The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-09

administration he win be quite free say that The President
himself has known pretty well how keep COUNSEL
beset Presidents and their mnlssea are By inasors who
can tndite ssolane upon cabinet meeting, and divine
State secret from single glance ofthe eye.
I" IL hardly fair, however, that vexation and chagrin
should be INDUCED at the expense o. good sataanshp
One Of the deontented correspondents Of the New York
press pecuAtes the possible veto Of the poaton b
His pertarbed spirit mrans ia this wise
There Is however Httle really known on the subject of
the veto for the President consutonay variable and
irresoate and when does himself really know
Judgment TN occurs how can another undertake in adj
rance 20 decide how be win then aetf An opinions upon the
tive, and worth just about much coming from
quarter a. another
This il sad and silly stuff to put into respectable
paper and really insult intelligent reader. The
President does not choose pin his opinions upon his sleeve
he does thrust his views and purposes upon Congress
influence their action way the other he does seek
10 escape the responsibility Of his veto others
have limited he keeps his counsel from the pry
ing nquisityeness Of others he is therefore constitutional
u variable and rresolue does know what he win do
in given emergency poslpones his inal udgmentand
punges the Washington eterwrer into the depths Of dee
pair shrekng with depreciation, how another under
take adj decide how be viii act How iRdeedf
Ii viii be that the very qualities which constitute
the wise and prudent statesman here tortured mpert
nent enough into themes of abuse. The is mpadeny
disparaged the OF his avowed merits We alude
this thing because Of its gross absurdy and contributing
important trait in the character Of the President We
truly hope that the high qualifications may characterize
his successors in the Executive chair"
When Mr.. jefferson deplored the abuse that heaped
upon Gen Washington and disclosed the in which
that good and great radneed by his enemies he
little thought how he himself would be called upon
realize in his person and character the unsparng
spirit OF reckless and irresponsible assailants When he
saw friends he had elevated 10 representatives who had
fed upon his bountyeven those who should have defended
him against his foesturning away from his standard and
aiding the wicked crusade he doubtless longer wondered
that the purest of all early patriots should not have
capped the envenomed weapons of deracon Both Of these
distinguished characters had been conspicuous in
the revolution and yet while the events and the OF
that era were stl fresh in the minds Of the nation cal
jimmy struck them boldly with It's poisonous ngs
il they had been ready all times to die that their
country might live Time has rendered full justice the
sandered and the sanderers aud and feel
the example of Washington and jefferson fully and
frequently if they stiI lived and moved among
President Pierce has undergone his share of partisan
evoleuce The originals of the past have been improved
upon by modern calumnaors Invention has taken the
place of rumor and details have been furnished OF
the grossest lies fdeteetioa follow with
rapid and avenging steps Nothing has been left unred
from the corruption which yainly charged upon Wash
ngton the personal iniamy that enormously alleged
against Jackson His cabinet ministers likewise have been
made the targets for magn aspersions and his friends
picked out in detail many imbodiments Of crime
The nation which had in the funess Of its gratitude fol
the dead and gone beneaeors Of the republic wholly
gotten how others bad been prescribed naturally
startled first by the hodness and the mendaci of such
attacks But the day OF these slandersnot indeed, for
their repetition bot for their temporary effect upon the pub
lie mindhas passed away and the people begin calmly
contemplate the who has furnished in his elevated
position mark for the Of calumny. The public
interests have been guarded with zeal only surpassed by
the gny with which the President has been assaed
and every coinage of his foes has been off by
Of wise, unobtrusive, but effective craftsmanship.
The foregoing article in the Sun refers in such appro-
pirate and seasonahle terms TO Of these
tradueers that have copied entire If the Sun felt
disposed review of the Washington letters that
appear in its columns, and particularly that
it published only two three days ago it would dis
cover think subject for caustc aggra-
waited than that it mpales There is close
bance too In the style of that letter and in the
commented upon by the Sunonly that the letter in the
Sun contains aspersion against President Pierce
reckless than that contained in the convenient columns
the New York Journal