New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-17
THE HARD AND SOFT QUARREL.


SIR To me- the mos; despicabe position for nAn on
hin floor hsyea motive for HE vote and be ashamed
to own II Laughter do not insnuste that such has
been the case do not say tha, the Executive sword has
teen suspeI ded the head Of any member OF tins
House but do say there have been some who honored
by seat upon this floor have progressed IN notoey ana
hold conspicuous places when they do not enjoy the largest
nber4y-,hat under the cowardy threat Of deceptaDs
one friend and refusing 20 appoint another have exoed
themselves the suspicion OF having forgotten 'ueI
allegiance their constituency and the common goa
There was a time in the history Of this Government
when 10 insure the of great public measure
wss no, necessary TO ask Does President approve Of
~t,, How does Mr. Guthrie feel on this subject 2
Won't jefferson Davis take ofense = VIII Caleb
"Cushng independent in nothing but hs poiiics sane
ton IL" cay Sir. there time when such cues
tons would have been insult 10 gentlemen on tbs ho1'
That the golden age OF princlpe-when II wss not
necessary carly TO define ones position when men pr
ctles were embodied in all their acts when there no
ma woysltpBg or time serving-nO getting astrde OF
tie Line waiting the issue OF the contest and then Ieehg
60 the side Of the victor and claiming the spous Cfes
OF good good ~ The man who dared to do ina "ss
cure 10 have bis Sims cracked both sides OF the hue
and be made be should be- political cripple for HE
Excessive laughter But, elias times have saaty
changed nothing be done without consultation
with The powers that be You must trim your salis TO the
Executive breeze be driven amid the breakers Inc
old rar and file who bayn borne our banner ~ triumph
through many hard fought conteswhcse coura-eis an
doubted and whose honcrabe-are thrust ASIDE
TO make room for whom, Sir orrenegades and traitors
for the ragged camp followers the miserable de3ertes
who near starvation through their own reachery, now
crave The food that will strengthen them for stu more
damnrg treason Sir the people have the honor 10 rep
are National in the strcest OF the term op
uosed 10 Van Burenism Free SOlism, any other ism
that can the least degree raise the question OF dsunon
Iheyare against all federal eneToahments upon the rights
of the States and will denounce any President who exer
ees his official power m0zze any citizen in the free ex
PRESTON OF bis opinion in the exercise OF the elective
franchise And the President who tnmy humble oan
ion has in his the elements OF weakness and des
ism They are in favor OF honest for Otice-bOse
who have never altered their principals deserted their
Marty Now Sir in this connection | will say-this Al
Innistration have been charged with filing the highest
place with the Free SOers Of 1873 How has TINS charge
been met With argument No, Sir on the contrary
private character has been most vIhnousy traduced
and the columns of the organ fairly staggered under the
weight Of calumDy they contained why slr, an md.
