Washington sentinel., 1856-04-05

anointed successorf Your Whig or Know-no-
thing competitors ask you if you are in favor
of internal improvements by the General Gov
ernment You answer no. How, then, was it
advocated by two of General Pierce's cabinet
on the hustings, as it were, and that too, with
in the hearing and presence of the "Chief'
himself.
You are asked if his course in the New York
controversy-his prostration of the true, sound,
constitutional men in the North, and his vitali-
zation of the Van Buren freesoilers, met your
appreciation. Your answer is again in the
negative, and yet here is the frightful record
before you!
Are you in favor of tariff for protection?
No. Why, how is it, then, that you would con-
tinue in power an Administration whose Sec
retary Of the Treasury recommends it?
Doyou endorse the policy Of Franklin Pierce
in the organization of the Territories Of Ne
braska and Kansas-hs appointing Southern
Governor to the Northern and Northern
Governor to the Southern Territory-his ap.
pointment Of Governor Reeder to Kansas-his
non-removal of him for more than year a fier
| he knew Of his completely in land speculations
his removing him for this cause and never
breathing in his glorious message" one word
of reprobation for his greater and more dan
gerous offence against the constitutional rights
of one section of the country? Do you en-
dorse these acts? What have you for answer
only that you approve his late GLORIOUS mes
sage!' which we may well observe, came SO
late that it resembled the silly policy of lock-
| ing the door after the horse was stolen!
DO you approve Of the low uses to which he
has brought the patronage Of the Government
and the constant and arrogant official dictaton
which he is employing to effect the choice of
delegates favorable TO his nomination?
| This is the way your Black Republican or
Know nothing adversary would do you, and if
you have fancy for going through any such
ordeal-go ahead. But we say to you, as the
| little boy said TO the man who was going to be
hanged, Hollo! Mr., 1 icouldnt be you for a
good dealr Now, this and thousand other
difficulties you have got to pass through. Is 1t
not, then, insanely suicidal to set up man
with such record, when we have SO many
against whom no such effective batteries OF
satire aud ridicule could be used? Would not
a racer be cared for in lunatic asylum who
would enter spawned horse against Lexing-
ton for large stake? And shall the Demo
cratic Convention give US precisely this condi-
ton of things for the contest, now 50 near at
hand? Is it not knopn to every delegate to
that convention that in euery State in the Union
there is settled and determined hostility to Mr..
Pierce7 If this, then, be true, must he not be
the redkest candidate we could rum and if the
weakest, wherefore the candidate. If you es.
tablsh the precedent that mans ,oeakness be
fore the people is TO constitute his strength in
the contention, the great Democratic party
may fold its robes about it and lay itself down
to die.
We find we have extended this article fur
ther than we contemplated, and we shall there
fore conclude with promise to our readers Of
an elaboration Of the points we have taken, in
q future number.