Washington sentinel., 1854-01-07


rs to all non-essentials, she will allow him, with
out objection the privilege of fexercising his own
good Judgment and sound discretion. and will
look upon it as impertinent intermeddling, if
any outside person, under the promptings OF
rage, disappointment, or baffled desires, should
dare to arraign his course as to such matters.
The democracy ofIndiana may well retort the
charge of factiousness upon the Washington
Union. That print had already announced, as the
policy of the President the bestowal of official
trusts upon all classes and divisions that had
joined in the election of Franklin Pierce, pro
vided they still adhere to the Baltimore plat.
form. 1t had been loud in defence of that
policy. And yet, when it was carried out, to
the exclusion of itself, from a small portion Of
the public printing, it still being in possession
of the entire residue, instead of meeting its
fate with the calmness of martyr, or the
philosophy of stoic-instead of wrapping its
own published philosophy around itself with
grace and dignity, as would Roman Senator
his toga, it broke forth into clamor the most
vociierous, and wailing the most painful. When
its own lauded doctrine was applied to itself
when this modern Phalars was forced to test
his own invention, it suddenly rose into the
high tragic, and, with wonderful dexterity, went
through the whole gamut of lachrymose
rage. Who was the factionist then?' Who op-
posed the Presidents policy then? Indiana
can certainly have no very exalted estimate of
nysuch exponent Of democratic principles, pol
icy and measures as this. We beg leave also to
assure the Washington Unioa in parenthesis,
that her democracy will never surrender to any
one man, be he President of the United States or
not, the power of declaring and deciding what
is and what is not democratic. The divine hand
has never been laid upon the head of any one
man, consecrating him to any such mission as
that As far, however, as party democracy is
concerned, we beg leave to relieve the Editors
of the Washington Union of singular hal
lucination, by assuring them that the publisher
of the Washington Union, at least, is not one
Of the planks of the Baltimore platform.
Senator Bright has only need to refer to his
political career, to silence forever this miserable
charge of disafection to democratic principles.
What democrat in State or national councils
has been frmer or more steady? No man Of
his age in the country has labored more earn
estly, and faithfully, and constantly, and etec-
tirely than he, for the success and advancement
of democratic principles. They are dear to his
heart. For them, would he face any response
bility or terror.
For their sake, he would contend in the
widest whirlpools of danger. No one has ever
dared to bring the charge of trickery or con
cealment against him. His principles from boy
hood up, in every contest, have been worn upon
his frontlet and by their sacred strength and
his own intense energy has he succeeded. Mi
nority has never had any terror for him. DIFF.
fculties, political and private, which would
have staggered other men, to him have only
been incentives. He has ever been as ready
to lead a forlorn hope, as to engage in con
test where victory had almost already announced
itself. No amount of labor imposed upon him
by his. party, has been left by him, unperform-
ed, or was it ever done grumblingly. This,
this, is the faithful democratic soldier, who
after having received the baptism of fire. in
many an open battle field, is charged with dis
affection by the snarling Thersites of the
Washington Union.
We have no doubt but that the democracy of
Indiana will treat the charge with the scorn
I'd ,,nb1, A Al
Future, we believe it will speak as well for
Senator Bright's democracy, as the Past. When
he shall be found giving aid and comfort to the
doctrines of ffederalism-when he shall be found
striking down the guards which the Constitu-
ton has planted around the province of legis-
lation---when national banks or protective
tariffs, or distributions of proceeds of public
lands, or gigantic government railroads, or Will
mot provisoes, shall be advocated by him, then
assail his democracy; but until then, there will
be nothing but quick recoil against the foolish
hand that attempts the blow.
Without pretending to have the slightest au-
thority to speak in the name of the Hon.
Senator, we will yet venture to say that no man
in Congress during this and the coming ses-
sions, will by his votes and acts, exhibit
higher and purer, and more consistent democ-
racy than the Senator from Indiana To all
the democratic measures Of this administration,
we believe he will yield an earnest, cordial, and
efficient support. That he will seek to en-
barrass it, or to impair its effectiveness in its
appropriate fields of action and effort, we do not
for one moment credit. We speak thus of his
Future, because we know his Past. We say it
the more confidently, because, independently,
of his own previous career, after only COM
paratively slight personal intercourse between
us, We have never seen any one, the character
and temper Of whose mind, whose instincts,
and whose antipathies even, more concur than
in his case, in fixing this impression upon US.
DEMOCRATIC DIVISIONS.