Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-26

oohee'So hiSeiSupiJ gives acSruity Vi loue W
the remarks Of the Sentinel.
1t is true saying-that it is bad rule
which will not work both ways. Let us see how
the rule the Union adopts will thus work.
The Sentinel, making no pretensions to being
the organ Of Mr.. BUCHANAN, has all its articles
faults, the Union calls them charged to Mr..
BUCHANAN: the friends of Mr.. BUCHANAN are
| by it, officially, warned that any support TO the
| Sentinel any subscription to it, will be by Gen.
| Pierce considered as an endorsement by Mr..
BUCHANAN of all its strictures-that, at least,
Mr.. BUCHANAN will have to suffer the conse-
quences as if he did endorse them.
II the lecture of the Union means anything
it means just that.
Now let us turn the tables The Union is
the acknowledged organ Of Gen. Pierce and
has been so for three gears.
Let us apply the Unions rule, and hold Gen.
Pierce responsible for the columns of the
Union-fhen, achere is he What record
to stand upon is it? Advocating the French
Spoliation bill in its progress through both
Houses misleading Democrats, and then veto
ing it. At one time advocating the Nebraska bill
the next violently denouncing the amendment
repeating the Missouri Compromise then
making this same amendment test Of Democ-
racy-then, for the purpose Of electing the
editor Of the Union printer to the House,
officially declaring the Nebraska bill to be no
Historically vindicating every reasonable
opposition to it-pronouncing officially that
every Democrat who might use his utmost
powers to defeat this Nebraska bill, was, never.
theless, as good Democrat as Judge Douglas
or Mr.. Hunter, and should be kept in as good
communion and fellowship with the party as
those gentlemen themselves. When in spite
Of all this aid and comfort given to its biterest
enemies, in the hour Of its severest trial, the
measure was triumphantly carried, he signed
the BILL it is true, but retained, and still
retains in high and very numerous offices
the men of that fraction of the party, who so
traiterously opposed the bill. With all these
men still in office with this record before
him-of allowing full communion and fel-
lowship in the Democratic party to those who
opposed by all means and by votes this mea
sure, he now comes forward, and officially pro-
claims through the Union, that they, and none
but they who took actire official measures to pass
the Nebraska bill have any right whatever to
be before the Cincinnati Convention for nomi-
nation. Thus, officially, by making the above
test for nomination, the Union wholly puts
aside Mr.. BUCHANAN, and yet turns up its eyes
in horror at the mischief we are doing QUEEN
Deus UuH, dc.
We know not which should most excite rid-
cule-the attempt Of the Union to GUST Mr..
BUCHANAN from the convention, by laying on
his shoulders the supposed sins of the Sentinel
and ruling him out of the convention because
he neither Uoted for nor signed the Nebraska
bill, or the consummate audacty, with such
blasting record before it, as to claim prece-
dence for General Pierce on the score of his
services in procuring the passage of the bill.
1t is as clear as the MONDAY sun, that the
strictly neutral Union is seeking all manner
of pretext to assail Mr.. BUCHANAN, but the
most dangerous Of all is its damning him with
faint praise.
The pivot upon which the selection of can.
didate by the Convention at Cincinnati must
turn is-who can command the largest vote OF
the Northern Democratic States2
There is no other issue there among the can
didates.
1t is narrowed to that single point Let the
| Unioa therefore, in its "strict neutrality"
show which Of the candidates for nomination
is that man. All else is balderdash and only
intended for obfuscation, to conceal this great,
this indispensable cardinal virtue Of the true
candidate.
All the candidates may have specialities Of
virtue which attach parties to them, but he
alone who holds the prominence in this zone
thing needful" should be the choice Of the con.
vention.
General Pierce had all the advantage of the
issue on the Nebraska bill during its passage.
We all do know what work he made of il, and
how utterly, under his command, the Demo.
cratic forces we're routed and yet he makes
this very dsgraceful defeat the chief reason
why he should again be entrusted with the
command. The logic and the modesty are
par mobile .trdtuum.
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