Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-09-05
The PRESIDENT of the United states.


have ceased TO occupy the position exercise the
powers or dispense the patronage of the presidential
office None can be accused of interested motives in
having merited tribute to public servant so soon
to retire from place and power, and noneawill do so
but the righminded men of the country, of all par
ties and sections will spontaneously offer to him the
tribute due to the good and faithful servant who has
done well-who, in trying emergencies has neither
faltered nor wavered. and whose frmness and deVo'
ton to the honor Of the country and the safety of the
constitution have been crowned by triumphant sue
cess. Neyer-not even when carried into the Presi.
Dental chair by larger majority of votes than any
man since Washington-dd Franklin Pierce stand
higher or occupy enviable position before the
country and The world. Never did The truth and
genuousness OF his manly character show more
conspicuous than it does at the present time.
In the recent critical position in which fanatieism
and treason threatened TO place the country, his
promptitude and firmness met and repealed the at
tacks upon the constitution and the independence OF
the coordinate branches of the government and
when in future we realize the dangers we have es-
caped, will also feel that the escape is due more 10
Franklin Pierce than to any other living. 1t
qures emergencies like this TO show what men are
term can meet them.
| His administration has aheady INDICATED the
honor of the Country in it's foreign relations, and
compelled the proud " Mistress of the Seas - TO
| lower her tone. Ii will leave foolish Clayton
Bulwer, Mosquito proectorate, Central American
difficulty to keep in hot water, and it will have
| it settled as Americans want it settled And last
bu, not least it will lend all its power to crush the
insurectionary spirit in Kansas, and it will crush it,
1t will leave faction rebuked at home-the national
honor and national interests vindicated abroad The
public treasury oyerfowing the efficiency of the navy
doubled.
| And vel we hear and read of attacks upon the
President and his Cabinent as wanting in energy,
frmness OF ability. The authors of such attacks
either do not know or do not believe what they say
In December last he met factious majority of the
House opposed to him, and his message fell like hot
shot into their ranks. AT the close of the session
that same factious majority attempted 10 alter the
government and do away with the constitution max
ing such, in effect the condition of granting supplies
| for the army He called them back and kept them.
In the language of the Richmon Eng urer g the re-
suit vndicaes his policy and closes the adminstra-
ton of Franklin Pierce with an incompatible bril-
liant victory the enemies of the Constitution and
the Union. Nothing is wanting to the lustre of his
reputation. His name is impe'shably associated
with the history of grateful country"
! We trust that hereafter there will be no paterng
with the constitution, no compromises of principle,
but that the will be met straight out and boldly
1t is the only plan. Compromises amount to nothing
but loss to the South-they simply concessions Of
rights that ought never to have been called in CUES.
ton, and if the administration of Franklin Pierce had
been distinguished by nothing else than the sweeping
away of all these shams the benefits to the country
from the legislation of the last four years. beyond
calculation. The extra session has shown conclu
sivey what frmness and determination, backed by
right, can do.
| In thus giving honor where honor is due, mus
not forget the gallant minority in the House, whom
defeat could not dsmay, and who returned again and
again to the charge until the enemys column gave
way. The Senate again showed itself the bull
wark of the Constitution. 1t stood firm a rock.
The whole history of the affair shows what the
union of the South can effect. 1t shows that while
the South remains to herself and to the Consti
tuition she will not stand alone, even in the most
trying time but will find sufficient conservative spirit
at the North sustain her and protect the Constitu
ton She will find it where she always has found il
in the ranks of the Democracy of the North. That
Democracy, assisted by all that is truly conservative
in that section will rally around James Buchanan and
John C. Breckenridge, and bear them trumphantly
forward TO the positions for which they have been
nominated.
HEAVY RAIN AND BLow-It rained very heavily
here the greater part of Saturday night and Sunday
until considerably after midday Last night and ,h
morning ii rained and blew terribly in fact, perfect