Viduel humble as myself could not escape the anH
laws Of this hyena press, that faens on the booo OF
character | have been assaied in the mos, Indecent
manner and my occupation has been sneeringly alluded
to. " ell, Sir what matters it, if am hotel keeper
Does that place without the pale OF Congress Laugh
ter But truce, Sir TO this pleasantly my Free sou
colleague Mr. Hughes, has had the hardhood t. insult
the lCOooO National men Of New YORK by asserting on
this floor that at their next election in That state HE and
drum would draw together but corporal guard. ms
sur worthy Of being cast by one who boosted that ne
voted for Van Buren, and Adams, and under IKE cream
stances would do it again This assault could only come
from who hides himself and his duty to the country
behind the bury forms u his constituency Sir, let me
8
onBg is comDg-nay is Close at hand-when that hie ana
drum will be used for the legitimate purpose OF drumming
from the renks, to certain notorious tune, these camp
followers and peculiar friends of the Administration thOs5
who make bargains to break them Such men, stripped
of their borrow ed plunage will hereafter 60 forth bearing
the brand Of the letter d. as an evidence OF her second
poluical apostacy Now, Sir, | desire TO trace the
progress of this Administration from its Inauguration into
power up TO this present time and see II 1t has not
proved fthess the the Democracy OF the country
rerosed init recolect with qualification ihe Inaugural
Of Gen Pierce-tbe doctrines it contains commend them
selves the heart of every patriot but Sir 1t Is one thns
TO ureach and quite another to practice The Union was
TO be presery ed nvioateand how has been done By
the appointment Of 10 the Cabinet who fought the
battle Of the Union and the Constitution BY the choice
If men who all their lives had labored for the OF
democratic principles No. Sir the national men OF the
party have been overslaughed and man made the Chief
adviser of the President who for quarter of century
wsrred against the Democratic party They take TO the
bosom and confidence the very men who contain the ee
NE Its Of anatcsm ruthless and merciess that woud
strike down the Constitution and sing peans OF rejoicing
over a torn and dismanted Union. Can the tongue
be silent when the eye witnesses such outrages
committed in the honored name OF the democracy
The Union was TO be preserved involne, and how by
resting upon the strong of the Jeersonian creed that
despised alliance with traitors No, Sir that was too an
tiqueed too old ogyish In order 10 preserve invoise
tie Union houg necessary to bargain and huckster
with the Free Sellers Of ls4s with few exceptions, men
of no consistency of principles whose capaclous nav
digest all the spo treacher9ns Aam ms ra
Laughter But, Sir, not only was the Union
10 be nvioate but the rights of the States to be
held
to my own State and ask the hundred thousand honest
National Democrats what they were fight
Ing for in November last and they will tell you they were
r,sstnr encroaehments Of the Federal Executive and
thew did successfully They fought for the rights OF their
State the mpudent and TanDca power OF an Al
minstraon that had shamefuy coalesced with the enc
mics of the Constitution and the Union and sent Its own
officers be aiding bands of hired ruans to Convention
of the people to speak by authority say hired ruhans
armed of the most desperate character under the LEAD OF
two officers of the Federal Government took possession
of the State Conv and overawed and controlled is
action and when my Soft colleague Westbrook said that
such charge untrue he was guilty either ignoranily
or wlfully of misre Go to schusets
and ask the cause of the indignation Of the people OF thai
State and they will tell you that Cabinet oicer oke
through the trumpet Of the President anc Dem
ocrsts with crushing out If they dared to do VIVA. tue
Administration has been doing since j. came into
uower-coale scing with Free Soiers And how did they
receive the They looked upon il as direct inter
erence in the rights If their State and hurled back wih
INDIGNATION the letter Of the Attorney General preerns
they we're to be lectured at all to have father OF the
party do it. and not apostate from the ing isth 70
! have man whose skirts clean, aud not one who
owed all the postons be ever held in the Democrat c
PARTY 10 the success Of coalitions. And Why SIR was r
same letter 10 which auced teegraphet by Wing wio
boasts of IL TO the State Of Mississippi Of TN important
slsciiop before il was cent Massachusetts, Who hid
the expense % eegrsphng this long letter to hat oa'e
This Whg has assured repeatedly that tbs bill was sent
to the Office OF The UroH the organ OF the Eheeuye aha
il dorei Why could the Administration refrain from
meddline in the election Of sovereign Staes Alas vi
would have thought the rights the State held sacred o
every citizen was TO walk forth free and antrammele
in all the majesty of freedom How was this psdgt
fulfilled WY, Sir, they appointed Greene e. Bron:oE
Collector OF New York without his solicitation, and Dc
cause he would not submit, to the arrogant dctsuon
those who were seeking 30 lower him IN the es
melton Of t honest he was dismissed; but no; unit
he len on record correspondence impershsbe as II i
Hing that reflects credit upon his head aud heart
ths. adds the total Of our country horo whle
administers scaihng rebuke to cabinet de:poisa tina
seeks make tools Of who are then sIpeors
duriD he lastp II