The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-26
A KIND WORD FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA.

The Pennsylvania of the 25th instant makes reply Of
nearly column to our friendly notice of its indscreton
in recommending the democrats of the old Keystone State
to patronzs journal in Washington which lives chiefly
to crafty its hatred by abusing President Pierce We
have very little TO say by way of joinder to the reply
which lie ngenously compounded of apology and usGca
ton and spleen He makes adoit effort shift the issue
by asking if we could suppose that n advising the friends
OF Dir Buchanan to read tile Sentinel he meant 10 endorse
the abuse Of President Pierce heretofore contained in that
journal Our contemporary must pardon Us for insisting
hst he could not we'll have understood We quoted
from the SetiRerS columns few extracts not many days
old merely indicate the character Of the paper which the
Pennsyl vaaian recommending leaving it be inferred
that journal which had DEVOTED its columns for nearly
three years to the abuse of the administration not
likely to pursue a different policy hereafter.
But our friend of the Pennsylvania dsclans any pur-
pose of endorsing the attacks Of the Sentinel the ad
mnisuton and only recommended its circulation because
OF its support Of Mr. buchanan We submit to him that
all the democrats and many OF the wings Of Pennsy
MIA arc already ardent friends Of Mr. Buchanan the
of that distinguished statesman did not stand In need of
the services OF journal which not likely 10 say less
against other candidates than for Mr. Buchanan. We
glad that the Pennsylvania dsclams any intention
dorse the snss abuse Of the President and only regret
that It has deemed proper for the benefit Of Mr. BGchan
an that those who read in column the wellnerited
compliments paid him may be furnished in another coll
umn with the unmerited vituperadon heuped upon Of
his competitors If the Pennsylvania readers of the Sentinel
could always have the ylvaniau accompany there
might be a sure anddote,
We give our contemporary full credit for entertaining and
expressing liberal feelings and sentiments towards all the
democratic candidates In The reply 10 which now
referring gratfed 10 find the following just
tlnents
owe determined, however, to have done with this
controversy We would not pluck the smallest fibre from
the wreath enerelng the honored brow Of the Presi
dent have supported and defended him heretofore and
expect do hereafter but in the matter Of nomna
ton for the next presidency prefer another"
We knew these the feelings Of old friend OF the
Pennsylvania and il because we did know II that
felt constrained to prove to him friendship by
gently calling his attention 10 the fact that by advising
the democrats OF Pennsylvania to read the SHtHd he
might contribute pluekng small fibre from The wreath
now enoircng the houorcd brow Of the President And
now suppose under the advice Of the Pennsy
Of the democrats OF that State shoud patroze the SeH
and they should read in II something like this al The
democratic presses In the land with Of lax back
them would not be able successfully defend Franklin
Pierce from Of his outrageous acts not yet made pub
lie" Does old friend Of the PENNSYLVANIA nothing
in this apparently inconsistent with his ardent friendship
for Franklin Pierce7
But there is other matter 10 which old friend
seems to us to show indscreet Of hnsy temper
that approximate almost to malice In article the other
day. when referring the action OF the democratic
vendon Of Pennsylvania said that delegates n
pointed under most stringent instructions TO 60 to Gin
cinna and for his (hr. Buchansns) nomination first
last and all the time We did pretend 70 quote these
last words but VIC used them to indicate that the
ton had but one and only ons choice he prsssuey and
that II tolerated no preference for anybody but Mr. Bu-
chanen Our old friend excerpts 10 remark and adds
at Is enough 10 say that the proceedings Of that
ton as published in the Union viii show that the
sertion is utterly destitute Of truth We too think that
this not only enough but much than enough"
for one old friend say Of another But We make much
allowance for such speuetc exhibitions In such cases.
pecay as we compelled to place the Pennsylvania in
q still more embarrassing position.