Eastern times., 1855-10-25
Easttrn- Gimfs.
BATH, OCTOBER Is, 1885,
The Administration.

pr.s;dsn, Pierce has the good fortune to be
one of the hest abused men in the nation. In
this respect he is almost, if not quite, as pre-
eminent as those sages and statesmen, Jeffer-
son. Madison and jackson, whose memory
will ever be cherished by all patriotic Ameri-
cans. The leading measures of their several
administrations,-ih purchase of Louisiana,
the Embargo. and war with Great Britain,
the suppression of the United States Bank,
reused the opposition to frenzy. Ruin to the
country aud destruction of her best interests
were boldly predicted. Jefferson was associ-
ated in the opinion of his opponents, with Tom
Paine and the French in6dels, James Madison
with the devil, and Andrew Jackson with mar
tial law and coffin hand-bils. Yet who does
not now acknowledge that all the great polt-
ical measures Of these men were conducive to
the nationalintsrest and glory1 The verdict
of pos,erity has enrolled their names among
fhe sages and benefactors of the race.
We predict like fate to our present distin-
guished and worthy chief-magistrate. In the
administration of the interior and foreign pol
icy of the government he has secured fidelity
and economy in the expenditures of the treas
ury, the respect OF foreign powers, and the
safety of our mercantile interests. In these
several respects he has accomplished as much
as any preceding administration.
President Pierce has received abuse without
stin; for one leading measure of his administra-
,ion,-the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Yet the
cool, second thonght of the people is already
beginning to rectify the prejudice which first
resulted from this enactment. The question
Is now asked "Who has been injured by the
repeal OF the Missouri Compromise % and so
unmistakable is the negative reply to this in
quiry, that no one expects that the opponents
of the administration will attempt or wish its
retraction, whatever may be their professions.
II is beginning to be acknowledged that it is
far more congenial to the spirit of our institu-
tions that the people should settle the charac-
ter of their domestic and municipal relations
than that it should be done by Congress.
The opposition to President Pierce, by its
very ultralSfDy Is contributing W HIS pOpuldII-
ty and ultimate success. The people never
fail, sooner or later, to atone to their public
servants for any injustice which may have
been done them and the greater that injus-
tice the more certain and effectual is the re-
coil Of public opinion.
We confess that, in looking forward to a
nomination for the next presidential term,
while we are prepared TO acquiesce in the
voice of the democratic party,-properly ex-
pressed I'VE know of no one who, in our opin-
ion, will bear the banner of the party more
satisfactorily and triumphantly than Franklin
Pierce In taking HIM for our leader, we
avoid difficulties which always arise on the Sc
lection of new man, such as the reconciling
of opposite and equal claims OF candidates,
and distrust or doubt in regard to the policy
which may be pursued. The present incum-
bent has the prestige of victory, and his policy
is known and approved by the great body OF
the democratic party.