Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-26
The New York Herald on the Pierce Ad'
uiIniBttation.

| deuily The New fotk ueialu AuNooaseu 'ue HleO'
tiop Of Gen. Pierce in 1852. "Ptesio change" IS
tba order now as the following frorn the Herald
indicates. What disappointment The President
must have gwen to the expectations ofhissuppOr-
lers when the Herald thus pounc,s down on the
Administration. Read the indictments
'Thsre is q species OF impudence which ap
proaches the sublime, aud II would seem as II
the Organs Of the present ndmins'Tati m intended
TO monopoliZe il, Mislaklng the cessation OF tie
nunoialion on the part Of the public against the
Pierce Cabinet, for silent acquiescencs in their
eond0o, instead Of constructing Il tightly ns mere
| ny The silence Of contempt The central Jenny
whistle, Tie "CnOn," wakes bold, and in Te'
cent number actually challenges admiration lot
the act Of us masters, aud the able manner IN
Which the government has been administered lvJ
the last year and a half II might be supposed that
| the daily accounts lFomihU several States OF Tue
TepUdialion Of almost every man tainted, OF sup,
puSed 10 be, with friendship to the spoilsnen al
| Washington, wodld convey an uBmislakeuble no.
lice to these unioHunalrs that theit days aIe mum
blurred, but, perhaps, like eeis, they pc aecuslom-
! ell 10 being skinned aud now dOn'tmlnd II. Lost
! TO RLame, they endeayoT 10 keep ahoal by The
most bald alsthOods an TO sliae ihelrilh by iheir
bIaEen dino
| minislTation, for which II claims in their behalf,
public applause, gives the following inventory :
| That they have mad= numerous IealleSi that, un.
! like their predecessors, they have not squandeTed
the public money! that Gulph nsm aud G5Tlnel-
ism have not succeeded with ihemi aud, lasllNlhal
they did not oppose the Nebraska bill.
'iWnh regard to The treaties which have been
made, few words will show how much merit can
he claim, a by Gen PeTcs's Cabinet. Gen. Gads
den made a treaty with Santa Annni according to
instructions from Washington, aud tile Senate Te
jecled il. Under lhe pressure, however, Of ten
tnt ,rin rf
Cabinet, lrealS was patched up, aud The plumber
secured. The next treaty which The Union has
claimed credit fuT, is the Japan convention, But
so FAC from the Pierce administration being ds,eTv
Ing Of oIed Tor that, It did all Il could " pre-
vent IL, bnd TO destroy the Whole expedition. Last
winter, MT. DUbbini, Secretary Of the Navy, wTOtc
TO Commodore Perry, that the present adminlSua-
ton did moi approve Of the object for Which be
was sent 10 ilie Pacific, that they did not think Il
could IrSult in anything but tue most humlliating
failure, and directed hun n return hone al once,
and to send the ships lU New YoTk aud Boston
without delay. TWAS an unconditional older,in-
tended evidently 10 convey censuTv upon the fol.
iy Of Mt Fillmore aud Mr, Webster 10 sending
! Commodore PcTTy to Japan, aud marking that cen
SUITE by breaking ur tue expedition, and ordering
th, Commodore home almost in disgrace, FOTlu-
nalely lor the honor Of the country and the inter-
rss OF commerce, Commodore Perry did not re
ceiye this dispatch in time, and lie was therefore
Mf, WebsleT, And yet, in The face oil these facts,
for Secretary DIS dispatch has been published
the Union aud the Administration claim this tea
" % their vieloTyl As for the Reciprocity iIsaiy
IL was forced upon the President, aud il is known
lhBt but fOf the most Strenuous eIeTlions Of plT
ties inlen sted ~ It's passage, Il would never have
seen the light. The treaty with Russia was pre-.
scented BY Mr.. Stocked, the Russian Minister and
The only merit which Gen. Pierce can lay claim to
10 this connection, Is in not refusing 10 send 10
tue Senate q convention which accorded 10 usun-
asked the fullest rights as neulIas. This sums on
tue list Of treaties, and no one unless the merest
sycophani, can say u al II shows a single crcum-
stance credible 10 The diplomatic skull Of the al.
nIinistIalon. an
"As fuT the second branch Of the laudaijons,
that The administration have not squand6fad the
public money, IL is only necessary 10 look at the
footing up OF the appropriation bills, ond to OBJ
serve that millions mole ere required for the ex.
