The daily union., 1854-01-11
The president and his Cabinet.

hded in hsr conuses he found them unfit for the success
fa Accomplishment, OF the great task before him. and
with decsion aad rniness" which won the respect OF
his adye rsare and the enthusiastic applause OF his friends
dismissed them from his service and appointed their sue
cassors The same choice is at this hour presented 10
Mr.. Pierce. Win he foow-can he hesitate IL is Ia vain
that industrious metropolitan organs give assurance with
baed breath and humble adulston the President that
all Is well--coaidence and asssveraon important 10
secure that confidence which Il gone H Is useless for Bel
shazysr, the king, make great feast thousand OF
his mobiles, and TO drink wine before the thousandt all
In vain 10 have The vessels Of gold and silver which
taken OF Jewry before their admiring gaze the
handwriting supon the wa and the only scapegosts, upon
whose heads Tho President lay his hands aud send forth
for destruction in the wilderness, the imbeciles of the
cabinet which surrounds him One remedy alone is effect
nal-the reorganization OF the cabinet
tRici.n,ona Eraninsr.
The mingng OF metaphors is often attended with effects
conioundng those produced by the mixing OF liquors.
and leads writer unwilngy into many Inconsistencies
This reflection has been induced by the perusal OF the
above moTceau OF eastern imagery extracted from
highly respectable southern paper One might almost sup
pose that overngh, revelry had brought in juxta
position the incongruous objects Of gold and silver
wine goblets, goats, and mystic signs in production.
I" Whose incoherent style, like sick mems Dreams
Varies all shat pes and mixes all extremes"
Where such appalling instance of annihation has
been conured up to represent the state Of admnisa
lion, il is very difficult 10 understand how the pen
could have written the cabinet is not failure OF
party principles organizalion feay, but simply fail
in The characteristics which command the respect and
support OF grea, party Of honest and thinking With
another and better cabinet triumph certain. This
ia the half tribute OF respect which unwillngy rendered
by many dsqulet citizens TO the present administration
They do but feel the proprety well the necessity, Of
exercising faith in the qualifications Of the members
uoposns sa- body Sso~sss sosos,~r ty ounstitutonu
process which, according 10 creed, they obliged
TO acknowledge the most suitable for that purpose
The conclusion, then. we arrive at from this maudin
representation Of the cabinet s that il requires "smpy
a modification in its composition"
Public censure, when unguided by the wholesome re.
strants oil discipline, such have made protective of
national SYSTEM may point at seeming cause OF
evil, and magnify lis property until it has increased in
growth like that of the prophets cloud without causing
serious apprehensons but when conecves are applied
by pomscuous gatherings OF the people, and by public
prints, with such melancholy prognoslcs Of nations
run--from sources ioo which have been accustomed
to regard with deferencewe may less dread the evil
itself than the consequences OF the remedy proposed.
But in what particular does that evil consist which
quires remedy, why the authorities now called ia
actually shown want Of devo,edness TO the public vel.
are not because of any lack of ability perform, or
failure in the execution of any duy-for indeed there
had no Congress assembled TO receive his first message
when this turbulence began. MOI. have the cabinet
proved themselves individually disqualified for their po.
sons by neglect msieasance does appear ths,
they have RENTED aught Of the attention which is re-
qused OF them in their several Offices.
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specifications OF offence gven' elimination 10
seldom made in the ordinary transactions of life without
assigning a cause. Amid the ipcoherent rawlings of a
certain section of the public press and of the mixed
muuudes in some OF our pepulous cities, called
together by nsver.ceasing epir, OF opposition or
we may nowhere see il brought into
SO plausible and defined a shape and feature as a,
the late national democratic meeting held at Metro
polan Hall, the city OF New York, in Novsm-
Der last The imposing character OF that meeting, pre-
sen,ed by It's array OF officers, gave OF
the consideration to be given TO the subject which
Qured and that full and clear statement OF The grcv
ances complained OF would have been eliced but how
were they made TO appear Among the many strong
assertions without show Of proof and violent censures
without, dignity moderation, which characterized the
speeches and resolutions that occasion, six lines
hibled 'he head and front OF the ofendisg, in these
words: "That while speaking with the freedom insepa-
rabe from the true democratic character, We do not ap
prove the policy which ncongruous cabinet have in
duced the President 10 adopt in making appointments
to ofcee We yet have abiding confidence that he is
sincerely attached 10 the principles upon which be is
elected" This intended reproo of the cabinet appro
priaely redemeed by its sequent clause which applies
calapasm TO the wound and is another instance OF hon.
age TO merit reminding iorciby OF the compliment,
once paid 10 distinguished minister in the past century
OF whom il was said that ",he rays OF popular ndgna
lion collected upon him served rather 10 illuminate than
to consume"
To claim for the Executive his cabine, that they
are infaibie would be stretch beyond that philosophy
by which we are accustomed to gauge the conduct of
men; but is il not the height OF diseased state Of the
body politic-a violation OF democratic principes-tha
the President o the Uned S,aes who is placed in thai
position according to the surest test OF public confidence
in his judgment and capacity, and with oil the consu
tiona checks upon bis conduct should be censued and
required TO bend to the dotaon of every excited meet,
ing that may be got up by the incendasy leaders OF an
opposition party There a time when "it was not
lawful TO scourse a Roman and uncondemned"
Il was said of Mr. Jefferson, that when friend con-
graduated him upon his elevation to the presidency as
ariordue him 40 large patronage he replied, ''fhat,