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THE CABINET ORGAN READS LECTURE
TO AN ARK ANSAS DEMOCRATIC PAPER

THE CABINET ORGAN READS A LECTURE
TO AN ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PAPER.
ttrom the Washington Union.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
We have observed with qualification the general
tone Of liberality and forbearance with which the
claims of different prominent democrats to Presi
Dental nomination have been discussed by their
respective friends. An exception to this general
course is furnished in letter written from Wash.
irgton, and published in the Baton Rouge Id
cocate of the 9th inst We quote from the letter as
follows -
The fact is the President with good intentions has
been unfortunate in weakening The force of almost every
thing really good in his administration by appearance
OF indecision at the moment Of its execution To good
President there needed not only elevated principle
and good judgment bat firm and resolue will This
conviction is being and impressed every day
upon the public miod If Cass had possessed ooe halt
the bo'dness Douglass he would long since have been
President. VIE and Hunter were blended into one,
and Virginia could esent with the decis Of he
and The real sta esmaoshp Of the vther III would
hailed with aceamation as the fol the fresi
depcy. Buchanan WIS always timid, and il he not
nos cut OF the political arena, would stand chance
Mr.. Dallas seems to possess combination of qualities
most suited to the wants OF the times His boli aud
eided position years ago. IL dcnouncing the Missouri line
as upeons,itu'i nal aud Dtj9dged, his manly staud
through sD the chs of the political world ia defence
of southeu rights ana the tsue principles OF the const
tuition his association with Mr. Polk his patriotic aae
her ic casting vote GA the tarH shen presing officer
the Senaea these united with The fact Of his absence
from all political intrigue and his beautiful private cha.
sser, would appear 70 designate him the for tho
crisis.
We have no execution to take to the language OF
warm commentator in which the writer sets forth
The dis tnguished services and merits OF Mr.. Dallas
On the contrary, rejoice that have in our party
Q statesman whose public and private character
furnishes just ground for such compliments Nor do
we except to the abstract truth that to good
President there are needed not only elevated princ
pie and good judgment,b but firm aud resonte will"
TO assume, however, us the writer does, that none
OF the distinguished men named by him, except Mr.
Dallas, possess all the noble attributes of charac-
ter requisite In " n good Rsideut," is unjust to
them as 1t is unnecessary for the promotion Of Mr..
Dallas claims We are very sure that no one would
he more prompt than he to repel such an imputa-
ton against democrats whose public services have
identified their names with the honor aud the pros
perty Of the democratic party, and none more
ready to condemn the indscreet zeal which seeks to
advance his interests by undertaking the merits of
those assured tobe his competitors for Presiden-
tial nomination.
Ii it were necessary to vindicate President
Pierce, General Cass Mr. Hunter, or Mr.. Buchanan,
from the imputation of timidty or want of bold
ness, or Governor Wise from that of rash precip-
hancy, it would be readily accomplished by pointing
to occurrences in the public career of each which
are wholly irreconclable with the assumption on
which the writer for the AdDocate so uncercmo-
niously dsqualifes all OF them for the Presidency.
II il not little remarkable that the very ground on
which the enemies OF our party have heretofore
sailed these great champions OF democracy is the
one which the advocate of Mr. Dallas adopts as true
and as sufficient to establish the superiority of his
claims How strikingiy true this remark is in re-
gard to President Pierce will readily to all who
have observed the persistent efforts of such opposition
journals as the HERALD and the Tribune to make
the impression that his administration has been
characterized by vaciilation and INDIGESTION. Not
wthstandng the fact that every public position ned
by Ger. Pierce, whether ia the Legislature 80 ~,
~ -"shiic. in the Cono"".,, ~ Nov Hamnshire
in the House OF Representatives of Congress- in the
Senate OF the Utited States, or in the Presidency,
abounds with evidences OF the most conclusive cha.
racter that promptness, decision aid frmness have
been amongst the most prominent traits Of h Cha
racter, and those to which he has owed, in
az eminent degree. his wonderful success as
public man vet this writer overlooks all
this, ard unhesitatingly adopts the thread
bare lalsehooi Of the worst enemies OF Pfesi-
dent Pierce, and palms it OFF on the democrats of
Louisiana as proof that he is deficient in one essen
tiai requisite OF good President" Such rank
Injustice as this to President Pierce was not enough
With like disregard of the we'll known events in the
publ lives of Messrs Cass, Buchanan, Hunter and
Wise, which stamp the assumption as utterly ground
less he denies to them an attribute of excellence.
without which it were impossible that they could
hsve attained respectively their present political
eminences. We have objection to frank and
free discussion Of the merits Of our several prom
.nent statesmen, whose names are associated with
Presidential nomination. but when the discussion is
marked by such ndiscreet partisan zeal as charac-
terizes this whole letter. it Is well calculated to ex
cite personal feelings, which will embarrass the bar.
monious action of the convention, and certainly a
to promote the prospects OF any iavor1te asiirans
who is thus sought to be elevated by de ractn
from the Just claims and merits oil others. 1t Is n
our purpose to engage in such discussions, but we
cannot consent to see unjust imputatons cast upon
any of our democratic leaders, whose public a. q.
private characters are the property OF the dem >
cratic party, without repelling them with prou'l
ness and frmIess.
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