The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-06
Connecticut Election.

Understand me-, said one oil The most distinguished
southern wings in Congress, while the news of the
Connecticut election being discussed Tuesday last,
do not and cannot rejoice such WING victory"
1t triumph of ismS-a result of combinations be-
tween of differing sentiments in all other respects
cep opposition 10 the democratic parya fusion OF abo
ltion. temperance and ni-eiorm elements and 10 all
these there opposed usual, but partythat Of
the democracy Such results these in the
history of the country. The democratic party has been
called upon 10 meet many. General Jacksons admins
tation was greatly INSTRUCTED by hostile msjori,ies
thrown into Congress by sudden popular movements,
infamed 10 opposition by able and industrious poll
ticlans. Whenever, in all our politics, a
President 40 constantly or so basely abused Not
alone were his measures denounced despoc and ruin
QUE but bis personal character made the mark for
the yest and most revolving opprobrium. The volume
that records The expedens and The excuses of the oppo
sition to his administration, and to himself personally
abounds with instances in which anagonism seemed TO
exhaust the abundant resources OF detracuon and cal
jimmy He was declared 10 be unfit for his high Office ;
he assaled proane and passionate Iyrant his
domestic relations laceraied and exposed; and it
The delight OF his enemies 10 declare that he
ruled by desperate and designing cabal A con.
tnuous crusade OF this character produced its expect
ed result and defeat followed defeat 10 the different
States, until limd politicians began 10 yield TO the belief
that General Jackson had destroyed the democratic
party" Meanwhile, be bore himself with heroic forli.
tude and dignity, adhering 10 bis principles without
benchng and deiying the violence of his adver.
sares The wisdom Of his administrative policy was
gradually revealed and confirmed the force of his great
character was developed all its grand proportions;
II kva hpsap ha.r
and responded 10 his deservings endorsing him last
with glad and grateful acclaim, which became ire.
sisbe that wben in few short years after be was gath
cred to his fathers, the beautiful language Of Gen.
Pierce on another OCCASION 1.-THE heart Of nation tbrob
bed at the portals Of bis grave"
The same baleiul influences at work against
the present Executive The tide Of ialsehood and OF
Islander rolls on yet, without retiring ebb Led
by The bold, bad man Of the New York Herald who was
among the last Of The hyenas Tat howled ia the onset
against the venerated Jackson. The cry is filled up by
abolition brawers and disappointed iacliunss and par.
takes Of all the degrees Of attack, personal and political
But Franklin Pierce like the hero whose precepls be has
pac,sed and whose confidence he shared stands firmly on
the enduring foundations Of principle, and calmly awaits
the issue OF the struggle with abiding confidence in the re-
suit. No democratic administration OF the general govern.
ment conducted sernly aud firmly on constitutional prin
cples, expect, ought desire TO glide along upon
smooth and summer Its duties are various and i'm
peative. That which might be tolerated in a wing dy-
nasty would be rejected and repudaed as cupable in
democratic administration. Hostility 10 secuonalisn,
rigid economy in all the departments. perseverng prose-
cutons Of peeulaors and sleePiess wstcupess over
the constitutional rights OF all the States these are plain
and positive obligations, which must be met, but which,
when properly and faithfully discharged, never fail 10
awaken all the elements OF unscrupulous, reckless, and
unforgying opposition Bot for such examples these
bat for such General Pierce and his coupselos
men who challenge public scrutiny into their scls and
who boldly and confidently rely upon the future to vim
dleate themselves and hs measuresbut for such men
as these, administration Of federal affairs would be
unbrok rule Of Galphs and Of Gardeners gradually
settling down into s. stem in which The government
would cease to be conducted engine OF wrath
by The larger portion Of the Union against the smaller or
The weaker section
The Connecticut election may or may not have been
Ike one Of those results often quoted against General
Jackson when in the full tide Of his bold and brilliant
career But OF this feel abundan,y assured; that all
the great principles avowed bis messages Congress,
and practically enforced by his administration up 10 the
present day. President Pierce considers himself solemby
committed before the world
II 70 be true 10 these fundamental princpes under all
circumstances and every hazard, should excite against
him the hostility Of unjust or misjudging men, he must
rely upon the masses Of his eountrymen, who are as
prompt to sustain the man bold enough TO be true TO