The daily union., 1854-07-23

prospect for The hrst time In many years OF our
land system being settled upon broad and equal basis
that system in the administration of which so many APP
prehensions and eaouses have recently been excited Al
last look forward the plan that will harmonic and
strengthen all great interests
1t of the primary objects of the administration
of President Pierce repeatedly avowed by his friends to
the land question and the slavery question from the
arena of natiopal legislation by wise and constitutional
adjustment The latter has been successfully accomplished
The former is believe, the of being effected
A treaty with Mckee avoiding lingering border hos
ttes if open war; vast expenditures of money,
and every other of irritation between the two coun-
tries, has been happily and economically consummated
treaty with England extending the great principles Of
free trade opening to fishermen in the North vast
field of unobstruced enterprise and giving to our ship
builders broader theatre for rvalya treaty which has
been negotiated few months that four could not
bring about under the last administrations now on the
eve of ratification by the American Senate.
Meanwhile of the great nations of the East
long closed liberty and to civilizations about to be unsea
by American enterprise and diplomacy to the commerce
of the whole Christian worldour bright flag appro
priately leading the way.
The doctrine that free ships make free goods" which
carries with the destruction Of the odious dogma of the
right of search has been formally acknowledged by the
great maritime power of England and is justly claimed
of the chief triumphs of American diplomacy and will
bear the fruits of peace and of prosperity TO the United
States and to Britain in all time to come.
The rights of the American citizen have been
fully tested before the whole world by the administration of
Franklin PIERCE and the trial has been made in the face of
the nations of the earh who stood by surprised not only
the bodness with which great truths have been uttered
but ability and force with which they have been pro-
claimed to the struggling masses of Europe.
We need not recur to our home polcy-to the rigid
economy in the public expendures-to the vigilance of
the Executive in regard to loose and icentous legsla-
on-to the increase of our steam navyo the resistance
of irresponsible expeditions against other Staesand to
the assertion of principles of justice and moderation in all
the departments of the All men can see these
things without tiresome iteration
Such are the doings of the administration of Franklin
Pierce in fourteen months With all the internal and per-
sona disputes consequent upon coming into power on
the of such popular acclaim as has been witnessed
but once in political hisorywih an angry and an
INSCRIPTIONS opposition bearing upon the actions of Con-
gress and his own-with set of disappointed men in the
democratic ranks seeking disntegrate if not to Destroy
the democratic parythe result is ms we have stated it
and this alone but stretching from Maine to
Texas, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, great party
united upon great principles and scadas in supporting
them
How baseless, how unjust how reckless, is not that
spirit which would turn its eyes from such prospect to
feast upon those low and groveng prejudices which,
without real berality dignity, have grown up from
personal disputes and rapidly pershng before the r
umphs of broad and enduring measures, founded upon
eternal principles!
WHIG COMMENTS ON CONGRESSIONAL MORALS.
Now and then hear it claimed by some of the whig
papers of the North that the democrats in Congress are
rude and vulgar set ofme During the discussion of the Ne
braska bill have had many evidences Of this prejudice
1t thing for certain of the correspondents here
write their masters that such and such senator was
intoxicated during such and such debate but in every
the offender turned out to be- according to these COM
mentntors, democrat And whenever dispute takes
place in either house. it is the democrats only who
vulgar-who nosy-who are rude. We have not been
disposed quarrel with these Cheserfelds of the press
who make such preachers of profanity as Parker model
morals and who elevate into superfne gentlemen such
graceful orators Mr.. Giddngs From time mmemoria,
certain class of writers has been trying prove that the
democracy is the party of the "agtag and boba and
that all idea of mingng with the is repugnant to
elegant tastes and finished education This favorite
prejudice of fcdera ism and it is illustrated in its
lineal descendant he northern whg party. Mr. Greeley
has compacen way of minging his satires He states
his against Nebraska by saying that whskey and Ne
braska twins and he is fond of the ALTERATION of rum
and radcalism' To take him Embodiment of truth
would suppose that the great whg party of the North
is radically temperance party as it is thoroughly
abolition ally; that brandy was scarce in abolition
whig patriotism that whiskey and opposition
to the fugve-save law antipodes and that cham
pagne and Sumner strange to each other as Sum-
and the constitution AS for Mr.. Seward taking
glass of wine it would be much treason think of it
aege that he did believe in the higher law Who
ever dreams for instance of Senator Fessenden and
sherry cobber--of Truman Smith and brandy smash
OF Senator Foot and ulepof Hamilton Fish and glo-
rous Apcian dinner redolent of elegant refreshments?
Nobody suggested such outrage Iii the demo-
who are ntemperate To show how readily the wings
upon they do ayow this doctrine in than
Of the branches of morals instance will prove
1t will be recolected how bitterly Mr. Craige of North
Carolina was abused by the northern wings in his
troversy with Mr. Hunt how violently Mr. Douglas was
assaed because he spoke plain Saxon to the abolition
traitors and how Mr. Churchwe continues be SANDER
ed for his passage with Mr. Cullom. In nearly every in
stance the whig escapes scot-Tee few days ago Mr..
Clayton for whom have great personal respect gen.
tleman applied to Mr. Wade of Ohio, very short mono
syllable called le and did this loudly and repeatedly