Ipenses OF the government than were ever befoIe
asked form Lines OF profound eace. In every
department an increased expenditure has been de.
manded. Corruption stall abtoad. Money from
the public lre1suTy is layished to substitute the
press aud buy up starving scnbblUts. With re.
gard to Gniphiuism, that term arose Ia conss.
qnence Of bill lor the relefof Gnlphin having
been improperly aud coTruptY taken out Of lie or
der on the CLERKS desk Ol the House Of RepTesen-
tntIyeS, md passed. The last session witnessed
even RIOssef iEiegulaIy, in the alteration Of the
text OF Di III The Clerks Office. True, the
parties 10 il did not make out so well as IN The
Galphin case, because CISgess, discovering ow
tie fraud, promptly repealed Tie bill. Dut IN this
only di1 the case diTeT from that Of Galphin, as
| faT us fraud was cont efned. Vel The immediate
Clerk Of the House has tie impotence TO claim
credit 10 the Union for fact VIII CHI was only due
10 an accidental discovery Of his own improper
Conduct
"Upon several occasions the organ hos claimed
i n
exposing Tue frauds OF that unfortunate man. The
ruth, however, IS that the pTocee inls ngains!
Gardiner were instituted by Mr.. Fillmore, aud Tie
prosecution was pressed TO conclusion under the
direction ofawhig Distinct Attorney appointed by
Tie last administration. The only consideration
this efficient officer met with a, the hands Of the
present administration, was TO remove HIM from
Office.
at is scarcely necessary TO OlluJe to tile claim
so quietly and gingety put forth by the Union,
that that The administrator "did moi oppose the
4 Nebraska bill" This is csrlninlya gTsnt coming
down fn m claim formerly set up, that General
Pierce was The lulhel oftie measure, Tie back.
ing pnd hling Of the Cabinet upon that bill Is well
known 10 The county. The columns Of the
Union, WI en- the matter wos FIST bfOaohed, Te-
con the shufilns Of Gen. PIeTcei and such men
as Douglas, Richardson, Hunter, and eN en- BTeck
Il enTidle might safely be called ON the stand to tes
4 lily ~ the alarm which was felt by the occupant
Of the White liUugr, aud the wTetched attempts he
made 10 escape tile rsspOns bllny u adopting some
decided course. And it was only when the cOun.
lTY began TO look into General PieTce's Enece
dents IN New Hampshire, that he found ii neeessa.
4 Tylo adopt the naliunal principles enuncia ed in
the repeal Of the Missouri compromise, 10 wipe
oIt the recollection Of his abolition pTocliyltes and
his Atwood speeches. With no higher ambition
than 10 Try aud hit the popular side oCeyery ques
ton, It is no wonder that in oil the acts oil the
present administration il is impossible 10 discovei
a single thought which comm. nds itself 10 our
esteem, or higher sentiment than the most go,
Yelling aud ignoble ambition might naturally Ia,
i spiTe.
"Haviug thus done justice 10 the claims Of the
administration, modesly put forth by lleir paid Of
gan, il may DO profitable 10 mention what Inns moi
been accomplished. With treasury full 10 Esple.
ton, il was expected that rome steps would be To-.
Il ken for modification OF The tAufT. Yet, beyond
j confused scheme, submitted by Nj. Guthrie,
which, even II aoisd upon, would not materially
have lowered the duties, nothing he's been done.-
a We have Geen told that The Amy and navy require
4 70 be recognized, 10 become efficient Has any
q thing bgeu done in that dlTecOnl Much wssex-
i Dected in the way of Oneuinp n Communication In