraon has respond
ed as Justly secure the public confidence. We refer
to the foreign policy OF the county, including alike its
territorial and commercial rights and expansion. the ele
walton OF The American name, and the maintenance
OF the mmuniles OF American citizenship in foreign
lands. The unfortunate errors OF the last admins
straon made The fact fully apparent that deliberate
and we'll considered and general public sentiment in
regard foreign affairs was far in advance OF the
line Of policy adopted by tha, administrations and that
which was recognised well And righuly in the State
Department towards its close only proved the more
cusveIy the old formulas and traditions OF the whis
party in its foreign policy repugnant 10 the spirit OF
the people. and utterly unsuiied 10 the which
the country entering. Ia view of this state OF the
public feeling, it IL now easy TO see why the Pres
dents announcement in his Inaugural, OF the spirit
Of bis foreign policy, took the popular heart by storm