Daily American organ., 1856-05-07
The w ashingtou Union.


We published in our daily issue Of Monday
last, two extracts from the w ashington Union.
one of which asserted that General Pierce had
appointed no man to Office who was not un-
derstood by him to be faithful adherent of
the Baltimore platform of 1862 on the subject
of slavery" This extract was contained in an
editorial recently written by that press to cheat
the South into the belief that General Pierce
had rejected the applications Of "the Free-soil
Democratic leaders Of the North" for Office and
government patronage. The other. extract
which we published was contained in an edi-
torial of the Washington Union in 1852, du-
ring the Presidential canvass, in which pledge
was distinctly given to "the Frce-soil Demo
cratic leaders" by the Union, in behalf Of Gen.
Pierce, and was in the following words, to wit !:
"The Free-soil Democratic leaders of the North
are regular portion Of the Democratic party, and
General Pierce, III elected scH make no distinction
betwee, them and the rest of the Democracy in the
distri5ution Of official patronage and il, the sslec-
tion Of agents for adninistsring tho government
A plain, distinct and direct pledge this to
the Van Burens, Dixes, Cochranes, and al that
class Of Buffalo platform politicians
We called upon the Washington Union to
dnsscer the question, whether that press had
made this pledge to 1.-THE Free-soil Democratic
leaders of the North ?" No response is given
to the question Two days have elapsed since
we made the call for an anssoer to this charge,
and the Washington Union is still silent. 1t
will doubtless remain silent on this question,
in the hope that the charge viii be forgotten.
But twill not be forgotten--we shall repeat
the charge until we obtain an answer. The
Washington Union shall not gullthe South by
the false statement that General Pierce has ap-
pointed no man to Office who was not under
stood by him to stand upon the Baltimore
platform of 1852 on the slavery question! He
has appointed open, undisguised and aposccd
Free-soilers at the North, to prominent politi-
cal positions, and he has done 80 in accordance
with his principles, as well as with his pledge
above given, that no distinction should be
made between them and !" the rest of the De-
mocracy."
We ask again, and we shall repeat the inqui-
ry, of the Washington Union, pas not the
a6ore pledge gicen in the columns Of the
Union in the Presidential canpass Of 1862 2
Give US an answer, yea or nay. Was not ex-
Senator Dix, of New York, offered mission,
as the very head and front Of the New York
"Free-soil Democracy?" Is not Cochrsne, of
the New York custom-housc, no,o the private
and confidential correspondent of the admin
istration; and was not he one of the Buffalo
platform politicians Of l848? Are not the
Federal Offices in the State Of New York dis
pensed under the especial direction Of this po
litcal chemist? Was not Bronson removed
from the New York custom house for the rea-
son that he had filled the offices under his
charge mostly with the National Hard Demo-
Gratis of that city, Is not the New York City
Post Office now conducted, in all its ramifica-
tions by Free-soil Democrats Of the Cochrsne-
Fowler-Van Buren school of 184ss Gioe us
an dRsioer.