The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-09
me Administration i'm the South.

rus NATIONAL ADMINIsTRATIoN.-- Their. has
I-ver' been an Administration Oi th' Gra+'a.
ki"ye5nmcnt which mu~h q, served he hank
trnd graue Of the people of The S"u'h Is it' e,
G.nrrnl Pierce. -NuShEtHe (I'Ru.) G"io"-
In This renark, the Nashville. Union ~htw> thni
il, EDITOR properly appreciates the Iid' Iuy to h'
pledges and the devotion to n-tiufI"n'i prime
sias which have dsiingu> he'd the nGuI"I>'rlli ~
81 Pierce. Oar c"''mrurary dues MOI
'"' ~ N'' - The PrC>iI n: IA, swcIVrd
tr"m II" right hue OF constr. .i,,v h,r TN.
Jur1 nf STRIVING The S"uIh--fhi> IL n,or. rInr,
ii" South Exp. c. or dsrcs Of any Chiri MngIs.
.fat". Ii, most that the S..uhrrn people ask ut
ih- Exec Live is that hc Mil tnke The plain ncan-
ZIG f tie Coi ':,i"n for hi, guide. "uI, fnIIow-
iLg this rule, that he vii observe faithfully ali
- crnpromiSes aud guarantees 81 t!i-l Iusr:u-
az, ~. Th". is just What President PI"rce has
tnn' mud because he has done firmly, esrIes>ly
anj constantly, during period when the wild
rprIt Of fanatclsm has sought TO overrum III" ghrs
Suarau'ied 10 Southern men by The Constitution,
'A- has entitled his Administration TO The high com
,.limenr quoted above.
l. the South could fail 10 feel the ob;ig tinn To
admire and he grateful .or he disinteresed hIry
it'll hich Prc>drnt Pierce has brra slrd the storm
III abolition ianaiicisD IN maintaining Sru hern in
reresrs, IL would cease 10 deserve CHIEF Magis
iraic no would watch over lis rights. We should
hardly deem II possible, If We did no: know the
fact that any portion OF The S"ulh wrhholdS from
him a hearty lucknow Iedsmenr OF his faithful devn.
ton to their rights. Even In the Slulb, 10 up
holding " hose interest he has incurred the most
relentless warfare in the North, there are men
u ho pin md compete with his nnrihrrn ASSISTANTS
in slandering aud deE"uncing Franklin Pierce.
They belong To the new party, which bnas's a. its
turIry and It's pirty, and WINCH claims To have
sprung up political necessity from the cor
Tuptiun Of the two old parties. In he N"rrh inis
I N
Grcndsr OF his faithful adherence To the consu
IIuna rights Of the South. In The South, where
Ihis pure party claims to be especially sound and
nsIiDna the slavery question, they are not less
violent than their northern brothers in d,nuuncing
The President. They do not cOr9Plain that he has
Lot beentruo 10 The South but that he is opposed
IN their inloIerant and proscriplive organizatio
that he has sent abroad as ministers some few
foreign born citizens; aud that he has not pro-
'scrbed Catholics from office. The ST. charges of
his Southern know-Nothing asSailans are yell
made. aud the genuine friends of civil and religious
federation and freedom reioiced that his adj
ADMINISTRATION is so conducted as to incur the hos
lille attacks Of this InIorrant association He has
shO~n his fidelity to the South as sighay in his
opposition 10 Know nottingham IN his opposi.
hon 10 abnIonlSm, and IN his constant adherents
10 faithful Observance of those constitutional
compromises which secure and perpeluate the
rights OF the South. IL would be strange, indeed,
If the South could hesitate in manlfe>ring h.. warm
gratitude OF hor generous sons II President who
has shown himself SO true TO his official obi
cations and 10 their constitutional rights as It.
Jacur The billcrest assaults IN chat SECTION of the
confederacy with which, from birth ami education
and residence, lac might be naturally expected !"
rympathze upon the slavery question.
franklin Pierce has proved 10 every impartial
Southern man that Northern Democratic Presi |
dent can be as Githf4 tolhe fights of Southern
men. as guaranteed by The Constitution as a South
cru President; and is because his administration
has illustrated this important point during period
# deep and perlous concern 10 the South that all
iruly national men in that section will heartily
respond TO the sentiment OF approval 30 justly ex.
pressed by our contemporary of the Nashville |
Union. |, was essential 10 the maintenance of |
iratrrDal relations between the North and the |
South thai such demonstration should be made. |
The sentiment was gaining ground in the South, |
and WAS being made the pret"xl for The formation
at a Southern party, that the Snu!h could trust
none but Southern man for President. President |
Pierce has etfrcually crushed out this dangerous |
and has thereby contributed largely to |
The safety Of the Union by proving that he was
sincere when he uttered the noble feeling: No |
NUr;h, no South, no East, no West"
Washington Union.