The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-11-08
THE PIERCE TRATION.-WIIAT VII
HISTORY SAY OF IT?

The Pierce administration is approaching The close
Of its eventfll term. IT. acts has become history.
What will be its record What Of grcatnSa has il
achieved? Has our country advanced Or rrtrOga-
dcd under its influence: Have great principles been
maturcd and settled, or has vacllatins policy leit
them undetermined aud rcsutcss: Have the respcc-
liability and power of the Am iican nome aud fame
been more firmly established before the world, or
have they been left by-word and ,cOif among the
powers OF earth? And, lastly, has IL home policy
tended TO give hope and promise to the patriotic
heart of final settlement of sectional STRIFE ptrpet-
uative OF the conlederacy and turning TIE national
mind from sensccss nternccina contests to The more
pleasing task Of advancing our counry in the dayc-
opment of its resources and greatness?
These the questions interesting TO posterity.
and. Ms they are answer d, so will the page Of the
historian reflect glory shame its acts The
howl of disappointed and corrupt spoil.mcn whose
grasp on the treasury may have been arrested by Its
stern and faithful guardianship The despair OF Office.
seekers, whose hate was engendcrcd by their dap
pontmcnts-thcse will all soon be hushed. their in.
tcrested reviling will cease TO be remembered.
We are. however not left long in doubt what tho
verdict OF poscrity will be- A grateful aud d.crm
mating people are already rendering the verdict on
the action Of the present administration '.WelI done
good and faithful servants "a verdict that mus
be cheering to President Pierce, on whose devoted
head the pcss storm has been 50 long beating
His fierce assaants have conducted The present can
vass against the democratic party on the cXprs,
grounds that its triumph would be endorsement o.
the present administrative policy. What Las beer
~ AZ IA Gioiac ~
Indiana? Read it in the despair that fills the heart
of the yenal and traitOrous crew-"Likc scorpion,
grt by fire." they are turning their stings on them
selves and will perish by their own venom.
The truth s that the history Of American affair
will contain no brighter page than that which vii
record the events Of the Iast four years. Let II
glance at some of the question dealt with ana the
results First. there was the northeastern fisher,
question with Great Britain: then the koszta aiiai
with Austria; then the enlistment que ton: thel
the Central American question, and our dIicllIie
with Spain in reference to aggrc.sions perpelrato,
on our flag. All these were questions OF great deli
cacy requiring skill to place them fairly before tn
world lirmness in adhcring to what justice demand
ed and courtesy that should gain from our very nd
ycrsarics cheerful acknowledgment Of and acqui
essence IN our flSHllll ueHluhuS. NO one Hecu u
told what have been the results in the above-mcr
toned foreign questions Every American feels, b
the altered tone of Europe towards us that his cour
trys honor has been maintained and our scoicr
abroad have been forced, in very shame, to acknow
edge the majesty of might in the defence Of tru
and Justice The roar of the lion has been change
into the whining OF the whipped cur; the buster {
the braggayt and bully has subsidized into the gent
cooling of the dove. Our country, in the last lou
years. has proved itself distinctly pouer in the ~ore
having policy Of ats own and giving shape and inter
probation to international law. Who is there thf
does not now feel prouder of his position an Amer
lean citizen than he did when Franklin Pierce too
the helm of government? Who is not more tina
ever convinced of the greatness and power Of h
country Us nation among nations?
All these achievements, great as they are, an
however much they may have tended to advance |
on our path 10 worldwide reputation founded 0