The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-06
THE PRESIDENTS MISREPRESENTATION OF THE
PRESS


The message characterized by great ability and deep
interest Ii will compare fayoraoy with any presidential
document sent 10 Congress. IL discusses IN clear
logical and vigorous style all the subjects appropriate 70
the OCCASION and its frank and dgnihed tone cannot fail
TO create favorable impression upon all thinking men.
"As at the present moment the sectional agitation which
has long ragged violently in the country is the absorb
ing topic Of interest the whole subject is reviewed at
length, and discussed with thoroughuess aud ability
which has rarely ever been equaed The temper which
chaacezes the remarks OF the message upon this subject
the nationality OF It's tone the soundness OF is reasoning
and force of its statements and arguments contrast most
adyantageously with the sectional illogical and passion
rawlings we accustomed to hear from the opposi
ton We cannot but think that the remarks OF the Pres
ident will have beneficial influence upon the public
mind in queting the embtered feeling which has ragged
violently and in pointing out il does clearly the
errors into which many soundhearted but
men have been led by reckless agitators"
The Baltimore Republican has also elaborate review
of the message. That paper says;
Owe had the satisfaction last evening Of presenting
to readers the annual message OF Franklin Pierce Be
fore this time that admirable paper has been perused by
millions of countrymen and has hesitate not to
say with the hearty approval of all lovers Of the
stuton and the Union The great fundamental doctrines
of popular sovereignty and the sole right of the people to
establish for themselves such form Of government they
may desire has been fully and most ably sustained by the
President The tactous movements intended to overthrow
the constitution and destroy those compromises which
alone bind the States together have been pointed out and
rebuked with mastery hand and the argument in either
is clear and irresistible The runous effects, and
the unmitigated horrors which would inevitably flow
from the of those factious movements which
have been sternly rebuked by the people al the
presidential election have been passed in review and
placed before the nation in startling characters From the
realization of such pictures Of ruin and devastation every
patriot heart will instnctivey turn with feelings of min
ged dread and loathng The message places this whole
subject clearly before the country and should unite every
friend OF the Union and every lover OF humanity against
the designs OF those fanatics whose success would be fol-
lowed by such defu consequences The Kansas question
is ably reviewed. and the pretended objections TO the
ganzation Of that Territory fully exposed This part OF
the message will doubtless meet with the denunciatons OF
all those mad fanatics and miserable demagogues who have
been seeking to name the public mind by false repre-
sensations and reckless assertions with regard to this sub
ject"
Again:
In conclusion we will say of Franklin Pierce that his
whole political life presents nothing he should desire to
alter The record is without blot blemsh In
all places and at all times he has steadily firmly and eo-
queny defended the constitution and sought to maintain
it in all its purity and usefulness He has been emphati-
cally the champion of the country knowing section
and aiding no faction. He will leave behind him char
acer which win stand unframed by all the malice of foes
| or the denunciation of anatics'
The New York Journal of Commerce says
The prosperous condition of the great industrial inter-
ests of the country affords the President just occasion for
congratuatng Congress the evidence it exhibits that
the institutions of the republic wisely adapted to the
wants of its citizens He sees in the result of the late
Hesitation of the popular sentiment convincing proof that
the people approve the principle OF constitutional equality
in its extension the whole territory of the Union and
repudiate any distinction in the rights privileges OF cit
zens founded upon considerations Of BIRTH residence
gion thus condemning the organization of geographical
parties whether the discrimination sought to be estab
shed ia aimed at native communities at the foreign
born population The conclusive reasoning Of this portion
the message scarcely fail TO convince those who have
sought thus to prescribe any portion of their eowczens
OF the inevitable tendency Of such course to provoke dis
union and civil war"
The New York Day Book says:
Nothing makes the guilty feel uncomfortable than
unpalsabe truth President Pierce sometimes accused
of weakness lack Of energy &c but II he has not made
the opponents of his administration feel his power then
President did Indeed he presents such rrefraga-
Bile and burning truths such arguments that
the frightened and terrified members OF the sectional party
actually culver under the whitening influence OF his log
c When he that the of the sectional party
has other possible outlet than disunion osd eVl pdr he
repeats solemn and emphatic truth, which ought 10 be
engrayen with pen OF steel upon the tablet Of every
American heart 1t is fact that should be Numbered in
the OF every northern man. There are hundreds and
thousands in the socsled republican party who do not
know feel the truth Of this They claim simply the
wish prevent what they call the extension Of slavery
but they should recoect the republican party founded
upon hostility to the institutions OF the southern States
lis fundamental doctrine is negro freedom and this Z
what the South looks TO.
"Tbey Judge il by the aniuus which controls IL by the
ideas upon which II Is founded and disregardng the inter
mediate issues which attract many to il they standing
before them in all Its naked deormy negro freedom alb
oitonism and its terrible results orcbly pictured by
the President burning cities and ravaged fields and
slaughtered populatons These are the legitimate results
Of modern republicansm and all the ingenuity Of Taey
rand the logic Of Bacon resist the unmstaka
bic Conclusion. This the reason Why II comes to the
southern people like the sound Of the alarm bell al mid
night IL any person be deuded TO suppose that the
South viii ever submit to see this government abolition
zed and IL such persons also desire 10 see the Union
preserved, II is high time they revised their political
creed We believe southern men, as body are as ar
IDENTIFY attached 10 the Union as any porusn or our eth
zens but its advantages in comparison with the hord
and terrible results which nbolonism proposes whether
coming the entering wedge OF republicassm to make
the first crack In the iceberg Wendell Phillips eI
presses It. the open and naked doctrine Of equality
with negroes do not weigh as a feather
President Pierce has boldly and nobly stated this great
truth Of the most ranscendant importance at the pres
emit moment Before the election say that the South
could not submit to such contingency looked like cleo
tioneerng slang, but IL solemn and en-
phatc warnng-one to be needed by all who not dis
nnionists
"The reception Of Mr. Pieroes message has produced
terrible hutterng among the republicans as Il Ii very nat
ural II should The Tribune calls II border-rufan doc
umenb and all The abolition papers give uumstakable in
dcatons Of how snugy the truth 6ts II raised breeze
in the Senate and brought Messrs Hale Trumbu and
Seward to their feet The two former denied that they
wished TO interfere with slavery in the States while the
latter referred TO his speeches for information We have
doubt this message OF President Pierce will arrest the
profound attention both in Europe and America and
exert incalcuabe Influence upon the future Of our
country
The New York Daily News says,
aIke all the other public papers emanatng from Gen
Pierce the message marked by equal grace and dignity
In It's STYLE accompanied with perfect clearness In It's state
mens In the srgumentative passages the reasoning is
close and beneath the easy flow Of It's language the
illusions established Ia n that any unpreudced
reader will admit is rrefragabe"
The Baltimore Sun (neutral) says;
aThe message is public document Of the soundest