Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-01-11
The Pierce Administration.

The piarce Administration
The supporters Of the present admin
.sfralion are e,i lrafiy III t5lera5le spif.fs
AID aaw feel batter than they have at
any nfsyious time SIN e Senator Doug
Ia, sought ,a smother President Pierce
with tlaa! peiit,caI caaonf1'. ne Nebras-
IA b,li and get aInesi chosed hia sill Tor
hi, peias Perhaps he vas quite ehoI'
Fl. and my never b. able To come ZIP to
e,re sub has been the case with many
ether gentlemen Who went on a political
engineering expedition similar 10 that In
who stbc Ilhno's Senator distinguished
/ u,selt. and perhaps extipguished hlm'
.aH $50. There Wis na man among the
democrats who stool better chance c!
beng General f.erces successor than
Mr.. Daueias, untd he 81 kindly took up
toad that no nan ever could carry TO
the top Of that Hill OF Difficulty on which
the " hie House stands II he should
ever be his successor, il viii be in the
sumo sense that Louis XIV was the sue
cessor Of Pharamoud. The other demo
cratic aspirants must have been nightly
pleased when they saw SO smart fellow
US Douglas committing political suicide
They would have found II dliIicnll to kill
hlm uf, aud scarcely could have expect
ed that he would be so kind as 10 Kali
himself. Yet that was what he did so
great was his beneyoience, so large the
extent of his self-denial. It is not every
public man who chooses TO establish
character for dsintefestedHess by destroy
ing himself: and the Illinois statesman
we ask his pardon, for he claims TO be
"nationsl" statesman- may claim TO be
an original genius in the way oil destruct
seneSs lie vii never be pad IN kind,
Probably an opportunity viii never be
Afforded TO his contemporaries 10 recipro-
cate the iavors vince he has done them
The present cheeriulness Of that lie.
,nocfAcy which advocates the right OF any
man 10 do what he pleases with his own
ringers. IS derived from lis belief that
1t Is about again to encounter divided
LIE On Presidential battlefield All the
splendid victories Of the democratic par
~ have been won over divided enemies.
] lie democrats OF 1904 Wen the day be-
cause 4 exanGer Hamilton hated Joaa
Adams ore buerl, than he did Thorn
a. j, tfeIson aud his followers. In 1886
she Wings were split up into three or four
flcl!ons, aud 81 lost 4 fine chance for Y ic'
tory. Ia ISL they were more united,
bat sill not sufficiently 50 10 ensure VIC
tory. The btiliiaa, success oil General
Pierce. three years ago, was owing 10 his
enemies want OF union. The democrats
now think that their opponents are to
co.as i.tn the f:ld, Ia 1856, with as liz
tie unlon as they exhibited IN any one Of
fffN J Nf~fF VIC ifiFS iitANt M
take courage, Tor 1t may not uaFeasona-
81, BE- assumed that wha, their enemies,
dl>uniau has SO often dane FOR them 1t
val nos fal' 20 DO Tor them once more,
perhaps 4 dozen times more. Blu, will
thai enetay enter upon the campsin with.
"at having first provided against the
onnmttsi of ~ grave N error rs the in
du!gen.e q. iuternai dissensiousl Warn-
cd by what has SO often happened in our
history, will hose Who are putting an end
to the most corrupt rule that this country
has ever known allow themselves to be
conquered from The very lirst' They
ought TO reflect that The democratic par
tg.is no, that kind Of an enemy before
vhon an army can aifjrd to quarrel, A
false move. and all will be lost; and what
move could be more false than that Of
falling out with one another IN the pres
ence of Il united enemy1
Union viii be accessory TO effect any
thing in the Presidential contest ofIS56.
That perfect, absolute union of ali
branches Of the opposition can be effect
cd We do not suppose Even the Demo-
crafts have to content themselves with
comparative union. But we are canyinc.
ed ,ha,, under wise direction such COM
blnatlon OF the opposition can be effect
ed rs will ensure victory over the present
administration. aud that is what is prin-
cipaly required to save the country from
that lasting disgrace which proceeds
from submission to abieet personal and
political roguery. Myriads Of voters Will
come over To such a combination the mo-
ment ,ha, il shall be formed, and exhibit
signs Of strength There is vas, num-
Der Of vote; who will join the opposition
as soon Is I'll be made 10 appear that