Demoine courier., 1855-06-28
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
The Nati1nal Democracy Sundered.


Southern Democracy, Of the Virginia
and Carolina school, has jus. come oat
with a long, able, and startling editorial.
II is evidently long poadered and care
fully prepared. Aud il ~denouuces the
Pierce Administration in the name OF
the National Democracy
This is a bomb sufficient to split all
Sebastopol, and we hasten to lay a par.
OF the grand indic,men. Of Pierce before
the people o:c the West:
"On the Alb o. March,, in the year OF
our Lord 1853, Franklin Pierce took the
Presidential chair. l. was accorded him
BY a mos, overwhelming majority Of the
American people. The Democratic par
ty made hin their standard bearcr-i!s
principles were emblazoned on every
banner-,hey were the time revered prin.
ciples of the old Republican party, en-
uCcia.ear and never, to that period, com.
promised or renounced. The party
never was so strong, never SO powerful.
never so numerous, never so united
The Opposition party-the old Wing
party, we mean, before its fair proper
lions were dlsfigured by the excresence
of Know No.hingism-was not only dis.
heartened and discounted, but really
with much magnanimi,y seemed to be
satisfied TO await the progress Of events,
and with no small degree Of confidence,
lhatthe public affairs would be admins
tered with patriotism and judgment
Tie fxs! duty Of a Presi,aen, etecr, is TO
choose his constitutional advisers-his
cabinet. They consist OF seven, and The
first element in their selection should be
a homogeneousness of opinions on pub.
lie matters. Otherwise, an Adminislra-
ton cannot be marked BY consistency
and steadfastness Of purpose, which are
SO necessary TO inspire confidence
Were they chosen with a proper regard
to this important point! BY no means.
The vain and futile policy arose before
the vision Of the President, Of uniting all
the various sections Of the Democratic
party throughout the Union and making
it a harmonious whole. He seemed to
think 1t had been reserved for him to ac-
compllsh this mighty miracle. Hence
in the formation of his cabinet he took
gentlemen the very antipodes of each
oiher-like the melburry tree, that has
no two leaves alike.
. "This is clearly illustrated in the fact,
Of a portion of the cabine. iavoring that
mammoth scheme Of internal improve
ment by the General Government, the
Pacific railroad. All will remember The
shock tina, was given TO the selsibilities
of the Democratic party throughout the
whole country, al such an abandonment,
of one Of their most cherished landmarks
SO great was i. and so general, that the
w ashiny,on Union, which had labored
so valien,ly in its advocacy a. first, and
to call forth the praises Of the veteran
editors Of the National MfeHigencer faint.
ed aud fall back upon the old PARTY lines
again. Next came the New York con
troversy, between the Hards and Sof,s,
as they were called. This was purely a
State election, having no national feature
in it whatever, and with which the Ad-
ministra,ion had as little business as with
the fight in the Crimea."
"The "Softs" were he Freesoil o.
Abolition party-lhe .'Hards" the Con
s,i,u,ional or National Democrats. The
former had been vanquished. and, for the
frsttime for hall q century, the foul fent
OF abolition was beaten in the dust. neyel
to rear its snaky crest again. But whaI
course did the Administration pursue
upon this question! Instead Of maintain
ing dignifed neutrality, il interfered its
federal finger, and, with the asowed pur
pose Of healing discussions, it not only
widened the. breach, but stimulated with
new energy and life the Freesuil party
Var Buren, q Co.. whom the Demoera-
tic party Of the nation had consigned TO
the tomb Of the Capulets, arose from their
resting places, and s,alked forth with gay
insolence in the light Of day. Nor was
this all. They became the Gosfered pur.
y of administration favor and en-
coufagemenE! And this their son was
dead, end is alive again, wac lost and is
found. Thus was a State controversy
made a national one. for, from the ST.
Lawrence TO the Gulf of Mexico, from
the old Atlantic States TO the Pacific, a
deep and anxious solic:tude was not only
felt, but expressed in the issue involved.
National men-sound constitutional men,
were placed in the back. ground. while
the F~reesoilers, whose wicked machina.
tons had well nigh destroyed u beau,i-
fol system. were ex.olled and exalted 10
The highessplaces in The synagogues.-
Herein was a blow struck at the true
party organization and welfare, from
which WI apprehend il will not 5000
recover"
What is the condition Of things al
present! The last House Of Represen;
~ta,ives. coming into power with The pre-
sen. Administration. had nearly one
hundred Democratic mgority--we do
not mean pieba!d Democrals-bul hon.
est, faithful Democrats. in good standing
with their parry. Now, tina. majority
has not only been lost, but a majority
more than half as urge in the mex. Con-
gress is against as! Was there ever
such 3 revolution! Out Of thirty.one
States. twenty. seven cast their electoral