Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-14
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shadow their practices In order TO relieve the Pre-
siden from the bias OF personal ambition to Danish
from his mnd the temptation To- pervert his eseat
powers To the attainment of unworthy objects, and
thus Ia render him the impartial magistrate of
ton, rather than the selfish leader of faction the
Wings conended that, the expiration of his term
he should expect gross reward Of service but dc
scend at from his pride of place into the ranks
Of private life They believe that the rigorous al-
pcation Of this principle will limit the spirit of in
trigue and the abuse of patronage, by making the
appreciation of good citizens the sole but all-sut-
cient for the dsinterested discharge of duty
Hence, although Mr.. Fillmore was so clear in his
great office" that Mr. CaSs and opponents like MIR.
Cass, showered upon him their hearticst commenda-
tons aud the Enquirer and papers like the Enqui-
rer, pelted him with furious nvectives, he
ertheess required in Difference to this conservative
rule. though perhaps not technically applicable
him, Ia retire into the ranks OF private CT citizenship,
from which he must reasccnd, if at all, by the un-
bought Siiirages Of his peers, rather than by the
corrupting enginery of the Government.
The Democratic party, on the other hand, main
tanned that the application of such jealous ordi-
nance amounts to the oStracism Of conspicuous TIA
lent an practiSed craftsmanship whatever be
the pronencss of power to indirect means of self
continuance, a remedy, which denies us the benefit
of tried ability and official experience is worse than
the evil sought to be avoided and that according to
the eternal law oi progress good president during
term will be still better during another.
But with characteristic ingenuity, they contrve
to dispense with all the good, and to retain all the
evil involved both in the observance and in the vi
oation of the principle. They ilatter the incumbent
of the Presidency, when h. chances to be of their
political faith, to the latest possible hour, with
the hope OF denomination, to ensure the per
version of governmental patronage to patry parti-
san advantages, and finally dismiss him and his
Wanted experience together, because untried
didate and his retinue Of hungry satellites likely
TO exceed in number and eectoneerng efficacy, the
detected officials whose abilities to deceive no long
er keep pace with their inclinatonS to bctray.
If the doctrine so pcrtinaciously proclaimed in
1910, and never since recaned in favor of re-cect
ing chief magistrates of approved fidelity, like Mar
tin Van Buren,, be sincerely entertained by our De-
mocratic brethren in Virginia the sacred duty of
their delegation at Cincinnati insist upon the
denomination of their model statesman, President
Pierce.
The Stanton Convention Of 1854, which rushed
with panic terror from the Meth dist church, a. if
they felt the Scourge which, dashed the money chan.
TO inspire approximations of vengclul interpretations
from above, soemny Resolved, that the official ca
Of Franklin Pierce has been marked 10y pei
feet observance OF the limitations Of the Consttu-
tion and entire fidelity to the principles upon
which he came into power, and therefore entities
him to the confidence of the friends Of constitution
al liberty in every section of the confederacy" Thi,
authentic aud unqualified eulogum has, in effect.
hanY l,st
at Richmond and Cincinnati, and has been echoed
and re echoed with all the powers of resonance pc
cuiar To press whose function it is to reflect the
voice Of the party. Our neighbor, the Enquirer
has constantly sounded in ears Il kind of Gregg
rsn chant of Giorid in ercelsis to this admnstra-
ton, until its readers tempted to suppose tina
the Divine attribute of immaculate purity is largel,
shared by Mr.. Pierce. One tyrannic idea of hi>
overwhelming greatness and goodness seems to ac-
company its editor in all his travels, to blend wi
all his dreams, to preside over his thoughts, and {,
haust the gushing lount f his enthusiasm. 1t a.
serbs the interest Of the present aud banishes e.,
august memories of the past by the solemn pyr..-
mids, among the storied ruins of Athens upon Il e
illustrous battlefield Of Marathon, the inevitable
image Of Franklin Perce-an awful EdOlon Of sll-
perhuman excellence stands be side him. eclipsin.
Grecian history, and overlapping the large-nbeu
worthless of antiquity
How happens it, then, amidst this rub-a-dub Of
drums aud flourish Of trumpets, with which Conven-
tions aud editors have dnned into our cars the a.
tOnishing virtues Of the present Administration that
the Democracy of Virginia, stcadiast asserters OF
the policy Of re-eecting Presidents, whose maines
are Faithful and True did not compliment, with
doll abl
has been the object Of such leryd love, and the
theme Of such sugary commendationy Why were
they 50 cruel to forget that he has revived in
these latter days, the veneraton due the name Of
Franklin and kindled afresb the decaying splendors
Of his princey ancestors the Percies of Northum-
iceland Inc vote aud influence of the Virginia
Democracy might probably have secured new
lease Of power 10 the consummate statesmen who
tanned the pride Of Greytown aud adjusted our
alarming complications with Greece They might
have paid, in part, the immense debt Of gratitude
for which their souls mortgaged to the patriot
who hurled Bronson from office and dragged Reeder
from obscurity They might have signazed their re-
verence for the stern moralist who withdrew For.
ney from his humble toll Of suborning social trea.
son, and had him hgh-pIaced in affuencc and loy.
ing intimacy.
But this was not to be. In vain did the daughter
Of Jephthah bewai err yrgnty on the mountains
Of Israel, and in vain shall the Of New Hamp.
shire attest his purity in the valleys Of Concord
Although every complimentary adjective Of our Ian
guago was put in re1uisition to sound his many 81
ded merits the Virginia Democracy deliberately let
the policy Of reelection 90 its way for this time
promising, NJ more convenient season. to call upon
IT,
But, In eHtenuaton Of this seeming inconsistency
they will probably tell us, that "naught they did in
hate, but all IN honor !" and that the necessities of
an evil time require special disposition to be made
Of their fayorte. II was custom Of the jews.
when the manifestations Of Divine wrath thckcnel
around them, when the Urim and Thummim were
dark and the nights Of their Seers were viSioncss.
20 make great SIS.orfEmNo for their manifold Of
fences Two goats selected--of which one
was destined Cor the saorhcial knife and the other
called the soap,-goat, was soemnly burdened with
al the sins Of the people, and turned loose into the
wilderness According TO the Cincinnati scheme OF
Precipitation, Mr. Buchanan Is 10 be yiotimizcd dur.
ta. Al. H. ~ oil