Daily American organ., 1856-04-28
EorneY and Pierce.


tains an article quoting largely from the New
York Express, which had published letter
from Rome, in relation to the manner in which
Mr. Fillmore received the news Of his nomina-
ton, and the views and opinions of Americans
there concerning him. The nion quotes from
the letter written at Rome, as follows:
" Even among the Democrats here there Is bu,
one opinion--namely, that anything is better thar
a continuation OF the present rule Of Pierce anc
Forney; and that unless some good National Dem
ocrat (not man pledged all around to politica
loafers) is nominated, Millard Fillmore is sure te
be our next President"
There is single error committed in tht
above letter - it. should read "Forney ant
Pierce" instead of Pierce and Forney; as tn,
name Of the most important member of CO
partnership is always placed first in the firm
But passing over this not very material error,
and passing over, also, the truthful prediction
that Mr.. Fillmore lis sure to be our next Pres
ident," we have some points to make, arising
upon the following commentary of the Wash
ington Union, made upon the above quotation.
The Union says:
1t will doubtless, be great consolation TO
those American Democrats residing abroad to find
that COL Forney is no longer asso ciated with the
President in the administration of the government,
and is understood to prefer another candidate for
the succession"
We have for months past as our readers
will remember, maintained the position, that
Colonel Forney was the principal adviser and
wire-worker under this administration that
the President paid little or no regard to the
opinions of his regular Cabinet ministers, but
submitted every question connected with po-
litical maneuvring, to his boon companion
above named. Our positions have hitherto
been denied, and not until nop has any admis-
sion been made, from an authentic source, that
Colonel Forney was associated Nth tho Pro
sident IN the administration Of the goUeri,-
mont" The Washington Union now makes
it in the above quotation. 1t says I" Colonel
Forney is no bager associated with the Pre-
sident in the administration of the govern
ment"-this copartnership has ceased-thc
association is dissolved, and General Pierce il
to close up the bankrupt concernl Now, If
this is not n plain and frank admission of the
truth Of our charges, we never saw one. It is
now undeniable that Colonel Forney has been
associated with the President" but that he
is now "no longer associated with him in the
administration Of the government"
We have hi,htrto Insisted in our columns,
that the President should rely upon his con-
stitutional advisers-that II was insulting to
his Cabinet, and degrading to himself to per-
init the small potato politicians who have
surrounded him, to influence his conduct; but
he was so charmed with political serpents, he
has seemed utterly to have lost his reasoning
powers. Of course we have to give him up
for lost" But says the Washington Union,
"Col. Forney is understood to prefer another
candidate for the succession" One or two
suggestions may here be made. SUPPOSE COL
Forney does prefer another candidate2 What
of itp Does it follow that because Col. For
ney has managed General Pierce, that ne can
now manage the people? Is COL Forney to
select the candidate for the pseudo Democracy 2
Is the /" chief cook and bottle-washer" of this
administration to decide for the pseudo De-
mocracy whom they shall support? But what
means the Union in saying that Col Forney is
" understood to prefer another candidate for
the successiopa" |" Understood" Does not
the Union man knop whom Col. Forney pre-
fersY
There is mystery in this language of the
U,ion. Col Forney is understood" by the
friends of Mr.. Buchanan to be in favor of this
excellent gentleman; but we are not quite so
sure that Gen. Pierce and his Union-aan do
not understand Col Forney to be playing the
game to cheat :" old Buck" and to intend again
to be associated with the President in the
administration of the government" There is
something SO mysterious in the course of the
washington Union, the Pennsylvania, and
the "faithless phantom of Star" that our
suspicion has been excited, and we do not in
tend to permit any occasion to pass unim-
proved, to warn "old Buck" and his true friends
to be on their guard. When three such poti-
cal tricksters conspire against an honest,
straightforward gentleman, like "old Buck, !"
and when they are backed by the power and
patronage of the Federal Government, it is
high time for that gentleman and his friends
to be on the lookout We like "old Buck"
He was good Native American in 1915. He
has not recanted; and though he had not a
drop Of Democratic blood in bis veins" during
the late war, and though he thinks there is no
oppression where the English language is spo-
ken, we still like him. He is open, frank, and
sboveboard in all he says and does.
Why, what other prominent Democratic
politician is there now in the country, who
would openly declare that the Missouri Com
promise was "nearly as sacred as a constitu-
tional provision pn What other pron;no,t