The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-08
From ,hS Baltimore Republican and 'Argas.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

From NJ Bsrrimore RepseIsean and Argus
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
The last presidential campaign is so remote but
that readers viii remember its history We might
suppose from the conduct Of some however this day,
that they think the whole community has drunken OF
cup from the of Lethe Upon other theory can
account for the changes in their expression Of po,-
zeal opinion; for 10th to believe that any set
OF possess the impuden hardwood and eifronery
to pass from apparent conviction to another with
giving least plausible for the altera-
ton in their belief
When Franklin Pierce was candidate for the pres-
dency the hands Of his enemies ndustriousy
pied searching the of his past political life
IL known that he had been member OF the conven-
ton called to reform the constitution OF New Hampshire
II had been proposed in that conventions o attach some
disabilities TO those who protested the Catholic faith.
The charge early made that the democratic pres
Dental candidate favorable this prescription.
Every journal in this section of the country acting under
the lead Of the Washington Republic gave this accusation
countenance The wing papers Of Baltimore
whit behind their contemporaries The movement in New
Hampshire denounced proscrptve and antirepuh
can and Pierce was held up to odum citizen Of a
State that tolerated large departure from the prnc
Piles Of Christian liberation and republican equality
There was not paper in this community then pre-
pared justify the proceedings Of the New Hampshire
State convention They everywhere accounted for
upon the theory that Of ancient anatica
prejudice survived in the hilcounry OF the Granite State
Upon the hustngs whg orators affected to disrust any
citizen who had lived in community svayed by views
and ntoerant and, in the press invitation
given the Catholics vndicate the honor their
religion by sacrificing this scion of people Of bgots
There no exception anywhere in the wing ranks to
the large exercise of tolerant spirit in religion when il
seemed that the charities Of truly Christian life could be
turned to the account of political warfare
Nor the of of the neutral papers less
marked. There then in this State journals which
professed remain apart from political strife but which
were then under the guidance present The
independence of their position left them free mark their
appreciation Of the supposed course OF any candidate for
the highest national Office The census open to their
consideration then as it now is All those elements Of
danger which alleged TO exist then pal
pable their vision If it believed that the
buttons of this country in such danger demand
organization against the political power Of the Catho
lie Church. why did that portion Of the press then
the field in support OF the supposed action Of the dem
ocratic presidential candidate
But they took such That Jealous attach
ment to the Protestant church which they manifest
has later birth II it existed them yelled
hidden under still palpable desire. The wish for
the defeat of the democratic party stronger than their
devotion the cause Of Protestant freedom They were
content hear without rebukng the eloquent denunca
tons Of their wing contemporaries of religious prescription
charity might drape the chair of their successful avorte
for the presidency Universal federation seemed the
oil which would enable the doors Of the White House
easily upon their hinges and they used it with
lavish freedom.
We ask them what light has been derived from
their studies in these latter days? What discovery
they made in the internal polty Of this government The
present decade began in profound tranquility upon the
questions which they now chiefly agtate Men
customed TO remember without reproachtul thought
the religion of those who had preceded them and the
faith Of all with whom they mingled in daily life. Po-
cal controversies though sharp and bitter entered only
into the struggles of the hustng They did break
the Of domestic intercourse nse themselves into
religious opinion comminge with the teachings of the
divine word We do not think that the change for the
better.
But is useless argue upon the impropety of this
feature in political creed, upon the inconsistencies Of
those who support it The party which, violating the
true spirit of Professionalism, seeks enforce as pot
cal dogma stands upon the ground of present expedency
and upon political principles Had the whig party
remained in its leaders would have crushed out
such addition 10 their creed II has been devised by
who heretofore known, have fallen upon this plan
ready Of gaining Office and power for them
selves They in better luck than they have been
be again. Holding what they suppose is a
balance of power they avail themselves Of the ancient hos
y and present weakness Of the whig party to force its
masses into coalition with themselves Such leaders as
set their sails to every wind Of doctrine join them
for the spos and the sagacous stand aoof hoping
the advances that they again assume the
which they have abandoned If they are not ST.
lent they praise the birds that have the cheese their
beaks knowing that il win drop under the seductive In
fuenees Of their personal batteries The men who ca
ressed Clay and then violated the good faith OF the whg
party and the wish Of its by the nomination of Tay-
lo yet alive Let the enthusiasts who think that tbcy
have entered upon The Paradise of Enthusiastically
saints they arelook that the trail Of the serpent
Is not upon the tender grass.