The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-19

uiinisrslion which was sought TO be organized upon
the charge OF its ayorng abolition and soism,
annihiialed the country understood all the
facts and when il became apparent that the Herald
the organ Of the combination. Men who had decent
regard for public opinion revolted at the association and
the result has been that the very whom the Herald
expected 10 be lis effective supporters are now the OBJ.
jects OF its libellous assaults.
Having utterly failed in its attempt 10 make the charge
of free sosm available in its warfare upon the admin
sation. the Herald changes It's tactics assumes 10
be the perfection Of purity. and seeks TO connect the sd
minsuation with schemes Of plunder and spois On
this point the present administration is especially impreg
nable and the Herald unwitngly does service when
il directs its indignant imposency against this main bull
wark of President Pierces executive policy. We have
wholly mistaken The motives and purposes OF The Pres-
dent and his cabinet they have not set their faces
with unshnkiDg frmness against iraud peculaon, and
plumber every shape in which it may be presented
President Pierce entered upon his duties with determine
ton TO have honest administration, and every possible
effort has been made by his cabinet ministers TO ferret out
fraud wherever lis existence has been suspect,
ed. The public treasury has been guarded with a ngd
wa,chfulness which has commanded the applause OF the
country Frauds OF the most startling character have
been detected. exposed and defeated Abuses have
been reformed in all the branches Of the government,
and the administration justly enjoys the confidence
oil the people upon the conviction that is working
and honest administration This conviction rests
upon professions Of devotion to the public in
teess il rests upon the acts OF The executive officers,
and upon the results of those acts which have been
made manifest 10 the country. Who does not understand
the Of the warfare upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury. made by such assailants the Herald Who does
in this clamor against Mr.. Guthrie the Legitimate
results OF the wise and rigid adherence OF the Executive
TO the principles OF honesty, economy, and fidelity to the
law which have arayed the administration against every
species of public plHnder Who that now has business
with any of the departments but that and acknowl
edges the prompness, efficiency, and fidelity with which
The employees discharge their duties The real phos
ophy OF The popularity OF the present administration with
the honest found in the results which have
been developed. 1t this feature in the admnstra
ton that made it strong TO resist the assaults that
made upon its policy TO appointments. The people
saw and felt that il was honest administration !;
and in this conviction there a moral force
which caused honest men everywhere TO rally
promptly and bavely 10 it's support when ii assaied
by fact Gus dsafecton and disappointment. Had Gal.
phDlsm received any counenance from the Executive,
the administration could have trumphed it has
done against those acous assaults. We assert that its
honesty, its known opposition TO all schemes Of treasury
plumber has been the real bulwark Of this adninsira
ton in enabling IL 10 resist successfully combinations
which threatened il with overthrow and disaster.
II is this bulwark against which the Herald now levels
its impoten attacks Ii may be work OF sapereroga-
ton 10 expose the wickedness, weakness, and folly
which characterize this phase OF opposition but
every good democrat interested in maintaining the char
ac,er of The administration for purity and uprgbness,
will be pardoned for noticing the assaults OF the
Herald. The charge OF favoring system OF spoils in
connexion with the renewal of valuable patents is based
upon the fact that in his message President Pierce says
" commend to your favorable consideration the OF
genius OF country. who by their inventions and dis.
coveres in science aud ART have contributed largely TO
the improvements OF The age without, in many instances,
securing for themselves anything like adequate
ward" Upon this sound and patriotic ommendaiion
the Herald iabrcaies the charge that the President has
been 'humbugged by the lobby" and that he avors the
system OF generalization and corruption to which this
special legislation for the benefit OF large patent
nopolies is likely TO lead . and the members OF Con-
gress called upon TO guard against the rec
ommendaton Of the President In lis mpudence
and effronery, the Herald says lie, the House
OF Representatives see TO il, they may be held to
more serious judgment before the country" II this be
designed threat, is mpo,en is impudent 4
and not less OF either than is the charge against the
President, absurd and false
The mex, charge Of iavoring corruption agans, the
President lie based upon the fact that in his message he
recognises the power Of Congress to aid railroad enter
prises by grants OF alternate sections OF the public lands
And the and last charge of corruption made by the
Herald ia founded upou the fact that the President
own language stamps his FOOT upon The policy OF river
and harbor Improvements and says Gentlemen, this
business stop" The sbsurdity of these charges
palpabe afford any justification for doing than
to state them. II there lower deep of degrade
ton TO which their author could sink the very announce
meni OF such charges would place him there. They will
be secuted by the intelligence and honesty of the whole
country csumnIes that have not the merit of in
genuy But IL is in the impoiency OF such attacks tha
the real strength OF the administration is made apparent
Whenever President Pierce any member OF his cabinet
is found giving TO any scheme Of aggression
upon the public treasury the honest portion OF the press
will be promp, to sound the alarm II that should ever
occur which Is no, at all probable, the Herald will be
found in It's natural and proper position.
American Chivalry Abroad,
The statement that our minister 10 Spain and his son
had both challenged and fought dues-the one with
Spanish grandee and the other with the ambassador Of
Francis not, probably, correct. Young Soue, how