Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-03-14
THF WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
IvILM1NGToN, n. G., MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1856.

OrD Fopr1cu REtAT1oNs-We hear and read good
deal about the peaceful position in which our rela-
lions with other countries were left by Mr. Fillmore
AT the time of his retirement from Office as contraseu
with the present threatening position OF affairs uhoe
Mr. Pierce Did it ever happen to occur to Inc Peo-
Die who pirate so much about this thing, that the
sole real difficulty which threatens the country IS one
entailed unon it by the Taylor and Fillmore dynasty
that the treaty about Central America was negou'
ated by Mr.. CLAYTON, now one of the SachemS ana
;oo fvorites Of the order whether he re actually,
a. Mr. Fillmore a. a member in good standing or
not, Il was the most bungling piece of diplomacy
with which anv Cabinet Minister of the United States
was ever chargeable, and, instead ef stating things
distinctly, leaves them to inference, like convey
ance framed by an unprincipled lawyer, with hun
bred loop holes by which to hang litigation 1t IS IN
endeavorng to enforce the construction put upon that
treaty by Mr.. Clayton himself and the only one at
all worthy of the country TO accept, that the dlpIo'
matte ability of Messrs. Marcy and Buchanan is
taxed to the utmost, and it is by the necessity OF
maintaining such course that our relations with
Great Britain are eOpardzed and now the very party
which contains among its members every survivor OF
the Gaphin Cabinet pitches into the Administrators
which is forced to bear the country out OF the dlt-
culties into which the said Galptin Cabinet had
brought it. This treaty was approved by MT Fhl-
more himself and it is this treaty that lies at the
root of the whole matter and the matter is more Sc
rous than most Of those who ready to fall down
and worship John Bull would have us 10 believe
Our word for it. old Marcy would never have maze
such bungle nor Pierce sent such thing into the
Senate.
Again, on the sectional question, politicians not
statesmen, have been too fond Of substituting expe
disnts for principles, compromises for the constltu
ton. Applying temporary palliatlves instead OF
permanently removing the causes OF irritation This
is course only worthy of the men OF the last ages
of falling Rome; they saw that the thing could not
last, but indoIentIy contented themselves with the
idea that it might last then This was the sort OF
sectional peace sought after by Mr.. Fillmore. Such
peace was only truce, dangerous truce for the
South and for the country. The only peace worth
having is peace founded upon carrying out the con-
sttutional theory Of the government, and meeting
the issue straight out Mr. Pierce adopts the latter
course-he enuncates and enforceS the truth, and
susains the constitution in of the most threaten
ing times which the country has seen, and yet
he is denounced as a dsturber because he does not
cry peace, peace, when there is no peace. There
can be no peace worth calling peace save that found
ed upon a rigid observance of the constituion-all
idea of founding permanent peace upon compromises
and palliatves is nothing but a sham. This view
President Pierce takes, and he IS agitator, for
sooth.