Daily American organ., 1856-05-05


tlelnan in Virginia" that
"No mar has ever been appointed by President
Pierce to Office who was not at the time understood
by him 10 be faithful adherent of the Baltimore
platform of 1882 on tho subject Of slavery If any
appointments were made contrary to this rule, il
was done under misapprehenson as TO the posi-
tions of tho appointees. We may add, that the
evidences of Governor Reeder's soundness were 40
strong that President Pierce was slower than many
others 20 believe him Free-soiler after he had
gone to Kansas. IL Il, therefore, the grosscst in
Justice TO refer to Governor Reeder's appointment
as proof of the Presidents willingness to favor
Free ,soilers"
The very boldness Of such statement il
well calculated to impress tho public with the
belief that it is true, when in point of fact no
thing is further from the truth, as the whole
history Of Forney and Pierce's administration
distinctly proves Does the Washington Onion
50 far count ppon the forgetfulness Of the peo-
pie of the United States--their obliviousness
of transactions net three years gone by, a. to
attempt to palm off this statement for truth
VIII that press republish the correspon ence
between Secretary Guthrie and Collector Bron-
son of New York; Will that press dare at.
tempt, in the face of that correspondence, to
assert that open and avowed Frea-soilers have
not been preferred for political positions
throughout the whole North
viii that PRESS give the public the political
history Of the Cochranes, Fowlers, st ID omne
gcnus, who now enjoy the patronage Of the
General Government In New York citys viii
that press deny that the public offices in the
Northern States, and more especially in New
York, have been given to the old Van Buren,
anti-Cass, anti-D Dickinson, t-Bronson Demo
crats2 The recent statement of the Union,
which we have copied for comment was man
usactured for Southern consumption, at the ex-
press instance and request of gentleman in
Virginia" and to meet the objections made
throughout the whole South to the policy of For
ney and Pierce in reference to appointments
The people Of the South well understand the po-
litical differences of opinion In New York,
amongst those claiming to be Democrats, and
they know that Dickinson, Bronson, and those
who act with this class of men at the North,
are friends of the constitution and of the Union,
whilst those who hold position and power
there, without exception, are the Van Buren,
men of 1913, who stood then upon the Buffalo
platform, and who swallow the Nebraska and
Kansas doctrine, at this time, as doctrine
which viii prevent the formation of any more
slave States
Now, we take this occasion to say, that if
the Union viii publish a list of those who hold
1f4lc th,, Eala s.-s A.
Northern and Northwestern States, at this
time, we will demonstrate that nine out of ten
of them are the advocates of the Van Buren
Frec-soil doctrines enunciated in the Buffalo
platform Of 1S48. There is not single man
Of them who will assert the contrary. But
SUPPOSE for moment it were true, as now al.
legged by the Unitn, (hough it is not true, J
that "no man has ever been appointed by Gen.
Pierce who was not faithful adherent of the
Baltimore PLATFORM" 1--WE, beg the Free-soil
ofice-holders of the North not to "laugh in
their sleeves" at our svpposition, as we only
suppose It for moment, and solely for the
sake of demonstration, what would be thought
of the good faith Of the President and ois
mouthpiece, this same Washington Union, were
it fact that, in his appointments to office, the
Free-soilers Of the North had been rejecteip
Did the Washington Union make no pledges
to the Free-soil Democratic leaders Of the North
during the canvass Of 1882 Was there no
pledge given by the Washington Union neps-
paper that no distinction should be made be-
tween them and the rest of the Democracy in
appointments to officer Will the Washington
Union inform the South whether or not that
press said, during the canvass of 1852, as fol-
lows, to wit:
"The FTee-soH Democratic leaders of the North
are a regular portion Of the Democratic party,
aud General Pierce, If elected piH make no dis
tinction betsreen them and the rest of the De,nocra-
cy IN the distri6uion Of official patronage, and
IN he selection Of agents for administering the
government"
When the Washington Union shall have
answered the question, whether or not its col
umns in 1862 contained the above pledge to
the "Free-soil leaders" we will PROFOUND q
few more questions TO that press, which, if
answered truly, will show the South, and the
whole country, that the statement copied at
the commencement of this article is deceptious
and Jesuitical ... ......
Now, one Of two things must be true: there
is no escape from the conclusion, that the Wash
ington Union made the above pledge ip 1852
to the Free-soil leaders, with the secret pur-
pose of inducing them to support Frank Pierce,
and then to act treacherously towards them,
or that its PRESENT declaration "that Gen.
Pierce has appointed no man to office who
does not stand upon the Baltimore platform"
is made to gull the South. Did the Union and
the President .foot the Free-soilers in 1869 into