The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-02
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TIE PRESIDENT AND HIS REXILERS.

the proceedings OF the British government win be perfect
god-sendy- Prorifsace JoaraaL
General Pierce since by the overwhelming sunrages Of
his fellow citizens he President Of the republic has
encountered Of oppostonthe first and mosre
spectacle from class of who have been educated
politically under sirongy-eonseryaSe Influences, who
never had any faith in democratic democratic
Institutions, and who have brought-her own numbers
considereda fair share OF the talent OF the country to tho
support Of their opposition the other sort from class q
reckless political demagogues, who have proved their ma
cous motive and their lack Of brains by continual
sort TO the vest and abuse To which Of These
classes the Proydenee journal al present belongs We leave
the reader 10 Judge while we ofer few comments upon
the paragraph quoted above
Our veak-qindsd Presidstf' What load was thrown
from the stomach Of this brave and srong-minded writer
when he penued these fearful words His task de-
mosh franklin Pierce. Instead of resorng to bonn
bardment by way of introduction and thus makinga
days work Of it, he flies at to the assault and In four
words the man-the poor, reak-msaded man-s annhia-
ted We gods With what and graceulness and
eriiy hings be done ia these latter times under
the inspiring and nspiritng influence OF that great prne
pie which teaches its votaes TO ask, AT the council door,
Who hero Pin lie street Hgre you seen San p
and all questions with the beauifupoetica and
highly -instruetiye words don't knopf Kind magnan.
nous generous reader for the sake OF our tears in your IN
thoughts do have mercy upon us The President
the poor, weak-mnded" President is goner With one
horrible blow Of his sledgehammer this Vulcan OF the
Providence Journal has ground him 10 powderl Please
now do let his ashes Don't follow him any further
Don't laugh over his terrible downfall taunt with
our forlorn condioni Remember that the human heart
cannot bear everything.
But seriously how contemptiby ridiculous is this charge
of mbecilty when applied, matter by whom or what
through what channel, with what motive--to Franklin
Pierce thas been claimed for our President that
he is more than a man. But that he is man, whole
/ nd he in
ties of greatness none but political STOCKHOLDERS and ad
vepturers and sniyelng ocehuners and reckless dema
gogues will deny His shown In bis steadiast
devotion democratic prncplesnever swerving, never
wavering hinchng in prosperity or adversely IN
calm storm Il is shown in the mastery abilities ex-
hibed by him member of the bar OF bis native State
giving him. for twenty years. position amongst the sh-
ming lights of his profession of which any candidate for
the country honors might well be proud 1t is shown in
his published and speeches. and especially In his in
angura address and his annual messages to Congress
These by the universal Judgment of his country
men, have never been excelled, in point OF ability
in depth of thought, marked adapedness of argument
and forcbleness and beauty Of language by the pro-
ductions of any who has filed the presidential Of
fec Each of his messages has been far beyond
the reach criticism coniound and completely silence
all opposers 1t is shown by his stern political integrity
while clothed with power-an integrity which has secured
the ulGment of every pledge given to the people and car
red his administration thus far safe through the storms
of slavery propagandsm aboltionism and knownohing
ISM without dishonor without faint without blensh II
is shown in the wisdom of his foreign policythe frmnes
with which he has adhered to itand the success which
has crowned his determination that while asking nothing
that not strictly right he would submit to nothing
that wrong 1t easy for who cares nothing for
the meaning OF his words for truth or justice
who, while protesting almost superhuman attachment
to American interests is willing to strike hands with
ybo in nrder
to the qualification of his hatred of American institutions
the sanderer aud rever of his government
whenever il forced into quarrel with despotsm 10 ne
Old World or in the Newt is very easy for such man
to cali Franklin Pierce fool knave, weak-mnded or
unprincpled. But such eau point to no single
measure attempted word spoken by the object OF his
malice which he dare present. TO those whom no con-
sdcrs his contened and unsuspecng dupes in support Of
his sanderous charges He is obliged to msrepresent the
past and purposey reckessy msudge the future be-
fore he can find food suited his Initiated palate lie
the reasonable ritual Of his misunderstanding par
y that the President has probably done this and viii prob
ably do that and these probabilities, which exist no.
where but in his imagination and which even there
have no other foundation than his imbitteed malice
he tell terrible stories Of what must be BY and by and
utter awful mprecations against the author of undeye
oped evils But beyond this he cannot and dare not 60
When facts called for he is mute the grave of the
ass that BALKAN rode forty centuries ago
But the Presidents popuarityV ne eosr hdd any IS OH
the wane. "If he eper had any !" Truly smart a
thought exhibiting such depth OF research into the Pres
dents history and much and such unusual apness and
brightness 10 the application will bear to be repeated. II
spoken of who has been ofieredaye again and
againevery important office in the gift of the people Of
his State and has performed the duties of several OF
them with credit himself and his constituentswho has
been invited at least to seat in the Presidents cab
met and than other important stations in the
nations gt--who elected to the presidency by ma
ory of the electoral votes unprecedented in the history OF
countryand who has declined offices than were
filled by any wing candidate for the presidency Henry
Clay alone excepted whose claims have been presented to
the country since that party adopted its present name
These we submit plain uuvarnished, but stubborn
facts Yet this pro pore editor of the Providence jour
nal is in doubt whether "weakminded President ecr
had any popularity Well so be it; where ignorance is
bliss, It's folly to be WISE
But his popularity is on the Glorious thought for
this wise guardian Of whggery and all the sms with which
tits just now surrounded But this slanerer knows
better One year ago. frankly grant
by ensng the support of the wings and aboliionists
and cheating honest democrats succeeded in giving ncara
of States into the hands Of the Presidents enemies
OF MI these they have saved under another in
the elections Massachusetts, which gave
its electoral the democrats New York in which the
democrats suffered defeat only by dividing their voio
Ohio, which is often against for and Maryland
which almost uniformly in the ranks of the opposition
Every thing else they have lost from the day Of triumph
in Virginia down TO the present moment They were sure
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